CRA Study Group Recap

Jeopardy

Final Jeopardy

CFR Management Problems Misc.

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Contracts/Purchasing

$100 Question from H1

2 CFR 220

$100 Answer from H1

Cost Principles for Educational Institutions

(OMB Circular A-21)

$200 Question from H1

2 CFR 230

$200 Answer from H1

Cost Principles for Non-Profit Organizations

(OMB Circular A-122)

$300 Question from H1

Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Other Agreements with

Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals and Other Non-Profit Organizations

$300 Answer from H1

2 CFR 215(OMB Circular A-110)

$400 Question from H1

48 CFR

$400 Answer from H1

Title 48 - Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) System

$500 Question from H1

45 CFR 46

$500 Answer from H1

Title 45 – Public WelfarePart 46 – Protection of Human Subjects

$100 Question from H2

An association of research universities located in the District of Columbia. Since its

inception in 1948, the organization has been continuously involved in the development of all major financial and administrative aspects

of federally-funded research.

$100 Answer from H2

Council on Governmental Relations (COGR)

$200 Question from H2

An employee reporting sexual harassment in the workforce should be….

$200 Answer from H2

Immediately referred to the appropriate institutional representative

$300 Question from H2

According to the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, a regular workweek without overtime would

have this many hours.

$300 Answer from H2

40

CWHSSA applies to federal service contracts and federal and federally assisted construction contracts over

$100,000.

$400 Question from H2

This prohibits a contractor or subcontractor from in any way inducing an employee to give up any part of the compensation to

which he or she is entitled under his or her contract and requires contractors and

subcontractors on certain federally funded construction contracts to submit weekly

statements of compliance.

$400 Answer from H2

The Copeland “Anti-Kickback” Act

$500 Question from H2

This internal control process is used to prevent occupational fraud in the form of

asset misappropriation and intentional financial misstatement.

$500 Answer from H2

Separation (or segregation) of duties

$100 Question from H3

A mechanism for procurement of a product or service with specific obligations for both sponsor and

recipient.

$100 Answer from H3

Contract

$200 Question from H3

Funds that have been set aside or "claimed" for projected expenses pending actual

expenditure of the funds.

$200 Answer from H3

Encumbrance

$300 Question from H3

Established by Congress in 1974 to provide overall direction for government-wide procurement policies, regulations and

procedures and to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in acquisition processes.

$300 Answer from H3

Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP)

$400 Question from H3

The amounts of orders placed, contracts and grants awarded, services received and similar transactions during a given period

that require payment by the recipient during the same or a future period.

$400 Answer from H3

Obligations

$500 Question from H3

An anti-lobbying certification is required on federal grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts exceeding a MINIMUM of…

$500 Answer from H3

$100,000

Byrd Anti-Lobbying Amendment

$100 Question from H4

An investigator on an NSF grant has permission to rebudget $50,000 in

equipment funds to participant support costs. If the institution's F&A rate (based on

MTDC) is 54%, how much money will be available for participant support costs?

$100 Answer from H4

$50,000

Neither equipment nor participant support costs are assessed F&A based

on MTDC.

$200 Question from H4

An institution has a federally negotiated indirect cost rate of 40%. A research project is budgeted at $125,000 in direct costs including

a $25,000 piece of equipment. What is the total cost for the project?

$200 Answer from H4

$165,000

$100,000 MTDC ($125K - $25K equip)x 40% F&A$ 40,000 indirect costs

$125,000 TDC + $40,000 IDC

$300 Question from H4

The amount of F&A requested by an organization with a 50% F&A rate based on Modified Total Direct Costs (MTDC) on a

project requesting $25,000 in salaries, $2,000 in travel, $75,000 for a subcontract,

and $3,000 in tuition costs?

$300 Answer from H4

$26,000

$25,000 salary$ 2,000 travel$25,000 subcontract (1st $25K only)$ 0 tuition$52,000 MTDCx 50% F&A$26,000

$400 Question from H4

What is the F&A that will be charged to the sponsor if you have direct costs of

$100,000, a $25,000 piece of equipment, an F&A rate of 50% modified total direct

cost, with the sponsor limiting your F&A to 10% of total direct cost?

$400 Answer from H4

$10,000

F&A will be charged on total direct costs of $100,000 because the sponsor

is capped the F&A rate at 10%.

$500 Question from H4

Dr. Green’s award has $300,000 available in total costs. Of the total costs there is $5,000 in equipment;

$15,000 for sub; $50,000 for another sub. The F&A rate is 20%. What is the

MTDC?

$500 Answer from H4

$270,000

$300,000 total costs - $5,000 equipment- $25,000 of 2nd subcontract $270,000 MTDC

$100 Question from H5

A law encouraging universities and researchers to develop their

inventions into marketable products.

$100 Answer from H5

Bayh-Dole Act

$200 Question from H5

Online interface for conducting transactions for the receipt, review,

monitoring, and administration of NIH grant awards.

$200 Answer from H5

eRA Commons

eRA-Electronic Research Administration

$300 Question from H5

The operating authorities provided to grantees under certain research grant

mechanisms that waive the requirement for prior approval for specified actions.

$300 Answer from H5

Expanded Authorities

$400 Question from H5

An association of federal agencies, academic research institutions with administrative, faculty and technical representation, and

research policy organizations that work to streamline the administration of federally

sponsored research.

$400 Answer from H5

Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP)

$500 Question from H5

This training program should include instruction in ethics, conflict of interest,

responsible authorship, policies to handle misconduct, data management, and human

and animal subject policies.

$500 Answer from H5

RCR – Responsible Conduct of Research

Final Jeopardy

A prospective biomedical or behavioral research study of human subjects that is 

designed to answer specific questions about biomedical or behavioral interventions (drugs, 

treatments, devices, or new ways of using known drugs, treatments, or devices). 

Final Jeopardy Answer

Clinical trial