Overview: FEMA IS-32.A course was published on 2/16/2018 and is part of the comprehensive training program for the FEMA eGrants system.
FEMA IS-32.A is the third in a series of Independent Study (IS) courses for the eGrants and will address the functions in the eGrants Internal System used by FEMA Regional and Headquarters (HQ) staff to administer the Hazard Mitigation (HMA) grant programs.
FEMA IS-32.A test answers
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Question 1. Which workflow outlines the process for creating federal awards?
A. The Quarterly Reports Workflow
B. The Pre-Award Eligibility Workflow
C. The Application Review Workflow
D. The Awards Workflow✅
Question 2. What option can a FEMA reviewer select to have a Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) subapplication sent back to a previous queue for a new review in order to produce a different outcome?
A. Restore
B. Rework✅
C. Revise
D. Reset
Question 3. What do Headquarters Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Coordinators need to enter into eGrants to record the amount of funding available for selected subapplications?
A. The Start Date and End Date of the Application Period for their respective grant programs
B. The Accounting Classification Code Structure (ACCS) Fund Code and Program Code for their respective grant programs
C. The Total Funding amount available for the grant program✅
D. The Accounting Classification Code Structure (ACCS)—Carryover Codes for their respective grant programs
Question 4. Which Pre-Award Eligibility queue documents completion of pre-award requirements for subapplications by both the Program Office and the Grants Management Office?
A. Pre-Award Review queue✅
B. Cost Effectiveness/Engineering Review queue
C. Planning Review queue
D. Environmental/Historic Preservation (EHP) Review queues
Question 5. FEMA developed the eGrants system _____.
A. to provide printable sub-applications and applications
B. to screen Subapplicants and Applicants for eligibility
C. to allow Applicants to apply for all types of federal awards
D. to provide eligible Subapplicants and Applicants with the ability to manage their sub-application and application processes electronically✅
Question 6. On the Inbox screen, what appears in the Select column for queues that are available for checkout?
A. An application number
B. A Check Out box✅
C. A subapplication number
D. A Check In box
Question 7. Which workflow outlines the steps in FEMA’s review process for submitted applications and sub-applications?
A. The Quarterly Reports Workflow
B. The Pre-Award Eligibility Workflow
C. The Application Review Workflow✅
D. The Awards Workflow
Question 8. Which Internal System users can manage External System user registrations for their FEMA Region and grant programs?
A. Users with the Grants Management Specialist role
B. Users with Assistance Officer, Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Coordinator, Headquarters PDM Coordinator, or Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Coordinator roles✅
C. Users with the Cost Reviewer or Plan Reviewer roles
D. Users with the Submitter role
Question 9. What option should a FEMA Reviewer select if it is determined that additional or corrected information is required to continue to process a Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) sub-application?
A. Disapprove
B. Revise✅
C. Approve
D. Reset
Question 10. Throughout the implementation of the federal award, the Recipient submits _____ performance and financial reports to FEMA.
A. weekly
B. quarterly✅
C. bi-annual
D. annual
Question 11. Who uses eGrants to review and process Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) and Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) sub-applications, create FMA and PDM applications and submit them to FEMA, and submit Quarterly Performance Reports to FEMA?
A. FEMA Reviewers
B. Subapplicants
C. Elected State Leaders
D. Applicants✅
QUuestion 12. Which Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) National Review Process queue is applicable to only Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) project sub-applications?
A. Environmental/Historic Preservation (EHP) Review queues
B. National Technical Review queue✅
C. Pre-Award Review queue
D. Subgrant Selection (for Award) queue
Question 13. Local, territorial, and federally-recognized tribal governments that use eGrants to create and submit sub-applications to Applicants are referred to as ______.
A. FEMA Reviewers
B. Requestors
C. Recipients or Grantees
D. Subapplicants or Subgrant Applicants✅
Question 14. If monies are no longer required due to a canceled project or plan, FEMA would amend the award package by _____.
A. requesting the Subapplicant create and submit a new project or planning sub-application for processing
B. completing a de-obligation award package and submitting it to the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS).✅
C. editing the sub-application and modifying the FEMA Form (FF) 76-10A, Agreement Articles, and Award Letter to reflect the new scope of work, cost estimate, and cost share
D. requesting the Applicant create and submit a new project or planning sub-application
Question 15. The application process begins when _____.
A. the Applicant creates a planning, project, management cost, or technical assistance sub-application
B. a Subapplicant creates a sub-application and submits it to the appropriate Applicant for review✅
C. the Applicant includes the sub-application in an application that is submitted to FEMA
D. the Applicant reviews the sub-application and requests revisions and resubmission, if necessary
Question 16. Which Pre-Award Eligibility queue documents the consistency of project sub-applications with consistency with Environmental/Historic Preservation (EHP) requirements and occurs outside the eGrants system?
A. Pre-Award Review queue
B. Cost Effectiveness/Engineering Review queue
C. Planning Review queue
D. Environmental/Historic Preservation (EHP) Review queues✅
Question 17. Which Pre-Award Eligibility queue is used to review the eligibility of the Applicant and Subapplicant, the alignment of the Scope of Work and the mitigation activity selected, the eligibility of the mitigation activity, the completeness of the sub-application, and its documentation?
A. Cost Review queue
B. Receipt and Delegate queue
C. Planning Review queue
D. Initial Review queue✅
Question 18. Which Pre-Award Eligibility queue is used to review the eligibility of Subgrant Budget Class items and their associated unit quantities and unit costs?
A. Cost Review queue
B. Receipt and Delegate queue
C. Planning Review queue
D. Initial Review queue✅
Question 19. What occurs in eGrants once a federal award is closed out?
A. It’s sub awards can never be reopened.
B. All reports will show the “Closed” status for the federal award and its associated sub awards will not be displayed in the Inbox.✅
C. New award packages can be created from sub-applications that had previously been removed from processing.
D. The federal award can never be reopened.
Question 20. What option should a FEMA Reviewer select if it is determined that a sub-application should not be selected for funding?
A. Rework
B. Disapprove✅
C. Reset
D. Approve
Question 21. Select the _____ on the Authorized Applications screen to access the eGrants Internal System.
A. Request New Privileges link
B. Mitigation eGrants Administration title or icon✅
C. Department of Homeland Security FEMA seal
D. Inbox tab
Question 22. An FEMA Reviewer assigned the ____ position is able to process the Environmental/Historic Preservation (EHP) queue.
A. Environmental Reviewer, Historical Reviewer✅
B. Assistance Officer
C. FMA Coordinator or PDM Coordinator
D. Plan Reviewer
Question 23. An External eGrants user’s privileges and access levels may not be the same under the Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) grant program as they are for the Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) grant program.
A. TRUE✅
B. FALSE
Question 24. Which option can a FEMA Reviewer select if additional or corrected information is required to continue the processing of an application?
A. Restore
B. Rework
C. Revise✅
D. Reset
Question 25. Which tabs on the Pre-Award Eligibility screen will open the award packages and quarterly reports for the federal award associated with the selected sub-application?
A. The MyGrants and Pre-Award Eligibility tabs
B. The Awards and Quarterly Reports tabs✅
C. The Home and eGrants Home links
D. The Reports and Search tabs
Question 26. What statement describes the federal award process?
A. FEMA reviews the application. If revisions are requested by FEMA, then the Applicant may revise and resubmit the application.
B. After FEMA reviews the sub-applications contained in an application, FEMA creates an award package for the Applicant—who then becomes the Recipient—that includes the approved sub-applications✅
C. Over the period of performance of the federal award, the Recipient submits Quarterly Performance Reports on the federal award to FEMA.
D. An Applicant submits an application to FEMA.
Question 27. Which Pre-Award Eligibility queue documents the review of the Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA) and its supporting documentation for project sub-applications?
A. Pre-Award Review queue
B. Cost Effectiveness/Engineering Review queue✅
C. Planning Review queue
D. Environmental/Historic Preservation (EHP) Review queues
Question 28. What has to occur before a federal award can be closed out?
A. All the quarterly reports on the federal award have been submitted.
B. All sub-awards associated with the federal award have been closed out and FEMA has verified that all requirements of the federal award have been met using the documents in the federal award closeout package as evidence.✅
C. The time limit to complete the project or planning activities has expired.
D. All the awarded monies have been spent.
Question 29. Which Inbox icon will open the Pre-Award Eligibility screen for a sub-application?
A. The Awards icon
B. The Subgrant (Pre-Award Eligibility) Workflow icon✅
C. The Revision History icon
D. The Quarterly Reports icon
Question 30. Which screen displays all systems available to you based on your FEMA Enterprise Identity Management System (FEIMS) position?
A. FEMA Intranet Homepage
B. Inbox
C. eGrants Homepage
D. Authorized Applications✅
Question 31. The final queue in the Pre-Award Eligibility Workflow is the ______ queue.
A. National Technical Review
B. Pre-Award Review
C. Subgrant Selection (for Award)✅
D. Environmental/Historic Preservation (EHP) Review
Question 32. An eGrants user assigned the ____ position is able to process the Receipt and Delegate queue and part of the Create/Amend Award queue.
A. Environmental Reviewer, Historical Reviewer
B. Assistance Officer✅
C. FMA Coordinator or PDM Coordinator
D. Plan Reviewer
Question 33. If the Assistance Officer is not satisfied with the results of the Quarterly Reports Grants Review queue, he or she can request that the queue be reworked.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE✅
Question 34. An eGrants user assigned the ____ position is able to process the Initial Review queue, Cost Effectiveness/Engineering Review queue, Notification Coordination queue, and Pre-Award Review queue.
A. Environmental Reviewer, Historical Reviewer
B. Assistance Officer
C. FMA Coordinator or PDM Coordinator
D. Plan Reviewer✅
Question 35. Which screen has icons and links that will take you to the Inbox for the selected grant program?
A. FEMA Intranet Homepage
B. Inbox
C. eGrants Homepage✅
D. Authorized Applications
Question 36. Unlike Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) sub-applications, Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) sub-applications must also go through the ______ queues.
A. National Technical Review and Subgrant Selection (for Award)
B. Receipt and Delegate and Initial Review
C. Pre-Award Review and Environmental/Historic Preservation (EHP) Review✅
D. Cost Review, Planning Review, and Cost Effectiveness/Engineering Review
Question 37. On the Inbox screen, what appears in the Select column for queues that other FEMA Reviewers have already checked out?
A. An application number
B. Nothing, but the user’s name will appear in the Checked Out By column✅
C. A subapplication number
D. A Check Inbox
Question 38. There are two queues in the FEMA Quarterly Reports Workflow because ____.
A. an Assistance Officer documents the review of the Quarterly Performance Report in eGrants, while a Grants Management Specialist documents the review of the Quarterly Financial Status Report in the Payment and Reporting System (PARS)
B. an Assistance Officer verifies that the Quarterly Performance Report has been submitted in the Quarterly Reports Grants Review queue and the Program staff documents the review of the Quarterly Performance Report in the Quarterly Reports Program queue.
C. an Assistance Officer documents the review of the quarterly reports from Recipients, while a Grants Management Specialist documents the review of quarterly reports from sub-recipients
D. an Assistance Officer documents the review of the Quarterly Performance Report in the Quarterly Reports Program queue, while a Grants Management Specialist documents the review of the Quarterly Financial Status Report in the Quarterly Reports Grants Review queue✅
Question 39. Which Pre-Award Eligibility queue is used to acknowledge the receipt of the application and to assign the associated sub-applications to the appropriate Internal System users for processing?
A. Cost Review queue
B. Receipt and Delegate queue✅
C. Planning Review queue
D. Initial Review queue
Question 40. If, during its review, an Applicant determines that a sub-application requires a correction or more information, the Applicant can _____.
A. request the Subapplicant create and submit a new sub-application
B. request the Subapplicant revise the sub-application and resubmit it✅
C. create a new sub-application for the Subapplicant
D. refuse to review the sub-application
Other answers for the eGrants courses
- IS-30.B: Mitigation eGrants System for the Subgrant Applicant
- IS-31.B: Mitigation eGrants for the Grant Applicant
