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Professional Standards & Ethics Flashcards

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  1. Which statement best describes a CAM's ethical responsibility when delegating work authorization?

    Answer: The CAM retains accountability for the control account even when tasks are delegated

    Delegation assigns tasks but the CAM remains accountable for control account performance and integrity.

  2. A customer representative privately asks a CAM to share a competitor's pricing data seen during a prior engagement. The CAM should:

    Answer: Refuse, as sharing it would violate procurement integrity and confidentiality rules

    Disclosing competitor proprietary or source selection data violates procurement integrity laws.

  3. What is the ethical problem with a CAM claiming 90% completion on a work package every month while costs keep accruing?

    Answer: It signals inflated progress claims that hide a growing cost and schedule problem

    A stagnant high completion percentage with rising costs indicates progress is being overstated.

  4. A CAM is asked to backdate a work authorization document to cover charges already incurred. The CAM should:

    Answer: Refuse and process the authorization with accurate dates through proper channels

    Backdating official documents falsifies records regardless of whether the underlying work was legitimate.

  5. Which action best supports an ethical organizational culture within a control account team?

    Answer: Encouraging team members to raise data concerns without fear of retaliation

    Psychological safety for raising concerns is foundational to data integrity and ethical culture.

  6. A CAM leaving the company is asked by their new employer to bring copies of control account plans. Taking them would be:

    Answer: A breach of confidentiality and misappropriation of proprietary information

    Company work products remain proprietary to the employer regardless of who authored them.

  7. Why must a CAM avoid retroactively changing earned value for closed accounting periods except through approved correction processes?

    Answer: Retroactive changes can rewrite performance history and destroy the reliability of trend data

    Unapproved retroactive changes corrupt historical performance data that stakeholders rely on for trends.