DTS Basic - Constructed Travel Guaranteed Success
1. You are going TDY from Colorado Springs, CO, to Albuquerque, NM. Using the DTOD, you have
determined that the round-trip mileage for your TDY is 756 miles. For personal reasons, you would like
to drive your own vehicle. When you create your...
DTS Basic - Constructed Travel Guaranteed Success
1. You are going TDY from Colorado Springs, CO, to Albuquerque, NM. Using the DTOD, you have
determined that the round-trip mileage for your TDY is 756 miles. For personal reasons, you would like
to drive your own vehicle. When you create your authorization, which of the following will be true?
- ✔️ A pre-audit flag will trigger. You must enter a comment in the justification text box, but don't
have to attach a completed CTW.
- Correct; when using a POV for a trip where a government mode is authorized, it triggers a pre-audit
flag and requires justification.
2. Which of the following is true about the traveler's transportation reimbursement if the traveler did
not use the authorized transportation mode?
- ✔️ The AO may limit it to the cost of the authorized transportation mode.
- This is accurate; if a traveler deviates from the authorized transportation mode, the Authorizing
Official (AO) can restrict reimbursement to the authorized costs.
3. Which of the following is part of the authorization approval process?
- ✔️ Setting a reimbursement limit
- This is true; part of the approval process involves establishing limits on how much can be
reimbursed for transportation.
4. Who benefits from proper application of constructed travel?
- ✔️ Both travelers and the Government
- Correct; both the traveler (gaining reimbursement) and the government (cost savings) benefit from
effectively applying constructed travel principles.
5. You are creating a voucher for your TDY trip. Which of the following actions would cause DTS to
trigger the constructed travel pre-audit flag?
- ✔️ The authorized transportation mode was commercial air; you enter POV mileage.
- This is accurate; if the traveler enters POV mileage instead of the authorized mode, the system flags
this deviation.
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