Answer: a. Under a personal services contract, the contractor’s personnel are subject to the supervision and control that prevails in relationships between the Government and its employees.
Explanation:
A personal service contract operates as though there is an employer-employee relationship between the Government and personnel under the contractor hired for the project.
This means that the contractor's personnel will be subject to the same supervision and controls that the government puts its own employees under.
B. a dealer buying newly-issued shares of stock from a corporation
Explanation:
Primary market transactions are IPOs or any other issuance of securities, e.g. bonds. A security is traded only once in a primary market, since after the security is issued for the first time, any other transection will be made on the secondary market. There is no physical difference between a primary or secondary market, e.g. the NYSE makes both primary and secondary transactions.
