PMT 252 Mod 7
1. Program Managers (PMs) continue to play a major role in post-production events to ensure Full
Rate Production (FRP) and system support issues are addressed. In this phase (and the
Production and Deplo
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PMT 252 Mod 7
1. Program Managers (PMs) continue to play a major role in post-production events to ensure Full
Rate Production (FRP) and system support issues are addressed. In this phase (and the
Production and Deployment (P&D) phase that precedes it), small businesses should have
opportunity in which of the following sustainment areas?
a. Small Business Innovation Research (SIBR) contracts
2. Program X has established a maintenance team to investigate and resolve maintenance issues
with an aircraft component. The team is determined that a new support contract should be
solicited and outlined in its requirements, including suppliers, maintenance services, and
engineering support. As the program manager (PM), you direct the Acquisition team to identify
data to be included in the Request for Information (RFI) that you plan to release to Industry
soon. Which of the following information will help you decide whether there is a viable small
business pool?
a. DoD Expertise, presences of company management, available resources.
b. Capabilities of company management, financial history, and past performance history.
3. Government policy requires that small businesses participate in government acquisitions on
both a prime and subcontract level. According to the FAR 19.201 (a), which of the following small
businesses benefit from this regulation?
a. Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB)
4. Small businesses can be key assets to meeting the goals and requirements of the Rapid
Innovation Fund (RIF). Which of the following areas is a DoD requirement related to RIF
implementation?
a. Deliver nearer-term emerging technologies to current military operations to enhance
capabilities in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities.
5. Which of the following is the BEST way to optimize the use of small businesses during the
Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of the Acquisition Life Cycle?
a. Conduct market research to understand the availability of small businesses in
performing processes pertaining to: hardware and software detailed design, the retiring
and mitigation of open risks, prototype creation, and preparation for production and
deployment.
6. Program X has an emerging requirement to retrofit several hardware components into a new
weapons system. The program manager (PM), supporting the Contracting Officer (CO), is asking
to participate in the upcoming Acquisition Planning kickoff meeting. The PM wants to first meet
with the CO to ensure that the kickoff meeting will be successful and that is will seek to
maximize small business participation for this retrofit requirement. Which of the following is the
WORST course of action for this pre-kickoff meeting planning session between the PM and the
CO?
a. The PM should advise that the CO simply meet with the current prime contractor on
Program X, a large business, and obtain a sole source proposal to perform the retrofit.
7. During Request for Proposal (RFP) development, a program manager (PM) should clearly define
requirements, divide the proposed acquisition, establish realistic schedules, create incentives for
primes, and which of the following?
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