1) One of the primary advantages of international cooperative development includes:
Improved currency exchange
Reduced cost
Foreign dependency
Increased administrative requirements
2) An 8a small disadvantaged busin
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1) One of the primary advantages of international cooperative development includes:
Improved currency exchange
Reduced cost
Foreign dependency
Increased administrative requirements
2) An 8a small disadvantaged business graduates from the 8a program after ____ years.
7
5
9
11
3) The Acquisition Strategy should normally be generated using an integrated product team
(IPT) approach, including representation from all of the players listed below EXCEPT the
_________.
Funds Manager
End User
Milestone Decision Authority
Contracting Officer
4) Which of the following are "best practices" that may be appropriate for software intensive
programs (Select all that apply)?
Consider the risks of reusing existing software
Generate new code whenever possible
To speed development, only test software at completion
Use metrics to manage and monitor risk
5) The __________ phase translates planning decisions, OSD programming guidance, and
Congressional guidance into detailed allocations of time-phased resource requirements.
Execution
Programming
Planning
Budgeting
6) The final approval authority for system-related National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
documentation is the:
Component Acquisition Executive (CAE)
Program Manager (PM)
Environmental coordinator
Under Secretary of Defense (Environmental Security)
7) Monitoring the performance of risk-handling actions is involved in which step of the risk
management model?
Risk tracking
Risk analysis
Risk identification
Risk mitigation planning
8) If the Government has funded the entire development of an item, the Government is entitled
to _______ rights.
Limited
Restricted
Unlimited
Government purpose
9) A _______ is an aggregation of program elements that reflects a macro-level force mission or
support mission of DoD.
Budget
Major Force Program (MFP)
Program Objectives Memorandum (POM)
Future Years Defense Program (FYDP)
10) A "not invented here" mentality is considered:
A barrier to IPPD implementation
A key tenet of Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD)
A "Rule of the Road" for effective IPPD implementation
A guiding principle of successful Integrated Product Teams (IPTs)
11) Responsibility for awarding the contract and any modifications for Government contracts
rests with the _______.
Defense Contract Audit Agency
Contracting Officer
Program Manager
Head of the Contracting Agency
12) Applying the Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD) Management philosophy
can result in significant benefits to the customer, DoD, and industry. Some of the primary
benefits are reduced cost, increased quality, and _________________.
reduced risk
increased schedule time
reduced planning time
lower training requirements
13) As part of the DoD-recommended Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) format, which
of the following documents is considered to be one of the four parts of the TEMP that serve as a
starting point for organizing a successful T&E program?
SEE LESSON 2.5
Logistics Funding Resource Summary
Test and Evaluation Strategy
Program Management Schedule
Acquisition Strategy
14) The Deputy Secretary of Defense documents his/her decisions about Component
(Service/Agencies) proposals for allocating resources in this document, which later serves as the
baseline for the service's Budget Estimate Submission (BES) during the budgeting phase. This
document is known as the:
SEE LESSON 2.7
Program Objectives Memorandum (POM)
Future Years Defense Program (FYDP)
Resource Management Decision (RMD)
Acquisition Program Baseline (APB)
15) Which one of the following test and evaluation (T&E) products is required at Milestone C?
Live Fire Test and Evaluation (LFT&E) Report
Operational Assessment (OA) Results
Early Operational Assessment (EOA)
Beyond Low Rate Initial Production (BLRIP) Report
16) Responsibility for reviewing and analyzing the results of operational test and evaluation
(OT&E) conducted for each major DoD acquisition program belongs to?
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Developmental Test and Evaluation
(DASD(DT&E))
Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E)
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (ASD(R&E))
Congress
17) Incremental funding policy applies to the _______ appropriation category and states that
____________.
RDT&E; DoD is to fund the total costs incurred to develop and test a given quantity of
useable end items.
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E); DoD is to fund each fiscal
year for the costs expected to be incurred that year.
Procurement; DoD is to fund each fiscal year for procurement costs to be incurred that
year.
Procurement; DoD is to fund the total costs incurred to deliver a given quantity of useable
end items.
18) Which of the following is NOT a key tenet of Integrated Product and Process Development
(IPPD)?
Serial development of products and processes
Empowerment
Robust design
Customer focus
19) What is the Government's basic purpose of using the Capability Maturity Model Integrated
(CMMI) and the associated Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement
(SCAMPI) assessment process?
Allows the contractor to rate their own software development processes and experience on
a five-level scale. The Government would then look at the contractor's self-assessment to
produce defect-free software at a predicted cost and schedule.
It is a model of the specific software to be used in a program.
Uses a five-level scale to rate potential commercial software developers’ capabilities
on their ability to produce software at a predicted cost and schedule.
Is used by contractors to show clients how capable they are in developing various types of
software.
20) If a contractor chooses to use their own quality system, they must demonstrate compliance
with the established military standard through formal third party certification.
True
False
21) When are all seven Integrated Program Management Report (IPMR) formats required?
Cost and incentive contracts of $15 million or less
All DoD contracts
Fixed price contracts of $15 million or less
Cost and incentive contracts of $50 million or more
22) Which of the following exceptions to the full funding policy would allow the Government
to budget for buying three years’ worth of engines under one contract in order to save money?
Incremental
Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP)
Advance Procurement
Multiyear Procurement
23) The operational effectiveness and operational suitability questions that must be addressed
during Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) to assess the system's capability to perform its
mission are called ___________.
Critical Operational Issues (COI)
Critical Technical Parameters (CTP)
Key Performance Parameters (KPP)
Measures of Performance (MOP)
24) Sources of risk include:
Production
All of the answers are correct
Design
Schedule
25) To ensure interoperability, compliance with the DoD IT Standards Registry (DISR) is
required for all command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) systems
and automated information systems acquired within DoD.
True
False
26) Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) has primary responsibility for developmental
test and evaluation (T&E) functions throughout DoD.
SEE LESSON 2.5
True
False
27) Regarding test and evaluation (T&E) issues that may affect a program’s acquisition strategy,
the program office can use ______________ to aid in understanding the implications of any
necessary tradeoffs among testing constraints.
Design of Experiments (DOE)
Modeling and Simulation
Simulation-Based Acquisitions
Early Operational Assessments
28) An example of participation in market research by the technical Integrated Product Team
(IPT) members would be their evaluation of existing commercial products and nondevelopmental items (NDI).
True
False
29) Financial managers use escalation to consider the effects of inflation on an acquisition
program by applying:
SEE ELSSON 2.7
Inflation factors to actual costs incurred by the contractor
Full funding policy to defense procurement appropriations requested in the budget
Compound and composite indices to program cost estimates
Incremental funding policy to Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E)
appropriations requested in the Program Objectives Memorandum (POM)
30) What is the preferred method of controlling environmentally hazardous materials during
manufacturing, operations, and disposal?
Treatment of hazardous wastes is preferred over recycling because of lower manufacturing
costs.
Disposal is the preferred method because of new technologies and improved landfill
processes.
Source reduction or elimination is the most highly preferred control strategy.
Recycling is preferred over source reduction because reuse of hazardous substances costs
less than substituting alternate processes.
31) To minimize software development risk, select a contractor who:
Is rated Level 1 on the Standard Capability Maturity Model Integrated Appraisal Method
for Process Improvement (SCAMPI)
Complies with quality standard MIL-Q9858A
Relies on leading edge approaches and the latest state-of-the-art tools for software
development
Can demonstrate process maturity and domain expertise
32) Who would certify the interoperability performance of a command and control system used
by both the Army and the Navy?
Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC)
Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) and Navy Operational Test and Evaluation
Activity (OPTEVFOR)
Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC)
Joint Staff
33) The type of contract decision is based upon which of the following?
Allocation of cost risk between the parties
Government's ability to obligate funds
Amount of subcontracting anticipated
Recommendation of the Configuration Control Board
34) The first key step of the Product Support Strategy Process Model includes which of the
following?
Creating a Business Case Analysis
Designating Product Support Integrator(s)
Understanding Warfighter requirements in terms of performance
Establishing the Product Support Management IPT, consisting of Government and privatesector functional experts and appropriate stakeholders
35) At which point in the life cycle does the Life Cycle Sustainment Plan (LCSP) focus on
development of sustainment metrics to influence design, the product support strategy, and on
actions that can be taken prior to the next milestone to reduce future operating and support costs?
Milestone A
Milestone B
Milestone C
FRP
TAKE TWO
1) Each Component (Services/Agencies) uses the guidance provided by the Planning phase of
the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process to prepare its proposal
for all available resources, including funding, force structure and personnel end strength, over a
five year period. This proposal, submitted to the Secretary of Defense, is known as the:
President's Budget (PB)
Defense Planning Guidance (DPG)
Budget Estimate Submission (BES)
Program Objectives Memorandum (POM)
2) The Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) links together, and must be consistent with,
which of the following related program documents (Select all that apply)?
Initial Capabilities Document (ICD)
Systems Threat Assessment (STA)
Acquisition Program Baseline (APB)
Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP)
3) The Joint Staff has oversight for certifying interoperability capability requirements for the
Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps are valid.
True
False
4) When financial managers adjust for cost inflation in programming and budgeting, they
usually:
Prepare initial estimates in base-year (constant) dollars and escalate costs into thenyear (current) dollars
Expect investment appropriations, such as Procurement and Research, Development, Test,
and Evaluation (RDTE), to have quick outlay rates
Refer to Federal Reserve Board guidelines on outlay rates and income flows
Revise their Program Objectives Memorandum (POM) submission based on the Resource
Management Decision (RMD) released by the Deputy Secretary of Defense
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