Definitons and Facts

Question 1

A single digit alpha code that provides the contracting officer and other government personnel with engineering, manufacturing, and technical information further describing suitability/non-suitability for breakout.

Answer 1

Acquisition Method Suffix Code (AMSC)

Question 2

An item or substance upon installation loses its identity and is normally consumed in use or cannot be economically repaired. Consumable items may be flight critical.

Answer 2

Consumable Item

Question 3

A five position alphanumeric code with a number in the first and last positions excluding the letters I and O assigned to US organizations that manufacture and or control design of items supplied to the government military or civil agency. It identifies a given facility at a specific location.

Answer 3

Cage Code

Question 4

A contractor or government activity having responsibility for the design of a given part, or the preparation and currency of engineering drawings and other tech data for that part. They may or may not be the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)

Answer 4

Design Control Activity

Question 5

Form used for domestic airworthiness approval, conformity inspections, and prepositioning.

Answer 5

Federal Aviation Administration Airworthiness Approval Tag (8130-3)

Question 6

A code that indicated any part assembly or installation containing a critical characteristic whose failure, malfunction, or absence, could cause an u commanded engine shutdown or a catastrophic failure in loss or serious damage to the aircraft or an unsafe condition.

Answer 6

Flight Criticality Code

Question 7

An individual, company, corporation, or firm or gov activity who controls the production of an item and the physical fabrication process that produce the deliverable or other items of supply for the government.

Answer 7

Manufacturer

Question 8

A contractor responsible for the original design and production of the major system or subsystem in which other manufacturers components are assembled.

Answer 8

Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)

Question 9

Allows a company to produce and sell federal aviation administration (FAA) approved aircraft articles that are eligible for installation on FAA type certified aircraft.

Answer 9

Parts Manufacture Approval

Question 10

A contractor having responsibility for design control and or delivery of a system/equipment such as aircraft, engines, ships, ranks, vehicles,guns, missiles, ground comms, and electronic systems and test equipment.

Answer 10

Prime Contractor

Question 11

Durable item when unserviceable, can be economically restored to a serviceable condition through regular repair procedures.

Answer 11

Repairable Item

Question 12

Documented evidence that the item to be supplied was/will be manufactured and or maintained by the prime contractor, approved manufacturer, or FAA certificate holder.

Answer 12

Traceability

Question 13

Identifies, selects, and acquires the range and depth of spare parts needed to support an end item for an initial period of time.

Answer 13

Provisioning

Question 14

In the provisioning process, what do the terms range and depth mean?

Answer 14

Range refers to the number of different types of parts.

Depth refers to the number of parts by type.

Question 15

What does the provisioning process provide to the supply chain?

Answer 15

It determines the supply support necessary to provide the capability to carry out a maintenance plan. It ensures the availability of necessary initial stocks of support items and associated technical documentation to organizations and support activities.

Question 16

Is functionally comprised of three categories: Maintenance Requirements, Maintenance History, and Maintenance Actions.

Answer 16

The Aviation Computerized Maintenance System (ACMS) database

Question 17

What is the purpose of MPCs at ALC?

Answer 17

The main purposes for MPC usage is to provide maintenance instructions, collect maintenance data, serve as a source document for data input, serve as a historical record, and identify maintenance personnel.

Question 18

Process for assuring suppliers are selected, evaluated, and have the ability to provide the product and or services required.

Answer 18

Procurement

Question 19

What information is maintained on services or items to be purchased?

Answer 19

Requirements for the approval of the product, processes, procedures, equipment, and qualification of personnel.

Question 20

Who performs necessary verification of products and services to ensure requirements are met?

Answer 20

Quality assurance and other technical personnel within an organization.

Question 21

Who controls the purchasing limits and authorization levels and manages the overall activity on a broad basis, monitoring trends and conditions?

Answer 21

Chief of Contracting Office (COCO)

Question 22

Used to request direction or guidance on engineering issues not specifically covered by standard maintenance practices, such as unusual repair requests, parts substitution, trial installations, and evaluation of a new procedure or process.

Answer 22

Engineering Service Request (ESR)

Question 23

How are available sources for supplies and services classified?

Answer 23

Available sources for supplies and services can be classified in three broad groups and arranged in the general order of priority (1) required government sources, (2) required commercial sources, and (3) open-market sources.

Question 24

lists other inventory points, and contains management policy and requisitioning procedures. The Supply Policy and Procedures Manual may be reviewed by accessing the CG Portal.

Answer 24

The Supply Policy and Procedures Manual, COMDTINST M4400.19

Question 25

What sources of excess property must be considered to satisfy the government’s needs?

Answer 25

1. Customer’s excess property
2. Coast Guard-wide property, and
3. Other government agencies (OGA) excess property
   (e.g., Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office (DRMO), General Services Administration GSA).

Question 26

What is the priority in which the government must seek out available supply sources?

Answer 26

Descending order of priority

1. Agency Inventories (see following pages), including DHS-wide contracts/agreements
2. Excess From Other Agencies (see succeeding sections of this chapter)
3. Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (UNICOR) see ordering guideline in the succeeding sections of this chapter
4. Supplies which are on the Procurement List maintained by the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled i.e., NIB-NISH or Ability One (previously known as JWOD).
5. Wholesale supply sources such as General Services Administration (GSA) Global Supply and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)
6. Mandatory Federal Supply Schedules (FSS)
7. Optional use Federal Supply Schedules (FSS)
8. Commercial Sources (Open Market) including educational and nonprofit institutions
9. Interagency Agreements (FAR 17.5) i.e., MIPRs under The Economy Act
10. Other Government-wide Agency Contracts (GWAC)

Question 27

The purchase request (PR) must provide at a minimum?

Answer 27

1. Independent Government Cost Estimate
2. Statement of Work or detailed description
3. HAZMAT and Recovery Conservation Recovery Act forms(RCRA) applicable; such as new stock)
4. List of potential sources, if known
5. Valid accounting/funding information
6. Treasury Account Symbol (TAS)

Question 28

What is the purpose of the Configuration Management Plan (CMP)?

Answer 28

to establish a process for Configuration Management (CM) in order to identify, document, audit, and control changes to the configuration of the new system/equipment being acquired.

Question 29

CM objectives include:

Answer 29

• Identify and document the functional and physical characteristics of selected system components designated as configuration items, during the life cycle;
• Control changes to configuration items and their related technical documentation using a defined process;
• Record and report information needed to manage configuration items effectively, including the status of proposed changes and implementation status of approved changes; and
• Ensure that the complex aggregate of configuration items meets the system specified and operational requirements, and verify actual product configuration against required attributes.

Question 30

True or False:

CM processes span the entire life cycle and are driven more by project technical and CM events rather than a specific acquisition phase. Configuration changes occur throughout the life of the asset as more knowledge of the asset design, operation, and maintenance concepts is gained, and mission requirements change.

Answer 30

True

Question 31

Critical Operational Issues. The OTA refines the preliminary Critical Operational Issues (COI) from the ORD for use in evaluating the operational effectiveness and operational suitability of the asset or system. COI are the key concerns that must be examined in operational testing to determine a product’s capability to perform its mission. COI are derived from the Key Performance Parameters and other mission performance attributes in the MNS and CONOPS and Operational Requirements defined in the ORD. COI are grouped in two areas: 1) technical requirements and parameters associated with operational effectiveness and 2) non-technical requirements associated with operational suitability. While the bulk of suitability issues are referred to as “non-technical” in this Manual, issues like Reliability, Maintainability, and Availability are of a technical nature; can be quantitatively measured; and have comparable importance to effectiveness issues. In support of the mission, both the materiel developer and the operational test agency need to know under what conditions the proposed system will be used

Answer 31

Good to know and review

Question 32

A single digit numerical code to describe to the new contracting officer and other government personnel the results of a technical review of a part and its suitability for breakout.

Answer 32

Acquisition Method Code (AMC)