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Exam 2 Flashcards

1
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What is an embedded design?

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Designed into / physically integrated into a system

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2
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What are the three generic classifications of DoD software-intensive systems

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  • Weapons Systems
  • Command, Control, communications, Computers, and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR)
  • Defense Business Systems
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3
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What is a system?

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An aggregation of end products and enabling products

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4
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What are the five “M”s

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Material
Method
Machinery
Manpower
Measurement
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5
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What is an interface?

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The functional and physical characteristics required to exist at a common boundary between two or more systems, end products, enabling products or subsystems

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6
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What are the phases of the life cycle?

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Materiel Solution Analysis
Technology Maturation & Risk Reduction
Engineering & Manufacturing Development
Production and Deployment
Operations and Support

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7
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A subsystem of major components must be __________ with the major component

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Interfaced

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8
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What are the three formal technical baselines for a system?

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Functional (is described by the system specifications)
Allocated
Product (is at the component level)

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9
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Who is responsible for the product baseline?

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The Contractor

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10
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What are the three components of risk?

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A future risk cause
a probability or likelihood of that future room cause occurring
the consequences (or effect) of that future occurrence

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11
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What is the ideal type of leadership for an IPT?

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Team Leadership

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12
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Who defines the quality management process for a contractor

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The contractor themselves

must meet government objectives

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13
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What are the six core ethical values according to the Josephson Institute of Ethics

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Trustworthiness
Respect
Responsibility
Fairness
Caring
Citizenship
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14
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What is ethics?

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a set of behavioral standards for a group of people of society

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15
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What are the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) categories? (11)

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  1. Aircraft
  2. Electronic/Automated Software
  3. Missile
  4. Ordinance
  5. Ship
  6. Space
  7. Surface Vehicle
  8. Unmanned Air Vehicle
  9. Unmanned Maritime System
  10. Launch Vehicle System
  11. Automated Information system
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16
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What are the common elements of WBS? (10)

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  1. Integration, assembly, test, and checkout efforts
  2. Systems engineering/program mangement
  3. System test and evaluation
  4. Training
  5. Data
  6. Peculiar support equipment
  7. Common support element
  8. Operational/site activation
  9. Industrial Facilities
  10. Initial Spares and repair parts
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17
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Work Breakdown Structure is an output of ___________

A

Systems Engineering

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18
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What is the TEMP? Who prepares it?

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Test and Evaluation Master Plan

- Prepared by the Program Manager in conjunction with the Principal Test Integration Working Group

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19
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What are the 5 top-level design goals?

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Design for ease of assembly
Design for ease of fabrication
Design for multi-use
Maximize the number of common parts
Minimize the number of parts
20
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What are the three leadership styles

Which one is most suitable for an IPT?

A

Supervisory
Participative
Team (Most suitable for IPTs)

21
Q

What are the five major causes of production problems?

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Unstable rates and quantities
Design instability
Undue emphasis on schedule
Inadquate configuration management system
Inattention to environmental impacts
22
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What are the key elements of risk management?

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Identification
Analysis
Mitigation Planning
Mitigation Plan Implementation
Tracking
23
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What are the 5 ‘M’s of manufacturing?

A 
Material
Method
Machinery
Manpower
Measurement
24
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What are the risk mitigation factors?

A

Avoiding
Controlling
Transferring
Assuming

25
Q

What is a Milestone chart?

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It depict information about significant project events, focusing on specific points in time

26
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What are the different types of schedules?

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Gantt
Milestone
Network
Production

27
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What is a critical path?

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The longest path through the network (the path with the greatest sum of task time duration)

28
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What is WBS used for?

A

Planning logistics
Establish schedules
Tracking cost
Predicting Variations

29
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What are the principles of Lean Manufacturing

A

Minimization of Waste

Responsive to Change

30
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How can the cost of quality be broken down?

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Prevention
Appraisal
Correcting Failures

31
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What is the Integrated Master Plan (IMP)

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an event based plan that identifies the work that must me accomplished to complete the key program activities and events

32
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What are the five steps in the scheduling process

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Identify the tasks
Sequence the tasks
Estimate the task duration
Construct the schedule
Implement the schedule
33
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What is product proofing?

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It involves proving that the design can actually produce a product that meets customer functional requirements in a realistic “factory floor” type situation

34
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What three categories can Cost and Quality be broken down into?

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Prevention
Appraisal
Correcting Failures

35
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What is a systems engineering plan (SEP)?

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The Government’s foundation plan for systems engineering activities planned for use on a project

36
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What are the WBS levels?

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Program WBS (level 1-3) (Government)

Contract WBS (level 4-n) (Contractor)

37
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What are the 8 Technical Management Processes?

A 
Technical Planning
Requirements Management
Interface Management
Risk Management
Configuration Management
Technical Data Management
Technical Assessment
Decision Analysis
38
Q

____________ used to be the mandatory standard used for DoD Systems Engineering. What has replaced it?

A

MIL-STD 499A

Replaced with EIA 632 and IEEE 122208

39
Q

Every system will be an end product and a set of ________ products

A

Enabling Products

40
Q

A methodical, disciplined problem solving approach used for the design, realization, technical
management, operations and retirement of a system.

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Systems Engineering

41
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What are the 8 Technical Processes

A 
Stakeholder Requirements Definition
Requirements Analysis 
Architecture Design
Implementation
Integration
Verification
Validation
Transition
42
Q

T/F

Both Industry and the DoD have similar goals in product development and share key systems engineering processes

A

True

43
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What contracts are set aside for small business?

A

Contracts greater than $3,000 but less than or equal to $150,000 are set aside exclusively for small business.

44
Q

T/F
A SDVOSB (veteran) is at least 51% owned by one or more service-disabled eligible
veterans and whose management and daily business operations are controlled by such veterans.

A

True

45
Q

What is the best way to form fit and function?

A

Configuration Management

46
Q

What are the 4 major sources of instability in an acquisition program?

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Unstable requirements
Unstable design
Unstable manufacturing processes
Unstable funding

47
Q

Two Types of Contracts

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Cost Fixed

Cost Reimbursable

AAPC 18-001 (14 decks)

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