Exam 3 Jeopardy

Question 1

The ___________ is developed by the PM at Milestone ___, and updated prior to each Milestone. It reflects the approved program being executed.

Answer 1

Acquisition Program Baseline (APB) / Milestone B

Question 2

PAUC

Answer 2

Program Acquisition Unit Cost

Question 3

A critical breach to the APB is ___% of the current baseline estimate and ___% of the original baseline estimate

Answer 3

+25% / +50%

Question 4

When a program deviation occurs, the PM must notify the MDA __________ and follow up within ________- to explain the reason for deviation and to provide a get well plan

Answer 4

Immediately / 30 Days

Question 5

The PM has the flexibility to work within the __________ between threshold and objective parameters.

Answer 5

Trade Space

Question 6

The responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) shows the intersection of __________.

Answer 6

The WBS (what work needs to be done) and the OBS (who does the work)

Question 7

The three-step process to develop a Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB).

Answer 7

Define the work (WBS)
Schedule the work
Allocate Budgets

Question 8

A formal review conducted jointly between the Government and contractor, mandatory for all EVMS contracts, assesses validity of control account budgets , resources and time phasing

Answer 8

Integrated Baseline Review (IBR)

Question 9

The two major types of EVMS surveillance performed by DCMA

Answer 9

System Surveillance &

Program/Contact Surveillance

Question 10

The __________ EVMS guidelines in ANSI/EIA-748 provide a framework to evaluate the adequacy of a contractors EVM system.

Answer 10

32

Question 11

What type of software is an Army intelligence system that is a tactically deployable system that received and correlated data from strategic and tactical intelligence sensors and sources.

Answer 11

C4ISR

Question 12

The common software development approaches

Answer 12

Waterfall
Incremental
Agile
Spiral

Question 13

________ provide an organization with a set of processes that, if done by qualified persons using appropriate tools and methods, will provide a capability to do effective and efficient engineering of systems, including their software components.

Answer 13

Standards

Question 14

Three INFOSEC technologies

Answer 14

Firewalls
Encryption
Anti-virus Software

Question 15

There are ____ Integrated Product Support (IPS) Elements

Answer 15

12

Question 16

Two types of maintenance

Answer 16

Scheduled; or Preventative

Unscheduled; or Repair (corrective maintenance)

Question 17

__________ supports the acquisition process by ensuring that logistics considerations are property planned, integrated with the system design so that the system is supportable, continue after fielding to support the system during operations, and dispose of the system safely at the end of its useful life.

Answer 17

Life Cycle Logistics

Question 18

There are __ mandatory system safety steps, each of which is essential to achieve acceptable risk through a systematic engineering approach.

Answer 18

Eight (8)

Question 19

Executive Order for Greening the Government

Answer 19

EO 13101

Question 20

________ minimize the probability of inadvertent initiation and the severity of subsequent collateral damage.

Answer 20

Insensitive Munitions

Question 21

Three ways to analyze and document potential hazards.

Answer 21

Categorical Exclusion (CATEX)
Environmental Assessment (EA)
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

Question 22

______ requires the Program Manager to prepare a Programmatic Environmental, Safety and Occupational Health Evaluation (PESHE) describing the program’s process for integrating ESOH into System Engineering.

Answer 22

DoDI 5000.02

Question 23

What is the measure of maintainability?

Answer 23

Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)

Question 24

________ incorporates non-proprietary interfaces, protocols, industrial standards, interoperable, and portability.

Answer 24

Open Systems Architecture

Question 25

_________ not only concerns the system itself but the entire infrastructure needed to sustain it.

Answer 25

Supportability

Question 26

The two goals for RMS?

Answer 26

Higher operational effectiveness

Lower ownership costs

Question 27

A ___________ is a term that includes personnel, supplies/equipment, and real property necessary to deploy and sustain a weapon system.

Answer 27

Logistical Footprint

Question 28

The three major areas of Life Cycle Logistics are:

Answer 28

Acquisition Logistics
Sustainment Logistics
Performance Based Life Cycle Product Support (PBL)

Question 29

The ______ is the current act covering the acquisition of information technology.

Answer 29

Clinger-Cohen Act (CCA)

Question 30

____: The first attainment of the minimum capability to effectively employ a weapon item of equipment, or system of approved specific characteristics, and which is manned or operated by an adequately trained, equipped, and supported military unit or force.

Answer 30

IOC