Midterm Exam Flashcards
The Defense Acquisition System (DAS) is a complex process that invlocles multiple stakeholders, including the Department of Defense (DoD), industry partners, and Congress
(True or False?)
TRUE
The JCIDS process ensures that defense acquisitions are conducted efficiently, effectively, and in the best interest of national security.
(True or False?)
FALSE
The Major Capability Acquisition of the Defense Acquisition System consists of which of the following phases?
A. Technology Development
B. Engineering and Manufacturing Development
C. Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction
D. Material Solution Analysis
(select all that apply)
A, C, D
_________ plays a critical role in the DAS by making key decisions at each milestone review to determine if a program can process to the next phase.
A. Resource Sponsor
B. Congress
C. Program Manager
D. Milestone Decision Authority
D. Milestone Decision Authority
To ensure that requirements are properly defined and met, the DAS emphasizes the importance of early and continuous engagement with stakeholders, including warfighters, users, and industry partners
(True or False?)
TRUE
What defines the required level of performance for the system design?
A. Operational requirements
B. Test and Evaluation
C. Budget (PPBES)
D. Systems Engineering
A. Operational Requirements
What evaluating project alternatives, what three things should be considered?
(select all that apply)
A. Potential risks
B. Key Performance Parameters
C. Feasibility
D. Cost Effectiveness
A. C. D.
Conducting a cost-benefit analysis helps assess the project’s potential benefits against its costs.
(True or False?)
True
Identify the key point of the Material Solutions Analysis phase:
Focuses on identifying and analyzing potential material solutions to meet the identified capability gap
Material Solutions Analysis
Identify the key point of the Material Solutions Analysis phase:
Helps define the required capabilities in general terms rather than specifying a particular material solution.
Capabilities-Based Assessment
Identify the key point of the Material Solutions Analysis phase:
Outlines the required capabilities and serves as the basis for further analysis and decision-making
Initial Capabilities Document
Identify the key point of the Material Solutions Analysis phase:
It helps determine the most appropriate system or combination of systems to meet the identified capability gap
Analysis of Alternatives
This helps in evaluating the affordability and cost-effectiveness of the proposed solutions:
A) Milestone Devision
B) Initial Capabilities Document
C) Cost Estimation
D) Stakeholder Engagement
C. Cost Estimation
What are/is the purpose of the Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction Phase?
A. Helps ensure that the technologies are mature enough for successful integration into the final system
B. Identify and mitigate technical risks associated with the selected material solution.
C. It helps determine the most appropriate system or combination of systems to meet the identified capability gap
D) Refining cost estimates and assessing the affordability of the selected materiel solution.
A. Helps ensure that the technologies are mature enough for successful integration into the final system
B. Identify and mitigate technical risks associated with the selected material solution.
D. Refining cost estimates and assessing the affordability of the selected materiel solution.
The Material Solutions Analysis focuses on maturing technologies and reducing risk associated with the selected material solution
(True or False?)
False; Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction
The EMD phase is a critical phase in a major capability Acquisition that focuses on the detailed design, development, and testing of the selected materiel solution.
(True or false?)
TRUE
The Engineering and Manufacturing Development Phase includes a focus on refining the manufacturing process and procedures required for the production of the system.
(True or false?)
TRUE
At the end of the Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction phase, a milestone decision is made to assess the readiness of the system for production and deployment
(True or false?)
FALSE
For a major capability acquisition, this phase focuses on the full-scale production, delivery, and deployment of the system.
A) Material Solutions Analysis
B) Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction
C) Engineering and Manufacturing Development
D) None of the above
D. NONE OF THESE
Managing changes, controlling documentation, and maintaining configuration baselines represent which management activity?
A. Supply Chain Management
B. Risk Management
C. Configuration Management
C. Configuration Management
Training programs are conducted during the Engineering and Manufacturing Development phase to ensure that operators, maintainers, and support personnel are proficient in using and maintaining the system (True or False?)
FALSE
The most difficult part of Risk Management is the identification of the risk. (True or False?)
TRUE
If a root cause is described in the past tense, then it is a risk (True or False?)
FALSE
A Risk Category of “Programmatic’ is a Non-technical risk that generally originates outside the program office, or is not within the control or influence of the PM. (True or False?)
FALSE
A risk that scores a four Likelihood and a four Consequence is a high-risk (True or False?)
TRUE
The objective of risk mitigation is to eliminate the risk completely (True or False?)
FALSE
Contractual arrangements can fully transfer schedule and performance risks (True or False?)
FALSE
Accepting a risk does not mean it should be ignored (True or False?)
TRUE
Scope, time, and cost are hygiene factors! Project managers have no choice but to take care of them. (True or False?)
TRUE
Defines when you will in fact be required to make the final handover of the deliverable
TIME
“how good” the product must be
Quality (or performance)
known as a funding profile
Cost (budget)
Is what you and your project team are ultimately going to produce and deliver at the end of the project
SCOPE
According to the GAO: because funding is competitive and DoD’s forecasts of cost, schedule, and performance are largely based on immature technologies and other unknowns, estimates tend to be squeezed into insufficient profiles of available funding (True or False?)
TRUE
According to the GAO: In the competition for funding , managers are encouraged to launch product developments before technologies are mature (True or False?)
True
The goal of financial management is to ensure the efficient and effective use of funds to support program objectives (True or False?)
TRUE
Contractors play a significant role in financial management by providing accurate and timely financial data (True or False?)
TRUE
What are the key components of the PPBE system? [select all that apply]
A. planning
B. programming
C. budgeting
D. execution
ALL
Match the following:
A. Needs Driven
B. Event Driven
C. Calendar Drive
- PPBES
- DAS
- Requirements (JCIDS)
