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______________shows the results of the company’s business activities over a period of time, expressed as income. The form presents the net income over time.

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An Income Statement

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A Source Selection Advisory Council (SSAC) Required on solicitations over ______

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$100 million

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What are the Five Cost Allowability Criteria:

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  • Reasonableness
  • Allocability
  • Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
  • ***Contract Terms
  • Cost Principles in accordance with FAR Part 31
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The three primary purposes of Source Selection Planning.

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  • Provide a structured, fair, impartial evaluation of offerors
  • Maximize competition and innovation
  • Select best source
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Who creates the Source Selection Plan?

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Source Selection IPT

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The Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) is prepared by the ______________in conjunction with principal_________________________.

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  • Program Manager (PM),

* Test Integration Working Group (TIWG) members

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______________helps determine system operational suitability and effectiveness, and it addresses Critical Operational Issues (COIs) that are defined by the User.

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Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E)

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Whenever possible, the Program Manger and test team should try to combine _________________ to save both cost and schedule time that would otherwise be lost in a serial testing process

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Developmental and Operational Testing

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Required for certain major system before full rate production can begin. Use to evaluate lethality and survivability

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Live Fire Test and evaluation (LFT&E)

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___________that the system meets the performance specifications accomplished through Developmental Testing it is called (Did you build it right?)

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Verification

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What are the 8 Technical Management Processes

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  • Technical Planning
  • Requirements Management
  • Interface Management
  • Risk Management
  • Configuration Management
  • ***Technical Data Management
  • Technical Assessment
  • Decision Analysis
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What are the Technical Processes for Designing Systems

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  • Stakeholder Requirements Definition
  • Requirements Analysis
  • ***Architecture Design
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Both _____________and the DoD have similar goals in product development and share key Systems Engineering processes.

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Industry

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In early stages of the acquisition lifecycle many Systems Engineering technical processes are performed by__________________.

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the government

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A_______________ is one that is not explicitly stated in a higher level set of requirements yet required to be satisfied in order to provide a complete system solution

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Derived requirements

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____________________is the technical process involved in realization of an end product when the assembled product consists of two or more end products from lower-layer system models

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Integration

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_____________establish and evolve project plans, assess progress against the plan, and evaluate and select alternatives

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Technical Management Processes

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___________ schedules are based on key events, related tasks and relevant completion criteria for the applicable engineering work model

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Event—based

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The _____________will play key roles in the development of external interfaces because these may involve interfaces with systems outside the control of the __________________

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Government/Contractors

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________________establishes and maintains consistency of a products attributes with its requirements and product configuration information.

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Configurations Management

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The ____________is an event-based plan that identifies the work that must be accomplished to complete the key program activities and events

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Integrated master plan (IMP)

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The ____________________will play key roles in the development of external interfaces because these may involve interfaces with systems outside the control of the _____________________

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Government/Contractor

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The __________________ is an event-based plan that identifies the work that must be accomplished to complete the key program activities and events

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Integrated master plan (IMP)

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________________ are a points in time where decision maker evaluate the status of the program and determine if the program should proceed to the next phase

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Milestones

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A________________ Directs a delay in a successor activity
Lag
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The _______________ is the longest path through the network (the path with the greatest sum of task time durations)
Critical path
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The 5 step scheduling process includes:
* Identify the tasks; * Sequence the tasks; * Estimate the task duration, * ***Construct the schedule, * Implement the schedule.
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The Work Breakdown Structure is a Product-oriented family tree composed of hardware, software, ____________, data, and facilities.
Services
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A Functional WBS answers the question____________________ A Product WBS answers the question______________
What must it do?, What does it look like?
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Identify the two types of Product WBS.
* Program WBS | * Contract WBS
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The program WBS is developed by the ____________
Government
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__________of the WBS includes Major Elements of the defense materiel item, such as hardware, software elements, program management, training, data, etc.
Level 2
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A neutral third party listens to the issues, helps develop options, and works with the disputing parties to obtain a negotiated settlement is called _________
Mediation:
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What are the Two Options for Resolving Contract Disputes
* Litigation | * ****Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
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The Changes clause allows the ______________to make changes within the scope of the contract.
Contracting Officer
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Identify the four categories of data rights.
* Unlimited Rights * Limited Rights * Government Purpose Rights * Restricted Rights
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The _____________ is responsible to bring the program in on time and within budget while the ___________advises the program office on the statement of work (SOW)
PM/KO
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Define the three primary types of leadership styles found in today's workplace. (missing)
* Supervisory * ***Participative * Team Leadership
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Josephson Institute states personal ethics have to major aspects:
* Knowing right from wrong | * Doing what is right
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The 6 pillars of core ethical values are:
* Trustworthiness * Respect * ***Responsibility * Caring * Justice and Fairness * Citizenship
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Identify simplest approach to ethical decision-making.
apply the 'hero test‘
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‘Higher Truths” are not flexible and there are no exceptions
Kants absolute moral duties
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_____________is a measure of future uncertainties in achieving program technical performance goals within defined cost and schedule constraints.
Risk
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Aspects of risk include:
* Current Threat * Technology maturity * Supplier capability * Design maturation * Performance against plan
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Risk management includes these key elements:
* Risk Identification * Risk Analysis * Risk Mitigation Planning * Risk Mitigation Plan Implementation * ****Risk Tracking
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Know the three components of Risk
* A future root cause, * A probability or likelihood of that future root cause occurring, * ***The consequences (or effect) of that future occurrence
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The program manager and the __________________should review and approve the final risk mitigation plan
Lead system engineer
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The 5 elements that are used to ensure a system design is capable of being produced into a uniform, defect-free, reproducible product
``` (5 Ms) of Manufacturing • Material • Method • Machinery • Manpower • Measurement. ```
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The two main principles of lean manufacturing
* Minimization of Waste | * Responsive to Change.
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The cost of quality can be broken down into three separate areas:
* Prevention (50%) * ****Appraisal (35%) * Correcting Failures (15%)
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What are the five top-level design goals for producible products
* Design for Ease of Fabrication * Design for Ease of Assemble * Design for Multiuse * Minimize Number of Parts * Maximize Number of Common Parts
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The three steps in Production and Manufacturing Integration include:
* Influence the Design Process * ****Prepare for Production * Execute the Manufacturing Plan.
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_______________ ensures DOD has qualified personnel to manage the acquisition of Defense Systems
Defense Acquisition workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA)
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The ___________________streamlined and simplified many contracting procedures, and changed the face of contracting in the Federal Government
Federal Acquisition Reform Act (FARA)
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The ____________now governs the acquisition of software-intensive systems within the Federal Government
Clinger-Cohen Act (CCA)
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The _______________details key capabilities that a system must meet and is the baseline for the PMO’s effort
Capabilities Development Document (CDD)
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The three areas the defense acquisition workforce improvement Act (DAWIA) established standards in for use in certification
* Education * Training * Experience
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What is the GIG?
the Global Information Grid (GIG) ie the “DOD internet”
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__________are groups of related systems sharing a set of common capabilities
Domain
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These type of architectures use open specifications to define interfaces, services and supporting formats
Open System Architectures
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______________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
Standards
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A ______________is a grouping of software that satisfies an end-use function. It is specifically designated as an SI for purposes of specification, qualification testing, interfacing or other purposes.
Software Item (SI)

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