1.The Defense Acquisition System (DAS) translates the user needs into a weapon system or automated information system?

True

False

2.Who is responsible for reviewing funding issues related to the Acquisition Strategy?

The Contractor

The Financial Manager

The Technology Manager

The Milestone Decision Authority

3._______has the lead for oversight of the JCIDS and validates the JCIDS documents for ACAT I and ACAT IA programs.

Sponsors

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Policy Makers

The Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC)

4.____________ is the single repository of official program/budget estimates for the_______.

Resource Management Tool (RMT); Army

Program Optimization and Budget Execution (PROBE) System; Army

Program Budget Information System (PBIS); Navy

Automated Budget Interactive Data Environment System (ABIDES); Air Force

5.When examining the Resource Allocation Process (RAP Chart, actions inside the chart occur at/between/among Headquarters of the military Departments, Defense Agencies, OSD, and Congress. These actions are considered _______ actions. But the chart does not consider _______actions occur at the Major Command or Program Office.

Planning; how

Fiscal Cycle; why

Programming; if

Washington; when

6.The following provides guidance for identifying warfighting capabilities:

Threat Assessments

Strategic Guidance

All of the answers are correct

Feedback from the field

7.This document is a principle product of the JCIDS process, for a program in its Technology Development Phase; it provides the thresholds and objectives for the system attributes against which the delivered capability will be measured is:

Capabilities Development Document (CDD)

Foreign National Initial Capabilities Document (FNICD)

Computer based Capabilities Production Document (CPD)

Joint Doctrine, Organization, Training, Material Leadership, Personnel, Facilities, and Policy (DOTMLPF-P) Change Recommendation (DCR)

8.Performance requirements are listed as _________ and linked to the program goals.

Thresholds

Objectives

Key Performance Parameters (KPP) and Key System Attributes (KSA)

The Acquisition Program Baseline (APB)

9.The Army documents it position in which of the following using Program Optimization and Budget Execution (Probe):

Execution

Planning

Programming

All answer choices are correct

10.The product support package includes the:

Array of product support functions required to deploy the system

Effective strategies for managing system costs including all functions related to weapon systems readiness

Array of product support functions required to maintain the system

All of the answers are correct.

11.__________ is the process that matches available dollars against a prioritized list of requirements to develop a five-year resource proposal called a Program Objective Memorandum (POM).

Planning Phase

Budgeting Phase

Programming

Execution Phase

12.Which of the following is not a characteristic of APB Performance Parameters?

Includes the Key Performance Parameters

The total number of performance parameters are the minimum needed to characterize major drivers of operations, performance, supportability, and interoperability.

Broadly define operational-level measures of effectiveness or performance

Identifies the Total Ownership Cost (TOC)

13.Which of the following is the end product of the Budgeting Phase?

Program Objective Memorandum (POM)

DoD portion of the President's Budget

Future Year Defense Plan (FYDP)

Commanders Integrated Priority List (IPL)

14.Changes to approved programs must carefully be considered in light of all of the following Except:

Required capability

Program Deviations Reports

Acquisition Strategy

Affordability CAPS