ACQ-202- MODULE 2-EXAM 1

1) Government contracts should be designed to allow contractors to apply Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD) principles and make use of effective commercial standards, practices, and processes. - True - False 2) The National Environment Policy Act (NEPA) can affect defense acquisition program managers because: - NEPA requires program managers to take remedial action to restore the environment before they can initiate a new acquisition program. - NEPA requires environmental impacts to be considered in the decision making process for acquisition programs. - Violators of the NEPA process are subject to fines and prison sentences. - NEPA requires environmental impacts to be completely eliminated before approval will be granted for an acquisition program. 3) Defense policy requires designated systems to be certified as interoperable. In part, testing to ensure interoperability is conducted to determine if the system is: - Fully compatible with potential threat force systems, units, and doctrine. - Consistent with commercial standards and best industry practices. - Configured in such a manner that the user is able to operate the system without any specialized training. - Able to provide and receive services from other systems. 4) Which one of the following organizations would evaluate measures of effectiveness (MOEs) to determine how well a munitions system can perform its mission? - Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) - Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM) - Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) - Marine Corps Operational Test and Evaluation Activity (MCOTEA) 5) Identification of the possible consequences in terms of performance, schedule, and cost occurs in which step of the risk management process? - Risk mitigation - Risk tracking - Risk monitoring - Risk analysis 6) Transitioning to Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD) will involve application of certain key tenets, such as customer focus, concurrent development, and: - Supervisory leadership - Reliance on independent organizations - Event-driven scheduling - Risk avoidance 7) The Acquisition Strategy should normally be generated using an integrated product team (IPT) approach, including representation from all of the players listed below EXCEPT the _________. - User Representative - Financial Analyst - Contracting Officer - Milestone Decision Authority 8) The final approval authority for system-related National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documentation is the: - Component Acquisition Executive (CAE) correct answer - Program Manager (PM) my answer - Environmental coordinator - Under Secretary of Defense (Environmental Security) 8) The final approval authority for system-related National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documentation is the: - Component Acquisition Executive (CAE) - Program Manager (PM) - Environmental coordinator - Under Secretary of Defense (Environmental Security) 9) One of the primary advantages of international cooperative development includes: - Reduced cost - Increased administrative requirements - Foreign dependency - Improved currency exchange 10) Design of Experiments (DOE) can have a positive impact on test and evaluation (T&E) resources by providing an efficient/effective means to ascertain the appropriate test sample sizes and therefore enable reductions in cost and schedule. - True - False