1) An Early Operational Assessment (EOA) is typically conducted to

• Meet the requirement to conduct Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E)
• Identify potential operational effectiveness and suitability issues during system development
• Support the decision to begin low rate initial production (LRIP)
• Meet the requirement to conduct Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E)

2) Changes are typical in acquisition programs; therefore, it is important to develop a sound configuration management strategy, place the Government in control of each element of the baselines, and design enough flexibility into the system to handle enhancements.

True False

3) Which of the following configuration baselines is used to define design requirements for each of the components or configuration items of a system?

• Functional Baseline
• Allocated Baseline
• Product Baseline
• Maintenance Baseline

4) Changes in user capability needs are most likely to cause

• Schedule slips without impacting cost
• Cost increases and schedule slips
• Cost decreases and schedule slips
• Cost decreases without impacting schedule

5) One of the many potential issues associated with the configuration management of commercial items, is the ongoing requirement to track:

• The numerous product releases over the life cycle of the program
• The contractor and sub-contractor workforce skill sets
• The development of Technical Performance Measures (TPM)
• The corrective actions applied to developmental test failures

6) Within _____ days after a program deviation occurs, the Program Manager must inform the Milestone Decision Authority of the action(s) necessary to get the program back on track.

120

60

30

90

7) A program manager should normally look for opportunities to integrate developmental testing (DT) and operational testing (OT) in order to save time and money.

True False

8)The PM must inform the Milestone Decision Authority (MDA) immediately of any program deviation.

True

False

9) The management of the system level interfaces would be the responsibility of the

• Joint Test and Evaluation Planning Group
• Government
• Integrated Logistics Support Management Team
• Contractor

10) Your new-start program was approved in this year's Authorization Bill and you are currently operating under Continuing Resolution Authority (CRA). To avoid losing a top engineer from your program, you authorize the Contractor to begin work since you expect the Appropriation Bill to be signed next week. You are now in conflict with the

• Reprogramming Thresholds
• Defense Authorization Bill
• Anti-Deficiency Act
• Misappropriation Act

11) Select the best statement about the use of Technical Reviews in the current acquisition environment.

• Technical Reviews that are not mandated by law should be tailored to assess development maturity and risk and to determine readiness to proceed to the next phase.
• Technical Reviews are essential since they are vehicles for program problem solving and training new people on the details of the program.
• The same standard set of Technical Reviews should always be conducted on every program to ensure the PM has complete data to support decisions.
• Technical Reviews waste valuable Government and contractor time and should be eliminated to allow more focus on program execution.

12) A configuration management program should focus on ensuring designs are traceable to capability needs, developmental changes are controlled and documented, interfaces are well-defined and understood, and

• All Integrated Program Management Report formats are complete
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) activities are controlled
• All product documentation is consistent with its supporting information
• Integrated logistics product support elements are identified and tracked

13) The below-threshold maximum amount of Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) funds that can be moved into a program element is

• $5 million
• $15 million

$2 million

• 10 million

14) Which technical review ensures that the system under review can proceed into preliminary design, and that all system requirements and functional performance requirements derived from the Capability Document (CDD) are defined?

• Preliminary Design Review (PDR)
• System Functional Review (SFR)
• Critical Design Review (CDR)
• System Requirements Review (SRR)