2)As part of the Program Protection Plan (PPP), cybersecurity is a critical priority for DoD. Effective cybersecurity in DoD acquisition programs encompasses all of the necessary actions taken to ensure the _________________ of a system's information to enable warfighting operations.

Suitability and effectiveness

Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM)

Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability (CIA)

Technological superiority

3)The ____________________ provides military intelligence to defense policy makers, force planners and warfighters in DOD in support of weapons system acquisition.

Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)

Army Intelligence

Director of National Intelligence (DNI)

National Security Agency (NSA)

4)Which one of the following test and evaluation (T&E) products is required at Milestone C?

Live Fire Test and Evaluation (LFT&E) Report

DOT&E Report on Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E)

Early Operational Assessment (EOA)

Operational Assessment (OA) Results

5)The risk management process has five activities:

Analyzing, Designing, Developing, Testing and Observing

Planning, Controlling, Developing, Mitigating and Monitoring

Controlling, Alleviating, Assuming, Transferring and Targeting

Planning, Identification, Analysis, Handling, and Monitoring

6)Identification of the possible consequences in terms of performance, schedule, and cost occurs in which step of the risk management process?

Risk tracking

Risk mitigation

Risk analysis

Risk monitoring

7)The final approval authority for system-related National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documentation is the:

Environmental coordinator

Under Secretary of Defense (Environmental Security)

Component Acquisition Executive (CAE)

Program Manager (PM)

8)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

9)By implementing Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD), gains realized by the early integration of business, contracting, manufacturing, testing, training, and support considerations in the design process can result in ___________________.

unnecessary schedule delays

fewer costly changes made later in the process

complicated detail design reviews

increased logistics footprint

10)Executive Orders on environmental activities and policy, sometimes referred to as "Greening the Government":

Exempts less-than-ACAT I programs from compliance with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) procedures if they have an approved Environmental Impact Statement.

Directs all Federal Agencies to establish plans to improve energy efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, conserve and protect water resources and reduce or eliminate toxic or hazardous materials.

Applies only to ACAT I and ACAT II programs.

States that Major Program Managers must take and pass formal training in environmental protection.

11)Defense policy requires designated systems to be certified as interoperable. In part, testing to ensure interoperability is conducted to determine if the system is:

Configured in such a manner that the user is able to operate the system without any specialized training.

Consistent with commercial standards and best industry practices.

Able to provide and receive services from other systems.

Fully compatible with potential threat force systems, units, and doctrine.

12)The first key step of the Product Support Strategy Process Model includes which of the following?

Designating Product Support Integrator(s)

Creating a Business Case Analysis

Establishing the Product Support Management IPT, consisting of Government and private-sector functional experts and appropriate stakeholders

Understanding Warfighter requirements in terms of performance

13)Which of the following is NOT a key tenet of Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD)?

Empowerment

Serial development of products and processes

Robust design

Customer focus

14)A "not invented here" mentality is considered:

A key tenet of Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD)

A barrier to IPPD implementation

A guiding principle of successful Integrated Product Teams (IPTs)

A "Rule of the Road" for effective IPPD implementation

15)DoD policy is to consider international cooperative development only after U.S.-only solutions have been shown to be impractical.

True

False

16)Responsibility for reviewing and analyzing the results of operational test and evaluation (OT&E) conducted for each major DoD acquisition program belongs to?

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (ASD(R&E))

Congress

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Developmental Test and Evaluation (DASD(DT&E))

Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E)

17)In which phase of the life cycle does the Life Cycle Sustainment Plan (LCSP) focus on how sustainment performance is measured, managed, assessed, and reported?

TMRR Phase

O&S Phase

P&D Phase

EMD Phase

18)The operational effectiveness and operational suitability questions that must be addressed during Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) to assess the system's capability to perform its mission are called ___________.

Key Performance Parameters (KPP)

Measures of Performance (MOP)

Critical Operational Issues (COI)

Critical Technical Parameters (CTP)

19)The Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) is mandated by DoD policy and must be updated periodically to ensure that it stays current as the program evolves through the life cycle.

True

False

20)Which one of the following organizations would conduct testing on the flight controls of a fighter aircraft to ensure it will meet the critical technical parameters (CTPs) derived from the Capability Development Document (CDD)?

Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)

Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC)

Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center (AFOTEC)

Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)