Stakeholder requirements definition, requirements analysis, and architecture design are all
emphasized during which phase of the acquisition life cycle?
a) Engineering & Manufacturing Development
b) Technology Maturation & Risk Reduction
c) Operations & Support
d) Production & Deployment
Which life cycle variation combines the simultaneous software intensive development with the
basic structure of a hardware development program?
a) Incrementally Released Software Intensive
b) Hardware Intensive
c) Defense Unique Software Intensive
d) Hardware Dominant
Which life cycle variation applies when schedule considerations dominate over cost and
technical risk considerations?
a) Software Intensive
b) Incrementally Released Software Intensive
c) Defense Unique Software Intensive
d) Accelerated Acquisition
Which Acquisition Life Cycle model is used as the baseline for a program that is dominated by
the need to develop a complex program that will not be deployed until several software builds
have been completed?
a) Defense Unique Software Intensive
b) Software Dominant
c) Hardware Intensive
d) Hardware Dominant
Which Acquisition Life Cycle model has existed in some form in all previous editions of the DoDI
5000.02 and is the starting point for most military weapon systems?