Which of the following is something you should NOT do during negoiations?
Correct Answer: Established action items or issue inquiries if the contractor
doesn't answer.
The concept of _____________ is used to address the interplay between system
performance, availability (reliability, maintainability, and supportability), process
efficiency, and system life cycle cost. Correct Answer: Affordable System
Operational Effectiveness (ASOE).
Tracking Technical Performance Measures on high-risk components should
provide: Correct Answer: Early warning signs of potential performance problems.
A decision matrix can be used to quantifiably compare alternatives when
conducting the tradeoff process to create a supportable design that is also
producible, testable, and ____________________________. Correct Answer:
Affordable.
Maintainability is how quickly, easily and cost effectively a system can be returned
to operational status after maintenance is performed. It is measured by ________.
Correct Answer: Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
Ultimately, the use of open systems design is expected to result in lower life cycle
costs. Correct Answer: True.
Three critical factors in achieving maximum Operational Availability (Ao) are:
Correct Answer: Reliability, maintainability, and supportability.
The System Engineering Process primarily is used by acquisition management to
manage technical risk, but it can also help to reduce program cost and schedule
risk. Correct Answer: False.
___________ shows how different parts of a system fit together from various
perspectives as a system is designed and developed. Correct Answer: Virtual
Prototypes.