ACQ 202 Module 2 Exam_ Part II Planning - Acquisition Strategy Development

ACQ 202 Module 2 Exam: Part II Planning
- Acquisition Strategy Development
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A _______ is an aggregation of program elements that reflects a macro-level force
mission or support mission of DoD. - --Future Years Defense Program (FYDP)
-Budget
-*Major Force Program (MFP)*
-Program Objectives Memorandum (POM)


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An 8a small disadvantaged business graduates from the 8a program after ____
years. - --*9*
-11
-5
-7

an example of participation in market research by the technical Integrated Product

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Team (IPT) members would be their evaluation of existing commercial products and
non-developmental items (NDI) - --*True*
-False


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Configuration management helps control software items and shared information -
--*True*
-False

Contracts greater than $100,000 are reserved for small business. - ✅✅--True
-*False*

DoD services and agencies submit Program Objectives Memorandum (POM) to
OSD, "and OSD issues the Resource Management Decision (RMD)" during which

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phase of the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process? -
--*Programming*
-Budgeting
-Planning
-Execution

Each Component (Services/Agencies) uses the guidance provided by the Planning
phase of the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process to
prepare its proposal for all available resources, including funding, force structure and

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personnel end strength, over a five year period. This proposal, submitted to the
Secretary of Defense, is known as the: - --Defense Planning Guidance (DPG)
-Program Objectives Memorandum (POM)
-[[Budget Estimate Submission (BES) (INCORRECT)]]

, -President's Budget (PB)

Earned value management (EVM) reports are available to help the program

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manager (PM) track the contractor's cost, schedule, and performance against a
Performance Measurement Baseline. - --*True*
-False


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Escalation allows us to make predictions about future costs based on: -
--Expected inflation rates and affordability analyses
-*Expected inflation and outlay rates*
-Expected outlay rates and affordability trade-offs
-Expected cost/performance trade-offs and affordability analyses


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Financial managers use escalation to consider the effects of inflation on an
acquisition program by applying: - --Full funding policy to defense procurement
appropriations requested in the budget
-Compound and composite indices to program cost estimates
-Incremental funding policy to Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
(RDT&E) appropriations requested in the Program Objectives Memorandum (POM)
-[[Inflation factors to actual costs incurred by the contractor (INCORRECT)]]

For DoD computer-based systems such as automated information systems and

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command and control systems, standard information technology interfaces are
defined in the: - --Capability Maturity Model Integrated
-International Standard ISO 9000
-Military Interoperability Protocol (NOT THIS ONE)
-DoD IT Standards Registry (DISR)


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Full funding policy applies to the ____ appropriation category and states that ____. -
--Procurement and Military Construction; DoD is to fund the total costs incurred
to deliver a given quantity of useable end items.
-RDT&E; DoD is to fund the total costs to be incurred over a 12-month period.
-[[Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E); DoD is to fund the total
costs incurred to develop and test a given quantity of useable end items.
(INCORRECT)]]
-Procurement; DoD is to fund the total costs to be incurred over a 12-month period.

If a contractor chooses to use their own quality system, they must demonstrate

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compliance with the established military standard through formal third party
certification. - --True
-*False*


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If the Government has funded the entire development of an item, the Government is
entitled to _____ rights. - --*Unlimited*