1) If your procurement budget request did not provide for buying a whole
number of useable end items, this would be a violation of which funding
policy? [Given programming and budgeting documents, relate the applicable funding policies
to each of the five DoD appropriation categories of greatest interest to acquisition programs.]
Full
Funding
Deficit
Funding
Incremental
Funding
Annual
Funding
2) Which of the following exceptions to the full funding policy would allow
the Government to budget for buying three years' worth of engines under
one contract in order to save money? [Identify two exceptions to the full funding
policy.]
Multiyear
Procurement
Advance
Procurement
Increment
al
Low Rate Initial Production
(LRIP)
3) Escalation allows us to make predictions about future costs based on:
[Identify the concept of escalation in submitting program and budget documents.]
Expected inflation and outlay
rates
Expected outlay rates and affordability
trade-offs
Expected inflation rates and affordability
analyses
, Expected cost/performance trade-offs and affordability
analyses
4) The database that contains the force structure, personnel strength, and
financial resources of DoD is the: [Relate the following building blocks to the PPBE
process: Future Years Defense Program (FYDP); Major Force Program (MFP); and Program Element
(PE).]
Future Years Defense Program
(FYDP)
Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution System
(PPBE)
Resource Management Decision
(RMD)
Acquisition Program Baseline
(APB)
5) 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 personnel end strength, over a five year period.
This proposal, submitted to the Secretary of Defense, is known as the:
[Identify the key events in the programming phase, including the preparation, review and decision
process associated with the two primary documents of the phase: Program Objectives Memorandum
(POM) and Resource Management Decision (RMD).]
Program Objectives Memorandum
(POM)
President's Budget
(PB)
Defense Planning Guidance
(DPG)
Budget Estimate Submission
(BES)
6) Responsibility for awarding the contract and any modifications for
Government contracts rests with the _______. [Identify the complementary roles and
responsibilities of the Contracting Officer and the Program Manager in their partnership throughout
the acquisition process.]
Contracting
, Officer
Program
Manager
Head of the Contracting
Agency
Defense Contract Audit
Agency
8) When technical data is developed with a combination of Government and
contractor funding, the Government initially gets ______ rights to that data.
[Identify the policy and concepts involved in the acquisition of data rights.]
Government
Purpose
Unlimite
d
Limite
d
Restricte
d
9) Contracts greater than $100,000 are reserved for small business. [Identify
current socioeconomic programs and determine their contractual consequences.]
True
Fals
e
11) Configuration management helps control software items and shared
information [Identify "best practices" that may be appropriate for the acquisition of software-
intensive systems.] [Remediation Accessed :N]
Fals
e
True
number of useable end items, this would be a violation of which funding
policy? [Given programming and budgeting documents, relate the applicable funding policies
to each of the five DoD appropriation categories of greatest interest to acquisition programs.]
Full
Funding
Deficit
Funding
Incremental
Funding
Annual
Funding
2) Which of the following exceptions to the full funding policy would allow
the Government to budget for buying three years' worth of engines under
one contract in order to save money? [Identify two exceptions to the full funding
policy.]
Multiyear
Procurement
Advance
Procurement
Increment
al
Low Rate Initial Production
(LRIP)
3) Escalation allows us to make predictions about future costs based on:
[Identify the concept of escalation in submitting program and budget documents.]
Expected inflation and outlay
rates
Expected outlay rates and affordability
trade-offs
Expected inflation rates and affordability
analyses
, Expected cost/performance trade-offs and affordability
analyses
4) The database that contains the force structure, personnel strength, and
financial resources of DoD is the: [Relate the following building blocks to the PPBE
process: Future Years Defense Program (FYDP); Major Force Program (MFP); and Program Element
(PE).]
Future Years Defense Program
(FYDP)
Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution System
(PPBE)
Resource Management Decision
(RMD)
Acquisition Program Baseline
(APB)
5) 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 personnel end strength, over a five year period.
This proposal, submitted to the Secretary of Defense, is known as the:
[Identify the key events in the programming phase, including the preparation, review and decision
process associated with the two primary documents of the phase: Program Objectives Memorandum
(POM) and Resource Management Decision (RMD).]
Program Objectives Memorandum
(POM)
President's Budget
(PB)
Defense Planning Guidance
(DPG)
Budget Estimate Submission
(BES)
6) Responsibility for awarding the contract and any modifications for
Government contracts rests with the _______. [Identify the complementary roles and
responsibilities of the Contracting Officer and the Program Manager in their partnership throughout
the acquisition process.]
Contracting
, Officer
Program
Manager
Head of the Contracting
Agency
Defense Contract Audit
Agency
8) When technical data is developed with a combination of Government and
contractor funding, the Government initially gets ______ rights to that data.
[Identify the policy and concepts involved in the acquisition of data rights.]
Government
Purpose
Unlimite
d
Limite
d
Restricte
d
9) Contracts greater than $100,000 are reserved for small business. [Identify
current socioeconomic programs and determine their contractual consequences.]
True
Fals
e
11) Configuration management helps control software items and shared
information [Identify "best practices" that may be appropriate for the acquisition of software-
intensive systems.] [Remediation Accessed :N]
Fals
e
True
