CDFM MODULE 2 EXAM 2023-2024 REAL EXAM 150 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS(DETAILED ANSWERS)

CDFM MODULE 2 EXAM 2023-2024 REAL

EXAM 150 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT

ANSWERS(DETAILED ANSWERS)

What is the systemic method established by the Joint Chiefs of Staff for assessing

gaps in military joint warfighting capabilities and recommending solutions to

resolve these gaps? - ANSWER- Joint Capabilities Integration and Development

System (JCIDS)

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What document provides the policies and procedures that govern the defense

acquisition system? - ANSWER- DoD Directive 5000.02, Operation of the

Defense Acquisition System

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What is the Defense Acquisition System? - ANSWER- The management process

that guides all DoD acquisition programs

Module 2.2

What document sets forth the broad, time-phased operational goals, and a

description of the required capabilities to address a specific gap? - ANSWERInitial Capabilities Document (ICD)

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What are the three major activities of the Acquisition Management System? -

ANSWER- Pre-Systems Acquisition

Systems Acquisition

Sustainment

Module 2.2

Work efforts during what period are prior to there being a formal acquisition

program? - ANSWER- Pre-Systems Acquisition

Module 2.2

Which of the following decision points is considered formal approval to initiate a

new acquisition program? - ANSWER- Pre-Systems Acquisition (NO)

Favorable Milestone A Decision (NO)

Decision by the MDA to begin the Materiel Solution Analysis (NO)

Favorable Milestone B Decision (YES)

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In addition to formal program initiation and permission to enter the Engineering

and Manufacturing Development (EMD) Phase, what are two other important

decisions made at Milestone B: - ANSWER- Quantity of Low Rate Initial

Production (LRIP) items of the system

Whether advance procurement will be requested

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What important decisions are made at Milestone B? - ANSWER- Formal program

initiation

Permission to enter the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD)

Phase

Quantity of Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) items of the system

Whether advance procurement will be requested

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What milestone decision enables the program to enter into Low Rate Initial

Production (LRIP)? - ANSWER- Milestone C

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When is a program authorized to award contracts for full rate production? -

ANSWER- Only after a positive full rate production decision

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Each milestone is a decision point evaluated by whom? - ANSWER- Both the Joint

Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) and Milestone Decision Authority

(MDA)

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At what milestone decision point is the Military Department or Agency required to

have adequate funds in the FYDP to finance the acquisition program during this

period? - ANSWER- Milestone B

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what milestone decision point is the acquisition strategy approved? - ANSWERMilestone C

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What directive describes the five overarching policies that govern all DoD

acquisition programs? - ANSWER- DoD Directive 5000.01, The Defense

Acquisition System

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What directive sets forth mandatory procedures for all defense technology projects

and acquisition programs? - ANSWER- DoD Directive 5000.02, Operation of the

Defense Acquisition System

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What is the preferred DoD strategy for rapid acquisition of mature technology for

the user that delivers capability in increments, recognizing, up front, the need for

future capability improvements? - ANSWER- Evolutionary Acquisition

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How is Evolutionary Acquisition achieved? - ANSWER- Evolutionary acquisition

is achieved through the incremental development process and requires

collaboration among the warfighter user, tester, and developer

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What programs are designated as ACAT I? - ANSWER- RDTE funds of more than

$365 million

OPA funds of more than $2.19 billion (sated in FY 00 constant dollars)

Any program designated by USD (AT&L) because of Congressional interest

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Who is the MDA for ACAT ID programs? - ANSWER- DoD level (The "D"

indicates the MDA is at the "Defense" level; also Defense Acquisition Board who

advises the USD (AT&L)

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Who is the MDA for ACAT IC programs? - ANSWER- Component level (The "C"

indicates the MDA is at the "Component" level)

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What is the total cost to the government of a program over its full life, including

costs for research and developmental testing, production, facilities, operations,

maintenance, personnel, environmental compliance, and disposal? - ANSWERLife-cycle cost (LCC)

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What should a Work Breakdown Structure define? - ANSWER- A Work

Breakdown Structure should display the total system as a product-oriented family

tree composed of hardware, software, services, data, and facilities; and relate the

elements of work to each other and to the end product

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When is an Acquisition Program Baseline (APB) required? - ANSWER- Every

acquisition program is required to establish an Acquisition Program Baseline

(APB) to document the cost, schedule, and performance objectives and thresholds

of that program at program initiation

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What life cycle cost estimate, required for ACAT I programs, is normally done at

the OSD level by the Cost Analysis Improvement Group (CAIG)—not in the

acquisition community and independent of the acquisition community chain of

command? - ANSWER- Independent Cost Estimate (ICE)

Module 2.2

What document is used to capture the details of what is to constitute an acquisition

program in order to prepare a valid estimate of its life cycle cost? - ANSWERCost Analysis Requirements Description (CARD)

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