CDFM MODULE 4 EXAM REAL EXAM 210 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS(DETAILED ANSWERS)

CDFM MODULE 4 EXAM 2023-2024 REAL

EXAM 210 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT

ANSWERS(DETAILED ANSWERS)

What are the DoD Decision Support Systems? - ANSWER- Planning,

Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE), Joint Capabilities Integration

and Development System (JCIDS), Defense Acquisition System (DAS)

Recent change in the PPBE Cycle changed the length of PPBE to how many years?

- ANSWER- 2003-2010 (Two Year); 2010-Current (One Year)

The Planning stage starts with what resource informed national defense policies

and military strategy? - ANSWER- Defense Planning and Programming Guidance

(DPPG)

What document is used to lead the planning process? - ANSWER- The DPPG

The "how" of PPBE is known as what? - ANSWER- Programming

Putting "how" into dollars is known as what stage of PPBE? - ANSWERBudgeting

The draft decision document prepared by the responsible OSD analyst for the

programs and/or appropriations under their area of responsibility is known as

what? - ANSWER- Resource Management Decision (RMD)

The QDR is provided to Congress in what year of the Presidential administration? -

ANSWER- Second Year (2nd Year)

What decision support system defines interoperable, joint capabilities that will best

meet future needs? - ANSWER- Joint Capabilities Integration and Development

System (JCIDS)

What council reviews and validates all JCIDS documents and is done prior to

Milestone A? - ANSWER- Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC)

Who is the Defense Acquisition Executive (DAE)? - ANSWER- The Under

Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (USD(AT&L))

Who is the Milestone Decision Authority (MDA) for ACAT ID programs? -

ANSWER- The USD(AT&L)

Who is the MDA for ACAT IAM programs? - ANSWER- The Defense

Acquisition Executive (DAE)

The approach the program will use to achieve full capability; either evolutionary or

single step - ANSWER- The Acquisition Approach

This part of the Acquisition strategy should contain a summary description of the

capability the acquisition is intended to satisfy or provide. - ANSWER- Capability

Needs

This part of the Acquisition Strategy should summarize how the HSI requirements

will be integrated within the systems engineering, logistics, technology

development and resource management processes, including HSI risks and

supporting mitigation plans. - ANSWER- Human Systems Integration (HSI)

This part of the Acquisition Strategy, requires the PM to include a program

description that identifies contract deliverable military equipment, non-military

equipment, and other deliverables. - ANSWER- Military Equipment Valuation and

Accountability (MEVA)

This part of the Acquisition Strategy supports reduction of total cost of system

ownership, each ACAT I program should document it's strategy in a Corrosion

Prevention and Control Plan. - ANSWER- Corrosion Prevention and Control

Strategy

What are the Acquisition Program Baseline (APB) goals prior to Program

Initiation? - ANSWER- Cost, Schedule, and Performance

Who is required to document program goals prior to program initiation? -

ANSWER- The Program Manager

What public law states that the DoD may not obligate funds for a major defense

acquisition program after the program enters System Development and

Demonstration without a MDA-approved baseline unless the USD(AT&L)

specifically approves the obligation? - ANSWER- 10 USC 2435

What Acquisition concept maximizes program manager and contractor flexibility

and achieves cost objectives? - ANSWER- Trade-offs (on cost/performance)

What is the overarching process to transition from a stated need to an effective

system and the integrating mechanism across all technical effort relating to the

development, manufacturing, verification, deployment, operations, support,

disposal of, and user training for systems and their life cycle processes? -

ANSWER- Systems Engineering

Who prepares the Systems Engineering Plan (SEP) for each milestone review,

beginning with Milestone A? - ANSWER- The Program Manager

What engineering approach is used for configuration management to establish and

control product attributes and the technical baseline across the total system

lifecycle? - ANSWER- Configuration Management

What engineering approach is used to design affordable change, enable

evolutionary acquisition, and rapidly field affordable systems that are interoperable

in the joint battle space? - ANSWER- Modular Open Systems Approach

Program Managers for ACAT I and II programs shall assess the long-term

technical data needs of their systems and reflect that assessment in what? -

ANSWER- Data Management Strategy (DMS)

Program Managers shall plan for and implement what to identify and track

applicable major end item, configuration-controlled items, and Governmentfurnished property? - ANSWER- Item Unique Identification (IUI)