Program Management Practitioner Certification (PMT 4800V) Practice Exam

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• In the planning phase, which activity is described as identifying and justifying a mission need that requires a material solution?
• Which term describes the process of managing changes to the system's configuration and baselines over time?
• The initiative to identify and pursue cooperative opportunities in emerging technology on a global basis to enhance coalition capabilities supports which DoD Security Cooperation objective?
• Cybersecurity planning activities, including writing the Cybersecurity Strategy annex to the Program Protection Plan, should begin during which phase?
• Which document guides activities in the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase?
• Simulation Based Acquisition involves the integration of what across functional disciplines?
• Which leadership style describes a person who involves staff in discussion and decision-making to resolve conflict and implement change?
• What is the purpose of an Acquisition Strategy (AS)?
• The Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) is used to track which DoD resources over time?
• What does RFP stand for in procurement?
• Learning curve estimates may NOT apply if ________.
• Which document explains how technical activities will be managed in a program?
• Reliability is how long an item or system will perform its function before it breaks. Good reliability will __________.
• DoD services submit Program Objectives Memoranda (POM) to OSD during which PPBE phase?
• When the Government has funded the entire development of an item, the Government is entitled to _______ rights.
• LFT&E stands for which of the following?
• Who must be briefed when there is a CI impact, along with the Milestone Decision Authority (MDA)?
• Which office is responsible for independent assessment of the effectiveness and suitability of new weapon systems?
• Which plan tracks funds that have not been completely expended by the end of the fiscal year?
• Which JCIDS document is used to build upon the Initial Capabilities Document (ICD)?
• The database that contains the force structure, personnel strength, and financial resources of DoD is the:
• The approved detail design that results from which review serves as the basis for deciding to begin fabrication of production-representative prototype systems?
• What is the primary purpose of requirements traceability in Systems Engineering (SE)?
• Who must sign and distribute a contract before it becomes legally binding?
• The two main principles of lean manufacturing are which of the following?
• Which acronym denotes the group of eight elements used in capability development?
• Which factors determine the extent of developmental testing and evaluation required for a commercial or non-developmental item?
• For a mass-production system, the majority of a system's life cycle costs are attributed to which category?
• Counterintelligence (CI) organizations use information about CPI and its projected use to determine the foreign collection threat to an acquisition program and subsequently the _________.
• Flyaway Cost refers to which expense?
• Which problem-solving tool would best be used to graphically depict the frequency distribution of data items using a vertical bar chart (columns) format?
• What does reprogramming permit the DoD to do with Budget Authority (BA)?
• Which statement is NOT true about Systems Engineering?
• Which of the following is a mandatory evaluation factor in every source selection?
• What type of testing is performed to determine a weapon system's performance with respect to survivability and lethality?
• What is a primary benefit of using Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) software for a software acquisition program?
• What is a primary objective of the Defense Acquisition System?
• What is the name of the document that describes how the sustainment strategy will be implemented?
• In forming the Product Support Management IPT, which participants should be included?
• An effective organizational structure supports which primary outcome for a company?
• Which of the following technical reviews are you most likely to find only in the Production and Deployment phase?
• What term describes the formal plan detailing how the system will be sustained after deployment?
• What is a characteristic of a Joint Capabilities Technology Demonstration (JCTD)?
• Which three-step process is required for federal appropriations?
• Which institution sets resource ceilings and provides Budget Authority for the Department of Defense (DoD)?
• If there is a Counterintelligence (CI) impact on a program, which two roles are briefed to ensure the strategy continues to make good business sense, effectively implements laws and policies, and reflects management's priorities?
• During the Developmental Test (DT) effort, the purpose of verification is to determine ____________.
• In a scenario where the contractor's project manager grants the afternoon off and the government program manager grants a 59-minute early dismissal, which statement is correct regarding charging time off to the government contract?
• In the same scenario, what is the greatest potential impact of the changes requirements on the Test & Evaluation Functional Area?
• When Congress does not appropriate sufficient funds to cover the cost of work to be performed under a contract, the Government may:
• Who provides an independent assessment of the effectiveness and suitability of new weapon systems?
• Estimates based on learning curve theory may NOT apply if ________.
• Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding exit criteria in an acquisition program?
• 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?
• The _______ includes details of processes, procedures, and materials used in fabrication and is usually controlled by the contractor.
• In CMMI-DEV, an organization with process improvements well defined across multiple process areas would be rated at least what level?
• You have been assigned to lead a new program. ... In which stage of the team life cycle process are you operating?
• For a modification that requires extensive developmental testing and independent operational testing, which type of appropriation should be used?
• The Program Management Office creates a(n) ______________ plan for each fiscal year of funding that is available for new obligations and a(n) ______________ plan for each fiscal year of funding that has not been completely expended.
• Team charters establish which of the following?
• Which type of Operational Test and Evaluation assesses vulnerability and includes live-fire scenarios?
• In the same scenario, what is the greatest potential impact of the changes requirements on the Contracting Functional Area?
• Which of the following is NOT a benefit of an FFRDC?
• Which plan specifically describes how the technical activities will be managed?
• Which document is intended to guide the protection of technology, components, and information within a program?
• During the Operational Test (OT) effort, the purpose of validation is to determine ________________.
• Which document best describes the purpose of the Systems Engineering Plan?
• Select the document that establishes policies and procedures for developing, reviewing, validating and approving the capability documents required by the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS).
• Milestone A follows which phase?
• Manpower, measurement, methods, machinery, and materials are collectively referred to as the __ 5Ms of Manufacturing.
• If the program is on the DOT&E Oversight List, which Test and Evaluation (T&E) product is required before the Full Rate Production Decision Review?
• In the Navy shipboard system affordability scenario, what is the greatest potential impact of the changes requirements on the Logistics Functional Area?
• Which statement best describes the objective of the acquisition process in terms of mission capabilities?
• General and administrative contract expenses are assigned to which cost category?
• Which of these is NOT a benefit of a Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC)?
• Which system is used to create the Acquisition Program Baseline (APB)?
• Which problem-solving tool graphically depicts the relationship between the problem and its causes and can be used to help determine the problem's root cause(s)?
• Which objective addresses strengthening domestics and allied defense industrial bases?
• What does TRL stand for in the context of technology readiness?
• What percentage of the point to point surface communications range KPP was traded for greater component reliability in the affordability analysis?
• A contract scenario where a widget is made bigger at the request of a worker, resulting in a higher invoice, illustrates which concept?
• Which testing phase in system development is primarily concerned with determining whether the system’s outputs meet the defined baselines?
• Which document establishes a flexible management framework for translating approved capability needs and technology opportunities into stable, affordable, and well managed acquisition programs?
• Which statement best describes Best Value procurement?
• During the latter stages of the Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR) phase a new and critical technology prototype for ground mapping and targeting radar was assessed by independent evaluators as Technology Readiness Level (TRL). Which statement can be CORRECTLY DETERMINED from the information provided?
• Which analysis tool identifies steps, spares and materials, tools, support, equipment, and personnel skills levels?
• In a Capability Development Document, which two key values are identified for each performance parameter to bound the design while allowing flexibility to meet user needs?
• Defense policy requires designated systems to be certified as interoperable. In part, testing to ensure interoperability is conducted to determine if the system is:
• Which scenario correctly matches the testing approach described as development testing plus independent operational testing?
• In JCIDS governance, which instruction establishes policy for capability document development?
• In determining the correct appropriation for funding the development of a product improvement, the first/primary consideration is:
• During source selection, who is the focal point for answering questions from potential offerors?
• What type of contract provides for payment to the contractor of a negotiated fee that is fixed at inception?
• Which DoD Appropriation Category should be used for a contract modification to fund development and testing of a product improvement if the mod is meant to increase the performance capability of the system?
• Which document is developed as a result of assessing foreign collection threat to an acquisition program?
• Which scenario would most undermine the usefulness of MBTF as a metric?
• Technical Performance Measures (TPM) should be selected for those parameters that:
• Which of the following is considered a Lean Manufacturing practice?
• High reliability in a product will directly reduce which of the following logistics aspects?
• Which of the following is a primary objective of the Systems Acquisition Management process?
• In the Army's RFP scenario, which information exchange would the contracting officer use to obtain the offerors' best and final proposals?
• What is the ability of systems, units, or forces to provide data, information, materiel, and services to and accept the same from other systems, units, or forces and to use the data, information, materiel, and services so exchanged to enable them to operate effectively together?
• Which functional area would experience the greatest impact when there is a change to the manufacturing process?
• Based on the described Air Force scenario, what is the best entry point for the program?
• In a CRA situation, authorizing work to avoid losing a key engineer can put you in conflict with which rule?
• When designing software, DoD policy requires integrated architectures including operational architecture, systems architecture, and which other architecture?
• Live Fire Test & Evaluation (LFT&E) is conducted to assess what aspect of a weapon system?
• Select the Department of Defense's decision-support system that manages the process by which DoD develops and acquires weapons and other systems.
• In the competitive range, which offeror is included because of past negative performance?
• Which document was approved by the Air Force Requirements Oversight Counsel before CAPE provided AoA guidance?
• Your IPT is expanding a base in the Mediterranean. Budget cuts will severely limit on-site meetings. What should you do to communicate and motivate your team?
• Which of the following describes the primary purpose of the Systems Engineering Plan?
• Which cost estimating technique is indicated when the program is in the early Engineering and Manufacturing Development phase, a quick what if estimate is needed, some subjectivity is allowed, and a good database exists of similar systems?
• Which document is developed next if the Capabilities-Based Assessment (CBA) recommends a non-materiel solution?
• As part of the DoD-recommended Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) format, which document is considered to be one of the four parts of the TEMP that serves as a starting point for organizing a successful T&E program?
• Which term describes a design optimized for ease of fabrication and assembly?
• If a government program is behind on several critical objectives, which statement reflects the ethical responsibility?
• Your team is working on an information management system and there is disagreement over the functional test plan. You focus on defining the functionality where there is general agreement. This is an example of which conflict resolution technique?
• After identifying the members of your Integrated Product Team(s) (IPT[s]), which of the following is important to developing proper team dynamics?
• In the Engineering and Manufacturing Development phase, which document provides the capability needs and performance attributes to be achieved?
• In which phase of the Defense Acquisition System is competitive prototyping usually required?
• Budget law violations occur when an organization obligates more funds than are available in an appropriation. This is prevented by which act?
• Which design feature is NOT likely to improve supportability?
• Which theory of motivation is illustrated by planning actions based on expected outcomes and perceived rewards?
• Forward Pricing Rates Agreements (FPRA) are written negotiation agreements between the contractor and Government that __________.
• What is the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) responsible for providing?
• What is used to create the Acquisition Program Baseline?
• In the TEMP framework, which document is used as a starting point for organizing a successful T&E program?
• Which document outlines how proposals will be evaluated and how the selection will be made?
• What is the purpose of the Program Protection Plan (PPP)?
• PPBE stands for which budgeting process?
• A program used procurement funding to build a maintenance facility instead of procuring items. Which act is violated?
• The type of contract is based upon which of the following?
• What is the purpose of fielding/deployment planning?
• Who has the authority to issue a written order directing a contractor to make a change without prior agreement?
• In the competitive range, how many offerors will be invited to engage in discussions?
• Which is recognized as a barrier to successful implementation of Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD)?
• Which process is recommended for those products with the highest volume and highest standardization on the product continuum?
• Which JCIDS metric is a top-level outcome-based metric?
• Which factor is identified as the key to system readiness in the provided context?
• Which term describes the ability of different systems to work together by exchanging data and utilizing shared services?
• Which of the following performance-based metrics assesses Materiel Reliability?
• Which statement best captures the objective of JCIDS?
• A program office for a command and control system needs to prepare a Statement of Work (SOW) that lays out the products to be delivered and the technical reviews to be held by the contractor. Which tool would they most likely use?
• Who is responsible for the management of the system-level interfaces?
• In the Mediterranean base expansion scenario, how is the team expected to react to budget cuts that limit on-site meetings?
• Which statement correctly describes the role of the Critical Design Review in the DoD acquisition process?
• The Initial Capabilities Document (ICD) becomes the basis for which phase?
• The Cybersecurity Strategy annex to the Program Protection Plan is appended to which plan?
• When you uncover adverse information about a government program's objectives, which action is correct?
• What is the primary objective of the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development Systems (JCIDS)?
• Which entity is typically responsible for managing system-level interfaces in this program context?
• Reflect on potential sources of assistance and resistance to the proposed solution is associated with which problem-solving step?
• Which stage of the team life cycle is typically characterized by members experiencing conflict and trying to establish roles?
• IPPD is an acronym used in program management. What does IPPD stand for?
• A highly producible design will increase
• When should Affordability Goals be established?
• Which risk mitigation strategy involves transferring risk to another entity?
• What does PPBE stand for in the DoD budgeting process?
• Which statement best describes the use of Technical Reviews in the current acquisition environment?
• What is the primary purpose of validation during Operational Testing?
• Which International Acquisition and Exportability objective addresses the need to strengthen domestics and allied defense industrial bases?
• Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) occurs in which phase of the major capability acquisition pathway?
• How many proposals did the Navy receive in response to its RFP?
• Which document details all aspects of the source selection process including evaluation criteria?
• Which statement about configuration management is true given the described program?
• Which enactment process activity must be passed by both houses of Congress and signed by the President before any Federal agency can incur obligations or make expenditures from the U.S. Treasury?
• What is the focus of sustainment operations during the Operations and Support phase?
• The overall efforts of the Intelligence Community (IC) are administered by the ODNI, which is the:
• Which of the following is one of the 5Ms of Manufacturing?
• Team charters establish which of the following?
• What does the Program Protection Plan (PPP) help you develop for dissemination and implementation throughout the program?
• Should-cost is described as:
• As part of the DoD-recommended TEMP format, which document serves as a starting point for organizing a successful Test & Evaluation program?
• Which of the following is one of the four common risk mitigation strategies described as 'Accepting (and Monitoring), Avoiding, Transferring, and Controlling'?
• Which Test and Evaluation product is required at Milestone C?
• Which technical review is required for Milestone B prior to the Engineering and Manufacturing Development Phase and occurs when all major design issues have been resolved in the system preliminary design and work can begin on detailed design?
• Which entity is responsible for worldwide contract administration services?
• Which option best completes the statement about the Cybersecurity Strategy annex in the Program Protection Plan?
• The five pillars of Cybersecurity are availability, integrity, nonrepudiation, confidentiality, and which?
• Which description best matches the initial activity in the planning phase?
• What is the Government's basic purpose of using the CMMI and the associated Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI) assessment process?
• A program office can save 10% on overall life cycle cost by reducing the communication range KPP by 5%. Choose the greatest potential impact of the changed requirements on the Systems Engineering Functional area.
• What is the purpose of a Life Cycle Cost Estimate (LCCE)?
• For a cost to be allocable to a contract, it must be a cost incurred specifically for a contract, or a cost that is beneficial to both the contract and other work, or ______.
• Which organization type is more likely to decentralize staff functions by dedicating them to each business or product organization?
• Which SE technical process provides evidence that the system performs its intended functions and meets performance requirements?
• Which document provides guidance on the development of requirements documents within the DoD acquisition framework?
• Which of the following is a required source selection evaluation criterion for any defense acquisition program?
• The Termination Contracting Officer (TCO) is responsible for:
• What law is violated when an organization obligates more funds than were made available to them in an appropriation?
• DAMIR is used to create which baseline?
• What budgeting review occurs for the next fiscal year while one fiscal year budget is being executed and enacted?
• Which analysis tool focuses on maintenance tasks and the resources required to support them?
• As the team lead, you tasked your designer to create a template for a briefing presentation. Which decision-making method best describes your interaction with the designer?
• Which body approved the Initial Capability Document in the Air Force scenario?
• Unresolved supportability issues may result in each of the following, except which one?
• Which appropriations category funds the Research and Development efforts performed by both contractors and government agencies?
• Which directive governs the development of requirements documents within the DoD?
• The two main principles of lean manufacturing are ______?
• Using the Capability Maturity Model Integration for Development (CMMI-DEV), an organization whose process improvement capabilities were well defined both in individual process areas and across multiple process areas would be rated at least:
• Milestone A follows which phase?
• In evaluating a defense contractor's past performance, what form of information exchange would the Navy use to obtain more details about late deliveries?
• In the affordability analysis, what was the percentage life cycle cost savings achieved by trading 5% of the KPP for greater component reliability?
• What is the focus of the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase?
• In IPPD, concurrent development implies which of the following?
• What is the first activity in the planning phase?
• Which contract type is described as a contract with a negotiated fee fixed at inception and reimbursement of allowable costs?
• Select the type of Operational Test and Evaluation that assesses vulnerability required by Title 10 U.S.C. 2366.
• The Initial Capabilities Document is the basis for which DoD acquisition phase?
• Maintainability is how quickly, easily and cost effectively a system can be returned to operational status after maintenance is performed. It is measured by ______________.
• Which IPS Element involves identification, review, assessment, and resolution of deficiencies across a system's life cycle?
• Which system engineering process establishes and maintains the consistency of a system's functional, performance, and physical attributes with its requirements, design, and operational information and provides technical insight into all levels of the system design across the life cycle?
• You are an Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead/Project Manager confronting resource allocation issues and an interpersonal conflict that require quick and decisive action. Which decision-making method would be the best fit?
• A contract is a legal instrument that defines the rights and responsibilities of:
• In a program management context, which document explains how the program manager will manage the technical activities to be undertaken?
• A design that optimizes ease and economy of fabrication and assembly would be considered:
• A specification that defines the function, performance, and interfaces of a product but does not specify explicit design and materials is called what?
• Forward Pricing Rates Agreements are negotiated between which parties?
• Which configuration baseline provides the details from which a contractor can transition from design to production?
• Which of the following is NOT one of the five pillars of Cybersecurity as identified?
• Which assessment method uses a standardized framework to appraise software process maturity and capability?
• The risk management model includes process planning, risk identification, _______________, risk mitigation, and risk monitoring. What is the missing step?
• Availability is the key to system readiness. Which of the following is a contributor to system downtime?
• Statistical process control is used to measure which attribute of a manufacturing process by charting random and unique events?
• Which term best describes the process that maintains a system's configuration across its life cycle and provides technical insight into design decisions?
• After unexpended RDT&E funds have expired, these funds can be used for which of the following?
• What is the term for a threat capability or threshold established collaboratively by the requirements sponsor and the component capability developer, changes to which could critically impact the effectiveness and survivability of the proposed system?
• In the risk management model, after risk identification, which activity occurs?
• The DoD Instruction addressing the Operation of the Adaptive Acquisition Framework is DoDI 5000.02. In which option is this DoDI listed?
• In Systems Engineering, verification primarily answers which question?
• What was the stated purpose of the affordability analysis in the Navy example?
• What is the JCIDS top-level metric?
• The capability of a system design to support operations and readiness at an affordable cost throughout the system's life is best described as ______.
• A configuration management program should focus on ensuring designs are traceable to capability needs, developmental changes are controlled and documented, interfaces are well-defined and understood, and ________________.
• Which of the following is a way the government communicates requirements to a vendor during a source selection?
• Which four-phase process does the DoD use to develop the proposed budget and allocate funds for all system acquisitions?
• Mean Time Between Failures is used to assess which aspect of a system?
• Which group is responsible for managing system-level interfaces?
• In ethical decision-making, inviting only the contractor to the System Requirements Review while excluding the warfighter violates which step?
• Flyaway Cost refers to which expense?
• Which office provided study guidance for the Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) in the described Air Force scenario?
• Which problem-solving tool is best suited to identifying root causes by showing cause-and-effect relationships?
• A software costing method that uses a team of experts working both independently and together to combine different approaches and arrive at a collective judgment through consensus is an example of the _________ costing method.
• Which document would specify the products to be delivered and the technical reviews to be conducted by the contractor?
• Which costing method is described as being driven by expert rounds to reach consensus?
• The Army is testing a laser-guided rifle to assess lethality. What type of testing is this?
• From which organization does the Navy obtain negative past performance information about a contractor?
• During development, teams outline other aspects such as testing, support, and a training plan, reflecting which IPPD tenet?
• Who approved including the changes as part of staffing for the CDD-V in the Navy program?
• Which document is produced when a Capabilities-Based Assessment identifies a non-materiel solution?
• Which statement best describes Best Value source selection procedures?
• Which agency apportions budget authority to the DoD's comptroller on a periodic basis?
• Which characteristic makes Mean Time Between Failure (MBTF) an effective performance metric for a 24/7 security information management system?
• During which step should the Product Support Manager gain participation of Government and private-sector subject matter experts, industry and all appropriate stakeholders, including Warfighter representatives?