FAM 104 Test 2 Questions with All Correct Answers
Describe the role of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) - Answer- Financial watchdogs
they do audits
look for risks
focus is on how agencies spend and control appropriated funds
Describe the role of the Congressional Budget Office (C...
Describe the role of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) - Answer- Financial
watchdogs
they do audits
look for risks
focus is on how agencies spend and control appropriated funds
Describe the role of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) - Answer- - Provides
congress information and analyses to make decisions on budget policy and national
priorities
- Prepare economic forecast/policy and analysis on the effect of proposed plans on the
federal budget
- Mandated to provide objective and impartial analysis w. no policy recommendations
Describe the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) - Answer-
Deliberate Planning --> Valid Need
Ensures Joint force commanders are properly equipped and supported
Ensure requirements are "born" joint
Identify the purpose of the Capabilities Based Assessment (CBA) process - Answer-
They compare what the need is to what they have
- Current and Programmed (funded) capabilities, look at the Joint task request and
make a gap to be fixed
Identify possible non-material approaches to fixing those shortfalls (via DotmLPF-P)
Identify the importance of DOTMLPF-P analysis - Answer- Looks at:
- Can we use what we have?
- Can we change how we do things
- How do you implement? --> DCR says what we should change
Non-Material Solutions are preferred FIRST!
Identify the purpose of the Initial Capabilities Documents (ICD), when it is developed
and the primary milestone/decision point it supports - Answer- When: Prior to the MDD
, Why: Supports pre-systems Acquisition phases (first 2 phases of the DAS)
Primary Decision it supports - MDD
Identify the purpose of the Capabilities Development Documents (CDD), when it is
developed and the 3 milestone/decision points it supports - Answer- When: During
TMRR
Content:
- Performance Requirements
- Single or multiple increments
- Schedule/Affordability Estimates
Support - EMD and beyond
3 decisions:
- Development Request for RFP
- MS A
- MS A
Distinguish common criteria for a good requirement - Answer- "Oh man, you rock"
- Orderly
- Measurable
- Attainable
- necessary
- Unambiguous
- result-oriented
- Oranized
- Correct
Not all requirements are created equal
- Top tier (KPP)
* Must achieve, or re-examine program
- Second tie:
*key system attributes
* Loss would significantly degrade capability, but still militarily useful
- Everything else: Additional Performance Attributes (APAs)
* primary trade spaces
identify the importance of key performance parameters (KPP), threshold requirements
and objective requirements - Answer- KPP - something you will not do without
Threshold requirements:
- minimum acceptable operational value achievable with low-moderate risk, within
cost/schedule/tech
- performance beyond threshold not required
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