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Alabama State University ACQ 202 Module 3 - Designing - Prototyping the System Exam Part II 1) Which of the following BEST describes the "Open System" design approach? [Identify key acquisition be... st practices, including commercial practices that impact the relationship between Government and industry.] An approach which employs specifications and standards that have been widely adopted by industry for selected system interfaces. An approach that favors Government control of detailed designs to manage a program. An approach that prefers the contractor's proprietary unique interface standards third party certification. An approach that requires industry to comply with military specifications and standards. 2) An engineer is designing a new system to transport hazardous material across rough terrain. He wants input from experts on supportability and producibility before he builds a physical model of the system. What tool might he use to evaluate various technical approaches to achieve a balanced design? [Recognize the importance of modeling and simulation as a tool in the systems engineering process.] Virtual prototyping Technical Performance Measures Engineering Change Proposals Configuration management 3) What problem-solving process is used within an Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD) management process to provide a design that balances capability needs? [Identify the role of systems engineering in balancing cost, schedule and performance throughout the life cycle.] Systems Engineering Technical Performance Measurement Configuration Management Test and Evaluation 4) The systems engineering process must address the need to sustain a system once it is deployed in the field or fleet. [Identify the role of life cycle product support and systems engineering in balancing cost, schedule and performance throughout the life cycle.] True Fals e 5) 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? [Identify the role of the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) in the systems engineering process.] Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Technical Performance Measures (TPM) Modeling and Simulation Trade Studies 6) One of the benefits of using redundant back-up systems is: [Identify life cycle product support resource requirements and understand why it is important to influence system design for supportability.] Increased reliability Increased transportability Increased size and weight Increased number of parts 7) Tracking Technical Performance Measures on high-risk components should provide: [Use Technical Performance Measures to track progress in program risk areas during systems development.] Early warning signs of potential performance problems A baseline for preparing the technical Statement of Work A product and process oriented framework for the Work Breakdown Structure Detailed program cost and schedule data 8) Modeling and Simulation is a risk management tool that we use: [Identify the role of modeling and simulation in the defense acquisition process.] In virtually all phases of the acquisition life cycle. Primarily in early development to support the Analysis of Alternatives. Exclusively for mature designs that will be produced in quantity. To avoid conducting developmental and operational testing. 9) Which of the following supportability analysis tools is used for defense planning and performed to determine the best, most efficient location where an item can be repaired? [Identify Product Support Analyses (PSA) tools/best practices/techniques available in the systems engineering process to achieve the principal goals of supportability analyses.] Level of Repair Analysis (LORA) Failure Modes and Effects Criticality Analysis (FMECA) Preventive Maintenance Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) 10) Reliability is how long an item or system will perform its function before it breaks. Good reliability will ______________________. [Identify the relationship of Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM) and Supportability to life cycle product support, and its impact on system performance, operational effectiveness (including support), logistics planning, and life-cycle cost.] Decrease logistics support requirements Increase life cycle sustainment costs Increase manpower waste Decrease system readiness 11) Using one of many Product Support Analysis tools, ______________________ is a tool that examines each failure to determine and classify its effect on the entire system. [Select appropriate management methods and techniques to achieve Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM) and Supportability parameters.] Failure Modes and Effects Criticality Analysis (FMECA) Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) Test, Analyze, Fix, and Test (TAFT) Mean Down Time (MDT) 12) During the Developmental Test (DT) effort, the purpose of verification is to determine ______________________. [Identify how Test and Evaluation (T&E) supports the systems engineering process.] Whether or not the system meets its "build to" specifications Solutions to any unplanned technical issues that may arise Appropriate technical performance measures for a program The needed capabilities to reduce the program's technical risk 13) Human Systems Integration (HSI), a supportability issue that every program should consider, addresses such factors as accessibility, visibility, testability, and ______________. [Identify the key policy provisions that relate to how life cycle product support and systems engineering is performed in the Department of Defense.] Standardizati on Redundanc y Return on investment Mean logistics delay time 14) When applying the systems engineering process to determine the optimal design solution, the impact on both immediate costs and life cycle costs needs to be considered, with the greatest weight placed on immediate costs. [Apply the systems engineering process to determine a design solution to meet an operational need that demonstrates the balancing of Affordability objectives and technical activities.] Fals e True 15) When using a decision matrix, after you identify all the options, what is the next step? [Apply a selective quantitative tool (e.g., decision matrix) to support a decision.] [Remediation Accessed :N] Establish the criteria that will be used to rate the options. Establish the rating scheme. Give each criterion a weight. Multiply each rating by the assigned weight. 16) As part of the life cycle product support and system engineering processes, ____________ is used to influence design and determine the most cost effective way to support the system. [Relate design, operational, and supportability characteristics to system readiness objectives.] Product Support Analyses Earned Value Management Technical Performance Measures Parametric Cost Estimating 17) A decision matrix can be used to quantifiably compare alternatives when conducting the tradeoff process to create a supportable design that is also producible, testable, and ___________________. [Apply a tradeoff study process to evaluate alternatives.] Affordabl e Fina l Uniqu e State-of-theart 1) In our decision matrix, Option 1 receives a "3" for speed and a "1" for cost, and Option 2 receives a "2" for speed and a "2" for cost. The speed criterion has been assigned a weight of 0.4 and the cost criterion has been assigned a weight of 0.6. In accordance with the decision matrix approach, which of the following statements is true? [Apply a selective quantitative tool (e.g., decision matrix) to support a decision.] Option 2 is better than Option 1 because its total weighted score is higher. Option 1 is better than Option 2 because its total weighted score is higher. Option 1 is better than Option 2 because its total weighted score is lower. Option 1 and Option 2 each score a total of 1.8; therefore, either choice is fine. [Show More]

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