DAU Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) Practice Exam

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• What best defines the analysis of alternatives (AOA) in the context of system concept development?
• The milestone decision authority approves each phase of the program and is accountable for
• Which of the following is not an element of product support execution?
• A key tenet of integrated product and process development (IPPD) regarding product support provider approaches is
• The third phase in the acquisition life cycle is
• Trade space is the degree to which the warfighter and program manager negotiate the responsibilities of maintenance and supportability.
• Which statement about the logistics measure of weight is correct?
• Systems engineering enables the development of systems that are
• The PSB is designed to ensure weapon system support strategies fit within the DoD's overall support structure.
• Human system integration focuses on which aspect of system design?
• Operational availability is defined as what?
• To fulfill the goals of product support development, the life cycle logistician should do which of the following?
• What is the primary goal of parts standardization?
• Depot source of repair is best described as which of the following statements?
• When properly applied, JCIDS ensures that which statement is true?
• Cost per unit usage is the operational support requirement that specifies
• Under IPPD, meeting output measures may include
• Which statement best describes system engineering?
• Which statement about FMECA is NOT true?
• System safety as a design parameter aims to
• Which statement best describes the relationship between capability needs and systems engineering?
• A large logistics footprint is desirable because it ensures excess material is available to fulfill unexpected needs.
• IPPD empowerment tenet is intended to accelerate decision-making and empower teams.
• The two IPS elements—product support management and design interface—provide cross-element support for other IPS elements.
• Using the Affordable System Operational Effectiveness chart select the design components that promote supportability (select 2)
• Condition Based Maintenance Plus is the engineering technique that determines where maintenance will take place and when to discard or repair.
• Which statement is true about the first phase in the acquisition life cycle?
• Which statement about life cycle logistics metrics in acquisition is true?
• The Systems Engineering Process is important for life cycle logisticians in order to
• Which elements are included in a Product Support Arrangement?
• A maintenance concept contains detailed descriptions for the program manager on how to acquire the required increments.
• The phrase 'systems engineering' in this context is best described as?
• Which statement about product support boundaries is true?
• Which statement about the relationship of maintenance and support concepts is true?
• What is the fifth phase in the defense acquisition life cycle?
• Which of the following statements about PSBs is true?
• In a performance-based logistics environment, the acquisition strategy should tie performance outcomes to warfighter needs.
• The statement 'Design interface, sustaining engineering, technical data, and IT systems continuous support include the IPS elements that relate to technical management' is:
• Which statement best describes life cycle cost considerations in AOA?
• Which statement about parts standardization is true?
• Which statement best defines IPPD's approach to life cycle planning?
• Integrated product and process development emphasizes coordinating both product and process development.
• Which statement about logistics response time is inconsistent with the material's framing?
• In dynamic product and process development, the Life Cycle Logistics (LCL) should take actions such as accommodating constraints, balancing resources, and being aware of risks.
• Parts standardization reduces costs and improves asset availability due to
• Product support development processes begin before fielding.
• Which statement accurately describes maintenance concept?
• The Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System includes which decision support system?
• System safety is the system design parameter that
• Which statement describes the Milestone Decision Authority's role?
• Which statement best captures the role of integrated product teams in IPPD?
• Life cycle logisticians participate in integrated product teams that do not deal with which area?
• Which statement about the logistics footprint is true?
• Which statement about the logistics footprint is true?
• Supportability analysis ensures the system is developed or acquired with the optimal support system and infrastructure.
• Which statement about the logistics footprint is true?
• The life cycle logistician interfaces with the DoD Repair Depots SME for two primary tasks: (1) conduct the business case analysis to determine the best product-based approach and (2) evaluate optimum contracting strategies.
• Which statement about design instability and system maturation is correct?
• Which statement about the description of a support concept is correct?
• The life cycle logistician assigned to an integrated product team does not need to understand the roles of the other IPT members.
• Trade spaces are defined as what?
• Maintenance task analysis is the engineering technique that
• Design interface has two primary purposes in integrated product support.
• Which of the following is a benefit of parts standardization?
• Which statement is true about system engineering?
• What is the Initial Capabilities Document (ICD) used for?
• The Integrated Product Support Elements that relate to lifecycle sustainment management include which set?
• Capabilities-based assessment (CBA's) is the operational support requirement that
• Depot Source-of-Repair (DSOR) is the engineering technique that determines who will perform required depot maintenance.
• A Product Support Arrangement provides a description of the products or services that are required, the metrics that will be used to determine if expectations are being met, the incentives that are available if the expectations are exceeded, and the penalties that may be imposed if minimum requirements are not met.
• How are reliability, maintainability, and supportability related to sustainment architecture in life cycle logistics?
• The statement 'Facilities & Infrastructure, Manpower & Personnel, support equipment and training and training support include the IPS elements that relate to technical management' is:
• To satisfy the needs of life cycle logistics, the acquisition strategy must include appropriate performance metrics for
• Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) defines what must be done to achieve safety, readiness, and environmental soundness at best cost.
• Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) is the Engineering technique.
• Which statement describes Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA)?
• A support concept is the same at each level of maintenance or support.
• Successful product support development processes include which of the following?
• Which is a primary benefit of parts standardization in life cycle logistics?
• Which phrase best fits the product support development definition related to integration?
• Which IPS elements are explicitly related to technical management?
• A support concept aligns resources with the maintenance concept and contains details about the integrated product support elements, such as technical documentation, the needed tools, and the steps to provide on-the-ground repair.
• The systems engineering process includes a set of technical management processes which provides the ability to assess progress and determine whether a correction is needed.
• Which are design components that promote supportability?
• Affordability is the system design parameter that
• Which statement best captures the overall relationship between maintenance concept and logistics goals?
• What is the primary purpose of the design interface?
• In the collaboration between life cycle logisticians and system engineers, the primary objective is to
• Mission relativity is the operational support requirement that specifies which of the following?
• The IPPD key tenet of early and continuous life cycle planning defines what?
• The life cycle logistician interfaces with the warfighter IPT member to coordinate which activities?
• Which statement correctly describes the relation of the support concept to the maintenance concept and IPS elements?
• Which statement about the Initial Capabilities Document (ICD) is incorrect?
• What is a primary aim of the product support manager during design to improve supportability?
• The life cycle logistician most often works directly with which role to coordinate technical risks and issues?
• Which statement correctly pairs a logistics metric with its measure?
• PSB are designed to ensure the individual weapon system support strategies fit within the DoD overall support structure for joint force and coalition operations.
• What is integration in the system engineering process?
• Which statement about the relationship between the maintenance concept and mission reliability is correct?
• The design interface IPS element is intended to facilitate integration between design and logistics.
• Requirements analysis is the systems engineering technical process during product support, where the life cycle logisticians will
• Product support development processes begin one the system is fielded.
• A product support arrangement provides a determination of where maintenance will take place and when it is better to discard or repair.
• Critical technologies should be demonstrated before which stage in a defense program?
• Which statement best describes the relationship between the maintenance concept and logistics goals?
• The analysis of alternatives evaluates which aspects?
• Maintenance task analysis describes the responsibilities, method, and resources to perform maintenance.
• What is a typical role of the life cycle logistician on an IPT?
• Which statement is NOT a typical consideration for a performance-based logistics (PBL) subject-matter expert (SME)?
• What is the recommended approach to critical technologies on prototypes before production?
• The defense acquisition framework process includes technology maturation and risk reduction as a phase.
• Which of the following is included in supportability factors?
• Product support boundaries are designed to ensure which of the following?
• Which statement best describes trade spaces in system design?
• A product support arrangement typically includes which elements?
• Mission reliability is the operational support requirement that specifies
• Depot source of repair is defined as
• Which statement about the maintenance concept is correct?
• Product support execution is focused on increasing system availability after fielding.
• The AoA evaluates mission effectiveness, operational suitability and estimated life cycle cost alternatives to meet a mission capability in determining the system concept.
• PSBs are designed to ensure the individual weapon system support strategies fit within the DoD overall support structure for joint force and coalition operations.
• Product support development occurs during which phase, and product support execution occurs when the system is what?
• Which statement best describes the life cycle logistician’s role under systems engineering?
• What is a key responsibility of the life cycle logistician in the acquisition process?
• A product support arrangement provides a description of the following.
• Which statement differentiates the maintenance concept from the support concept?
• One of the goals of product support development is to reduce demand for logistics support; which of the following is not a result?
• Which practice most improves life cycle cost by considering sustainment early in design?
• What does the maintenance concept provide within logistics?
• AoA includes life cycle cost evaluation.
• In IPPD, the focus is on
• Sustainment planning involves IPS elements such as product support management, supply support, PHS&T, and maintenance planning & management.
• Which statement defines a maintenance concept?
• Is a maintenance concept the same at every level of maintenance or support?
• Which statement best defines reliability in system design?
• What is the logistics measure of volume?
• Which statement best reflects design components that promote supportability?
• On an integrated product team, the life cycle logistician is responsible for understanding user requirements; which items are included in those requirements?
• Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) is best described as?
• Which statement about systems engineering is true?
• The two IPS elements that provide support in managing and integrating the other IPS elements are which of the following?
• Which two IPS elements provide support in managing and integrating the other IPS elements?
• Materiel Solution Analysis is the defense acquisition framework process phase where
• Which of the following statements best describes the role of multidisciplinary teams in IPPD?
• Capabilities Development Documents is the operational support requirement that
• Which of the following best describes the role of product support management within IPS?
• Defense Acquisition System is the correct option for the decision support system referenced in the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System.
• The IPPD approach emphasizes what kind of life cycle planning?
• When properly applied, the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCDS) is designed to
• The milestone decision authority approves each phase of the program, and is accountable for cost, schedule and performance reporting.
• Validation occurs in product support to confirm that a system element meets its stakeholder requirements.
• Who is typically responsible for approving each phase in a defense acquisition program and for program outcomes and risk management?
• A maintenance concept is a long-for, concrete description of maintenance procedures, technical documentation and repair mechanisms.
• Depot source of repair is primarily concerned with
• Reliability, Maintainability, and Supportability are designed components that promote supportability within the systems engineering and life cycle logistics process.
• Which statement best describes human system integration?
• Operational support requirements refer to criteria for how a system supports the mission, including cost, performance, and supportability.
• Which statement about standardization in logistics is true?
• What is the Capabilities Development Document (CDD) primarily used to specify?
• Materiel Solution Analysis focuses on
• Which design components promote supportability?
• Which statement about parts standardization and multinational collaboration is true?
• Product support execution is defined as ensuring that systems remain operationally available once they are fielded.
• Which statement best defines maintainability?
• Parts standardization reduces costs and improves asset availability due to
• In a dynamic product and process development, the LCL must preserve quarterly benchmarks and schedules.
• Parts standardization reduces costs and improves asset availability due to
• The defense acquisition framework phase that emphasizes engineering and manufacturing development is
• Capabilities-Based Assessments (CBAs) are defined as
• Operational availability can be described as which of the following?
• Which statement best describes product support boundaries?
• The milestone decision authority is the person who approves each phase and is accountable for cost, schedule and performance reporting.
• Which engineering technique is used to analyze potential failure modes and their effects?
• Which statement best describes the role of a life cycle logistician within system engineering?
• Technology maturation and risk reduction is the defense acquisition framework process phase where cost effective sustainment is ensured.
• The analysis of alternatives evaluates which trio of aspects?
• Which statement about the relationship between supportability and system design is true?
• Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis is the engineering technique that
• Which statement best describes the relationship between product support boundaries and overall DoD support?
• Reliability, Maintainability and Supportability is the system design parameter that
• Parts standardization reduces costs and improves asset availability primarily by promoting
• IPPD's key tenet is empowerment.
• Which of the following is NOT a role of the Capabilities Development Document (CDD)?
• Which of the following is a performance based logistics subject matter expert contribution?
• Which statement best describes Capabilities-Based Assessments?
• By using systems engineering, the life cycle logistician is able to
• One of the goals of product support development is to reduce demand for logistics support. Which of the following are components of this goal?
• The maintenance plan is primarily concerned with defining levels of repair.
• The systems engineering process includes a set of technical management processes which provides the ability to assess progress and determine whether a correction is needed.
• Product support boundaries include engineering and asset management and operational concept.
• Maintenance concept establishes requirements and the maintenance plan establishes specific levels of repair.
• Which items are included in the logistics footprint?
• System engineering is best described as?
• Product support execution includes the provision of which elements?
• What is the primary purpose of life cycle logistics in defense programs?
• Which statement best describes the goal of reliability and maintenance in fielded systems?
• Design instability may be caused by
• Performance information for the logistician to consider is documented and available for decision-making.
• Which statement most accurately describes integrated product and process development (IPPD)?
• Which statement about the relationship between reliability and maintainability and support requirements is true?
• What does the logistics footprint measure?
• What is the role of the life cycle logistician on an integrated product team?
• What is the maintenance concept?
• Product support boundaries are designed to ensure individual weapon systems support strategies fit within the DoD overall support.
• Maintaining balance while a system matures through development is difficult when there is design instability. Which statement completes the sentence?
• Integrated products and process development (IPPD) is a management technique that optimizes which three elements through multidisciplinary teams?
• What is the first phase in the acquisition life cycle?
• Validation in system engineering is best described as?
• The life cycle logistician should understand the roles of other IPT members to effectively fulfill product support development goals.