CGSC F100 EXAM SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Milestones A, B, C. Answer: Three (3) milestones of Defense
Acquisition System (DAS)
◉ Material Development Decision (MDD). Answer: The entry point
into the acquisition process for all defense acquisition products.
◉ Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR). Answer: In
materiel development and acquisition, the purpose of this phase is
to reduce technology, engineering, integration, and life-cycle cost
risk to the point that a decision to contract for Engineering &
Manufacturing Development can be made with confidence in
successful program execution for development, production, and
sustainment.
◉ Operations and Support (O&S). Answer: In materiel development
and acquisition, the objective of this phase is the execution of a
support program that meets materiel readiness and operational
support performance requirements and sustains the system in the
most cost-effective manner over its total life-cycle.
◉ Acquisition Program Baseline (APB). Answer: This forms the
balance of risk between cost, schedule and performance agreed to
,between the Program Manager (PM), the Program Executive Office
(PEO), and the Milestone Decision Authority (MDA).
◉ Program Executive Office (PEO). Answer: This organization/entity
is responsible for programmatics (materiel acquisition cost,
schedule, and total system performance) and for the PPBE necessary
to guide assigned programs through each Defense Acquisition
System Milestone.
◉ Key Performance Parameters (KPPs). Answer: The Capability
Development Document and the Capability Production Document
contains a required number of these to capture the minimum
operational effectiveness and suitability attributes (testable or
measurable characteristics) needed to achieve the overall desired
capabilities for the system during the applicable increment.
◉ Acquisition Categories (ACAT). Answer: In materiel development
and acquisition, these category designations determine the level of
review, and who will make the milestone decisions.
◉ Army Requirements Oversight Council (AROC). Answer: This
organization/entity validates all Army documents for JCIDS prior to
submission to the Joint Staff, J-8 Deputy Director for Requirements
for review and approval of joint requirements and Assistant
Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)
(ASA(AL&T)) for materiel development.
, ◉ J8, Vice Director (VDJ-8). Answer: This staff member is the
gatekeeper of the JCIDS process at the joint level.
◉ Systems:
- Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS)
- Defense Acquisition System (DAS)
- Planning, Programming, Budgeting Execution (PPBE) System
Processes:
- Force Development Process
- Force Integration process. Answer: The Army's Force Management
Model depicts which three (3) DoD Systems and two (2) Army
processes?
◉ Force Development Process. Answer: As the Army's
organizational design process, this five-phased process determines
gaps, proposes new or modified organizational designs, and
produces the Army's force structure.
◉ Develop Capabilities. Answer: The Joint Capabilities Integration
and Development System (JCIDs) is most closely associated with
which force development phase?
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Milestones A, B, C. Answer: Three (3) milestones of Defense
Acquisition System (DAS)
◉ Material Development Decision (MDD). Answer: The entry point
into the acquisition process for all defense acquisition products.
◉ Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR). Answer: In
materiel development and acquisition, the purpose of this phase is
to reduce technology, engineering, integration, and life-cycle cost
risk to the point that a decision to contract for Engineering &
Manufacturing Development can be made with confidence in
successful program execution for development, production, and
sustainment.
◉ Operations and Support (O&S). Answer: In materiel development
and acquisition, the objective of this phase is the execution of a
support program that meets materiel readiness and operational
support performance requirements and sustains the system in the
most cost-effective manner over its total life-cycle.
◉ Acquisition Program Baseline (APB). Answer: This forms the
balance of risk between cost, schedule and performance agreed to
,between the Program Manager (PM), the Program Executive Office
(PEO), and the Milestone Decision Authority (MDA).
◉ Program Executive Office (PEO). Answer: This organization/entity
is responsible for programmatics (materiel acquisition cost,
schedule, and total system performance) and for the PPBE necessary
to guide assigned programs through each Defense Acquisition
System Milestone.
◉ Key Performance Parameters (KPPs). Answer: The Capability
Development Document and the Capability Production Document
contains a required number of these to capture the minimum
operational effectiveness and suitability attributes (testable or
measurable characteristics) needed to achieve the overall desired
capabilities for the system during the applicable increment.
◉ Acquisition Categories (ACAT). Answer: In materiel development
and acquisition, these category designations determine the level of
review, and who will make the milestone decisions.
◉ Army Requirements Oversight Council (AROC). Answer: This
organization/entity validates all Army documents for JCIDS prior to
submission to the Joint Staff, J-8 Deputy Director for Requirements
for review and approval of joint requirements and Assistant
Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)
(ASA(AL&T)) for materiel development.
, ◉ J8, Vice Director (VDJ-8). Answer: This staff member is the
gatekeeper of the JCIDS process at the joint level.
◉ Systems:
- Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS)
- Defense Acquisition System (DAS)
- Planning, Programming, Budgeting Execution (PPBE) System
Processes:
- Force Development Process
- Force Integration process. Answer: The Army's Force Management
Model depicts which three (3) DoD Systems and two (2) Army
processes?
◉ Force Development Process. Answer: As the Army's
organizational design process, this five-phased process determines
gaps, proposes new or modified organizational designs, and
produces the Army's force structure.
◉ Develop Capabilities. Answer: The Joint Capabilities Integration
and Development System (JCIDs) is most closely associated with
which force development phase?
