ACQ PM PRACTITIONER CERT STUDY SET
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Question 1.
You are the program manager responsible for managing a contract with a CME defense
contractor. An ACME employee implies they would like to offer you a job at ACME and you
decline which of the following actions is correct
Correct Answer: You must immediately re- port the details of the conversation you
had with the ACME project manager in writing to your supervisor and to the ethics
officer
Question 2.
True or false you do not have to accept a $20 gift if you think someone would question it
Correct Answer: True
Question 3.
Two companies Alpha and Beta submitted proposals in response to a government request
for proposal. During discussions of government contracting officer told Alpha that it's price
was too high and that the proposal needs to come down by about 20%. And it's final
proposal alpha lowered its price by 25% and won the contract. which of the following is true.
Correct Answer: The procurement integrity act was violated, and the contracting
officer is subject to both criminal sanctions and administrative action
Question 4.
You are the government Program manager for the ACME Delta weapon system. You are
negotiating a contract modification. AME has asked to negotiate the contract modification as
a contractor representative. Prior to working for ACME was an active duty, military contract
officer assigned to the government program ACME Delta weapon system at the time of the
initial contract award. You should..
Correct Answer: Raise your concern to your boss or the contracting officer while on
active duty, Sally contributed substantially to the contract and may be permanently
re- stricted from representing ACME to the government on the same contract effort
Question 5.
You are a government program manager, and you suspect the contractors test results stated
in the new procurement proposal are in accurate. you should
Correct Answer: Report of the chain of command that the data which the contractor
used in the proposal may be flawed
,Question 6.
Government and contractor personnel work closely together as an integrated team on the
new viper weapon system, and want to celebrate their program success by hosting a picnic.
Which of the following statements about their interaction is true.
Correct Answer: Contractor personnel may attend a government office picnic so long
as the time spent attending the event is not charged to the government
Question 7.
A member of the program team wants to take control and delegate tasks, even when they
are not in a supervisory role, to position themselves perfect for promotion. These actions
represent a need for power based on which motivational theory?
Correct Answer: McLellan three factor theory
Question 8.
Your team has successfully completed your program goals by designing and testing a new
radar detection system. It is time to disband the team. Which stage of the team lifecycle
process is your team?
Correct Answer: Adjourning
Question 9.
You are leading a team to develop a new weapon system. Early in the program you ensure
combined team member knowledge includes technical cost manufacturing and support
functions. This reflects which tenant of integrated product and process development/IPPD
Correct Answer: Multidisciplinary team- work
Question 10.
If any task on a project critical path increases, this means
Correct Answer: The total project will also increase in length
Question 11.
Team charters are likely to establish all of the following except
Correct Answer: The initial budget estimate for the program
Question 12.
The government program manager wants to move the date for a major deliverable to one
month earlier to satisfy a customer request and is willing to change the deliverables
requirements from what is defined in the contract to help make this happen. What is an
appropriate way to authorize and coordinate this change to the contract?,
Correct Answer: Through a formal contract modification
,Question 13.
A program manager, who is concerned with requirement creep full system requirements
review/SRR with the contractor and decides not to invite the fighter. Which step of the ethical
decision-making model is most violate
Correct Answer: Considered the welfare of all stakeholders
Question 14.
Carl and Sam work on the same integrated product team and have had multiple conflicts at
work. A third-party has been been called to host a discussion and help Carl and Sam reach
a resolution. This is an example of which conflict resolution technique.
Correct Answer: Mediation
Question 15.
You are the program manager and have a numbered urgent tasks to complete. The only
team member that is available to assist as limited experience with the issue at hand. Which
is the appropriate leadership style to apply to the situation
Correct Answer: Supervisory
Question 16.
Your team is developing a security information management system that will be accessed to
24 hours a day/7 days a week. You decide to include meantime between failure/MTBF as
one of the performance metrics for the system. What characteristics make this an effective
metrics?
Correct Answer: It is relevant to the basic requirements to the system, and the data is
clear and unambiguous
Question 17.
You are putting together a meeting agenda for an annual program management review, with
contractors, program, team members, and customers. You are open to all suggestions, you
have solicited opinions from your team members, and you want to gather the commitment of
all team team members to agree. Which decision-making method would be the best fit
Correct Answer: Consensus
Question 18.
Your team is tasked with mapping out and identifying major gaps and redundancies in the
programs process for managing the configuration review board. Which tool should you apply
to analyze this issue?
Correct Answer: Deployment flow chart
, Question 19.
Your team has received a set of eight issues of varying degrees of importance and required
effort that must be evaluated. Do you want to compare alternatives using weighted scores of
the pre-selected issues. Which problem-solving tool will help your team analyze these issues
and decide
Correct Answer: Prioritization matrix
Question 20.
Your team has been tasked to identify the root causes of a complicated issue. Which
problem-solving tool will best help your team analyze the issue?
Correct Answer: Fishbone caused, and effect diagram
Question 21.
For the following activity description, identify the problem-solving process step with which it
is associated: gather data, impressions, feelings, and observations that can shed light on the
problem or issue
Correct Answer: Gather relevant data
Question 22.
After conducting a root cause an analysis, brainstorming session, you ask your team for
feedback on how the process could be improved next time. This represents which phase of
the experiential learning cycle.
Correct Answer: Observation and reflections
Question 23.
Which of the following tools would best aid and identifying the number and type of program
management office integrated product teams
Correct Answer: Werrk breakdown structure/WBS
Question 24.
A system prototype that is demonstrated in an operational environment, describes which one
of the technology writing this levels listed below
Correct Answer: TRL7
Question 25.
Which one of the following state statements describes a benefit of using a prioritization
matrix to evaluate two or more alternatives
Correct Answer: Seeks consensus at each step in the process
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Question 1.
You are the program manager responsible for managing a contract with a CME defense
contractor. An ACME employee implies they would like to offer you a job at ACME and you
decline which of the following actions is correct
Correct Answer: You must immediately re- port the details of the conversation you
had with the ACME project manager in writing to your supervisor and to the ethics
officer
Question 2.
True or false you do not have to accept a $20 gift if you think someone would question it
Correct Answer: True
Question 3.
Two companies Alpha and Beta submitted proposals in response to a government request
for proposal. During discussions of government contracting officer told Alpha that it's price
was too high and that the proposal needs to come down by about 20%. And it's final
proposal alpha lowered its price by 25% and won the contract. which of the following is true.
Correct Answer: The procurement integrity act was violated, and the contracting
officer is subject to both criminal sanctions and administrative action
Question 4.
You are the government Program manager for the ACME Delta weapon system. You are
negotiating a contract modification. AME has asked to negotiate the contract modification as
a contractor representative. Prior to working for ACME was an active duty, military contract
officer assigned to the government program ACME Delta weapon system at the time of the
initial contract award. You should..
Correct Answer: Raise your concern to your boss or the contracting officer while on
active duty, Sally contributed substantially to the contract and may be permanently
re- stricted from representing ACME to the government on the same contract effort
Question 5.
You are a government program manager, and you suspect the contractors test results stated
in the new procurement proposal are in accurate. you should
Correct Answer: Report of the chain of command that the data which the contractor
used in the proposal may be flawed
,Question 6.
Government and contractor personnel work closely together as an integrated team on the
new viper weapon system, and want to celebrate their program success by hosting a picnic.
Which of the following statements about their interaction is true.
Correct Answer: Contractor personnel may attend a government office picnic so long
as the time spent attending the event is not charged to the government
Question 7.
A member of the program team wants to take control and delegate tasks, even when they
are not in a supervisory role, to position themselves perfect for promotion. These actions
represent a need for power based on which motivational theory?
Correct Answer: McLellan three factor theory
Question 8.
Your team has successfully completed your program goals by designing and testing a new
radar detection system. It is time to disband the team. Which stage of the team lifecycle
process is your team?
Correct Answer: Adjourning
Question 9.
You are leading a team to develop a new weapon system. Early in the program you ensure
combined team member knowledge includes technical cost manufacturing and support
functions. This reflects which tenant of integrated product and process development/IPPD
Correct Answer: Multidisciplinary team- work
Question 10.
If any task on a project critical path increases, this means
Correct Answer: The total project will also increase in length
Question 11.
Team charters are likely to establish all of the following except
Correct Answer: The initial budget estimate for the program
Question 12.
The government program manager wants to move the date for a major deliverable to one
month earlier to satisfy a customer request and is willing to change the deliverables
requirements from what is defined in the contract to help make this happen. What is an
appropriate way to authorize and coordinate this change to the contract?,
Correct Answer: Through a formal contract modification
,Question 13.
A program manager, who is concerned with requirement creep full system requirements
review/SRR with the contractor and decides not to invite the fighter. Which step of the ethical
decision-making model is most violate
Correct Answer: Considered the welfare of all stakeholders
Question 14.
Carl and Sam work on the same integrated product team and have had multiple conflicts at
work. A third-party has been been called to host a discussion and help Carl and Sam reach
a resolution. This is an example of which conflict resolution technique.
Correct Answer: Mediation
Question 15.
You are the program manager and have a numbered urgent tasks to complete. The only
team member that is available to assist as limited experience with the issue at hand. Which
is the appropriate leadership style to apply to the situation
Correct Answer: Supervisory
Question 16.
Your team is developing a security information management system that will be accessed to
24 hours a day/7 days a week. You decide to include meantime between failure/MTBF as
one of the performance metrics for the system. What characteristics make this an effective
metrics?
Correct Answer: It is relevant to the basic requirements to the system, and the data is
clear and unambiguous
Question 17.
You are putting together a meeting agenda for an annual program management review, with
contractors, program, team members, and customers. You are open to all suggestions, you
have solicited opinions from your team members, and you want to gather the commitment of
all team team members to agree. Which decision-making method would be the best fit
Correct Answer: Consensus
Question 18.
Your team is tasked with mapping out and identifying major gaps and redundancies in the
programs process for managing the configuration review board. Which tool should you apply
to analyze this issue?
Correct Answer: Deployment flow chart
, Question 19.
Your team has received a set of eight issues of varying degrees of importance and required
effort that must be evaluated. Do you want to compare alternatives using weighted scores of
the pre-selected issues. Which problem-solving tool will help your team analyze these issues
and decide
Correct Answer: Prioritization matrix
Question 20.
Your team has been tasked to identify the root causes of a complicated issue. Which
problem-solving tool will best help your team analyze the issue?
Correct Answer: Fishbone caused, and effect diagram
Question 21.
For the following activity description, identify the problem-solving process step with which it
is associated: gather data, impressions, feelings, and observations that can shed light on the
problem or issue
Correct Answer: Gather relevant data
Question 22.
After conducting a root cause an analysis, brainstorming session, you ask your team for
feedback on how the process could be improved next time. This represents which phase of
the experiential learning cycle.
Correct Answer: Observation and reflections
Question 23.
Which of the following tools would best aid and identifying the number and type of program
management office integrated product teams
Correct Answer: Werrk breakdown structure/WBS
Question 24.
A system prototype that is demonstrated in an operational environment, describes which one
of the technology writing this levels listed below
Correct Answer: TRL7
Question 25.
Which one of the following state statements describes a benefit of using a prioritization
matrix to evaluate two or more alternatives
Correct Answer: Seeks consensus at each step in the process
