AIPM EXAM 1 Questions and Answers 100% Pass

AIPM EXAM 1 Questions and Answers 100% Pass Define the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). - Answer- - Structured approach for training, experience, and certification - DAU + Training/Continuous learning + work experience = certifications (standards) - Formal acquisition began in the 40s with : no structured approach, little or no specialized training, and no standards Identify the three reasons why Congress passed DAWIA and the requirements of the law. - Answer- - Defense systems are complex, defense systems are costly, requires qualified personnel Define the role of the DoD Directors of Acquisition Career Management (DACM). - Answer- - One per DoD Service or Agency - Establishes and monitors training requirements and DAWIA compliance - Projects numbers of individuals requiring training annually - Assigns students to required courses (DAU and/or ALU) - Certifies that DAWIA standards have been met Understand that the Gansler Commission determined that Army contracting in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait didn't have enough people, there was too little training, and it was an antiquated system. - Answer- Define the quantitative measures of reliability: Mean, Availability, and Maintainability. - Answer- - Mean: An average (time between failure, MTBF) - Availability: A measure of the degree to which an item is in the operable and committable state at the start of the mission, when the mission is called for at an unknown (random) point in time - Maintainability: The probability that an item will conform to specified conditions within a given period of time when corrective or preventive action is performed in accordance with prescribed procedures and resources - Acquisition logisticians use Reliability and Maintainability (R&M) data to formulate system support requirements - A system's R&M characteristics are key drivers of support resources - R&M does not drive all operations and support costs (e.g., fuel costs also drive operations and support costs) Understand that the Integrated Product Team (IPT) concept was adopted from commercial business, intended to streamline the antiquated, stove pipe process, and is composed of stakeholders representing all appropriate functional disciplines. - Answer- Identify the two basic types of test and evaluation. - Answer- Operational Developmental Identify the major law directly affecting DoD systems acquisition management concerning Environmental, Safety, & Occupational Health (ESOH). - Answer- - National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Understand the breakdown of who conducts basic research for the DoD. - Answer- - Universities: 60% - DOD Federal Labs: 25% - Industry and Nonprofit Organizations: 15% Identify the three primary risk factors that Program Managers focus on when managing their programs. - Answer- - Cost: increasing material prices, higher labor rates, regulatory compliance - Schedule: late deliveries, political pressure, changing capability needs, lack of planning for regulatory compliance - Performance: new materials or processes, unproven technology, new applications for capability needs, designs unable to accommodate human performance characteristics Understand that Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs) are now required by law to have a Product Support Manager. - Answer- Identify the five top-level design goals for a producible product. - Answer- - Design for ease of fabrication - Design for ease of assembly - Design for multiuse - Minimize number of parts - Maximize number of common parts Define supportability and understand its role in acquisition planning. - Answer- - The ability of a systems design to meet an operational need throughout its intended life and at the affordable cost. - Supportability attributes should be 'designed into' the system early on in the acquisition life cycle. - The inherent quality of a system, including o Design, o Technical support data, o Maintenance procedures ...to facilitate detection, isolation, and timely repair or replac