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What aare aJoint aAcquisition aPrograms? a- a a acorrect aanswer. a a aJoint aAcquisition
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aastrategy
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Who adecides ato aplace aprograms aunder ajoint aacquisition amanagement? a- a a acorrect
aanswer. a a aThe aMDA adecides awhether ato aplace aprograms aunder ajoint amanagement
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acooperation? a-
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a- a a acorrect aanswer. a a aDecision ato ainclude ainternational apartners aneeds ato abe
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aon aCost, a
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What ais aEVM? a- a a acorrect aanswer. a a aEarned aValue aManagement ais aa atool
athat
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1. aRelates athe ascope aof athe awork ato aits aassociated abudgets aand
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2. aMeasures athe awork aprogress ain aobjective
aterms
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aunits.
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What aare aEVM atechniques? a- a a acorrect aanswer. a a aCorrelate athe abudgeted acost aof
aworked ascheduled awith athe abudget acost aof awork aperformed a(BCWP) a
1. 0/100 aEarned aValue aTechnique a
2. Percent aStart/Percent aFinish aEV aTechnique a(50/50) a(25/75) a(80/20) a
3. Percent aComplete a
4. Units aCompleted a
5. Equivalent aUnits a
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Describe athe aPercent aStart/Percent aFinish aEV aTechnique a- a a acorrect aanswer. a a aIs aan
aobjective aearned avalue atechnique atied ato athe astart aand acompletion aof aa awork
apackage atask, aoften areferred ato a% aassigned ato athe astart aand afinish amilestone asuch
aas a(50/50...) aThsi atechnique atends ato aoverstate aperformance ain athe afirst ahalf aof athe
aperiod aof aperformance aand auderstate aperformance ain athe alast ahalf. a
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aestablishment aof athe aPerformance aMeasurement aBaseline a(PMB)or athe aBudgeted
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aundistributed abudget, aall asummary alevel aplanning apackage abudgets, aand aall acontrol
aaccount abudgets. aIt adoes anot ainclude amanagement areserve. a
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What ais athe afinal astep aof athe aPMB? a- a a acorrect aanswer. a a aIs ato aclassify awork, ato
aallocate athe a
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aphase ais
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calculate
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How ado awe aclassify awork apackages ain aEVM? a- a a a correct aanswer. a a a in a3
acategories, a
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Describe athe arealignment aof athe aPMB a- a a a correct aanswer. a a a Rebaselining,
aReplanning, a
, a
and
aReprogramming
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What ais aReprogramming? a- a a acorrect aanswer. a a aReprogramming ais aa acomprehensive
arealignment aof athe aremaining aperformance ameasurement abaseline athat aresults ain aa
atotal abudget aand/or atotal aschedule athat aexceeds athe acontractual arequirements. aIt ais
athe aprocess athat aresults ain aan aOver-Target aBaseline aor aOTB aand aan aOver-Target
aSchedule aOTS. a
a
Schedule aPerformance aIndex a(SPI) aformula a- a a acorrect aanswer. a a aSPI=BCWP/BCWS
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aEAC=ACWP+[(BAC-
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BCWP)/(Performance
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a
EAC aCompsite aformula a- a a a correct a answer. a a
aACWPcum+[(BAC-
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BCWPcum)/(CPIcum*SPIcum)]
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BCWS=Budget aCost aof aWork aScheduled
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avalue)
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ACWP=Actual aCost aof aWork
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aanswer. a a a
The aCSDR asystem ainvolves atwo aformal acontractor areports, athe aCOntractor aCost aData
aReport a(CCDR) aand athe aSoftware aResources aData aReport a(SRDR) a
a
What ais aContract aPerformance aReport a(CPR) a- a a acorrect aanswer. a a aThe aPM ashould
aobtain afrom athe acontractor aa aCPR a(DD aform a2734) aon aall acontracts athe ameet aor
aexceed aEVMS adollar athresholds aand arequire aEVMS acompliance. aThe aCPR aprovides
acontract acost aand aschedule aperformance afor aprogram amangement. a
a
What ais aContract aFunds aStatus aReport a(CFSR) a- a a acorrect aanswer. a a a(DD a1586)
ahas ano a
specific aapplication athresholds abut aPMs ashould aevaluate acontracts aof aless athan
a$1.3M. a