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What aare aJoint aAcquisition aPrograms? a- a a a aANS. aJoint aAcquisition aPrograms ais aany
aacqusition asystem, asubsystem, acomponent, aor atechnology aprogram awith aastrategy
athat aincludes afunding aby amore athan aone aDoD acomponent aduring aany aphase aof aa
asystem's alife acycle. a
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Who adecides ato aplace aprograms aunder ajoint aacquisition amanagement? a- a a a aANS.
aThe aMDA adecides awhether ato aplace aprograms aunder ajoint amanagement aand
adesignates athe alead aexecutive aDoD acomponent. a
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What alaw arequires aan aanalysis aof apotential aopportunities aof ainternational
acooperation? a-
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aquisition astrategy afor aa
aprogram.
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When ainternational aprograms amay abe aestablished ain athe adefense aacqusition
aprogram a-
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development aof athe ainitial acapabilities adocument abut ano aearly athan athe amaterial
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solution aanalysis
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When ais aEarned aValue aManagement a(EVM) aimplemented a- a a a aANS. aEVM ais apart aof
aprogram amanagement a. aIt aensures athat acost a, aschedule aand atechnical aaspects aof
athe acontract aare atruly aintegrated. a
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In awhat atype aof acontracts aEVM ais arequired a- a a a aANS. aEVM ais arequired aon aCost,
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Incentive acontracts avalued aat agreater athan
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What ais aEVM? a- a a a aANS. aEarned aValue aManagement ais aa atool
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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
3. aStates athat avalue aof athe awork acompleted ain adollars aand aother ameasurable
aunits.
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What aare aEVM atechniques? a- a a a aANS. 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 a aANS. 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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What ais athe amost aimportant astep ain aEVM asystem? a- a a a aANS. aIs athe aestablishment aof
athe aPerformance aMeasurement aBaseline a(PMB)or athe aBudgeted aCost aof aWork
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What ais athe aPMB ain aand aEVM? a- a a a aANS. aThe aPMB aincludes athe 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 a aANS. aIs ato aclassify awork, ato aallocate athe
abudget a
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and ato atime aphase athe acontrol aaccount awork apackage abudgets. aThis alast
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How ado awe aclassify awork apackages ain aEVM? a- a a a a ANS. ain a3 acategories,
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, Describe athe arealignment aof athe aPMB a- a a a aANS. aRebaselining, aReplanning,
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What ais aReprogramming? a- a a a aANS. 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
Schedule aPerformance aIndex a(SPI) aformula a- a a a aANS. aSPI=BCWP/BCWS a
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Estimate aat aCompletion a (EAC) a formula -
a a a a a ANS.
aEAC=ACWP+[(BAC-
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BCWP)/(Performance
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EAC aCompsite aformula -
a a a a a ANS. a ACWPcum+[(BAC-
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EVM aTerminology a- a a a aANS. aEAC=Estimate aat aCompletion a
BAC=Budget aat aCompletion(current) a
BCWS=Budget aCost aof aWork aScheduled a(current) a
BWCP=Budget aCost aof aWork aPerformed a(earned avalue) a
ACWP=Actual aCost aof aWork aPerformed a
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What ais athe aContractor aCost aand aSoftware aData aReporting a(CSDR) a- a a a aANS. aThe
aCSDR a
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system ainvolves atwo aformal acontractor areports, athe aCOntractor aCost aData
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(CCDR) aand athe aSoftware aResources aData aReport
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What ais aContract aPerformance aReport a(CPR) a- a a a aANS. aThe aPM ashould aobtain
afrom athe a
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contractor aa aCPR a(DD aform a2734) aon aall acontracts athe ameet aor aexceed aEVMS
adollar
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thresholds aand arequire aEVMS acompliance. aThe aCPR aprovides acontract acost
aand
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schedule aperformance afor aprogram
amangement.
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What ais aContract aFunds aStatus aReport a(CFSR) a- a a a aANS. a(DD a1586) ahas ano
aspecific aapplication athresholds abut aPMs ashould aevaluate acontracts aof aless athan