Defense Acquisition Course - ACQ 101 Module 2

USD Policy - Responsibilites - correct answer provides responsive, foward thinking and insightful policy advice, ensures the alignment of DoD palns with national security objectives, approves certain aspects of programs involving other nations, and maintains responsiblity for Defense Planning and Programming Guidance (DPPG) during the planning phase of PPBE Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (A&S) - correct answer the principal staff assistant and advisor to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense for all matters relating to DoD acquisition system USD A&S - correct answer serves as the Defense Acquisition Executive and for acquisition matters, takes precedence over the secretaries of the military dependents, chairs the Defense Acquisition Board, establishes policy for the training and career development of the defense acquisition workforce, and makes program milestone decisions for designated Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs) Name two directors that support the SECDEF. - correct answer 1. Director Operational Test & Evaluation 2. Director Cost Assessment, and Program Evaluation Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) - correct answer Provides independent assessment of operational effectiveness and suitability of new weapon systems Sends Operational Test & Evaluation reports directly to the SECDEF and Congress Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (D, CAPE) - correct answer responsible for analysis and advice on matters relating to the planning and programming phases of the PPBE system, formulates study guidance for analyses of alternatives for major defense acquisition programs and performance of such analyses, oversees review, analysis and evaluation of programs executing approved strategies and plicies, ensuring that information on programs is presented accurately and completely, and assessing the effect of spending by the DoD on the United States economy. Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) - correct answer DOD's senior-level forum for admission to the USD(AT&L) on critical decisions regarding Major Defense Acquisition Programs (ACAT 1D programs). Name the result of a DAB review. - correct answer Acquisition Decision Memorandum Programs are divided into ________ based primarily on program cost - correct answer Acquisition categories (ACATs) Name the first characteristic of an ACAT - correct answer to determine the level of management review, decision authority and applicable reporting requirements for a program Name the second characteristic of an ACAT - correct answer to determine the level of review and types of decision-makers involved in the program Name the instruction which specifies the characteristics for ACAT - correct answer DoD 5000.02 Name the key players involved in ACAT programs - correct answer Milestone Decision Authority Defense Acquisition Executive Component or Service Acquisition Executive Program Executive Officer Program Manager Defense Acquisition Executive (DAE) - correct answer in the USD (A&S) top-level official for all defense acquisitions and is responsible for supervising the DAS, act as the Milestone Decision Authority for major defense and major automated information system programs Milestone Decision Authority (MDA) - correct answer Designated individual with overall responsibility for a program. The MDA shall have the authority to approve entry of an acquisition program into the next phase of the acquisition process and shall be accountable for cost, schedule, and performance reporting to higher authority, including congressional reporting. Component Acquisition Executive (CAE) - correct answer the single official within a DoD component responsible for all acquisition functions within that component Name the two types of ACATs - correct answer Weapon Systems Automated Information Systems Weapon Systems - correct answer weapons and support equipment, C4ISR systems, and surveillance systems Automated Information Systems - correct answer defined as a system of computer hardward, computer software, ata or telecommunications that performs functions such as collecting, processing, storing, transmitting and displaying information An example for AIS - correct answer Defense Finance and Accounting System Information Technology - correct answer any equipment or interconnected system or subsystem of equipment that is used in the automatic acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange , transmission, or reception of data or information ACAT I - Weapon & C4I Systems - correct answer Major Defense Acquisition Programs using their expenditure for: Research, Development, Test and Evaluation of more than $480 million, procurement of more than $2.79 billion, the dollar estimate shall consider all blocks that will make up an evolutionary acquisition program. Also may include USD (A&S) due to congressional interest.