CDFM Module 4 questions with verified answers
10 USC 2435 Ans✓✓✓ Where we get the statutory authority to do stuff. It says
the DoD may not obligate funds for an MDAP after the program enters System
Development and Demonstration without a Milestone Decision Authority-
approved baseline unless the USD(AT&L) specifically approves the obligation.
4.1.19
2 Categories of Cost Ans✓✓✓ Lifecycle and Total Ownership 4.3.7
2 Kinds of Performance Indices Ans✓✓✓ Cost Performance and Schedule
Performance 4.3.48
2 kinds of Unit Cost Reports Ans✓✓✓ Significant Cost Growth Notification and
Critical Cost Breach Certification
-Significant is when APUC or PAUC exceeds 15% of CURRENT APB or 30% of
ORIGINAL APB
-Critical is when APUC or PAUC exceeds 25% of CURRENT APB or 50% of ORIGINAL
APB 4.9.25
3 Levels of Integrated Product Teams Ans✓✓✓ 1. Overarching Integrated
Product Team (OIPT)
2. Integrating Integrated Product Team (IIPT)
3. Working Level Integrated Product Team (WIPT) 4.2.7
3 Steps in the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB) Development Ans✓✓✓
1. define the work scope and break it into manageable work packages
,2. determine the task relationships among the work packages and schedule the
work packages into a logical network
3. classify the work, allocate the budget, and time phase the control account work
package budgets 4.3.44
3 terms associated with realignment of the PMB (Performance Measurement
Baseline) Ans✓✓✓ 1. Rebaselining - Improves the correlation between the work
plan and the baseline budget. Consists of Replanning and Reprogramming.
2. Replanning - realignment of schedule or reallocation of budget for remaining
effort WITHIN the existing constraints of the contract.
3. Reprogramming - realignment of the remaining performance measurement
baseline that results in a total budget or schedule that EXCEEDS the contract.
4.3.46
4 Major Technical and Engineering Reviews during the acquisition process
Ans✓✓✓ -Materiel Development Review in the Materiel Solution Analysis Phase
-Preliminary Design Review in the Engineering & Manufacturing Development
Phase
-Critical Design Review in the Engineering & Manufacturing Development Phase
-Full Rate Production Review in the Production and Deployment Phase 4.9.6
ACAT I"D" and IA"M" Programs Ans✓✓✓ These programs will have an OIPT to
provide assistance and oversight. An appropriate official within OSD, i.e., Director,
Defense Systems or the Deputy to the ASD(NII) for IT acquisitions, will lead the
OIPT. 4.9.13
Acquisition Category I and IA (Automated Information Systems) Ans✓✓✓ These
and other high-interest programs' JCIDS are reviewed and validated by JROC prior
to Milestone A.
, Acquisition Ans✓✓✓ This is one of the Life Cycle Sustainment activities. The
system formally enters this process at Milestone B, when Milestone Decision
Authority approval permits the system to enter the Engineering and
Manufacturing Development (EMD) Phase. A key Life-Cycle Sustainment emphasis
during EMD is to ensure operational supportability with particular attention to
minimizing the logistics
footprint. 4.4.7
Acquisition of Services Ans✓✓✓ The acquisition of services does not follow the
materiel systems phases, but has 5 elements that must be addressed. The 5th
element is Clinger-Cohen Act Compliance. 4.10.25
Acquisition Strategy Ans✓✓✓ Guides the acquisition phase and is comprised of
21 topics. Either evolutionary or single item - evolutionary preferred. Single step is
when you make a determination as to what you want, then you buy it (ex: rifles)
4.1.15
Actual Costs and Engineering Cost Estimates Ans✓✓✓ Detailed cost estimating
techniques used later in the life of the acquisition system. 4.3.27
ACWP (Actual Cost of Work Performed) Ans✓✓✓ the cost incurred and recorded
for performance measurement purposes within a given time period and is simply
the actual cost. 4.3.40
Affordability Assessment Ans✓✓✓ For major defense acquisition programs and
major automated information system programs, these assessments are required
at Milestones B and C. Their purpose is for the DoD Component to demonstrate
that the program's projected funding and manpower requirements are realistic
10 USC 2435 Ans✓✓✓ Where we get the statutory authority to do stuff. It says
the DoD may not obligate funds for an MDAP after the program enters System
Development and Demonstration without a Milestone Decision Authority-
approved baseline unless the USD(AT&L) specifically approves the obligation.
4.1.19
2 Categories of Cost Ans✓✓✓ Lifecycle and Total Ownership 4.3.7
2 Kinds of Performance Indices Ans✓✓✓ Cost Performance and Schedule
Performance 4.3.48
2 kinds of Unit Cost Reports Ans✓✓✓ Significant Cost Growth Notification and
Critical Cost Breach Certification
-Significant is when APUC or PAUC exceeds 15% of CURRENT APB or 30% of
ORIGINAL APB
-Critical is when APUC or PAUC exceeds 25% of CURRENT APB or 50% of ORIGINAL
APB 4.9.25
3 Levels of Integrated Product Teams Ans✓✓✓ 1. Overarching Integrated
Product Team (OIPT)
2. Integrating Integrated Product Team (IIPT)
3. Working Level Integrated Product Team (WIPT) 4.2.7
3 Steps in the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB) Development Ans✓✓✓
1. define the work scope and break it into manageable work packages
,2. determine the task relationships among the work packages and schedule the
work packages into a logical network
3. classify the work, allocate the budget, and time phase the control account work
package budgets 4.3.44
3 terms associated with realignment of the PMB (Performance Measurement
Baseline) Ans✓✓✓ 1. Rebaselining - Improves the correlation between the work
plan and the baseline budget. Consists of Replanning and Reprogramming.
2. Replanning - realignment of schedule or reallocation of budget for remaining
effort WITHIN the existing constraints of the contract.
3. Reprogramming - realignment of the remaining performance measurement
baseline that results in a total budget or schedule that EXCEEDS the contract.
4.3.46
4 Major Technical and Engineering Reviews during the acquisition process
Ans✓✓✓ -Materiel Development Review in the Materiel Solution Analysis Phase
-Preliminary Design Review in the Engineering & Manufacturing Development
Phase
-Critical Design Review in the Engineering & Manufacturing Development Phase
-Full Rate Production Review in the Production and Deployment Phase 4.9.6
ACAT I"D" and IA"M" Programs Ans✓✓✓ These programs will have an OIPT to
provide assistance and oversight. An appropriate official within OSD, i.e., Director,
Defense Systems or the Deputy to the ASD(NII) for IT acquisitions, will lead the
OIPT. 4.9.13
Acquisition Category I and IA (Automated Information Systems) Ans✓✓✓ These
and other high-interest programs' JCIDS are reviewed and validated by JROC prior
to Milestone A.
, Acquisition Ans✓✓✓ This is one of the Life Cycle Sustainment activities. The
system formally enters this process at Milestone B, when Milestone Decision
Authority approval permits the system to enter the Engineering and
Manufacturing Development (EMD) Phase. A key Life-Cycle Sustainment emphasis
during EMD is to ensure operational supportability with particular attention to
minimizing the logistics
footprint. 4.4.7
Acquisition of Services Ans✓✓✓ The acquisition of services does not follow the
materiel systems phases, but has 5 elements that must be addressed. The 5th
element is Clinger-Cohen Act Compliance. 4.10.25
Acquisition Strategy Ans✓✓✓ Guides the acquisition phase and is comprised of
21 topics. Either evolutionary or single item - evolutionary preferred. Single step is
when you make a determination as to what you want, then you buy it (ex: rifles)
4.1.15
Actual Costs and Engineering Cost Estimates Ans✓✓✓ Detailed cost estimating
techniques used later in the life of the acquisition system. 4.3.27
ACWP (Actual Cost of Work Performed) Ans✓✓✓ the cost incurred and recorded
for performance measurement purposes within a given time period and is simply
the actual cost. 4.3.40
Affordability Assessment Ans✓✓✓ For major defense acquisition programs and
major automated information system programs, these assessments are required
at Milestones B and C. Their purpose is for the DoD Component to demonstrate
that the program's projected funding and manpower requirements are realistic
