AIPM Exam 1 2025 Questions and
Answers
In 1990, Congress passed the - --Answer --Defense Acquisition Workforce
Improvement Act (DAWIA)
Understand that the ___________ 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 --Gansler Commission
Robust ___ balances cost, schedule, and performance throughout the lifecycle - --
Answer --System Engineering
Understand that the _______________ 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 --Integrated Product Team (IPT)
Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs) are now required by law to have a
- --Answer --Product Support Manager
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, Three primary organizations influence the defense acquisition community: - --
Answer --The Executive Branch/The Congress/Industry
USD(AT&L) is also the ____ - --Answer --Is the Defense Acquisition
Executive (DAE)/Chairs the Defense Acquisition Board (DAB)
Provides analysis and advice relative to the Planning, Programming, Budgeting and
Execution (PPBE) system - --Answer --Director, Cost Assessment and
Program Evaluation (CAPE)
Provides independent assessment of operational effectiveness and suitability of
new weapon systems - --Answer --Director, Operational Test & Evaluation
(DOT&E)
ACAT level enables identification of - --Answer --Type of system/Level of
management review/decision authority/Applicable program reporting
requirements
Understand the three key processes that comprise the DoD Decision Support
Systems - --Answer --o Joint Capabilities Integration & Development
System (JCIDS)/o Defense Acquisition "Management" System (PPBE)/o Defense
Acquisition System (DAS)
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Answers
In 1990, Congress passed the - --Answer --Defense Acquisition Workforce
Improvement Act (DAWIA)
Understand that the ___________ 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 --Gansler Commission
Robust ___ balances cost, schedule, and performance throughout the lifecycle - --
Answer --System Engineering
Understand that the _______________ 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 --Integrated Product Team (IPT)
Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs) are now required by law to have a
- --Answer --Product Support Manager
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, Three primary organizations influence the defense acquisition community: - --
Answer --The Executive Branch/The Congress/Industry
USD(AT&L) is also the ____ - --Answer --Is the Defense Acquisition
Executive (DAE)/Chairs the Defense Acquisition Board (DAB)
Provides analysis and advice relative to the Planning, Programming, Budgeting and
Execution (PPBE) system - --Answer --Director, Cost Assessment and
Program Evaluation (CAPE)
Provides independent assessment of operational effectiveness and suitability of
new weapon systems - --Answer --Director, Operational Test & Evaluation
(DOT&E)
ACAT level enables identification of - --Answer --Type of system/Level of
management review/decision authority/Applicable program reporting
requirements
Understand the three key processes that comprise the DoD Decision Support
Systems - --Answer --o Joint Capabilities Integration & Development
System (JCIDS)/o Defense Acquisition "Management" System (PPBE)/o Defense
Acquisition System (DAS)
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