DAU - PM PRACTITIONER EXAM 2025
A software-costing model that bases cost estimates upon statistical data such as source lines of code is
an example of a ________costing model - Precise Answer ✔✔Parametric
As a general rule of thumb, what percent of the total ownership costs of a mass-produced system occur
late in the life cycle, due to costs associated with operations and support? - Precise Answer ✔✔65-80%
All of the following are true of Below Threshold Reprogramming (BTR) actions, EXCEPT ___________. -
Precise Answer ✔✔Changes to the appropriation category
Affordability is most concerned with: - Precise Answer ✔✔Making tradeoffs in performance and
schedule to achieve cost objectives within affordability constraints.
Escalation allows us to make predictions about future costs based on: - Precise Answer ✔✔Expected
inflation and outlay rates
When both government and private funds are used in development efforts, the contractor may be
entitled to offer rights that allow the government to release data only as part of the competition and not
for commercial purposes are called _______________ rights? - Precise Answer ✔✔Government Purpose
With respect to product improvements, if a modification will not cause an increase in system
performance, does not require extensive independent testing, and the system is currently in production,
its development and test as well as modification kits should be funded with __________ dollars. - Precise
Answer ✔✔Procurement
Forward Pricing Rates Agreements (FPRA) provide negotiated rates that represent reasonable
projections for such things as _______________________. - Precise Answer ✔✔Rates for labor and
indirect costs
Who controls the budget and the release of funds, and reports directly to the Secretary of Defense? -
Precise Answer ✔✔Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller (OUSD(C))
, The primary unit of data in the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) and normally the smallest
aggregation of resources controlled by the office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) is the ____________.
- Precise Answer ✔✔Program Element
Which process of DoD Resource Allocation, does Congress appoint various budget, authorization, and
appropriation committees to set the budget ceiling and ends when the President signs the National
Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)? - Precise Answer ✔✔Enactment
What is the obligation period (the length of time the Government has to obligate the funds) for the
Defense Appropriation Category of Procurement funds? - Precise Answer ✔✔3 Years
Which enactment process activity provides permission for a Federal program or activity to begin or
continue from year to year, but does not provide Budget Authority to fund the program or activity? -
Precise Answer ✔✔Authorization Bill
After Congress passes the DoD Appropriations Bill and the President signs it, the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) distributes the Budget Authority to the DoD. What is this distribution called? - Precise
Answer ✔✔Apportionment
If a contractor is producing missiles for the Navy, on a non-commercial contract, and the contractor fails
to deliver them on time, the Navy has the right to: - Precise Answer ✔✔Terminate the contract for
default
If your procurement budget request did not provide for buying a whole number of useable end items,
this would be a violation of which funding policy? - Precise Answer ✔✔Full Funding
The largest percentage of software life cycle costs is associated with what? - Precise Answer
✔✔Upgrades and Maintenance
When a vendor cashes the government check and money flows from the Treasury to the vendor it is
called an ______________. - Precise Answer ✔✔Outlay
A software-costing model that bases cost estimates upon statistical data such as source lines of code is
an example of a ________costing model - Precise Answer ✔✔Parametric
As a general rule of thumb, what percent of the total ownership costs of a mass-produced system occur
late in the life cycle, due to costs associated with operations and support? - Precise Answer ✔✔65-80%
All of the following are true of Below Threshold Reprogramming (BTR) actions, EXCEPT ___________. -
Precise Answer ✔✔Changes to the appropriation category
Affordability is most concerned with: - Precise Answer ✔✔Making tradeoffs in performance and
schedule to achieve cost objectives within affordability constraints.
Escalation allows us to make predictions about future costs based on: - Precise Answer ✔✔Expected
inflation and outlay rates
When both government and private funds are used in development efforts, the contractor may be
entitled to offer rights that allow the government to release data only as part of the competition and not
for commercial purposes are called _______________ rights? - Precise Answer ✔✔Government Purpose
With respect to product improvements, if a modification will not cause an increase in system
performance, does not require extensive independent testing, and the system is currently in production,
its development and test as well as modification kits should be funded with __________ dollars. - Precise
Answer ✔✔Procurement
Forward Pricing Rates Agreements (FPRA) provide negotiated rates that represent reasonable
projections for such things as _______________________. - Precise Answer ✔✔Rates for labor and
indirect costs
Who controls the budget and the release of funds, and reports directly to the Secretary of Defense? -
Precise Answer ✔✔Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller (OUSD(C))
, The primary unit of data in the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) and normally the smallest
aggregation of resources controlled by the office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) is the ____________.
- Precise Answer ✔✔Program Element
Which process of DoD Resource Allocation, does Congress appoint various budget, authorization, and
appropriation committees to set the budget ceiling and ends when the President signs the National
Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)? - Precise Answer ✔✔Enactment
What is the obligation period (the length of time the Government has to obligate the funds) for the
Defense Appropriation Category of Procurement funds? - Precise Answer ✔✔3 Years
Which enactment process activity provides permission for a Federal program or activity to begin or
continue from year to year, but does not provide Budget Authority to fund the program or activity? -
Precise Answer ✔✔Authorization Bill
After Congress passes the DoD Appropriations Bill and the President signs it, the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) distributes the Budget Authority to the DoD. What is this distribution called? - Precise
Answer ✔✔Apportionment
If a contractor is producing missiles for the Navy, on a non-commercial contract, and the contractor fails
to deliver them on time, the Navy has the right to: - Precise Answer ✔✔Terminate the contract for
default
If your procurement budget request did not provide for buying a whole number of useable end items,
this would be a violation of which funding policy? - Precise Answer ✔✔Full Funding
The largest percentage of software life cycle costs is associated with what? - Precise Answer
✔✔Upgrades and Maintenance
When a vendor cashes the government check and money flows from the Treasury to the vendor it is
called an ______________. - Precise Answer ✔✔Outlay
