DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIVERSITY CON 170
MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2026
◉ What is the procurement cost of this system?
Cost Types Cost (in millions of dollars)
Research, Development, Test & Evaluation $400
Procurement of Prime Mission Equipment $800
Procurement of Support Equipment $100
Procurement of Initial Spares $100
Operations and Support $70,0000
Disposal $100 Answer: -*$1,400 million*
-$800 million
-$900 million
-$1,000 million
◉ The largest amount of cost for a system is related to its operations
and support. Answer: -*True*
-False
,◉ Which of the following are characteristics of International
Cooperation Programs (ICPs)? (Select the three that apply.) Answer:
-*Shared cost*
-*Shared risks and benefits*
-One way transfers/grants
-Foreign aid
-Buyer-seller relationship
-*Government-to-Government*
◉ Program Management Offices/Integrated Product Teams should
conduct their initial International Acquisition & Exportability
(IA&E) Assessment during the Production & Deployment phase of
traditional, major capability 5000.02 acquisition programs. Answer:
-True
-*False*
◉ Program-level exportability feasibility studies should be
conducted as early as possible in a system's life cycle to assess the
international market for potential cooperative programs, foreign
sales, or transfers; identify the feasibility of designing and
developing defense exportability features (DEF) for the system; and
estimate potential return on investment from future international
acquisition partnership and sales efforts. Answer: -*True*
-False
, ◉ DoD receives a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Letter of Request
(LOR) from an allied nation for a DoD system that is currently in
Low Rate Initial Production. At this point in the acquisition life cycle,
what are the possible impacts to the program if an exportable
version of the system is available for offer to this prospective FMS
customer? (Select the three that apply.) Answer: (WRONG
COMBINATION)
-*Lower research and development costs through Research,
Development Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) cost sharing*
-*Lower production costs for the DoD and the FMS customer due to
economic order quantity savings*
-Reduced DoD and FMS customer Operations & Support (O&S) costs
if common product support strategies are used
-*Enhanced U.S. political-military relationships with foreign nations*
(WRONG COMBINATION)
-*Lower research and development costs through Research,
Development Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) cost sharing*
-Lower production costs for the DoD and the FMS customer due to
economic order quantity savings
-*Reduced DoD and FMS customer Operations & Support (O&S)
costs if common product support strategies are used*
-*Enhanced U.S. political-military relationships with foreign nations*
(wrong COMBINATION)
-*Lower research and development costs through Research,
Development Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) cost sharing*
MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2026
◉ What is the procurement cost of this system?
Cost Types Cost (in millions of dollars)
Research, Development, Test & Evaluation $400
Procurement of Prime Mission Equipment $800
Procurement of Support Equipment $100
Procurement of Initial Spares $100
Operations and Support $70,0000
Disposal $100 Answer: -*$1,400 million*
-$800 million
-$900 million
-$1,000 million
◉ The largest amount of cost for a system is related to its operations
and support. Answer: -*True*
-False
,◉ Which of the following are characteristics of International
Cooperation Programs (ICPs)? (Select the three that apply.) Answer:
-*Shared cost*
-*Shared risks and benefits*
-One way transfers/grants
-Foreign aid
-Buyer-seller relationship
-*Government-to-Government*
◉ Program Management Offices/Integrated Product Teams should
conduct their initial International Acquisition & Exportability
(IA&E) Assessment during the Production & Deployment phase of
traditional, major capability 5000.02 acquisition programs. Answer:
-True
-*False*
◉ Program-level exportability feasibility studies should be
conducted as early as possible in a system's life cycle to assess the
international market for potential cooperative programs, foreign
sales, or transfers; identify the feasibility of designing and
developing defense exportability features (DEF) for the system; and
estimate potential return on investment from future international
acquisition partnership and sales efforts. Answer: -*True*
-False
, ◉ DoD receives a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Letter of Request
(LOR) from an allied nation for a DoD system that is currently in
Low Rate Initial Production. At this point in the acquisition life cycle,
what are the possible impacts to the program if an exportable
version of the system is available for offer to this prospective FMS
customer? (Select the three that apply.) Answer: (WRONG
COMBINATION)
-*Lower research and development costs through Research,
Development Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) cost sharing*
-*Lower production costs for the DoD and the FMS customer due to
economic order quantity savings*
-Reduced DoD and FMS customer Operations & Support (O&S) costs
if common product support strategies are used
-*Enhanced U.S. political-military relationships with foreign nations*
(WRONG COMBINATION)
-*Lower research and development costs through Research,
Development Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) cost sharing*
-Lower production costs for the DoD and the FMS customer due to
economic order quantity savings
-*Reduced DoD and FMS customer Operations & Support (O&S)
costs if common product support strategies are used*
-*Enhanced U.S. political-military relationships with foreign nations*
(wrong COMBINATION)
-*Lower research and development costs through Research,
Development Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) cost sharing*
