GCSS-Army Unit Supply Exam Prep Review
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Global Combat Support System (GCSS-Army) Unit Supply
1. What does the acronym GCSS-Army stand for?
A. General Combat Supply System-Army
B. Global Command Support Structure-Army
C. Global Combat Support System-Army
D. Ground Combat Sustainment System-Army
C. Global Combat Support System-Army — GCSS-Army is short for
Global Combat Support System-Army, the Army's web-based logistics
ERP.
2. GCSS-Army is built on which commercial off-the-shelf platform?
A. Oracle E-Business Suite
B. PeopleSoft
C. Microsoft Dynamics
D. SAP ERP software
D. SAP ERP software — GCSS-Army runs on SAP, a commercial ERP
platform, rather than a custom-built system.
3. Which company led the systems integration effort that built GCSS-
Army?
A. Booz Allen Hamilton
B. Northrop Grumman
C. General Dynamics
D. Lockheed Martin
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B. Northrop Grumman — Northrop Grumman led the integration
team that delivered GCSS-Army on the SAP platform.
4. Which firm supplied the underlying ERP software itself for GCSS-
Army?
A. SAP America
B. IBM
C. CSC
D. Deloitte
A. SAP America — SAP America provided the ERP platform; IBM and
CSC supported integration and consulting.
5. Which Army organization serves as the program office responsible
for GCSS-Army?
A. Army Sustainment Command (ASC)
B. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)
C. Army Materiel Command (AMC)
D. Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS)
D. Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO
EIS) — PEO EIS manages GCSS-Army as one of its enterprise system
programs.
6. GCSS-Army has been described as what kind of Army undertaking?
A. The largest ERP implementation in Army history
B. A temporary bridge system pending replacement
C. A pilot program limited to one division
D. A contractor-only logistics tool
A. The largest ERP implementation in Army history — Its scale —
users, data, and interfaces — makes it the Army's largest ERP
implementation to date.
7. Approximately how many data records were converted during GCSS-
Army Release 1.1 fielding?
A. Over 100 million
B. About 200,000
C. About 2 million
D. Over 20 million
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D. Over 20 million — Release 1.1 fielding converted more than 20
million legacy data records into GCSS-Army.
8. How many independent interfaces were developed to support GCSS-
Army Release 1.1?
A. 38
B. 12
C. 75
D. 8
A. 38 — GCSS-Army Release 1.1 required 38 independent interfaces
to connect with other systems.
9. With how many Department of Defense agency programs does GCSS-
Army integrate?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 50
D. 16
D. 16 — GCSS-Army integrates with 16 separate DoD agency
programs as part of its data exchange.
10. What financial benefit has a GAO report estimated GCSS-Army will
help the Army achieve?
A. No measurable financial benefit
B. $11.8 billion in savings and financial benefits
C. $500 million in one-time savings
D. $1 trillion in savings
B. $11.8 billion in savings and financial benefits — A GAO report
projected $11.8 billion in savings and financial benefits attributable
to GCSS-Army.
Legacy STAMIS Systems Replaced
11. Which legacy system did GCSS-Army Wave 1 primarily replace for
retail supply operations?
A. GFEBS
B. PBUSE
C. SARSS (Standard Army Retail Supply System)
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D. SAMS-E
C. SARSS (Standard Army Retail Supply System) — Wave 1 fielding
replaced SARSS, the legacy retail supply system used at supply
support activities.
12. What does PBUSE stand for?
A. Personnel Based Unit Supply Element
B. Physical Balance Unit Supply Estimate
C. Property Book Unit Supply Enhanced
D. Property Book Utilization Support Engine
C. Property Book Unit Supply Enhanced — PBUSE (Property Book
Unit Supply Enhanced) was the legacy property book system GCSS-
Army replaced.
13. What does SAMS-E stand for?
A. Standard Army Maintenance System-Enhanced
B. System for Army Maintenance Scheduling-Enhanced
C. Standard Army Materiel Supply-Enhanced
D. Standard Automated Materiel System-Enhanced
A. Standard Army Maintenance System-Enhanced — SAMS-E
(Standard Army Maintenance System-Enhanced) was the legacy
unit/direct-support maintenance system GCSS-Army absorbed.
14. Which GCSS-Army fielding wave replaced PBUSE and SAMS-E?
A. The Pilot Phase
B. Wave 2
C. Wave 3
D. Wave 1
B. Wave 2 — Wave 2, launched in August 2015, addressed the
systems Wave 1 did not cover: PBUSE and SAMS-E.
15. Resource management offices transitioned off which two legacy
tools during Wave 1?
A. LOGSA and ILAP
B. AESIP and ITEMS
C. GFEBS and DTS
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GLOBAL COMBAT SUPPORT SYSTEM (GCSS-ARMY) UNIT SUPPLY |
LATEST VERSION EXAM PREP - VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS -
COMPLETE COVERAGE
Global Combat Support System (GCSS-Army) Unit Supply
1. What does the acronym GCSS-Army stand for?
A. General Combat Supply System-Army
B. Global Command Support Structure-Army
C. Global Combat Support System-Army
D. Ground Combat Sustainment System-Army
C. Global Combat Support System-Army — GCSS-Army is short for
Global Combat Support System-Army, the Army's web-based logistics
ERP.
2. GCSS-Army is built on which commercial off-the-shelf platform?
A. Oracle E-Business Suite
B. PeopleSoft
C. Microsoft Dynamics
D. SAP ERP software
D. SAP ERP software — GCSS-Army runs on SAP, a commercial ERP
platform, rather than a custom-built system.
3. Which company led the systems integration effort that built GCSS-
Army?
A. Booz Allen Hamilton
B. Northrop Grumman
C. General Dynamics
D. Lockheed Martin
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B. Northrop Grumman — Northrop Grumman led the integration
team that delivered GCSS-Army on the SAP platform.
4. Which firm supplied the underlying ERP software itself for GCSS-
Army?
A. SAP America
B. IBM
C. CSC
D. Deloitte
A. SAP America — SAP America provided the ERP platform; IBM and
CSC supported integration and consulting.
5. Which Army organization serves as the program office responsible
for GCSS-Army?
A. Army Sustainment Command (ASC)
B. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)
C. Army Materiel Command (AMC)
D. Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS)
D. Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO
EIS) — PEO EIS manages GCSS-Army as one of its enterprise system
programs.
6. GCSS-Army has been described as what kind of Army undertaking?
A. The largest ERP implementation in Army history
B. A temporary bridge system pending replacement
C. A pilot program limited to one division
D. A contractor-only logistics tool
A. The largest ERP implementation in Army history — Its scale —
users, data, and interfaces — makes it the Army's largest ERP
implementation to date.
7. Approximately how many data records were converted during GCSS-
Army Release 1.1 fielding?
A. Over 100 million
B. About 200,000
C. About 2 million
D. Over 20 million
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D. Over 20 million — Release 1.1 fielding converted more than 20
million legacy data records into GCSS-Army.
8. How many independent interfaces were developed to support GCSS-
Army Release 1.1?
A. 38
B. 12
C. 75
D. 8
A. 38 — GCSS-Army Release 1.1 required 38 independent interfaces
to connect with other systems.
9. With how many Department of Defense agency programs does GCSS-
Army integrate?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 50
D. 16
D. 16 — GCSS-Army integrates with 16 separate DoD agency
programs as part of its data exchange.
10. What financial benefit has a GAO report estimated GCSS-Army will
help the Army achieve?
A. No measurable financial benefit
B. $11.8 billion in savings and financial benefits
C. $500 million in one-time savings
D. $1 trillion in savings
B. $11.8 billion in savings and financial benefits — A GAO report
projected $11.8 billion in savings and financial benefits attributable
to GCSS-Army.
Legacy STAMIS Systems Replaced
11. Which legacy system did GCSS-Army Wave 1 primarily replace for
retail supply operations?
A. GFEBS
B. PBUSE
C. SARSS (Standard Army Retail Supply System)
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D. SAMS-E
C. SARSS (Standard Army Retail Supply System) — Wave 1 fielding
replaced SARSS, the legacy retail supply system used at supply
support activities.
12. What does PBUSE stand for?
A. Personnel Based Unit Supply Element
B. Physical Balance Unit Supply Estimate
C. Property Book Unit Supply Enhanced
D. Property Book Utilization Support Engine
C. Property Book Unit Supply Enhanced — PBUSE (Property Book
Unit Supply Enhanced) was the legacy property book system GCSS-
Army replaced.
13. What does SAMS-E stand for?
A. Standard Army Maintenance System-Enhanced
B. System for Army Maintenance Scheduling-Enhanced
C. Standard Army Materiel Supply-Enhanced
D. Standard Automated Materiel System-Enhanced
A. Standard Army Maintenance System-Enhanced — SAMS-E
(Standard Army Maintenance System-Enhanced) was the legacy
unit/direct-support maintenance system GCSS-Army absorbed.
14. Which GCSS-Army fielding wave replaced PBUSE and SAMS-E?
A. The Pilot Phase
B. Wave 2
C. Wave 3
D. Wave 1
B. Wave 2 — Wave 2, launched in August 2015, addressed the
systems Wave 1 did not cover: PBUSE and SAMS-E.
15. Resource management offices transitioned off which two legacy
tools during Wave 1?
A. LOGSA and ILAP
B. AESIP and ITEMS
C. GFEBS and DTS
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