ASEP/CSEP TERMS I (INCOSE) EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
"system on their own merit" - ANS An element that can be decompsed into further sub-
system elements
Acquisition Process - ANS purpose is to obtain a product or service in accordance with the
acquirer's requirements
Agreement Process - ANS process defines the activities necessary to establish an agreement
between two organizations
Architecture Definition Process - ANS Generates system architecture alternatives, to select
one or more alternatives that fram stakeholder concerns and meet system requirements, and to
express this in a set of consistent views
Atomic - ANS An element that cannot be further decomposed
Attribute - ANS Observable characteristic or property of the system
Black Box - ANS Used for problem solving, the black box represents the external view of the
system (i.e. attributes)
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, Bottom-Up Integration - ANS Elements/aggregates are integrated in the opposite order of
their activation or utilization
Business or Mission Analysis Process - ANS Puropse is to define the business/mission
problem or opportunity, characterize the solution space; and determine potential solution
class(es) that could address a problem or take advantage of an opportunity
Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) - ANS A strategy to improve system reliability (by
reducing the amount of time the system is unavailable while conducting routine or corrective
maintenance)
Configuration Management Process - ANS Manage and control system elements and
configurations of the lifecycle. Also manages consistency between a product and its associated
configuration definition
ConOps - ANS At the organizational level, addresses the leadership's intended way of
operating the organization
Coupling Matrix or N^2 Diagram - ANS A basic method to define aggregates and the order of
integration
Criterion-Driven Integration - ANS The most critical system elements compared to the
selected criterion are first integrated
Decision Gates - ANS An approval event in the project cycle, sufficiently important to be
defined and included in the schedule
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
"system on their own merit" - ANS An element that can be decompsed into further sub-
system elements
Acquisition Process - ANS purpose is to obtain a product or service in accordance with the
acquirer's requirements
Agreement Process - ANS process defines the activities necessary to establish an agreement
between two organizations
Architecture Definition Process - ANS Generates system architecture alternatives, to select
one or more alternatives that fram stakeholder concerns and meet system requirements, and to
express this in a set of consistent views
Atomic - ANS An element that cannot be further decomposed
Attribute - ANS Observable characteristic or property of the system
Black Box - ANS Used for problem solving, the black box represents the external view of the
system (i.e. attributes)
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, Bottom-Up Integration - ANS Elements/aggregates are integrated in the opposite order of
their activation or utilization
Business or Mission Analysis Process - ANS Puropse is to define the business/mission
problem or opportunity, characterize the solution space; and determine potential solution
class(es) that could address a problem or take advantage of an opportunity
Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) - ANS A strategy to improve system reliability (by
reducing the amount of time the system is unavailable while conducting routine or corrective
maintenance)
Configuration Management Process - ANS Manage and control system elements and
configurations of the lifecycle. Also manages consistency between a product and its associated
configuration definition
ConOps - ANS At the organizational level, addresses the leadership's intended way of
operating the organization
Coupling Matrix or N^2 Diagram - ANS A basic method to define aggregates and the order of
integration
Criterion-Driven Integration - ANS The most critical system elements compared to the
selected criterion are first integrated
Decision Gates - ANS An approval event in the project cycle, sufficiently important to be
defined and included in the schedule
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