support strategy; document the strategy in the LCSP; perform continuing and regular reviews

ACQ 101 Module 13 Life Cycle Logistics

1. Which of the following are encompassed in life cycle management?:

Answer single-point accountability; development and implementation of a product support strategy; document the strategy in the LCSP; perform continuing and regular reviews

2. The life cycle sustainment plan LCSP describes which of the following?:

Answer the approach to integrating sustainment requirements into the system's design; sustainment influences; required technical, business, and management activities.

• During which life cycle phase does a PM have the most influence on the cost of a

system?:

Answer materiel solutions analysis

• The product support business model PSBM was developed to assist the PM and PSM,

who must be tightly aligned, with the numerous supportability consideration and trade-offs

that take place during the development and fielding of a weapon system.:

Answer True

• The objective of product support is to execute a sustainment strategy that delivers

affordable readiness, defined as providing mission capability to the warfighter at a reduced

cost to the taxpayer.:

Answer True

• What step in the produce support strategy process model involves engineering and

supportability data?:

Answer baseline the system

• What step in the product support strategy process model involves a clear analysis of

the advantages of the product support alternatives?:

Answer product sup- port value analysis

• Product support analysis is conducted only at the system and component levels?:

Answer false, it can be conducted at the system, subsystem or component level

9. Reliability answers which of the following questions?:

Answer How long will a system continuously work?

10. Maintainability answers which of the following questions?:

Answer How long does it take to repair a system?

11. Availability answers which of the following questions?:

Answer Is the system on hand and ready to perform when needed?

• What are the major elements that impact a system's ability to perform its mission?:

Answer design effectiveness; technical effectiveness; mission effectiveness

13. Why is the affordable system operational effectiveness concept important?:

Answer it provides a framework for developing system performance and supportability; it is what the user sees in terms of how well the system is able to perform its missions over a sustained period

• Technical performance is realized through designed-in system functions and their

corresponding capabilities. In this context, functions refer to the desired mission abilities

the system should be capable of executing in the operational environment?:

Answer true; functions refer to the desired mission abilities the system should be capable of executing in the operational environment

• The focus of MSA phase is on identifying final plans and any critical product support

capability requirements.:

Answer false, the focus of MSA phase is on identifying the initial concept and any critical product support capability requirements.

16. During the production and deployment phase what is emphasized?:

Answer managing and deploying the initial sustainment capabilities; finalizing equipment product support packages and maintenance plans; demonstrating the product support capabilities and effectiveness.

17. How many IPS elements are there?:

Answer 12

• The objective of the product support management IPS element is to plan and manage

cost and performance across the product support value chain, from design through

disposal?:

Answer True

• Which of the following will the product support management IPS element provide

through the product support manager PSM?:

Answer review of product sup- port arrangements between the integrators and providers; comprehensive product support strategy for the weapon system; appropriate cost analyses to validate the product support strategy.

• Proper supply support management results in having all the right spares, repair parts,

and all classes of supplies available, in the right quantities at the right place, at the right

time at the right price?:

Answer True

• Maintenance planning and management establishes maintenance concepts and

requirements for the life of the system for both hardware and software?:

Answer True

• Which of the following items are included on the list of basic items that need to be

considered as part of design interface?:

Answer safety requirements; afford- ability; anti-tamper; habitability

• Which of the following does sustaining engineering in operational environments

include?:

Answer evaluation of the potential for deficiency correction; development of a range of corrective action options; determination of the relative costs and risks associated with implementation of various corrective action options; associated root cause analyses

• Computer resources include manpower, personnel, hardware, software, and

documentation such as licenses and services?:

Answer True

• Facilities and infrastructure consist of only permanent real property assets and

infrastructure required to support a system?:

Answer False

26. The terms manpower and personnel are interchangeable?:

Answer False

• Requirements for support equipment ensure that the system is available to the

warfighter when it is needed at any cost?:

Answer false, when it is needed at the lowest total ownership cost TOC.

• Training is the learning process by which personnel acquires or enhances

predetermined job-relevant knowledge, skills, and abilities by developing which of the

following?: