Supportability Analysis

True

False

3) Supportability Analysis is conducted under the purview of the _____________ and Acquisition Logistics is conducted under the purview of the ______________.   [Identify the role of the Life Cycle Logistician in Supportability Analysis]   [Remediation Accessed :N]

Systems Engineer, Program Logistician

Contracting Officer, Logistician

Logistician, Systems Engineer

Comptroller, Program Manager

4) JCIDS is one of three DoD principal decision support systems. What are the other two DoD decision support systems?   [Describe JCIDS and the Defense Acquisition System]  

Defense Acquisition System and Planning, Programming, Budgeting & Execution (PPBE) process

National Security Strategy and National Military Strategy

Business Case Analysis and Performance Based Logistics

Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) and Functional Capabilities Board (FCB)

5) A measure of the probability that the system will perform without failure over a specified interval is _____.   [Define Sustainment Metrics]   [Remediation Accessed :N]

Materiel Reliability

Operational Availability

Materiel Availability

Mean Downtime

6) Which of the following statements describes the Initial Capabilities Document (ICD)?   [Describe the Sources of Operational Support Requirements and their impact on Supportability Analysis]  

It articulates the requirement to resolve a specific capability gap or set of capability gaps for a given timeframe.

It is a brief description of maintenance considerations, constraints, and plans for operational support of the system/ equipment under development.

It is a process for gathering data on product characteristics, suppliers’ capabilities and the business practices that surround them.

It assesses critical technology elements (CTEs) associated with each proposed materiel solution.

7) The logistics part of the iterative systems engineering process, used to identify supportability requirements, then supportability design constraints, and then the required product support, is _________________.   [Describe the Relationship between Supportability Analysis and the Defense Acquisition Phases]  

Supportability Analysis

Market Research

Level of Repair Analysis

Test Planning

8) For life cycle logisticians, reliability allocation values help determine ___________________________.   [Describe reliability analysis, modeling, allocation and prediction]  

All answers are correct.

how many spares we need to buy.

how many maintainers we need to train.

where maintenance will take place.

9) Maintainability can be described from the perspective of which three factors?   [Describe maintainability analysis, modeling, allocation and prediction]   [Remediation Accessed :N]

time, frequency, cost

cost, schedule, performance

engineering, contracting, business

JCIDS, PPBE, Defense Acquisition

10) Reliability and maintainability have no effect on overall Availability.   [Explain the relationship between R&M, availability and life cycle cost parameters]  

True

False

11) FMECA is not a repetitive process.   [Describe Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis]  

True

False

12) When the probability of an unsafe failure mode at the system level exceeds specification tolerances, the Fault Tree is used to identify the critical paths which contribute most significantly to the problem.   [Describe Fault Tree Analysis]  

False

True

13) LORA applies to all maintenance-worthy acquisitions and in-service programs when______________________________.   [Describe Level of Repair Analysis]  

significant maintenance factors change

budgets are cut

the Program Manager transfers

new production begins

14) CBM+ is all about determining the need for maintenance before operations are effected and then being able to respond to that need quickly and effectively.   [Describe CBM+]  

True

False

15) ___________________ serves as a key component of the "Plus" portion of CBM+ by providing the ability to predict future health status of a system or component, as well as providing the ability to anticipate faults, problems, potential failures, and required maintenance actions.   [Describe the two components of CBM+ (RCM and PHM)]  

Prognostics and Health Management (PHM)

Reliability Centered Maintenance

Depot Level Maintenance

Intermediate Level Maintenance

16) Which of the following statements best describes Maintenance Task Analysis?   [Describe MTA]   [Remediation Accessed :N]

It identifies detailed logistics and support resource requirements to sustain system readiness.

It is the primary reliability driver in the total life-cycle systems management (TLCSM) supportability strategy of the DoD.

It provides the ability to predict future health status of a system or component.

None of the answers is correct.

17) Maintenance Planning is the process conducted to translate the maintenance approach stated in the system operational requirement into maintenance task requirements that ensure the ongoing availability of the system.   [Describe Maintenance Planning]  

True

False

18) The culmination of the Maintenance Planning process is development of a detailed _____________________.   [Describe the Maintenance Plan]  

Maintenance Plan

Statement of Work

Business Case Analysis

Analysis of Alternatives

19) Logistics Product Data are generated as a result of drawing interpretation or through the accomplishment of Supportability Analyses such as ___________________________.   [Describe Logistics Product Data]  

All answers are correct

Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)

Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA)

Level Of Repair Analysis (LORA)

20) Which of the following re-establishes the industry/DoD exchange of Logistics Support Analysis Record (LSAR) data in a common format?   [Describe GEIA-0007]  

GEIA-STD-0007

MIL-HDBK-217F

MIL-STD-882D

MIL HDBK-502

21) Which of the following provides guidance for the Reliability Centered Maintenance process with an emphasis on the identification of preventative or scheduled maintenance tasks/inspections?   [Describe S1000D, S2000M, S3000L, S4000M, SX0001]   [Remediation Accessed :N]

S4000M

GEIA-STD-0007

MIL-STD-882D

CSI 3170.01G

22) A multi-disciplined technical review to ensure the resulting set of requirements agrees with the customers' needs and expectations and the system under review can proceed into the Technology Development phase is the _____.   [Describe the Design Review Process in Supportability Analysis]  

Alternative Systems Review (ASR)

Preliminary Design Review (PDR)

Critical Design Review (CDR)

Operational Test Readiness Review (OTRR)

23) Developmental Test (DT) provides the verification and validation of the ___________________ process and must provide confidence that the system design solution is on track to satisfy the desired capabilities.   [Describe the Test and Evaluation Process in Supportability Analysis]  

systems engineering

contracting

production

cost estimating

All answers are correct

User Needs

Requirements Analysis

Design Influence

3) The output of the supportability analysis studies that the Life Cycle Logistician will need to build an efficient and effective product support package is/are ______.   [Identify the role of the Life Cycle Logistician in Supportability Analysis]  

Data

Theories

Ideas

Concepts

4) The _______________________ KPP indicates the percentage of time that a system or group of systems within a unit is operationally capable of performing an assigned mission.   [Define Sustainment Metrics]  

Operational Availability

Materiel Reliability

Mean Downtime

Net Ready

5) Maintainability prediction is a useful tool for determining how and where a system will fail.   [Describe maintainability analysis, modeling, allocation and prediction]   [Remediation Accessed :N]

False

True

6) The Maintenance Task Analysis (MTA) provides a feedback loop to the Systems Engineer that is either positive (design has met requirements) or that there is a need for re-evaluation of either the requirement or the design itself.   [Describe MTA]  

True

False

7) Task requirements identified in the ___________________ have been “modernized” to align with current day supportability analysis processes developed as independent efforts, i.e., not packaged within functional areas or aligned to a specific phase of systems development.   [Describe S1000D, S2000M, S3000L, S4000M, SX0001]   [Remediation Accessed :N]

S3000L

GEIA-STD-0007

MIL-STD-882D

CJCSI 3170.01G

Authoring Benefits

Data Benefits

Training Benefits

Life Cycle Cost Benefits