ACQ 0500 Acquisition Policy: NDAA and DoD 5000

Your program manager has a new requirement that can be satisfied with an existing, proven technology and is ready to begin production in 3 months with completion of fielding in 3 years. Which acquisition pathway fits best?

  • Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA)

Your program's systems engineer comes running into your office in a panic, as she needs to find the Office of Secretary of Defense's (OSD's) latest Engineering policy, but she can no longer find the "Enclosure 3: Systems Engineering" section in the latest version of the DoDI 5000.02. Which of the following policies should you now refer her to?

  • DoD1 5000.01

How is the NDAA used to shape defense policies indirectly? (Select three that apply).

  • Prohibition

  • Debates

  • Provisions

Your PM is unclear about why the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) decided to authorize your program's O&M at an amount less than what you had requested. Where would you be able to find this rationale?

  • HASC Committee Report

Your PM is chairing an integrated product team (IPT) that is tasked with putting together the program's Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP), and a debate has taken place as to what the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation's (DOT&E) role is in your program's testing plan. Which of the following is a DOT&E Responsibility?

  • Prescribing policies and procedures for the conduct of operational and live fire test and evaluation in the DoD.