Defense Acquisition University PMT 252 PMT 252 Mod 3 test.

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PMT 252 Mod 3 1. Which common element is described as the design, development, and production of deliverable items required to support and maintain the system, or portions of the system, while not d... irectly engaged in its mission performance? a. Systems Engineering. b. Peculiar Support Equipment 2. True or False: The lowest level should always be the same for each branch of the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). a. False 3. The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) assists in Earned Value Management (EVM) activities by accomplishing which of the following? a. Provides the scope of work involved in the program. 4. Compare and contrast the two primary techniques for Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) construction: top-down and bottom-up. Which statement best describes the circumstances in which each of the two techniques is used. a. The bottom-up method of is normally used in the procurements of products, whereas the top-down method is typically used with the acquisition of services. b. The top-down method decomposes the system down into successfully smaller portions of work that must be completed while maintaining a product/deliverable focus; the bottom-up method starts by brainstorming a list of tasks to achieve product, then organizing them into categories. c. Both the top-down and bottom-up methods are typically used with the acquisition of services. d. The objective of the top-down method is to break the program down to a point where the work can be defined well enough to be realistically estimated, measured, recorded, monitored, and managed; the bottom-up method identifies all the detailed program tasks first before organizing them into categories. 5. Which material items category applies to all munitions and the means of launching them? a. Ordinance System 6. Which of the following statements best describes the difference between a Program Work Breakdown and a Contract WBS? a. The elements in a Program WBS should identify all work products, including hardware, software, equipment, and data, in a Contract WBS, these elements are expanded upon in further detail to the lower level comp. 7. This element is established at the intersection of the Contract Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and the contractor’s organizational structure. a. Control Account 8. An effective Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) will be focused on which element of the program? a. Task 9. When developing a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), which common element would best categorize equipment acquisition or modernization, a. Industrial Facilities [Show More]

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