The CM Process

Product support.

Systems engineering.

Program management.

Contracting.

2) Which configuration management (CM) process activity involves recording and reporting CM information and status using an agreed-upon information collection and recording system? [Identify the key CM process activities.]

Producibility.

Repeatability.

Scalability.

Flexibility.

2) Which configuration baseline apportions the system's functions to lower-level items and modules? [Describe the three major configuration baselines, including their impact on supportability.]

True

False

2) Which of the following serves as the basis for selecting configuration items? [Identify the major activities in the Configuration Identification process.]

The government’s program manager.

The government’s configuration manager.

The government’s product support manager.

The contractor.

2) Which of the following data should be provided by an effective configuration status accounting system? [Identify ways to effectively select and tailor CSA data and processes for a program.] [Remediation Accessed :N]

The needs of the managing organizations.

Product support.

The product and its environment/requirements.

The configuration status accounting tools selected.

Confirms that the proposed design solution conforms to product requirements, and that the product’s associated documentation is accurate.

Establishes the product baseline.

Confirms the accuracy of the data input into the configuration status accounting system.

All of these describe the configuration audit function.

2) During a physical configuration audit, a product's parts and configuration documentation are compared to _____. [Recognize characteristics of Functional Configuration Audits (FCAs) and Physical Configuration Audits (PCAs).] [Remediation Accessed :N]

True

False

2) A physical configuration audit compares the actual configuration of a configuration item to its related design documentation to verify that ____. [Recognize characteristics of Functional Configuration Audits (FCAs) and Physical Configuration Audits (PCAs).]

False

True

2) An engineering change proposal involves an actual change to the configuration of a product and, if approved, results in a new baseline. [Identify the processes and processing associated with Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs).]

Defining CM requirements.

Selecting configuration items.

Defining the product baseline.

Identifying the CM resources.

Establishing CM information needs.

2) Which configuration management activity might use the time it takes to disposition an engineering change proposal as a process metric? [Select appropriate performance measures needed to effectively manage a CM program.] [Remediation Accessed :N]

All these are related to establishing CM information needs.

CM data requirements.

Data usability.

Data storage.

2) Which configuration management (CM) activity might use the length of time it has taken to complete the CM tasks to support each life cycle phase as a process metric? [Select appropriate performance measures needed to effectively manage a CM program.]

All of these activities are supported by CM Management.

Configuration identification.

Configuration change management.

Configuration status accounting.

Configuration verification and audit.

2) Select the TWO goals of configuration management (CM) process performance management. [Describe the key elements required for effective CM Management.]

Ensure the integrity of product information and other data.

Ensure an effective planning process.

Accommodate intellectual property requirements.

DM uses CM for all these purposes.

2) A DoD agency has secured government purpose rights to the technical data generated in the course of a contract. As a result, the agency can disclose the data to _____. [Define types of data rights.]

All of these contribute to software reliability and quality.

Providing a structure to identify and control documentation, code, interfaces, and databases across all life cycle phases.

Supporting a chosen development/maintenance methodology that fits the requirements, standards, policies, organization, and management philosophy.

Generating management and product information about the status of baselines, change control, tests, releases, and audits.

2) In software configuration identification, a configuration item must be a physical item. [Identify the CM process activities as applied in Software Configuration Management.]

True

False

2) Unless the government has made other contract provisions, the industry supplier of a commercial item has complete configuration change management over that item's performance, functional, and physical attributes. [Identify special CM considerations for NDIs/Commercial Items.]

The program manager (PM).

The product support manager (PSM).

The product support integrator (PSI).

The configuration manager (CM).

2) Which of the following elements of Affordable System Operational Effectiveness addresses how well the system can be produced, maintained, logically supported, and operated? [Describe primary support considerations for facilitating TLCSM.]