CDFM MODULE 2 EXAM 2023-2024 REAL EXAM 150 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What law identifies the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as the senior ranking member of the Armed
Forces? - (answer) The Goldwater-Nichols DoD Reorganization Act of 1986
The military operational chain of command runs from the President to whom? - (answer) The SecDef
to the Combatant Commanders
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the principal military advisor to which officials and/or
organizations? - (answer) The President, The National Security Council, and the SecDef
Who serves as the Chairman of the National Security Council? - (answer) The President
Name the three major phases of the PPBE process that result in the DoD portion of the President's
budget that is submitted to congress? - (answer) PPB-Planning, Programming, Budget
What is the name of the process used by DoD to determine the dollar amounts for programs to be
submitted to Congress as part of the President's budget? - (answer) PPBE process
What is the title of the senior OSD official responsible for the planning phase of the PPBE process? -
(answer) Undersecretary of Defense-Policy
What is the title of the senior OSD official responsible for issuing programing guidance? - (answer)
Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE)
What is the title of the senior OSD official who is the principal advisor and assistant to the SECDEF for
budget and fiscal matters? - (answer) USDC/CFO (Under Secretary of Defense-Comptroller
The Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisitions, Technology and Logistics) serves as the Chairman of what
Board? - (answer) DAB (Defense Acquisition Board)
Assume today's date is 1 March 2014 and your organization knows about a new project or requirement
that will require its initial funding in FY 2021, What is the first PPBE-related document in which you could
identify resources for that requirement? - (answer) POM 2017-2021
, CDFM MODULE 2 EXAM 2023-2024 REAL EXAM 150 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the title of the final document of the planning phase? - (answer) DPG-Defense Planning
Guidance
What is the title of the document prepared by the D, CAPE and USD(C) in the May to June time frame
that provides guidance to Components for preparation of the POM and BES submissions? - (answer)
Integrated Program/Budget Review Guidance
What is the name of the automates database that summarizes all forces, resources, and equipment
associated with programs approved by the SECDEF? - (answer) FYDP Future Years Defense Program
What is the phase of the PPBE process in which programmatic decisions are translated into requested
resources in an appropriations format? - (answer) Budgeting (Budget Development)
What is the name of the document prepared by the Joint Staff after its review of POMs submitted by the
Military Departments that focuses on the balance and capabilities contained in those POMs? - (answer)
CPA Chairman's Program Assessment
Near the end of the budget review process, the SECDEF and DEPSEC may conduct a review of
Component major policy or budget issues that have not yet been resolved. Resolution of these issues
may displace other programs within the fixed DoD topline. What is the name of this review? - (answer)
Issue Resolution
Following a review of Component's budget submission and a potential budget hearing in the fall
timeframe, the reviewing USD(C) budget analyst prepares a draft document that is submitted to the
DEPSECDEF of SECDEF for a decision. Once signed by one of those senior officials, what is that document
called? - (answer) RMD-Resource Management Decision
After all resource-related decisions have been made by the DEPSECDEF of SECDEF to determine the
Defense portion of the President's Budget, the USD(C) posts final decisions into a database in the proper
appropriation account format. What is the title of this database? - (answer) CIS Comptroller
Information System
Advance Procurement is an exception to what funding policy? - (answer) Full Funding
What law identifies the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as the senior ranking member of the Armed
Forces? - (answer) The Goldwater-Nichols DoD Reorganization Act of 1986
The military operational chain of command runs from the President to whom? - (answer) The SecDef
to the Combatant Commanders
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the principal military advisor to which officials and/or
organizations? - (answer) The President, The National Security Council, and the SecDef
Who serves as the Chairman of the National Security Council? - (answer) The President
Name the three major phases of the PPBE process that result in the DoD portion of the President's
budget that is submitted to congress? - (answer) PPB-Planning, Programming, Budget
What is the name of the process used by DoD to determine the dollar amounts for programs to be
submitted to Congress as part of the President's budget? - (answer) PPBE process
What is the title of the senior OSD official responsible for the planning phase of the PPBE process? -
(answer) Undersecretary of Defense-Policy
What is the title of the senior OSD official responsible for issuing programing guidance? - (answer)
Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE)
What is the title of the senior OSD official who is the principal advisor and assistant to the SECDEF for
budget and fiscal matters? - (answer) USDC/CFO (Under Secretary of Defense-Comptroller
The Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisitions, Technology and Logistics) serves as the Chairman of what
Board? - (answer) DAB (Defense Acquisition Board)
Assume today's date is 1 March 2014 and your organization knows about a new project or requirement
that will require its initial funding in FY 2021, What is the first PPBE-related document in which you could
identify resources for that requirement? - (answer) POM 2017-2021
, CDFM MODULE 2 EXAM 2023-2024 REAL EXAM 150 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the title of the final document of the planning phase? - (answer) DPG-Defense Planning
Guidance
What is the title of the document prepared by the D, CAPE and USD(C) in the May to June time frame
that provides guidance to Components for preparation of the POM and BES submissions? - (answer)
Integrated Program/Budget Review Guidance
What is the name of the automates database that summarizes all forces, resources, and equipment
associated with programs approved by the SECDEF? - (answer) FYDP Future Years Defense Program
What is the phase of the PPBE process in which programmatic decisions are translated into requested
resources in an appropriations format? - (answer) Budgeting (Budget Development)
What is the name of the document prepared by the Joint Staff after its review of POMs submitted by the
Military Departments that focuses on the balance and capabilities contained in those POMs? - (answer)
CPA Chairman's Program Assessment
Near the end of the budget review process, the SECDEF and DEPSEC may conduct a review of
Component major policy or budget issues that have not yet been resolved. Resolution of these issues
may displace other programs within the fixed DoD topline. What is the name of this review? - (answer)
Issue Resolution
Following a review of Component's budget submission and a potential budget hearing in the fall
timeframe, the reviewing USD(C) budget analyst prepares a draft document that is submitted to the
DEPSECDEF of SECDEF for a decision. Once signed by one of those senior officials, what is that document
called? - (answer) RMD-Resource Management Decision
After all resource-related decisions have been made by the DEPSECDEF of SECDEF to determine the
Defense portion of the President's Budget, the USD(C) posts final decisions into a database in the proper
appropriation account format. What is the title of this database? - (answer) CIS Comptroller
Information System
Advance Procurement is an exception to what funding policy? - (answer) Full Funding
