CDFM Module 1 comprehensive exam
(New 2026/ 2027 Update) Questions &
Answers {Grade A} 100% Correct (Verified
Solutions)
What makes up the greatest revenue source? - Correct answer Individual Income
Taxes
Requires the President to submit an annual budget proposal to congress and
established the OMB and the GAO. - Correct answer 1921 Budget and Accounting Act
Established House and Senate Budget Committees. Changed FY to 1 Oct - 30 Sep from 1
Jul - 30 Jun - Correct answer 1974 Congressional Budget Impoundment Control Act
Pay as you go on any spending outside the appropriation that would increase the
deficit. Often referred to as the Gramm-Rudman Hollings Act - Correct answer 1987
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act
,Discretionary Spending is the budget authority controlled by annual appropriations
acts and the outlays that result from the BA. Established Pay-as-you-go entitlements
(can't add a new one without getting rid of an old one) - Correct answer 1990 Budget
Enforcement Act
Authority was briefly granted in 1996 and used by President Bill Clinton until it was
declared unconstitutional in 1998. - Correct answer 1996 Line Item Veto Act
Military departments are responsible of recruiting, training, and equipping their forces,
but operational control of those forces is assigned to one of the Combatant
Commands. Who sets the End Strength? - Correct answer Congress
The process for determining requirements for budgetary purposes and reporting
strengths to OMB - Correct answer Manpower Management
Number of personnel in, or projected to be in, an organization or account at a specified
point in time. Seats filled. - Correct answer Actual Strength
,Actual strength of an entire service, not necessarily equal to combined unit actual
strengths because individuals may be assigned but not joined. - Correct answer
Assigned Strength
US Citizens or foreign national hired directly or indirectly to work for DoD, paid from
appropriated or non-appropriated funds under permanent or temporary assignment.
Specifically excluded are all Government contractor employees. - Correct answer DoD
Civilian Workforce
Authorized and programmed strength at the end of the fiscal year for active forces,
selected reserve, and appropriated-fund civilian employees in the FYDP. - Correct
answer Peacetime Strength
Terminating or differing activities not essential to the war effort in order to permit the
reallocation of personnel to higher priority tasks. Assigning military personnel only to
those jobs that contribute to the war (exceptions apply) - Correct answer DoD
Manpower Utilization Policy
, What jobs cannot be reassigned to non-military personnel during war effort? - Correct
answer Military incumbency is required by law, possessing military unique skills or
experience, military authority or discipline is requisite of the position, alternative
manpower is not availble
An expansion of military members through mobilization may require an increase in
what workforce? - Correct answer Increase in Civilian workforce
Mobilization is the process of assembling, organizing and using manpower and
material resources in preparation for war or other emergency. The mobilization
process can help deter war as well as enhance war fighting capability. - Correct
answer Master Mobilization Plan (MMP)
Gives the President authority to order to active duty Selected Reserve and Ready
Reserves w/o the consent of Congress for no more than 365 days. - Correct answer 10
USC 12304
(New 2026/ 2027 Update) Questions &
Answers {Grade A} 100% Correct (Verified
Solutions)
What makes up the greatest revenue source? - Correct answer Individual Income
Taxes
Requires the President to submit an annual budget proposal to congress and
established the OMB and the GAO. - Correct answer 1921 Budget and Accounting Act
Established House and Senate Budget Committees. Changed FY to 1 Oct - 30 Sep from 1
Jul - 30 Jun - Correct answer 1974 Congressional Budget Impoundment Control Act
Pay as you go on any spending outside the appropriation that would increase the
deficit. Often referred to as the Gramm-Rudman Hollings Act - Correct answer 1987
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act
,Discretionary Spending is the budget authority controlled by annual appropriations
acts and the outlays that result from the BA. Established Pay-as-you-go entitlements
(can't add a new one without getting rid of an old one) - Correct answer 1990 Budget
Enforcement Act
Authority was briefly granted in 1996 and used by President Bill Clinton until it was
declared unconstitutional in 1998. - Correct answer 1996 Line Item Veto Act
Military departments are responsible of recruiting, training, and equipping their forces,
but operational control of those forces is assigned to one of the Combatant
Commands. Who sets the End Strength? - Correct answer Congress
The process for determining requirements for budgetary purposes and reporting
strengths to OMB - Correct answer Manpower Management
Number of personnel in, or projected to be in, an organization or account at a specified
point in time. Seats filled. - Correct answer Actual Strength
,Actual strength of an entire service, not necessarily equal to combined unit actual
strengths because individuals may be assigned but not joined. - Correct answer
Assigned Strength
US Citizens or foreign national hired directly or indirectly to work for DoD, paid from
appropriated or non-appropriated funds under permanent or temporary assignment.
Specifically excluded are all Government contractor employees. - Correct answer DoD
Civilian Workforce
Authorized and programmed strength at the end of the fiscal year for active forces,
selected reserve, and appropriated-fund civilian employees in the FYDP. - Correct
answer Peacetime Strength
Terminating or differing activities not essential to the war effort in order to permit the
reallocation of personnel to higher priority tasks. Assigning military personnel only to
those jobs that contribute to the war (exceptions apply) - Correct answer DoD
Manpower Utilization Policy
, What jobs cannot be reassigned to non-military personnel during war effort? - Correct
answer Military incumbency is required by law, possessing military unique skills or
experience, military authority or discipline is requisite of the position, alternative
manpower is not availble
An expansion of military members through mobilization may require an increase in
what workforce? - Correct answer Increase in Civilian workforce
Mobilization is the process of assembling, organizing and using manpower and
material resources in preparation for war or other emergency. The mobilization
process can help deter war as well as enhance war fighting capability. - Correct
answer Master Mobilization Plan (MMP)
Gives the President authority to order to active duty Selected Reserve and Ready
Reserves w/o the consent of Congress for no more than 365 days. - Correct answer 10
USC 12304
