DFMC 24A Final Assessment Focus Document
Study Questions with Correct Answers| Latest
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Anti-deficiency Act - ✔✔Prohibits obligating or expending appropriations "in
excess of" the amount available in an appropriation (amount) or "in advance of"
an appropriation being made (time)
DoD Decision Support System Components - ✔✔1) Joint Capabilities
Integration & Development System (JCIDS=identify requirements)
2) Defense Acquisition System (DAS=procure)
3) Planning, Programming, Budgeting, & Execution (PPBE=resource)
JCIDS Purpose - ✔✔Process to identify, process, assess, validate, and prioritize
joint military capability requirements! (process to assess capability gaps &
recommend solutions, manage & prioritize capability requirements, categorize
deliberate/urgent/emergent requirements, and identify tradeoffs between
capability requirement portfolios)
DAS Purpose - ✔✔Management process to acquire weapon systems to satisfy
an identified capability need, initiated by JCIDS' Initial Capabilities Document (ICD)
Purpose of Internal Controls - ✔✔• Provide reasonable assurance that entity
objectives are achieved
• Ensure that what should happen does happen - all the time. . .
, • Effective/Efficient operations; reliability in financial reporting; compliance with
laws/regulations
Components of Control - ✔✔Control Activities, Risk Assessment, Information &
Communication, Monitoring, and Control Environment (sets tone at the top!)
Trust-building Behaviors - ✔✔Openness, Credibility, Humility, Competence,
Generosity
JCIDS Key Officials - ✔✔• Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC): Body of
people, Chaired by Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (VJCS), who employs
JCIDS process to identify, assess, validate, & prioritize joint military capability
requirements;
• Members: VJCS & Joint Generals/Admiral; Advisors: USD Policy, USD Intel, USD
Acquisition & Sustainment (A&S), USD Comptroller, CCDRs, & JCS
JCIDS Key Documents - ✔✔Capabilities Based Assessment (CBA) = identifies &
assesses joint force capability gaps; Initial Capabilities Document (ICD)= quantifies
capability requirements, proposes material and/or non-material approaches to
close the gap
Programming Input and Output Products - ✔✔Input--DPG & Output-- Program
Objective Memorandum/Program Decision Memorandum
Budgeting Input and Output Products - ✔✔Input--PDM & Output--Budget
Estimate Submission/Program Budget Decision
Study Questions with Correct Answers| Latest
Update
Anti-deficiency Act - ✔✔Prohibits obligating or expending appropriations "in
excess of" the amount available in an appropriation (amount) or "in advance of"
an appropriation being made (time)
DoD Decision Support System Components - ✔✔1) Joint Capabilities
Integration & Development System (JCIDS=identify requirements)
2) Defense Acquisition System (DAS=procure)
3) Planning, Programming, Budgeting, & Execution (PPBE=resource)
JCIDS Purpose - ✔✔Process to identify, process, assess, validate, and prioritize
joint military capability requirements! (process to assess capability gaps &
recommend solutions, manage & prioritize capability requirements, categorize
deliberate/urgent/emergent requirements, and identify tradeoffs between
capability requirement portfolios)
DAS Purpose - ✔✔Management process to acquire weapon systems to satisfy
an identified capability need, initiated by JCIDS' Initial Capabilities Document (ICD)
Purpose of Internal Controls - ✔✔• Provide reasonable assurance that entity
objectives are achieved
• Ensure that what should happen does happen - all the time. . .
, • Effective/Efficient operations; reliability in financial reporting; compliance with
laws/regulations
Components of Control - ✔✔Control Activities, Risk Assessment, Information &
Communication, Monitoring, and Control Environment (sets tone at the top!)
Trust-building Behaviors - ✔✔Openness, Credibility, Humility, Competence,
Generosity
JCIDS Key Officials - ✔✔• Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC): Body of
people, Chaired by Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (VJCS), who employs
JCIDS process to identify, assess, validate, & prioritize joint military capability
requirements;
• Members: VJCS & Joint Generals/Admiral; Advisors: USD Policy, USD Intel, USD
Acquisition & Sustainment (A&S), USD Comptroller, CCDRs, & JCS
JCIDS Key Documents - ✔✔Capabilities Based Assessment (CBA) = identifies &
assesses joint force capability gaps; Initial Capabilities Document (ICD)= quantifies
capability requirements, proposes material and/or non-material approaches to
close the gap
Programming Input and Output Products - ✔✔Input--DPG & Output-- Program
Objective Memorandum/Program Decision Memorandum
Budgeting Input and Output Products - ✔✔Input--PDM & Output--Budget
Estimate Submission/Program Budget Decision
