CDFM MODULE 2 EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH
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What are the OSD Decision Making Forums? - 3 star program review
Deputy Management Action Group (DMAG)
Secretary of Defense Large & Small Groups
What law identifies the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff as senior ranking member of the Armed
Services - Goldwater Nichols DoD Reorganization Act 1986
The military operational chain of command runs from the President to whom - The Secretary of
Defense to the Combatent Commanders
The Commanders of the Combatant Commands are responsible to whom for accomplishing the
assigned military mission? - President and Secretary of Defense
,The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the principal advisor to which officials and/or
organizations? - President, National Security Council, Secretary of Defense
Who serves as Chairman of the National Security Council - President
Name the three major phases of the PPBE process that result in the DoD portion of the Presidents
Budget that is submitted to Congress - Planning, Programming, Budget
What is the name of the process used by the DoD to determine the dollar amounts for programs to
be submitted to Congress as part of the Presidents Budget - PPBE (planning, programming, Budget,
execution)
What is the title of the senior OSD official responsible for the planning phase of the PPBE process -
Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)
,What is the title of the senior OSD official who is responsible for issuing programming guidance? -
Director, Cost Assessment and Program evaluation D,CAPE
What is the title of the senior OSD official who is principal advisor and assistent to the SECDEF for
budget and financial matters? - Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer
The Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology & Logistics) serves as the Chairman of
what Board - Defense Acquisition Board (DAB)
Assume todays 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 - POM 2017 - 2021
What is the title of the final document of the planning phase? - Defense Planning Guidance (DPG)
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 their POM and BES submissions? -
Integrated Program/Budget Review Guidance
What is the name of the automated database that summarizes all forces, resources, and equipment
associated with programs approved by the Secretary of Defense? - Future Years Defense Program
(FYDP)
What is the phase of the PPBE process in which programmatic decisions are translated into
requested resources in an appropriations format - Budgeting (Budget Development)
What is the name of the document prepare 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?
(This document provides SECDEF with the JCS evaluation of the Military Departments submissions)
- Chairman's Program Assessment (CPA) {Chairman, JCS}
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? -
Issue Resolution
, Following a review of a 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 or SECDEF for a decision. Once signed by one of those senior officials , what is the
document called? - Resource Management Decision
After all resource-related decisions have been made by the DEPSECDEF or 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 that database? - Comptroller Information
System (CIS)
Advance Procurement is an exception to what funding policy? - Full Funding Policy
Within what type of document does Congress specify the number of fiscal years that an
appropriation account remains current and available for new obligations? - An appropriation bill
(becomes law when signed by President)
There are two primary methods by which DoD obligates the vast majority of its appropriations.
Name those two methods - Contracts and MIPRS
Assume an agency has issued an Economy Act order to another Federal Agency for specific services,
the cited appropriation has gone into an expired status and the servicing agency has neither
provided the ordered services nor has entered into an authorized contract with another entity to
provide ordered services. What must now be done with those obligated funds? - De-obligate
What is the term used for shifting funds between appropriations? - Transfer action
What is the long term financial goal of a working capital fund? - To break even
A working capital fund has an officer (O-4) properly assigned to the organization and that officer is
doing the work that would normally be performed by a GS-13. For managerial cost accounting
purposes, is the "cost" of that officer's pay and benefits "charged" at the military O-4 rate or the
civilian GS-13 rate? - Civilian GS-13 rate (and the proper MILPER account is reimbursed for that
amount)
QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
LATEST VERSION 2025
ALREADY PASSED|
COMPLETE GUIDE|
GRADED A+
What are the OSD Decision Making Forums? - 3 star program review
Deputy Management Action Group (DMAG)
Secretary of Defense Large & Small Groups
What law identifies the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff as senior ranking member of the Armed
Services - Goldwater Nichols DoD Reorganization Act 1986
The military operational chain of command runs from the President to whom - The Secretary of
Defense to the Combatent Commanders
The Commanders of the Combatant Commands are responsible to whom for accomplishing the
assigned military mission? - President and Secretary of Defense
,The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the principal advisor to which officials and/or
organizations? - President, National Security Council, Secretary of Defense
Who serves as Chairman of the National Security Council - President
Name the three major phases of the PPBE process that result in the DoD portion of the Presidents
Budget that is submitted to Congress - Planning, Programming, Budget
What is the name of the process used by the DoD to determine the dollar amounts for programs to
be submitted to Congress as part of the Presidents Budget - PPBE (planning, programming, Budget,
execution)
What is the title of the senior OSD official responsible for the planning phase of the PPBE process -
Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)
,What is the title of the senior OSD official who is responsible for issuing programming guidance? -
Director, Cost Assessment and Program evaluation D,CAPE
What is the title of the senior OSD official who is principal advisor and assistent to the SECDEF for
budget and financial matters? - Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer
The Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology & Logistics) serves as the Chairman of
what Board - Defense Acquisition Board (DAB)
Assume todays 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 - POM 2017 - 2021
What is the title of the final document of the planning phase? - Defense Planning Guidance (DPG)
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 their POM and BES submissions? -
Integrated Program/Budget Review Guidance
What is the name of the automated database that summarizes all forces, resources, and equipment
associated with programs approved by the Secretary of Defense? - Future Years Defense Program
(FYDP)
What is the phase of the PPBE process in which programmatic decisions are translated into
requested resources in an appropriations format - Budgeting (Budget Development)
What is the name of the document prepare 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?
(This document provides SECDEF with the JCS evaluation of the Military Departments submissions)
- Chairman's Program Assessment (CPA) {Chairman, JCS}
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? -
Issue Resolution
, Following a review of a 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 or SECDEF for a decision. Once signed by one of those senior officials , what is the
document called? - Resource Management Decision
After all resource-related decisions have been made by the DEPSECDEF or 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 that database? - Comptroller Information
System (CIS)
Advance Procurement is an exception to what funding policy? - Full Funding Policy
Within what type of document does Congress specify the number of fiscal years that an
appropriation account remains current and available for new obligations? - An appropriation bill
(becomes law when signed by President)
There are two primary methods by which DoD obligates the vast majority of its appropriations.
Name those two methods - Contracts and MIPRS
Assume an agency has issued an Economy Act order to another Federal Agency for specific services,
the cited appropriation has gone into an expired status and the servicing agency has neither
provided the ordered services nor has entered into an authorized contract with another entity to
provide ordered services. What must now be done with those obligated funds? - De-obligate
What is the term used for shifting funds between appropriations? - Transfer action
What is the long term financial goal of a working capital fund? - To break even
A working capital fund has an officer (O-4) properly assigned to the organization and that officer is
doing the work that would normally be performed by a GS-13. For managerial cost accounting
purposes, is the "cost" of that officer's pay and benefits "charged" at the military O-4 rate or the
civilian GS-13 rate? - Civilian GS-13 rate (and the proper MILPER account is reimbursed for that
amount)
