CDFM Module 3.1 questions with verified answers
___ will be held personally liable for any erroneous payments resulting from their
miscertification, from the second the erroneous payment was made. Ans✓✓✓
Certifying Officers
____ shall be applied only to the objects for which the appropriations were made
except as otherwise provided by law. Ans✓✓✓ Appropriations
_____ applies to the following situations: Change in quantity; change in mission;
change in time period; change in controllable (warranty) Ans✓✓✓ Change in
Scope
_____ are services for which the Government receives something useful
immediately upon expenditure of funds e.g. routine maintenance, housekeeping,
trash collection. Ans✓✓✓ Severable Services
_____ involves Congress limiting the Executive branch's authority by specifically
designating a part of a more general appropriation designated for a particular
purpose. Ans✓✓✓ Earmarking "Not to exceed" Ceiling "Not Less Than" Floor
"Exclusively For" Fence
_____ is a operating expense that can be paid from any available appropriation by
39 USC 3206 as a necessary expense of the appropriation or fund. Ans✓✓✓
Postage
_____ is an exception to the Bona Fide Need rule. This authority permits up to
five years of severable service in five one-year increments included in a single
contract. Ans✓✓✓ Multi-year Service Contracting Authority
,_____ is the issuance of checks, disbursements of cash, or electronic transfer of
funds made to liquidate a Federal Obligation. Also occur when interest on the
Treasury debt held by the public accrues and when the Government issues bonds,
notes, debentures, monetary credits, or other cash-equivalent instructions in
order to liquidate obligations. Ans✓✓✓ Outlay
______ responsibility conveys the responsibility of physical control of the monies
entrusted to the care of the accountable official. Ans✓✓✓ Pecuniary
________ 5 USC 4503 authorizes an agency head to recognize superior
performance with awards of cash, time off, or merchandise and to incur expenses
determined necessary to enhance the recognition of the awardee. Ans✓✓✓
Government Employee Incentive Awards Act
________ is the basic substantive legislation enacted by Congress, which sets up
or continues the legal operation of a Federal program or agency either indefinitely
or for a specific period of time. Usually a prerequisite of appropriations. Ans✓✓✓
Authorization
_________ cannot be separated into increments that will provide something
useful e.g. overhaul of a ship. Government will obligate entire amount at the
onset get gain something useful in the end. Other examples: Training, college
classes Ans✓✓✓ Non-Severable Services Notes: Training tends to be non-
severable this the entire cost for training is incurred in one fiscal year even if it
extends to the next fiscal year.
"Congress has the right to limit its appropriations to particular times as well as
particular objects, as when it has clearly done so, its will expressed in the law
should be implicitly followed." refers to ____. Ans✓✓✓ Time statute
, "Where can the most authoritative source of information on the proper use of
appropriated funds be found? Who is it published by?" Ans✓✓✓ Principles of
Federal Appropriations better known as the Red Book-- published by the GAO.
3 Dimensions - Availability of Budgetary Resources Ans✓✓✓ Purpose - 31 USC
1301 Time - 31 USC 1502 Amount - 31 USC 1341 31 USC 1342 31 USC 1517
3 types of Appropriation Life Ans✓✓✓ 1. Single Year - expense 2. Multi year -
Investment 3. No-year - Continuing Support
31 USC 1502 states in part, " the balance of a fixed term appropriation is available
for payment of expenses properly incurred during _______ or to complete
contracts properly made within that period. Ans✓✓✓ period of availability
31 USC 1553 requires that approval be sought from the Authorization and
Appropriation Committee if obligations from an expired appropriation during a
fiscal year exceed _______ at the program level. Congress must be given ____
days notice. Ans✓✓✓ $25 Million; 30 days notice
31 USC 1553 requires that approval be sought from the head of the agency if
obligations from an expired appropriation during a fiscal year exceed _______ for
any program. Ans✓✓✓ $4 Million
A certifying officer has the statutory right to seek and obtain an advance decision
from the Comptroller General regarding the lawfulness of any payment to be
certified. For the DoD, this advance decision authority has been delegated to the
____? Ans✓✓✓ DoD General Counsel, Courts
___ will be held personally liable for any erroneous payments resulting from their
miscertification, from the second the erroneous payment was made. Ans✓✓✓
Certifying Officers
____ shall be applied only to the objects for which the appropriations were made
except as otherwise provided by law. Ans✓✓✓ Appropriations
_____ applies to the following situations: Change in quantity; change in mission;
change in time period; change in controllable (warranty) Ans✓✓✓ Change in
Scope
_____ are services for which the Government receives something useful
immediately upon expenditure of funds e.g. routine maintenance, housekeeping,
trash collection. Ans✓✓✓ Severable Services
_____ involves Congress limiting the Executive branch's authority by specifically
designating a part of a more general appropriation designated for a particular
purpose. Ans✓✓✓ Earmarking "Not to exceed" Ceiling "Not Less Than" Floor
"Exclusively For" Fence
_____ is a operating expense that can be paid from any available appropriation by
39 USC 3206 as a necessary expense of the appropriation or fund. Ans✓✓✓
Postage
_____ is an exception to the Bona Fide Need rule. This authority permits up to
five years of severable service in five one-year increments included in a single
contract. Ans✓✓✓ Multi-year Service Contracting Authority
,_____ is the issuance of checks, disbursements of cash, or electronic transfer of
funds made to liquidate a Federal Obligation. Also occur when interest on the
Treasury debt held by the public accrues and when the Government issues bonds,
notes, debentures, monetary credits, or other cash-equivalent instructions in
order to liquidate obligations. Ans✓✓✓ Outlay
______ responsibility conveys the responsibility of physical control of the monies
entrusted to the care of the accountable official. Ans✓✓✓ Pecuniary
________ 5 USC 4503 authorizes an agency head to recognize superior
performance with awards of cash, time off, or merchandise and to incur expenses
determined necessary to enhance the recognition of the awardee. Ans✓✓✓
Government Employee Incentive Awards Act
________ is the basic substantive legislation enacted by Congress, which sets up
or continues the legal operation of a Federal program or agency either indefinitely
or for a specific period of time. Usually a prerequisite of appropriations. Ans✓✓✓
Authorization
_________ cannot be separated into increments that will provide something
useful e.g. overhaul of a ship. Government will obligate entire amount at the
onset get gain something useful in the end. Other examples: Training, college
classes Ans✓✓✓ Non-Severable Services Notes: Training tends to be non-
severable this the entire cost for training is incurred in one fiscal year even if it
extends to the next fiscal year.
"Congress has the right to limit its appropriations to particular times as well as
particular objects, as when it has clearly done so, its will expressed in the law
should be implicitly followed." refers to ____. Ans✓✓✓ Time statute
, "Where can the most authoritative source of information on the proper use of
appropriated funds be found? Who is it published by?" Ans✓✓✓ Principles of
Federal Appropriations better known as the Red Book-- published by the GAO.
3 Dimensions - Availability of Budgetary Resources Ans✓✓✓ Purpose - 31 USC
1301 Time - 31 USC 1502 Amount - 31 USC 1341 31 USC 1342 31 USC 1517
3 types of Appropriation Life Ans✓✓✓ 1. Single Year - expense 2. Multi year -
Investment 3. No-year - Continuing Support
31 USC 1502 states in part, " the balance of a fixed term appropriation is available
for payment of expenses properly incurred during _______ or to complete
contracts properly made within that period. Ans✓✓✓ period of availability
31 USC 1553 requires that approval be sought from the Authorization and
Appropriation Committee if obligations from an expired appropriation during a
fiscal year exceed _______ at the program level. Congress must be given ____
days notice. Ans✓✓✓ $25 Million; 30 days notice
31 USC 1553 requires that approval be sought from the head of the agency if
obligations from an expired appropriation during a fiscal year exceed _______ for
any program. Ans✓✓✓ $4 Million
A certifying officer has the statutory right to seek and obtain an advance decision
from the Comptroller General regarding the lawfulness of any payment to be
certified. For the DoD, this advance decision authority has been delegated to the
____? Ans✓✓✓ DoD General Counsel, Courts
