CDFM MODULE 2 EXAM |
UPDATED QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST
VERSION 2025
What law identifies the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as the
senior ranking member of the Armed Forces? - CORRECT-ANSWER-The
Goldwater-Nichols DoD Reorganization Act of 1986
The military operational chain of command runs from the President to
whom? - CORRECT-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? - CORRECT-ANSWER-The
President, The National Security Council, and the SecDef
,Who serves as the Chairman of the National Security Council? -
CORRECT-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? -
CORRECT-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? - CORRECT-ANSWER-PPBE process
What is the title of the senior OSD official responsible for the planning
phase of the PPBE process? - CORRECT-ANSWER-Undersecretary of
Defense-Policy
,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? - CORRECT-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? - CORRECT-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? -
CORRECT-ANSWER-CIS Comptroller Information System
Advance Procurement is an exception to what funding policy? -
CORRECT-ANSWER-Full Funding
, Within what type document does Congress specify the number of fiscal
years that an appropriation account remains current and available for
new obligations? - CORRECT-ANSWER-An appropriation bill (becomes a
law when signed by president)
There are two primary methods by which DoD obligates the vast
majority of its appropriations. Name those two methods - CORRECT-
ANSWER-Contracts and MIPRs
What is the term used for shifting funds between appropriations -
CORRECT-ANSWER-transfer
What is the long-term financial goal of WCF? - CORRECT-ANSWER-to
break even
UPDATED QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST
VERSION 2025
What law identifies the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as the
senior ranking member of the Armed Forces? - CORRECT-ANSWER-The
Goldwater-Nichols DoD Reorganization Act of 1986
The military operational chain of command runs from the President to
whom? - CORRECT-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? - CORRECT-ANSWER-The
President, The National Security Council, and the SecDef
,Who serves as the Chairman of the National Security Council? -
CORRECT-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? -
CORRECT-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? - CORRECT-ANSWER-PPBE process
What is the title of the senior OSD official responsible for the planning
phase of the PPBE process? - CORRECT-ANSWER-Undersecretary of
Defense-Policy
,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? - CORRECT-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? - CORRECT-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? -
CORRECT-ANSWER-CIS Comptroller Information System
Advance Procurement is an exception to what funding policy? -
CORRECT-ANSWER-Full Funding
, Within what type document does Congress specify the number of fiscal
years that an appropriation account remains current and available for
new obligations? - CORRECT-ANSWER-An appropriation bill (becomes a
law when signed by president)
There are two primary methods by which DoD obligates the vast
majority of its appropriations. Name those two methods - CORRECT-
ANSWER-Contracts and MIPRs
What is the term used for shifting funds between appropriations -
CORRECT-ANSWER-transfer
What is the long-term financial goal of WCF? - CORRECT-ANSWER-to
break even
