CDFM MODULE 3 FINAL PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Operations and Maintenance appropriations are typically available for
obligation for. Answer: 1 year
⩥ You are the chief of administrative law at Ft. Cholk, Louisiana. The
SJA and your installation's contract law attorney are out of the office,
attending a fiscal law seminar in Las Vegas. The Chief of Staff (your
senior rater) has called you into his office and asks you the following:
"Hey judge, do you remember that field latrine construction project the
Commanding General is all excited about - you know, the one with all
the bells and whistles - the one the SJA says we cannot use Operation &
Maintenance (O&M) money on since the cost exceeds $750,000? The
old man had a great idea. Why don't we do the foundation work this year
with current (FY 2012) O&M funds, then next year finish up the project
with 2013 O&M funds? Each contract will be less than $750,000."
Knowing that the Chief of Staff is a zero tolerance type of guy, you
thoroughly research the matter and give the following correct advice..
Answer: "Splitting a project between fiscal years for the sole purpose of
avoiding the statutory limits on use of O&M funds is clearly illegal. This
project cannot be funded by splitting the requirement into two contracts
if the total cost exceeds $750,000 and O&M funds are used."
, ⩥ Which of the following is a correct statement of Fiscal Law
Philosophy:. Answer: Expenditure of appropriated funds is proper only
when authorized by Congress.
⩥ A valid Bona Fide Need exists when:. Answer: The unit uses the
supplies, or for service contracts, when the unit requires the services to
be performed.
⩥ A severable services contract:. Answer: May be funded for up to 12
months according to 10 U.S.C. § 2410a, with funds available for
obligation at the time of contract award even if the contract crosses
fiscal years.
⩥ On 1 September 2011 the command at New Sands Missile Range
purchases an x-ray machine for the installation hospital, which arrives
and is accepted on 15 September 2011. The x-ray machine is not needed
until August of 2012, when an increased number of Soldiers arrive due
to BRAC. Assuming there is no applicable delivery or production lead
time exception (as this is a commercial item and readily available off the
shelf), has an ADA violation been committed and is it correctable?.
Answer: As the bona fide need is in 2012, an ADA violation has been
committed, and is not correctable since proper funds, FY 2012 O&M (or
procurement, depending on the value) were not available at the time of
obligation.
⩥ The Director of Research and Development (DRD) at the Orange
Sands Missile Range comes to your office late on a Friday afternoon. He
COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Operations and Maintenance appropriations are typically available for
obligation for. Answer: 1 year
⩥ You are the chief of administrative law at Ft. Cholk, Louisiana. The
SJA and your installation's contract law attorney are out of the office,
attending a fiscal law seminar in Las Vegas. The Chief of Staff (your
senior rater) has called you into his office and asks you the following:
"Hey judge, do you remember that field latrine construction project the
Commanding General is all excited about - you know, the one with all
the bells and whistles - the one the SJA says we cannot use Operation &
Maintenance (O&M) money on since the cost exceeds $750,000? The
old man had a great idea. Why don't we do the foundation work this year
with current (FY 2012) O&M funds, then next year finish up the project
with 2013 O&M funds? Each contract will be less than $750,000."
Knowing that the Chief of Staff is a zero tolerance type of guy, you
thoroughly research the matter and give the following correct advice..
Answer: "Splitting a project between fiscal years for the sole purpose of
avoiding the statutory limits on use of O&M funds is clearly illegal. This
project cannot be funded by splitting the requirement into two contracts
if the total cost exceeds $750,000 and O&M funds are used."
, ⩥ Which of the following is a correct statement of Fiscal Law
Philosophy:. Answer: Expenditure of appropriated funds is proper only
when authorized by Congress.
⩥ A valid Bona Fide Need exists when:. Answer: The unit uses the
supplies, or for service contracts, when the unit requires the services to
be performed.
⩥ A severable services contract:. Answer: May be funded for up to 12
months according to 10 U.S.C. § 2410a, with funds available for
obligation at the time of contract award even if the contract crosses
fiscal years.
⩥ On 1 September 2011 the command at New Sands Missile Range
purchases an x-ray machine for the installation hospital, which arrives
and is accepted on 15 September 2011. The x-ray machine is not needed
until August of 2012, when an increased number of Soldiers arrive due
to BRAC. Assuming there is no applicable delivery or production lead
time exception (as this is a commercial item and readily available off the
shelf), has an ADA violation been committed and is it correctable?.
Answer: As the bona fide need is in 2012, an ADA violation has been
committed, and is not correctable since proper funds, FY 2012 O&M (or
procurement, depending on the value) were not available at the time of
obligation.
⩥ The Director of Research and Development (DRD) at the Orange
Sands Missile Range comes to your office late on a Friday afternoon. He
