CDFM MODULES 1 THROUGH 4 ACTUAL
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⩥ Goldwater Nichols DoD Reorganization Act 1986. Answer: What law
identifies the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff as senior ranking member
of the Armed Services
⩥ The Secretary of Defense to the Combatent Commanders. Answer:
The military operational chain of command runs from the President to
whom?
⩥ President and Secretary of Defense. Answer: The Commanders of the
Combatant Commands are responsible to whom for accomplishing the
assigned military mission?
⩥ President, National Security Council, Secretary of Defense. Answer:
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the principal advisor to
which officials and/or organizations?
⩥ President. Answer: Who serves as Chairman of the National Security
Council
,⩥ Planning, Programming, Budget. Answer: Name the three major
phases of the PPBE process that result in the DoD portion of the
Presidents Budget that is submitted to Congress
⩥ PPBE (planning, programming, Budget, execution). Answer: 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
⩥ Under Secretary of Defense (Policy). Answer: What is the title of the
senior OSD official responsible for the planning phase of the PPBE
process
⩥ Director, Cost Assessment and Program evaluation D,CAPE. Answer:
What is the title of the senior OSD official who is responsible for issuing
programming guidance?
⩥ Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer.
Answer: What is the title of the senior OSD official who is principal
advisor and assistent to the SECDEF for budget and financial matters?
⩥ Defense Acquisition Board (DAB). Answer: The Under Secretary of
Defense (Acquisition, Technology & Logistics) serves as the Chairman
of what Board
,⩥ POM 2017 - 2021. Answer: 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
⩥ Defense Planning Guidance (DPG). Answer: What is the title of the
final document of the planning phase?
⩥ Integrated Program/Budget Review Guidance. Answer: 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?
⩥ Future Years Defense Program (FYDP). Answer: What is the name of
the automated database that summarizes all forces, resources, and
equipment associated with programs approved by the Secretary of
Defense?
⩥ Budgeting (Budget Development). Answer: What is the phase of the
PPBE process in which programmatic decisions are translated into
requested resources in an appropriations format
⩥ Chairman's Program Assessment (CPA) {Chairman, JCS}. Answer:
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)
⩥ Issue Resolution. Answer: 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?
⩥ Resource Management Decision. Answer: 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?
⩥ Comptroller Information System (CIS). Answer: 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?
⩥ Full Funding Policy. Answer: Advance Procurement is an exception to
what funding policy?
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⩥ Goldwater Nichols DoD Reorganization Act 1986. Answer: What law
identifies the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff as senior ranking member
of the Armed Services
⩥ The Secretary of Defense to the Combatent Commanders. Answer:
The military operational chain of command runs from the President to
whom?
⩥ President and Secretary of Defense. Answer: The Commanders of the
Combatant Commands are responsible to whom for accomplishing the
assigned military mission?
⩥ President, National Security Council, Secretary of Defense. Answer:
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the principal advisor to
which officials and/or organizations?
⩥ President. Answer: Who serves as Chairman of the National Security
Council
,⩥ Planning, Programming, Budget. Answer: Name the three major
phases of the PPBE process that result in the DoD portion of the
Presidents Budget that is submitted to Congress
⩥ PPBE (planning, programming, Budget, execution). Answer: 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
⩥ Under Secretary of Defense (Policy). Answer: What is the title of the
senior OSD official responsible for the planning phase of the PPBE
process
⩥ Director, Cost Assessment and Program evaluation D,CAPE. Answer:
What is the title of the senior OSD official who is responsible for issuing
programming guidance?
⩥ Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer.
Answer: What is the title of the senior OSD official who is principal
advisor and assistent to the SECDEF for budget and financial matters?
⩥ Defense Acquisition Board (DAB). Answer: The Under Secretary of
Defense (Acquisition, Technology & Logistics) serves as the Chairman
of what Board
,⩥ POM 2017 - 2021. Answer: 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
⩥ Defense Planning Guidance (DPG). Answer: What is the title of the
final document of the planning phase?
⩥ Integrated Program/Budget Review Guidance. Answer: 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?
⩥ Future Years Defense Program (FYDP). Answer: What is the name of
the automated database that summarizes all forces, resources, and
equipment associated with programs approved by the Secretary of
Defense?
⩥ Budgeting (Budget Development). Answer: What is the phase of the
PPBE process in which programmatic decisions are translated into
requested resources in an appropriations format
⩥ Chairman's Program Assessment (CPA) {Chairman, JCS}. Answer:
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)
⩥ Issue Resolution. Answer: 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?
⩥ Resource Management Decision. Answer: 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?
⩥ Comptroller Information System (CIS). Answer: 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?
⩥ Full Funding Policy. Answer: Advance Procurement is an exception to
what funding policy?
