CDFM Module 1 AND Module 3 Exam
Questions and Answers Verified Solutions
Latest Update 2026/2027
Question:
OMB Circular A-11.
Answer:
Preparation and Submission of Budget Estimates Comes out every summer. 1.1.2 Contains a
section on reporting on employment and personnel compensation 1.2.4 Rules for calculating FTEs
can be found here 1.2.13
Question:
Best place to find updated laws.
Answer:
Thomas.loc.gov/home/lawsmade.toc.html 1.1.2
Question:
Genesis of US Federal Legislative process can be traced to these events.
Answer:
Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Constitution ratified by 9 states,
Constitution took effect 1.1.5
Question:
Declaration of Independence adopted (year).
Answer:
1776 1.1.5
,Question:
Articles of Confederation ratified (year).
Answer:
1781 1.1.5
Question:
Constitution ratified by 9 states (year).
Answer:
1788 1.1.5
Question:
Constitution went into effect.
Answer:
1789 1.1.5
Question:
What was the first attempt to come up with a government?.
Answer:
Articles of Confederation 1.1.5
Question:
What did an amendment to the Articles of Confederation require?.
Answer:
Unanimous approval of all the states 1.1.5
Question:
What did the Constitution establish.
Answer:
,3 branches of government (judicial, executive, legislative) 1.1.6
Question:
What is the essential principle of the Constitution.
Answer:
Everything you do must be legal (purpose, time, amount) 1.1.6
Question:
What are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution called.
Answer:
Bill of Rights 1.1.6
Question:
What does Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution state.
Answer:
Congress shall have the authority to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying
into execution 1.1.7
Question:
Who heads the executive branch and what is its purpose.
Answer:
Led by the president and vice president, enforces/executes laws
Question:
Who makes up the legislative branch and what is its purpose.
Answer:
Congress and it makes/passes our laws
, Question:
What are the two parts of Congress.
Answer:
Senate and House of Representatives
Question:
Who leads the judicial branch and what is its purpose.
Answer:
Led by the Supreme Court and interprets our laws
Question:
The organization of the Federal Government can be found where in the Constitution.
Answer:
In the first 3 articles 1.1.7
Question:
What does the preamble to the Constitution of the US begin with and how do we exercise its
sentiment.
Answer:
"We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union...."; we exercise this
through the election process. 1.1.7
Question:
Which Article of the Constitution discusses the legislative branch?.
Answer:
Article 1 1.1.7
Question:
Which Articles support which branches of Government?.
Questions and Answers Verified Solutions
Latest Update 2026/2027
Question:
OMB Circular A-11.
Answer:
Preparation and Submission of Budget Estimates Comes out every summer. 1.1.2 Contains a
section on reporting on employment and personnel compensation 1.2.4 Rules for calculating FTEs
can be found here 1.2.13
Question:
Best place to find updated laws.
Answer:
Thomas.loc.gov/home/lawsmade.toc.html 1.1.2
Question:
Genesis of US Federal Legislative process can be traced to these events.
Answer:
Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Constitution ratified by 9 states,
Constitution took effect 1.1.5
Question:
Declaration of Independence adopted (year).
Answer:
1776 1.1.5
,Question:
Articles of Confederation ratified (year).
Answer:
1781 1.1.5
Question:
Constitution ratified by 9 states (year).
Answer:
1788 1.1.5
Question:
Constitution went into effect.
Answer:
1789 1.1.5
Question:
What was the first attempt to come up with a government?.
Answer:
Articles of Confederation 1.1.5
Question:
What did an amendment to the Articles of Confederation require?.
Answer:
Unanimous approval of all the states 1.1.5
Question:
What did the Constitution establish.
Answer:
,3 branches of government (judicial, executive, legislative) 1.1.6
Question:
What is the essential principle of the Constitution.
Answer:
Everything you do must be legal (purpose, time, amount) 1.1.6
Question:
What are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution called.
Answer:
Bill of Rights 1.1.6
Question:
What does Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution state.
Answer:
Congress shall have the authority to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying
into execution 1.1.7
Question:
Who heads the executive branch and what is its purpose.
Answer:
Led by the president and vice president, enforces/executes laws
Question:
Who makes up the legislative branch and what is its purpose.
Answer:
Congress and it makes/passes our laws
, Question:
What are the two parts of Congress.
Answer:
Senate and House of Representatives
Question:
Who leads the judicial branch and what is its purpose.
Answer:
Led by the Supreme Court and interprets our laws
Question:
The organization of the Federal Government can be found where in the Constitution.
Answer:
In the first 3 articles 1.1.7
Question:
What does the preamble to the Constitution of the US begin with and how do we exercise its
sentiment.
Answer:
"We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union...."; we exercise this
through the election process. 1.1.7
Question:
Which Article of the Constitution discusses the legislative branch?.
Answer:
Article 1 1.1.7
Question:
Which Articles support which branches of Government?.
