CDFM Module 1 questions with verified answers
1921 Budget and Accounting Act Ans✓✓✓ Requires President to submit annual
budget proposal to Congress and established OMB and GAO. 1.1.56
1964 Civil Rights Act, Title VII Ans✓✓✓ Prohibits employment discrimination
based on race, color, national origin, sex, or religion. 1.3.21
1974 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act Ans✓✓✓ Created the
Congressional Budget Office 1.1.56
1990 Budget Enforcement Act Ans✓✓✓ Divided spending into mandatory and
discretionary; established pay-as-you-go for entitlements. 1.1.56
1993 Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) (Amended by the 2010
GPRA Modernization Act) Ans✓✓✓ Required agencies to submit strategic plans
by September 30, 1997; required annual performance plans; required
performance reports 1.1.57
3 branches of federal government Ans✓✓✓ executive (me), judicial, legislative
1.1.1
5 CFR Part 432 Ans✓✓✓ Poor employee performance - must give opportunity to
correct 1.3.15
5 CFR Part 752 Ans✓✓✓ Bad behavior - no opportunity given for improvement
1.3.15
,5 USC 2302 Ans✓✓✓ Prohibited personnel practices of a person in a position of
authority 1.3.8
A-76 defines activities in two categories Ans✓✓✓ (1) Commercial Activity-
product or service obtained from private sector source
(2) Inherently governmental-performance is mandated by a Federal employee
(they are not subject to OMB Circular 76) 1.2.17
Adverse Impact Ans✓✓✓ Unfair application of a rule or policy that has a screen
out effect on the employment of a protected GROUP. 1.3.20
All bills for raising Revenue shall originate where? Ans✓✓✓ In the House of
Representatives 1.1.8
Allotment, Commitment, Obligation Ans✓✓✓ We are allotted funding, we use
the DD2276 to commit funding, and a released contract creates an obligation.
Annual Statement of Assurance Ans✓✓✓ DoD components submit this to OSD by
1 October. DoD submits it to OMB by 15 November as part of its annual
Performance and Accountability Report (PAR). The statement must include the
following:
-Reasonable assurance that the agency's controls are achieving their intended
results
-Summary of material weaknesses
-Summary of corrective action plans 1.4.21
Apportionment Process Ans✓✓✓ The process in which OMB distributes budget
authority to agencies. Apportionment = obligation authority 1.1.38
, Articles of Confederation ratified (year) Ans✓✓✓ 1781 1.1.5
Best place to find updated laws Ans✓✓✓
Thomas.loc.gov/home/lawsmade.toc.html 1.1.2
Budget Amendments versus Supplemental Requests Ans✓✓✓ -Budget
amendments amend the budget before completion of Congressional action.
-Supplemental requests are to provide additional funding to the amount already
appropriated. 1.1.35
Budget Authority Ans✓✓✓ Congress provides budgetary authority in an
appropriations act. 1.1.51
Budget Deficit in FY17 Ans✓✓✓ Outlays are expected to exceed budget receipts
by $500B1.1.51
Buyout Program Ans✓✓✓ Voluntary Separation Incentive Pay (VSIP), DoD isn't
permitted more than 25,000 annually; an employee accepting a buyout cannot be
re-employed by DoD for 12 months. 1.2.14
Characteristics of a concurrent resolution Ans✓✓✓ Used for matters affecting
the operations of BOTH the House and Senate, does not go to President. Example
is Concurrent Budget Resolution. 1.1.13
Characteristics of a joint resolution Ans✓✓✓ Similar to a Bill, can originate in the
House or the Senate, can also be used to propose an amendment to the
1921 Budget and Accounting Act Ans✓✓✓ Requires President to submit annual
budget proposal to Congress and established OMB and GAO. 1.1.56
1964 Civil Rights Act, Title VII Ans✓✓✓ Prohibits employment discrimination
based on race, color, national origin, sex, or religion. 1.3.21
1974 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act Ans✓✓✓ Created the
Congressional Budget Office 1.1.56
1990 Budget Enforcement Act Ans✓✓✓ Divided spending into mandatory and
discretionary; established pay-as-you-go for entitlements. 1.1.56
1993 Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) (Amended by the 2010
GPRA Modernization Act) Ans✓✓✓ Required agencies to submit strategic plans
by September 30, 1997; required annual performance plans; required
performance reports 1.1.57
3 branches of federal government Ans✓✓✓ executive (me), judicial, legislative
1.1.1
5 CFR Part 432 Ans✓✓✓ Poor employee performance - must give opportunity to
correct 1.3.15
5 CFR Part 752 Ans✓✓✓ Bad behavior - no opportunity given for improvement
1.3.15
,5 USC 2302 Ans✓✓✓ Prohibited personnel practices of a person in a position of
authority 1.3.8
A-76 defines activities in two categories Ans✓✓✓ (1) Commercial Activity-
product or service obtained from private sector source
(2) Inherently governmental-performance is mandated by a Federal employee
(they are not subject to OMB Circular 76) 1.2.17
Adverse Impact Ans✓✓✓ Unfair application of a rule or policy that has a screen
out effect on the employment of a protected GROUP. 1.3.20
All bills for raising Revenue shall originate where? Ans✓✓✓ In the House of
Representatives 1.1.8
Allotment, Commitment, Obligation Ans✓✓✓ We are allotted funding, we use
the DD2276 to commit funding, and a released contract creates an obligation.
Annual Statement of Assurance Ans✓✓✓ DoD components submit this to OSD by
1 October. DoD submits it to OMB by 15 November as part of its annual
Performance and Accountability Report (PAR). The statement must include the
following:
-Reasonable assurance that the agency's controls are achieving their intended
results
-Summary of material weaknesses
-Summary of corrective action plans 1.4.21
Apportionment Process Ans✓✓✓ The process in which OMB distributes budget
authority to agencies. Apportionment = obligation authority 1.1.38
, Articles of Confederation ratified (year) Ans✓✓✓ 1781 1.1.5
Best place to find updated laws Ans✓✓✓
Thomas.loc.gov/home/lawsmade.toc.html 1.1.2
Budget Amendments versus Supplemental Requests Ans✓✓✓ -Budget
amendments amend the budget before completion of Congressional action.
-Supplemental requests are to provide additional funding to the amount already
appropriated. 1.1.35
Budget Authority Ans✓✓✓ Congress provides budgetary authority in an
appropriations act. 1.1.51
Budget Deficit in FY17 Ans✓✓✓ Outlays are expected to exceed budget receipts
by $500B1.1.51
Buyout Program Ans✓✓✓ Voluntary Separation Incentive Pay (VSIP), DoD isn't
permitted more than 25,000 annually; an employee accepting a buyout cannot be
re-employed by DoD for 12 months. 1.2.14
Characteristics of a concurrent resolution Ans✓✓✓ Used for matters affecting
the operations of BOTH the House and Senate, does not go to President. Example
is Concurrent Budget Resolution. 1.1.13
Characteristics of a joint resolution Ans✓✓✓ Similar to a Bill, can originate in the
House or the Senate, can also be used to propose an amendment to the
