Each phase of the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process
answers a different question. Which of the following questions does the Execution
Phase answer? - Correct Answer-* Not How much Defense can we afford
When does the execution phase of financial management occur? - Correct Answer-*
Not when appropriated funds are saved for defense programs
Which activity provides the Budget Authority? - Correct Answer-* Not Authorization Bill
Which enactment process activity must be passed by both houses of Congress and
signed by the President before any Federal agency can incur obligations or make
expenditures from the U.S. Treasury - Correct Answer-Appropriations Bill
After the Congress passes the DoD Appropriations Bill and the President signs it, the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) distributes the Budget Authority to the DoD.
What is this distribution called? - Correct Answer-* Not Authorization
Each phase of the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process
answers a different question. Which of the following questions does the Programming
Phase answer? - Correct Answer-How Much Defenses can we afford.
What is the name of the law that prohibits an obligation in excess of the appropriated
amount or amount permitted by agency regulations? - Correct Answer-* Not Bona Fide
Need Rule
The ultimate objective of the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE)
process is to provide Warfighters with the best mix of equipment, personnel, and
support attainable within established fiscal constraints. - Correct Answer-True
What budgeting review for the next fiscal year occurs while one FY budget is being
executed and the next fiscal year is being enacted? - Correct Answer-Planning,
Programming, Budgeting, and execution (PPBE) Review
Which agency apportions budget authority to the Department of Defense's (DoD's)
comptroller on a periodic basis? - Correct Answer-Office of Management and Budget