CDFM MAIN EXAMINATION 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Simple Resolution - ✔✔Matters concerning the operation of either of the house.
Applies to the chamber that created it. Knows as the H.Res & S.Res. Does not go to the
President for signature.
✔✔State of Union, recommend measures necessary and expedient - ✔✔During the
State of The Union, what message is the President giving?
✔✔Yes, but must be approved by OMB - ✔✔Can an Executive Branch Department
pass legislation with the approval of OMB and on Behalf of the president, to a
congressional committee or subcommittee
✔✔Conference Committee (Third Chamber) - ✔✔Who resolves differences between the
HR and the Senate?
✔✔Public Hearing - ✔✔What is usually the first step in the process for consideration by
committee?
✔✔Only deal with matters in disagreement; cannot insert new matter or leave out
matter agreed on - ✔✔When a Conference Committee is convened dealing with an
amendment, what can the conferees do and not do?
✔✔"Enrolled" (then sent to the president) - ✔✔The final step after the Conference
Committee Resolution after a measure has been passed in identical form by both the
House andSenate, it is considered to be what?
✔✔Line Item Veto - ✔✔What was declared unconstitutional in 1998 with respect to
Presidential Veto?
✔✔The next house has to pass it with a 2/3 vote to become law. - ✔✔If the President
Veto a Bill, it is returned to the house of original acting first. If the Bill does not receive
2/3 vote, it is sustained and the bill fails to become law. If it receives the required 2/3
vote, an endorsement to the effect is made on the back of the bill and it is then
transmitted, with the accompany message, the to the second house for its action. What
has to happen for the Bill to become Law?
✔✔OMB - ✔✔Who is responsible for the 3 phases of the Budget Cycle?
✔✔Budget Formulation, Congressional Action and Budget Execution - ✔✔What are the
3 Phases of the Budget Cycle?
✔✔The President - ✔✔Who does the Federal budget belong to?
, ✔✔OMB Circular A-11 - ✔✔The Budget Formulation processed is governed by this?
✔✔Presidential Priorities - ✔✔OMB Circular A-11 sets out the promises of the president
✔✔1) OMB Issues guidance; 2) Organization develops draft; 3) Agency submit budget
estimates to OMB; 4) OMB hold hearings on Agency Budgets; 5) President makes final
decisions on Agency budgets; 6) President transmits the budget to Congress. -
✔✔What are the six major steps in the budget formulation process laid out in OMB
Circular A-11?
✔✔Additional OMB Duties - ✔✔What organization is responsible for helping the
President with spending policy, managing the executive budget, and providing advice
an dangles on a broad range of topics?
✔✔1st Monday in February each year - ✔✔The President is responsible to transmit the
budget of the US government to congress NLT when?
✔✔Congressional Action Phase - ✔✔Congress process authorization legislation, which
authorizes or allows programs to exist. They also pass appropriations, which provide
funding for programs
✔✔Appropriation - ✔✔The President signs the bills into law that provides legal budget
authority to incur obligations and make payments out of the Treasury for specified
purposes.
✔✔Budget Committees - ✔✔In the Congressional Action Phase, who holds hearing in
January in preperation for drafting the concurrent resolution of the budget?
✔✔Concurrent Resolution - April of each year - ✔✔Budget Committees this to their
respective houses. The resolution sets spending revenue and other budget targets for
the upcoming fiscal year.
✔✔Scorekeeping - ✔✔This is the process of estimating the budgetary effects of
pending legislation and comparing them to a baseline such as a budget resolution or to
any limits that may be set in law.
✔✔budget authority, receipts, outlays, surplus or deficit, and the public debt - ✔✔What
data does scorekeeping track?
✔✔Budget Resolution - ✔✔This resolution fixes new budget authority and outlay target
and establishes target for the Gross National Debt, revenues, and surplus/deficit.
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Simple Resolution - ✔✔Matters concerning the operation of either of the house.
Applies to the chamber that created it. Knows as the H.Res & S.Res. Does not go to the
President for signature.
✔✔State of Union, recommend measures necessary and expedient - ✔✔During the
State of The Union, what message is the President giving?
✔✔Yes, but must be approved by OMB - ✔✔Can an Executive Branch Department
pass legislation with the approval of OMB and on Behalf of the president, to a
congressional committee or subcommittee
✔✔Conference Committee (Third Chamber) - ✔✔Who resolves differences between the
HR and the Senate?
✔✔Public Hearing - ✔✔What is usually the first step in the process for consideration by
committee?
✔✔Only deal with matters in disagreement; cannot insert new matter or leave out
matter agreed on - ✔✔When a Conference Committee is convened dealing with an
amendment, what can the conferees do and not do?
✔✔"Enrolled" (then sent to the president) - ✔✔The final step after the Conference
Committee Resolution after a measure has been passed in identical form by both the
House andSenate, it is considered to be what?
✔✔Line Item Veto - ✔✔What was declared unconstitutional in 1998 with respect to
Presidential Veto?
✔✔The next house has to pass it with a 2/3 vote to become law. - ✔✔If the President
Veto a Bill, it is returned to the house of original acting first. If the Bill does not receive
2/3 vote, it is sustained and the bill fails to become law. If it receives the required 2/3
vote, an endorsement to the effect is made on the back of the bill and it is then
transmitted, with the accompany message, the to the second house for its action. What
has to happen for the Bill to become Law?
✔✔OMB - ✔✔Who is responsible for the 3 phases of the Budget Cycle?
✔✔Budget Formulation, Congressional Action and Budget Execution - ✔✔What are the
3 Phases of the Budget Cycle?
✔✔The President - ✔✔Who does the Federal budget belong to?
, ✔✔OMB Circular A-11 - ✔✔The Budget Formulation processed is governed by this?
✔✔Presidential Priorities - ✔✔OMB Circular A-11 sets out the promises of the president
✔✔1) OMB Issues guidance; 2) Organization develops draft; 3) Agency submit budget
estimates to OMB; 4) OMB hold hearings on Agency Budgets; 5) President makes final
decisions on Agency budgets; 6) President transmits the budget to Congress. -
✔✔What are the six major steps in the budget formulation process laid out in OMB
Circular A-11?
✔✔Additional OMB Duties - ✔✔What organization is responsible for helping the
President with spending policy, managing the executive budget, and providing advice
an dangles on a broad range of topics?
✔✔1st Monday in February each year - ✔✔The President is responsible to transmit the
budget of the US government to congress NLT when?
✔✔Congressional Action Phase - ✔✔Congress process authorization legislation, which
authorizes or allows programs to exist. They also pass appropriations, which provide
funding for programs
✔✔Appropriation - ✔✔The President signs the bills into law that provides legal budget
authority to incur obligations and make payments out of the Treasury for specified
purposes.
✔✔Budget Committees - ✔✔In the Congressional Action Phase, who holds hearing in
January in preperation for drafting the concurrent resolution of the budget?
✔✔Concurrent Resolution - April of each year - ✔✔Budget Committees this to their
respective houses. The resolution sets spending revenue and other budget targets for
the upcoming fiscal year.
✔✔Scorekeeping - ✔✔This is the process of estimating the budgetary effects of
pending legislation and comparing them to a baseline such as a budget resolution or to
any limits that may be set in law.
✔✔budget authority, receipts, outlays, surplus or deficit, and the public debt - ✔✔What
data does scorekeeping track?
✔✔Budget Resolution - ✔✔This resolution fixes new budget authority and outlay target
and establishes target for the Gross National Debt, revenues, and surplus/deficit.
