CDFM MODULE 3 EXAM 2025 180 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS(DETAILED ANSWERS)
Federal appropriations law can be categorized into which three topical areas? -
(answers)Purpose, Time and Amount
In the Department of Defense, final decision of fiscal law questions are "officially" rendered by
whom? - (answers)DoD General Counsel, Courts
What are the basic types of budget authority used in the Federal Government? -
(answers)Appropriations
Contract Authority
Borrowing Authority
Monetary Credits
Offsetting Collections and Receipts
Loan and Loan Guarantee Authority
Annual appropriations remain available for new obligations for how long? - (answers)They
normally remain available for new obligations for ONE fiscal year
Operation and Maintenance (O&M) is an example of what type of appropriation -
(answers)Annual appropriation
RDT&E is an example of what type of appropriation? - (answers)Multi-year appropriation
Budget authority does not expire in what type of appropriation? - (answers)No-year
appropriation
,Article 1, Section 9, of the U.S. Constitution gives the power to appropriate funds for operating
the Government to which branch of the Government? - (answers)Legislative Branch (Congress)
Which law established the House and the Senate Budget Committees and the Congressional
Budget Office (CBO)? - (answers)Congressional Budget Act of 1974
What are the three tests that must be met for use of Necessary Expense doctrine? -
(answers)Must bear a logical relationship, not prohibited by law, not funded elsewhere
Who are determined to be accountable individuals in the DoD? - (answers)Certifying and
Disbursing Officers and Departmental Accountable Officials
Who grants relief of liability to a certifying officer for erroneous or illegal payments in the
Department of Defense? - (answers)DFAS
What type of budgetary resources remain available for new obligations for more than one fiscal
year? - (answers)Multi-year authority
What type of budgetary resources remains available for new obligations until the purpose for
which they were provided is carried out? - (answers)No-year authority
What type of Congressional resolution can be thought of as a temporary appropriations act? -
(answers)Continuing resolution
If a Contracting Officers signs a contract in advance of an appropriation, what type of violation
ahs occurred? - (answers)Anti Deficiency Act Violation
What agency apportions funds for working capital fund? - (answers)OMB
, What are the four major functions in DoD Finance? - (answers)Entitlements, Payments,
Collections, Control of Public Funds
What is the primary organization in DoD with the responsibility for Finance requirements? -
(answers)DFAS
What is the acronym for disbursing office identification number? - (answers)DSSN
What three primary types of officials are accountable Individuals in the DoD? -
(answers)Certifying Officers, Disbursing Officers, Departmental Accountable Officials
Debt collection incudes collection of debts from what three groups? - (answers)Current
Employees and Military Members, Former Employees and Military Members, Vendors
What is the normal collection method for debts owed by active military members and civilian
employees who are still in service? - (answers)Salary Offset
When collecting debts owed by vendors that have failed to properly respond to the demand
letters, what is the next step? - (answers)Do Not Pay List
When in doubt about the proper use of an appropriation, what may the disbursing officer request
from the OSD General Counsel on the propriety of the prospective payment? - (answers)An
advance decision
To what, along with accountability, does certification equate? - (answers)Liability
Who, besides the disbursing officer, is likely to be held accountable for an improper payment? -
(answers)The Certifying Officer
CORRECT ANSWERS(DETAILED ANSWERS)
Federal appropriations law can be categorized into which three topical areas? -
(answers)Purpose, Time and Amount
In the Department of Defense, final decision of fiscal law questions are "officially" rendered by
whom? - (answers)DoD General Counsel, Courts
What are the basic types of budget authority used in the Federal Government? -
(answers)Appropriations
Contract Authority
Borrowing Authority
Monetary Credits
Offsetting Collections and Receipts
Loan and Loan Guarantee Authority
Annual appropriations remain available for new obligations for how long? - (answers)They
normally remain available for new obligations for ONE fiscal year
Operation and Maintenance (O&M) is an example of what type of appropriation -
(answers)Annual appropriation
RDT&E is an example of what type of appropriation? - (answers)Multi-year appropriation
Budget authority does not expire in what type of appropriation? - (answers)No-year
appropriation
,Article 1, Section 9, of the U.S. Constitution gives the power to appropriate funds for operating
the Government to which branch of the Government? - (answers)Legislative Branch (Congress)
Which law established the House and the Senate Budget Committees and the Congressional
Budget Office (CBO)? - (answers)Congressional Budget Act of 1974
What are the three tests that must be met for use of Necessary Expense doctrine? -
(answers)Must bear a logical relationship, not prohibited by law, not funded elsewhere
Who are determined to be accountable individuals in the DoD? - (answers)Certifying and
Disbursing Officers and Departmental Accountable Officials
Who grants relief of liability to a certifying officer for erroneous or illegal payments in the
Department of Defense? - (answers)DFAS
What type of budgetary resources remain available for new obligations for more than one fiscal
year? - (answers)Multi-year authority
What type of budgetary resources remains available for new obligations until the purpose for
which they were provided is carried out? - (answers)No-year authority
What type of Congressional resolution can be thought of as a temporary appropriations act? -
(answers)Continuing resolution
If a Contracting Officers signs a contract in advance of an appropriation, what type of violation
ahs occurred? - (answers)Anti Deficiency Act Violation
What agency apportions funds for working capital fund? - (answers)OMB
, What are the four major functions in DoD Finance? - (answers)Entitlements, Payments,
Collections, Control of Public Funds
What is the primary organization in DoD with the responsibility for Finance requirements? -
(answers)DFAS
What is the acronym for disbursing office identification number? - (answers)DSSN
What three primary types of officials are accountable Individuals in the DoD? -
(answers)Certifying Officers, Disbursing Officers, Departmental Accountable Officials
Debt collection incudes collection of debts from what three groups? - (answers)Current
Employees and Military Members, Former Employees and Military Members, Vendors
What is the normal collection method for debts owed by active military members and civilian
employees who are still in service? - (answers)Salary Offset
When collecting debts owed by vendors that have failed to properly respond to the demand
letters, what is the next step? - (answers)Do Not Pay List
When in doubt about the proper use of an appropriation, what may the disbursing officer request
from the OSD General Counsel on the propriety of the prospective payment? - (answers)An
advance decision
To what, along with accountability, does certification equate? - (answers)Liability
Who, besides the disbursing officer, is likely to be held accountable for an improper payment? -
(answers)The Certifying Officer
