CDFM EXAM SCRIPT VERIFIED QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS COMPLETE REVIEW
MATERIAL
●● Goldwater Nichols DoD Reorganization Act 1986
Answer: What law identifies the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff as senior
ranking member of the Armed Services
●● The Secretary of Defense to the Combatent Commanders
Answer: The military operational chain of command runs from the
President to whom?
●● President and Secretary of Defense
Answer: The Commanders of the Combatant Commands are responsible
to whom for accomplishing the assigned military mission?
●● President, National Security Council, Secretary of Defense
Answer: The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the principal
advisor to which officials and/or organizations?
●● President
Answer: Who serves as Chairman of the National Security Council
,●● Planning, Programming, Budget
Answer: Name the three major phases of the PPBE process that result in
the DoD portion of the Presidents Budget that is submitted to Congress
●● PPBE (planning, programming, Budget, execution)
Answer: What is the name of the process used by the DoD to determine
the dollar amounts for programs to be submitted to Congress as part of
the Presidents Budget
●● Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)
Answer: What is the title of the senior OSD official responsible for the
planning phase of the PPBE process
●● Director, Cost Assessment and Program evaluation D,CAPE
Answer: What is the title of the senior OSD official who is responsible
for issuing programming guidance?
●● Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer
Answer: What is the title of the senior OSD official who is principal
advisor and assistent to the SECDEF for budget and financial matters?
●● Defense Acquisition Board (DAB)
Answer: The Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology &
Logistics) serves as the Chairman of what Board
,●● POM 2017 - 2021
Answer: Assume todays date is 1 March 2014 and your organization
knows about a new project or requirement that will require its initial
funding in FY 2021. What is the first PPBE related document in which
you could identify resources for that requirement
●● Defense Planning Guidance (DPG)
Answer: What is the title of the final document of the planning phase?
●● Integrated Program/Budget Review Guidance
Answer: What is the title of the document prepared by the D,CAPE and
USD(C) in the May to June time frame that provides guidance to
Components for preparation of their POM and BES submissions?
●● Future Years Defense Program (FYDP)
Answer: What is the name of the automated database that summarizes
all forces, resources, and equipment associated with programs approved
by the Secretary of Defense?
●● Budgeting (Budget Development)
Answer: What is the phase of the PPBE process in which programmatic
decisions are translated into requested resources in an appropriations
format
, ●● Chairman's Program Assessment (CPA) {Chairman, JCS}
Answer: What is the name of the document prepare by the Joint Staff
after its review of POMs submitted by the Military Departments that
focuses on the balance and capabilities contained in those POMs? (This
document provides SECDEF with the JCS evaluation of the Military
Departments submissions)
●● Issue Resolution
Answer: Near the end of the budget review process the SECDEF and
DEPSEC may conduct a review of Component major policy or budget
issues that have not yet been resolved. Resolution of these issues may
displace other programs within the fixed DoD topline. What is the name
of this review?
●● Resource Management Decision
Answer: Following a review of a Component's budget submission and a
potential budget hearing in the fall timeframe the reviewing USD(C)
budget analyst prepares a draft document that is submitted to the
DEPSECDEF or SECDEF for a decision. Once signed by one of those
senior officials , what is the document called?
●● Comptroller Information System (CIS)
Answer: After all resource-related decisions have been made by the
DEPSECDEF or SECDEF to determine the Defense portion of the
President's Budget, the USD(C) posts final decisions into a database in
AND SOLUTIONS COMPLETE REVIEW
MATERIAL
●● Goldwater Nichols DoD Reorganization Act 1986
Answer: What law identifies the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff as senior
ranking member of the Armed Services
●● The Secretary of Defense to the Combatent Commanders
Answer: The military operational chain of command runs from the
President to whom?
●● President and Secretary of Defense
Answer: The Commanders of the Combatant Commands are responsible
to whom for accomplishing the assigned military mission?
●● President, National Security Council, Secretary of Defense
Answer: The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the principal
advisor to which officials and/or organizations?
●● President
Answer: Who serves as Chairman of the National Security Council
,●● Planning, Programming, Budget
Answer: Name the three major phases of the PPBE process that result in
the DoD portion of the Presidents Budget that is submitted to Congress
●● PPBE (planning, programming, Budget, execution)
Answer: What is the name of the process used by the DoD to determine
the dollar amounts for programs to be submitted to Congress as part of
the Presidents Budget
●● Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)
Answer: What is the title of the senior OSD official responsible for the
planning phase of the PPBE process
●● Director, Cost Assessment and Program evaluation D,CAPE
Answer: What is the title of the senior OSD official who is responsible
for issuing programming guidance?
●● Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer
Answer: What is the title of the senior OSD official who is principal
advisor and assistent to the SECDEF for budget and financial matters?
●● Defense Acquisition Board (DAB)
Answer: The Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology &
Logistics) serves as the Chairman of what Board
,●● POM 2017 - 2021
Answer: Assume todays date is 1 March 2014 and your organization
knows about a new project or requirement that will require its initial
funding in FY 2021. What is the first PPBE related document in which
you could identify resources for that requirement
●● Defense Planning Guidance (DPG)
Answer: What is the title of the final document of the planning phase?
●● Integrated Program/Budget Review Guidance
Answer: What is the title of the document prepared by the D,CAPE and
USD(C) in the May to June time frame that provides guidance to
Components for preparation of their POM and BES submissions?
●● Future Years Defense Program (FYDP)
Answer: What is the name of the automated database that summarizes
all forces, resources, and equipment associated with programs approved
by the Secretary of Defense?
●● Budgeting (Budget Development)
Answer: What is the phase of the PPBE process in which programmatic
decisions are translated into requested resources in an appropriations
format
, ●● Chairman's Program Assessment (CPA) {Chairman, JCS}
Answer: What is the name of the document prepare by the Joint Staff
after its review of POMs submitted by the Military Departments that
focuses on the balance and capabilities contained in those POMs? (This
document provides SECDEF with the JCS evaluation of the Military
Departments submissions)
●● Issue Resolution
Answer: Near the end of the budget review process the SECDEF and
DEPSEC may conduct a review of Component major policy or budget
issues that have not yet been resolved. Resolution of these issues may
displace other programs within the fixed DoD topline. What is the name
of this review?
●● Resource Management Decision
Answer: Following a review of a Component's budget submission and a
potential budget hearing in the fall timeframe the reviewing USD(C)
budget analyst prepares a draft document that is submitted to the
DEPSECDEF or SECDEF for a decision. Once signed by one of those
senior officials , what is the document called?
●● Comptroller Information System (CIS)
Answer: After all resource-related decisions have been made by the
DEPSECDEF or SECDEF to determine the Defense portion of the
President's Budget, the USD(C) posts final decisions into a database in
