PDG CHAPTER 3 – SSGT EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The _____ establishes the basic principle of civilian control of the Armed Forces. - (answer)U.S.
Constitution
As ____, the President has final command authority. - (answer)Command In Chief
Established by the National Security Act of 1947, the _____ function is to maintain and employ the
Armed Forces. - (answer)Department of Defense's (DoD)
The DoD includes the following:
The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)
The JCS
The Joint Staff
and the Departments of the ____, ____, and _____. - (answer)Army, Navy (including the U.S. Marine
Corps) and Air Force
Furthermore, the DoD includes the unified combatant commands and forces dedicated to combined
commands, _____, and DoD field activities. - (answer)defense agencies
As the civilian head of the DoD, the _____ reports directly to the President. - (answer)Secretary of
Defense (SECDEF)
The President appoints the SECDEF with the advices and consent of the _____. - (answer)Senate
The _____ serves as principal defense policy advisor to the President and is responsible for the
formulation of general policy and policy related to all matters of direct and primary concern to the DoD
and for the execution of approved policy. - (answer)SECDEF
The operation chain of command runs from the President to the SECDEF to the _____. -
(answer)combatant commanders
, PDG CHAPTER 3 – SSGT EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
_____ specific responsibilities include providing written policy guidance for DoD component chief use to
prepare and review program recommendations and budget proposals. - (answer)SECDEF
The SECDEF also provides the _____ with written policy guidance to prepare and review contingency
plans. - (answer)Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS)
The _____ assists in matters requiring a long-range view and in formulating broad defense policy. -
(answer)Armed Forces Policy Council
The _____ consists of the SECDEF (Chairman); the Deputy SECDEF; Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and
Air Force; the CJCS; Under Secretaries of Defense for Acquisition; and the four service chiefs. -
(answer)Armed Forces Policy Council
How many Under Secretaries of Defense are there and what are they? - (answer)5
Policy; Comptroller; Personnel and Readiness; Acquisition, Technology and Logistics; and Intelligence
Appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, the _____ is selected
from the officers of the regular components of the Armed Forces. - (answer)Chairman, Joint Chiefs of
Staff (CJCS)
The Chairman outranks all other officers of the Armed Forces (holds the grade of general, or admiral in
the case of the Navy), but may not exercise military command over the _____ or any of the _____. -
(answer)JCS; Armed Forces
The provision of the _____ permits the President to authorize communications through the _____ in the
communications chain of command. - (answer)Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS)
DoDD _____, Functions of the Department of Defense and its Major Components, places the CJCS in the
communications chain of command. - (answer)5100.01
The _____ establishes the basic principle of civilian control of the Armed Forces. - (answer)U.S.
Constitution
As ____, the President has final command authority. - (answer)Command In Chief
Established by the National Security Act of 1947, the _____ function is to maintain and employ the
Armed Forces. - (answer)Department of Defense's (DoD)
The DoD includes the following:
The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)
The JCS
The Joint Staff
and the Departments of the ____, ____, and _____. - (answer)Army, Navy (including the U.S. Marine
Corps) and Air Force
Furthermore, the DoD includes the unified combatant commands and forces dedicated to combined
commands, _____, and DoD field activities. - (answer)defense agencies
As the civilian head of the DoD, the _____ reports directly to the President. - (answer)Secretary of
Defense (SECDEF)
The President appoints the SECDEF with the advices and consent of the _____. - (answer)Senate
The _____ serves as principal defense policy advisor to the President and is responsible for the
formulation of general policy and policy related to all matters of direct and primary concern to the DoD
and for the execution of approved policy. - (answer)SECDEF
The operation chain of command runs from the President to the SECDEF to the _____. -
(answer)combatant commanders
, PDG CHAPTER 3 – SSGT EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
_____ specific responsibilities include providing written policy guidance for DoD component chief use to
prepare and review program recommendations and budget proposals. - (answer)SECDEF
The SECDEF also provides the _____ with written policy guidance to prepare and review contingency
plans. - (answer)Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS)
The _____ assists in matters requiring a long-range view and in formulating broad defense policy. -
(answer)Armed Forces Policy Council
The _____ consists of the SECDEF (Chairman); the Deputy SECDEF; Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and
Air Force; the CJCS; Under Secretaries of Defense for Acquisition; and the four service chiefs. -
(answer)Armed Forces Policy Council
How many Under Secretaries of Defense are there and what are they? - (answer)5
Policy; Comptroller; Personnel and Readiness; Acquisition, Technology and Logistics; and Intelligence
Appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, the _____ is selected
from the officers of the regular components of the Armed Forces. - (answer)Chairman, Joint Chiefs of
Staff (CJCS)
The Chairman outranks all other officers of the Armed Forces (holds the grade of general, or admiral in
the case of the Navy), but may not exercise military command over the _____ or any of the _____. -
(answer)JCS; Armed Forces
The provision of the _____ permits the President to authorize communications through the _____ in the
communications chain of command. - (answer)Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS)
DoDD _____, Functions of the Department of Defense and its Major Components, places the CJCS in the
communications chain of command. - (answer)5100.01
