CDFM Module 2 Exam Questions and Correct
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10 - ✔✔What is the suggested maximum number for a re-engineering team?
10 USC 2911 - ✔✔Amount of energy cost savings will be utilized as follows:
1. 1/2 will be used for implantation of additional energy conservation measures
2. improvements to existing military housing units
3. unspecified minor construction
4. morale, welfare or recreation facility service
12 appropriation bills - ✔✔House and Senate Appropriation Committees is responsible for what
during the Congressional Enactment Process?
12 month period starting with planned delivery of the first item - ✔✔What is a Funded Delivery
Period
15 Nov each year - ✔✔This report includes agency financial statements and annual statement of
assurance is due to OMB?
1974 Congressional Budget Act - ✔✔Act requires the President to submit the annual budget request
to Congress no later than the first Monday in Feb, which is almost 8 months prior to the target fiscal
year that will begin the following October.
2 years current, 5 year expired, 7 years cancelled - ✔✔What is the RDT&E appropriation life cycle
2,400m - ✔✔What are the life cycle Costs?
RDT&E - $400m
Prime mission equip procurement - $600m
Support items procurement - $50m
Initial spares procurement - $50m
MILCOM - $100m
O&M - $740m
MILPER - $460m
20% - ✔✔DCWF execute what percent of the total Defense appropriations on an annual basis
25 months
Planning - 15 months
Programming 10 months - ✔✔How long does preparation take to get to the presidents budget prior
to budget being submitted to Congress
3 - Milestone A, B, C - ✔✔How many milestones are in an Acquisition Life Cycle
3 Military Departments (Army, Navy, Air Force)
17 Defense agencies
Multiple field activites - ✔✔Who reports to the SECDEF?
3 star program review
Deputy Management Action Group (DMAG)
Secretary of Defense Large & Small Groups - ✔✔What are the OSD Decision Making Forums?
,3 years current, 5 years expired, 8 years cancelled - ✔✔What is the procurement appropriation life
cycle
400m - ✔✔What are the development Costs?
RDT&E - $400m
Prime mission equip procurement - $600m
Support items procurement - $50m
Initial spares procurement - $50m
MILCOM - $100m
O&M - $740m
MILPER - $460m
5 current, 5 year expired, 10 years cancelled - ✔✔What is the MILCON appropriation life cycle
5 years current, 5 years expired, 10 years cancelled - ✔✔What is the MILCON appropriation life cycle
5 years current, 5 years expired, 10 years cancelled - ✔✔What is the SCN procurement appropriation
life cycle
600m - ✔✔What are the flyaway Costs?
RDT&E - $400m
Prime mission equip procurement - $600m
Support items procurement - $50m
Initial spares procurement - $50m
MILCOM - $100m
O&M - $740m
MILPER - $460m
650m - ✔✔What are the weapon systems Costs?
RDT&E - $400m
Prime mission equip procurement - $600m
Support items procurement - $50m
Initial spares procurement - $50m
MILCOM - $100m
O&M - $740m
MILPER - $460m
700m - ✔✔What are the procurement Costs?
RDT&E - $400m
Prime mission equip procurement - $600m
Support items procurement - $50m
Initial spares procurement - $50m
MILCOM - $100m
O&M - $740m
MILPER - $460m
84% - ✔✔Assume a normal distribution, mean = 50, standard deviation = 10, what percent of the
data is greater than 40?
68%, 84%, 16%, impossible to tell
a combination of methods to estimate the cost of each component. The cost of the components are
then integrated to estimate the total estimated cost. - ✔✔How does the analyst create the costs
using the engineering approach?
a contract - ✔✔FMR volume 11A, Chapter 2 considers a Project Work Order to be equivalent
to________
,A line graph formed by connecting the frequency of the values (connecting dots) - ✔✔How does a
frequency polygon present information?
A measure of how a set of values is spread around the mean
+ or - 1 standard deviation - 68.27%
+ or - 2 standard deviation - 95.45%
+ or - 3 standard deviation - 99.73% - ✔✔What is standard deviation? And what is normal
distribution?
A number between -1 and 1 which measures the degree to which variables are linearly related. Closer
to 1 or -1 the better the relationship - ✔✔What is the correlation coefficient?
A statement of equality between two categories. - ✔✔How are the proportion inferential statistics
used?
a successful Full Rate Production Decision Review (FRPDR) - ✔✔Material cannot go into production
until it receives:
A successful Milestone A Decision review, completion of the AoA - ✔✔What provides entry into the
technology development phase?
ACAT 1 and ACAT 1A - ✔✔A AoA is required for what type of acquisition programs?
ACAT 1AM - MDA at the DoD level
ACAT 1AC - MDA at the component level - ✔✔Acquisition 1A programs are broken out into what two
subcategories?
ACAT 1D (MDA is at DoD level)
ACAT 1C (MDA is at Component level) - ✔✔Acquisition Category 1 (ACAT 1) are broken down into
two subcategories? (Designated by USD(AT&L))
Achieve an operational capability that satisfies mission need - ✔✔What is the purpose of the
Production and Deployment phase of the Acquisition Life Cycle?
Acquisition Program Baseline (APB); legal requirement. - ✔✔What documents cost, schedule, and
performance objectives and thresholds at program initiation?
Adaptability, availability, functionality, maintainability, morale, security, upgradability, versatility -
✔✔What are some examples of non-quantifiable benefits?
adjust the obligations and outlays of the expired account - ✔✔If you receive a refund against a prior
year obligation that is expired but not cancelled you...?
Advance Procurement - ✔✔Funds to procure certain components, material, or effort in advance of
the end item buy, to preclude serious and costly fluctuation in program continuity?
Agency Financial Report (AFR), Annual Performance Report and Summary of Performance and
Financial Information - ✔✔Federal agencies are required to submit to OMB and Congress several
financial related reports on an annual basis. If the agency chooses to submit a consolidated report to
satisfy the requirement it is called the Performance and Accountability Report (PAR). Alternatively,
the agency may submit separate financial reports. What report or report has DoD chosen to submit to
satisfy the requirements?
All ACAT 1D's are done by D,CAPE, the D,CAPE will create for other ACAT programs at the request of
USD (AT&L) - ✔✔Who creates the third cost estimate (Independent Cost Estimate)
, Allotment - Obligation - ✔✔What is the calculation for unobligated allotment
An activity with DoD component, another DoD component, or with another Federal agency - ✔✔An
economy act order can be placed with whom?
An appropriation bill (becomes law when signed by President) - ✔✔Within what type of document
does Congress specify the number of fiscal years that an appropriation account remains current and
available for new obligations?
Analogy method - ✔✔Which cost estimating method is based on direct comparison with historical
information of one similar system?
Analogy, Parametric, Engineering, Actuals, Expert - ✔✔What are the methods of cost estimating?
Analyses that tell us things about the specific collection of data - ✔✔What is descriptive statistics?
Analysis will not:
- produce results that are more valid than input data
- make final decisions
- be applied with cookbook precision
- provide relevant solutions to irrelevant questions and problems
- predict political or non-economic impacts
- be a substitute for sound judgement, management or control - ✔✔What are the limitations of
Cost/Economic Analysis?
Analyze the multiple tasks or activities required to complete a given project or work effort - ✔✔How
is the PERT method used?
Annual budget request must cover the total estimated cost to deliver a given quantity of complete
usable in the items in a 12 month funded delivery period - ✔✔Based on the full funding policy how
are annual budgets prepared
Annual Performance Report (APR) - ✔✔Report is transmitted to Congress 15 February with the
annual Congressional Budget Justification Material.
AoA - ✔✔A sufficient ___________ ensures the best, most affordable alternative solution selected
from among the potential solution.
Apportionment - Allotment - ✔✔What is the calculation to determine un-allotted apportionment
Apportionment and Reapportionment Schedule - ✔✔Although there is no apportionment for day to
day operations of working capital funds. In order to get obligation authority, what needs to be
submitted to OMB for approval?
Appropriation - ✔✔Economy act orders are subject to the same fiscal limitations as the ________
from which they are funded
Appropriation - apportionment - ✔✔What is the calculation to determine un-apportioned
appropriations
appropriations made directly to working capital funds are limited to those necessary to start, increase
in size, or replace significant losses - ✔✔When would an appropriation be needed for a working
capital fund?
Answers (100%COMPLETE ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+ 100% satisfaction
guaranteed
10 - ✔✔What is the suggested maximum number for a re-engineering team?
10 USC 2911 - ✔✔Amount of energy cost savings will be utilized as follows:
1. 1/2 will be used for implantation of additional energy conservation measures
2. improvements to existing military housing units
3. unspecified minor construction
4. morale, welfare or recreation facility service
12 appropriation bills - ✔✔House and Senate Appropriation Committees is responsible for what
during the Congressional Enactment Process?
12 month period starting with planned delivery of the first item - ✔✔What is a Funded Delivery
Period
15 Nov each year - ✔✔This report includes agency financial statements and annual statement of
assurance is due to OMB?
1974 Congressional Budget Act - ✔✔Act requires the President to submit the annual budget request
to Congress no later than the first Monday in Feb, which is almost 8 months prior to the target fiscal
year that will begin the following October.
2 years current, 5 year expired, 7 years cancelled - ✔✔What is the RDT&E appropriation life cycle
2,400m - ✔✔What are the life cycle Costs?
RDT&E - $400m
Prime mission equip procurement - $600m
Support items procurement - $50m
Initial spares procurement - $50m
MILCOM - $100m
O&M - $740m
MILPER - $460m
20% - ✔✔DCWF execute what percent of the total Defense appropriations on an annual basis
25 months
Planning - 15 months
Programming 10 months - ✔✔How long does preparation take to get to the presidents budget prior
to budget being submitted to Congress
3 - Milestone A, B, C - ✔✔How many milestones are in an Acquisition Life Cycle
3 Military Departments (Army, Navy, Air Force)
17 Defense agencies
Multiple field activites - ✔✔Who reports to the SECDEF?
3 star program review
Deputy Management Action Group (DMAG)
Secretary of Defense Large & Small Groups - ✔✔What are the OSD Decision Making Forums?
,3 years current, 5 years expired, 8 years cancelled - ✔✔What is the procurement appropriation life
cycle
400m - ✔✔What are the development Costs?
RDT&E - $400m
Prime mission equip procurement - $600m
Support items procurement - $50m
Initial spares procurement - $50m
MILCOM - $100m
O&M - $740m
MILPER - $460m
5 current, 5 year expired, 10 years cancelled - ✔✔What is the MILCON appropriation life cycle
5 years current, 5 years expired, 10 years cancelled - ✔✔What is the MILCON appropriation life cycle
5 years current, 5 years expired, 10 years cancelled - ✔✔What is the SCN procurement appropriation
life cycle
600m - ✔✔What are the flyaway Costs?
RDT&E - $400m
Prime mission equip procurement - $600m
Support items procurement - $50m
Initial spares procurement - $50m
MILCOM - $100m
O&M - $740m
MILPER - $460m
650m - ✔✔What are the weapon systems Costs?
RDT&E - $400m
Prime mission equip procurement - $600m
Support items procurement - $50m
Initial spares procurement - $50m
MILCOM - $100m
O&M - $740m
MILPER - $460m
700m - ✔✔What are the procurement Costs?
RDT&E - $400m
Prime mission equip procurement - $600m
Support items procurement - $50m
Initial spares procurement - $50m
MILCOM - $100m
O&M - $740m
MILPER - $460m
84% - ✔✔Assume a normal distribution, mean = 50, standard deviation = 10, what percent of the
data is greater than 40?
68%, 84%, 16%, impossible to tell
a combination of methods to estimate the cost of each component. The cost of the components are
then integrated to estimate the total estimated cost. - ✔✔How does the analyst create the costs
using the engineering approach?
a contract - ✔✔FMR volume 11A, Chapter 2 considers a Project Work Order to be equivalent
to________
,A line graph formed by connecting the frequency of the values (connecting dots) - ✔✔How does a
frequency polygon present information?
A measure of how a set of values is spread around the mean
+ or - 1 standard deviation - 68.27%
+ or - 2 standard deviation - 95.45%
+ or - 3 standard deviation - 99.73% - ✔✔What is standard deviation? And what is normal
distribution?
A number between -1 and 1 which measures the degree to which variables are linearly related. Closer
to 1 or -1 the better the relationship - ✔✔What is the correlation coefficient?
A statement of equality between two categories. - ✔✔How are the proportion inferential statistics
used?
a successful Full Rate Production Decision Review (FRPDR) - ✔✔Material cannot go into production
until it receives:
A successful Milestone A Decision review, completion of the AoA - ✔✔What provides entry into the
technology development phase?
ACAT 1 and ACAT 1A - ✔✔A AoA is required for what type of acquisition programs?
ACAT 1AM - MDA at the DoD level
ACAT 1AC - MDA at the component level - ✔✔Acquisition 1A programs are broken out into what two
subcategories?
ACAT 1D (MDA is at DoD level)
ACAT 1C (MDA is at Component level) - ✔✔Acquisition Category 1 (ACAT 1) are broken down into
two subcategories? (Designated by USD(AT&L))
Achieve an operational capability that satisfies mission need - ✔✔What is the purpose of the
Production and Deployment phase of the Acquisition Life Cycle?
Acquisition Program Baseline (APB); legal requirement. - ✔✔What documents cost, schedule, and
performance objectives and thresholds at program initiation?
Adaptability, availability, functionality, maintainability, morale, security, upgradability, versatility -
✔✔What are some examples of non-quantifiable benefits?
adjust the obligations and outlays of the expired account - ✔✔If you receive a refund against a prior
year obligation that is expired but not cancelled you...?
Advance Procurement - ✔✔Funds to procure certain components, material, or effort in advance of
the end item buy, to preclude serious and costly fluctuation in program continuity?
Agency Financial Report (AFR), Annual Performance Report and Summary of Performance and
Financial Information - ✔✔Federal agencies are required to submit to OMB and Congress several
financial related reports on an annual basis. If the agency chooses to submit a consolidated report to
satisfy the requirement it is called the Performance and Accountability Report (PAR). Alternatively,
the agency may submit separate financial reports. What report or report has DoD chosen to submit to
satisfy the requirements?
All ACAT 1D's are done by D,CAPE, the D,CAPE will create for other ACAT programs at the request of
USD (AT&L) - ✔✔Who creates the third cost estimate (Independent Cost Estimate)
, Allotment - Obligation - ✔✔What is the calculation for unobligated allotment
An activity with DoD component, another DoD component, or with another Federal agency - ✔✔An
economy act order can be placed with whom?
An appropriation bill (becomes law when signed by President) - ✔✔Within what type of document
does Congress specify the number of fiscal years that an appropriation account remains current and
available for new obligations?
Analogy method - ✔✔Which cost estimating method is based on direct comparison with historical
information of one similar system?
Analogy, Parametric, Engineering, Actuals, Expert - ✔✔What are the methods of cost estimating?
Analyses that tell us things about the specific collection of data - ✔✔What is descriptive statistics?
Analysis will not:
- produce results that are more valid than input data
- make final decisions
- be applied with cookbook precision
- provide relevant solutions to irrelevant questions and problems
- predict political or non-economic impacts
- be a substitute for sound judgement, management or control - ✔✔What are the limitations of
Cost/Economic Analysis?
Analyze the multiple tasks or activities required to complete a given project or work effort - ✔✔How
is the PERT method used?
Annual budget request must cover the total estimated cost to deliver a given quantity of complete
usable in the items in a 12 month funded delivery period - ✔✔Based on the full funding policy how
are annual budgets prepared
Annual Performance Report (APR) - ✔✔Report is transmitted to Congress 15 February with the
annual Congressional Budget Justification Material.
AoA - ✔✔A sufficient ___________ ensures the best, most affordable alternative solution selected
from among the potential solution.
Apportionment - Allotment - ✔✔What is the calculation to determine un-allotted apportionment
Apportionment and Reapportionment Schedule - ✔✔Although there is no apportionment for day to
day operations of working capital funds. In order to get obligation authority, what needs to be
submitted to OMB for approval?
Appropriation - ✔✔Economy act orders are subject to the same fiscal limitations as the ________
from which they are funded
Appropriation - apportionment - ✔✔What is the calculation to determine un-apportioned
appropriations
appropriations made directly to working capital funds are limited to those necessary to start, increase
in size, or replace significant losses - ✔✔When would an appropriation be needed for a working
capital fund?
