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CDFM MODULE 1 EXAM LATEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
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. - ANSWER-Appropriation
In the Congressional Action Phase, who holds hearing in January
in preperation for drafting the concurrent resolution of the budget?
- ANSWER-Budget Committees
Budget Committees this to their respective houses. The resolution
sets spending revenue and other budget targets for the upcoming
fiscal year. - ANSWER-Concurrent Resolution - April of each year
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. - ANSWER-
Scorekeeping
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What data does scorekeeping track? - ANSWER-budget authority,
receipts, outlays, surplus or deficit, and the public debt
This resolution fixes new budget authority and outlay target and
establishes target for the Gross National Debt, revenues, and
surplus/deficit. - ANSWER-Budget Resolution
This resolution does not require the signature of the President. It
is the first step in the Congressional Budget Process. - ANSWER-
Concurrent Budget Resolution
This Bill may not exceed the ceilings set in the CBR w/out a 60%
majority vote of the entire congress & CBO monitors for
compliance. - ANSWER-Annual Appropriation Bill
Defense, Military Construction/Veterans Affairs & Energy and
Water - ANSWER-Defense Relates Appropriations Acts
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When a statutes language is not clear as written, the best place to
go for interpretation of the law is where? - ANSWER-Legislative
History
Who will provide DoDs position on appeal items? - ANSWER-
SECDEF
Amends the budgets submission prior to completion of a
congressional act....they have been submitted but not yet
processed by congress - ANSWER-Budget Amendments
Normally transmitted to Congress as requests to provide funds in
addition to amounts already appropriated for the ongoing fiscal
year. - ANSWER-Supplmental Requests
What provides budget authority for specific ongoing activities for a
specific period of time? - ANSWER-Continuing Resolution (CR)
CDFM MODULE 1 EXAM LATEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
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. - ANSWER-Appropriation
In the Congressional Action Phase, who holds hearing in January
in preperation for drafting the concurrent resolution of the budget?
- ANSWER-Budget Committees
Budget Committees this to their respective houses. The resolution
sets spending revenue and other budget targets for the upcoming
fiscal year. - ANSWER-Concurrent Resolution - April of each year
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. - ANSWER-
Scorekeeping
,2|Page
What data does scorekeeping track? - ANSWER-budget authority,
receipts, outlays, surplus or deficit, and the public debt
This resolution fixes new budget authority and outlay target and
establishes target for the Gross National Debt, revenues, and
surplus/deficit. - ANSWER-Budget Resolution
This resolution does not require the signature of the President. It
is the first step in the Congressional Budget Process. - ANSWER-
Concurrent Budget Resolution
This Bill may not exceed the ceilings set in the CBR w/out a 60%
majority vote of the entire congress & CBO monitors for
compliance. - ANSWER-Annual Appropriation Bill
Defense, Military Construction/Veterans Affairs & Energy and
Water - ANSWER-Defense Relates Appropriations Acts
, 3|Page
When a statutes language is not clear as written, the best place to
go for interpretation of the law is where? - ANSWER-Legislative
History
Who will provide DoDs position on appeal items? - ANSWER-
SECDEF
Amends the budgets submission prior to completion of a
congressional act....they have been submitted but not yet
processed by congress - ANSWER-Budget Amendments
Normally transmitted to Congress as requests to provide funds in
addition to amounts already appropriated for the ongoing fiscal
year. - ANSWER-Supplmental Requests
What provides budget authority for specific ongoing activities for a
specific period of time? - ANSWER-Continuing Resolution (CR)
