Exam (elaborations) CDFM Module 2

8/1/25, 7:38 PM CDFM Module 2




CDFM Module 2 ACTUAL EXAM 2025-2026
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3 star program review
What are the OSD
Deputy Management Action Group (DMAG)
Decision Making Forums?
Secretary of Defense Large & Small Groups

What law identifies the Goldwater Nichols DoD Reorganization Act 1986
Chairman Joint Chiefs of
Staff as senior ranking
member of the Armed
Services

The military operational The Secretary of Defense to the Combatent
chain of command runs Commanders
from the President to
whom

The Commanders of the President and Secretary of Defense
Combatant Commands
are responsible to whom
for accomplishing the
assigned military mission?

The Chairman of the Joint President, National Security Council, Secretary of
Chiefs of Staff is the Defense
principal advisor to which
officials and/or
organizations?




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Who serves as Chairman President
of the National Security
Council

Name the three major Planning, Programming, Budget
phases of the PPBE
process that result in the
DoD portion of the
Presidents Budget that is
submitted to Congress

What is the name of the PPBE (planning, programming, Budget, execution)
process used by the DoD
to determine the dollar
amounts for programs to
be submitted to Congress
as part of the Presidents
Budget

What is the title of the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)
senior OSD official
responsible for the
planning phase of the
PPBE process

What is the title of the Director, Cost Assessment and Program evaluation
senior OSD official who is D,CAPE
responsible for issuing
programming guidance?

What is the title of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief
senior OSD official who is Financial Officer
principal advisor and
assistent to the SECDEF
for budget and financial
matters?




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The Under Secretary of Defense Acquisition Board (DAB)
Defense (Acquisition,
Technology & Logistics)
serves as the Chairman of
what Board

Assume todays date is 1 POM 2017 - 2021
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

What is the title of the final Defense Planning Guidance (DPG)
document of the planning
phase?

What is the title of the Integrated Program/Budget Review Guidance
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?

What is the name of the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP)
automated database that
summarizes all forces,
resources, and equipment
associated with programs
approved by the
Secretary of Defense?

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What is the phase of the Budgeting (Budget Development)
PPBE process in which
programmatic decisions
are translated into
requested resources in an
appropriations format

What is the name of the Chairman's Program Assessment (CPA) {Chairman,
document prepare by the JCS}
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)

Near the end of the Issue Resolution
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?




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