CDFM MODULE 2 COMPREHENSIVE TEST
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS EXPERT VERIFIED GRADED A+
◉ The military operational chain of command runs from the
President to whom? Answer: The SecDef to the Combatant
Commanders
◉ The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the principal military
advisor to which officials and/or organizations? Answer: The
President, The National Security Council, and the SecDef
◉ Who serves as the Chairman of the National Security Council?
Answer: The President
◉ Name the three major phases of the PPBE process that result in
the DoD portion of the President's budget that is submitted to
congress? Answer: PPB-Planning, Programming, Budget
◉ What is the name of the process used by DoD to determine the
dollar amounts for programs to be submitted to Congress as part of
the President's budget? Answer: PPBE process
,◉ What is the title of the senior OSD official responsible for the
planning phase of the PPBE process? Answer: Undersecretary of
Defense-Policy
◉ What is the title of the senior OSD official responsible for issuing
programing guidance? Answer: Director, Cost Assessment and
Program Evaluation (CAPE)
◉ What is the title of the senior OSD official who is the principal
advisor and assistant to the SECDEF for budget and fiscal matters?
Answer: USDC/CFO (Under Secretary of Defense-Comptroller
◉ The Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisitions, Technology and
Logistics) serves as the Chairman of what Board? Answer: DAB
(Defense Acquisition Board)
◉ Assume today's 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? Answer:
POM 2017-2021
◉ What is the title of the final document of the planning phase?
Answer: DPG-Defense Planning Guidance
, ◉ 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 the POM and BES submissions?
Answer: Integrated Program/Budget Review Guidance
◉ What is the name of the automates database that summarizes all
forces, resources, and equipment associated with programs
approved by the SECDEF? Answer: FYDP Future Years Defense
Program
◉ What is the phase of the PPBE process in which programmatic
decisions are translated into requested resources in an
appropriations format? Answer: Budgeting (Budget Development)
◉ What is the name of the document prepared 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?
Answer: CPA Chairman's Program Assessment
◉ 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? Answer: Issue Resolution
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS EXPERT VERIFIED GRADED A+
◉ The military operational chain of command runs from the
President to whom? Answer: The SecDef to the Combatant
Commanders
◉ The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the principal military
advisor to which officials and/or organizations? Answer: The
President, The National Security Council, and the SecDef
◉ Who serves as the Chairman of the National Security Council?
Answer: The President
◉ Name the three major phases of the PPBE process that result in
the DoD portion of the President's budget that is submitted to
congress? Answer: PPB-Planning, Programming, Budget
◉ What is the name of the process used by DoD to determine the
dollar amounts for programs to be submitted to Congress as part of
the President's budget? Answer: PPBE process
,◉ What is the title of the senior OSD official responsible for the
planning phase of the PPBE process? Answer: Undersecretary of
Defense-Policy
◉ What is the title of the senior OSD official responsible for issuing
programing guidance? Answer: Director, Cost Assessment and
Program Evaluation (CAPE)
◉ What is the title of the senior OSD official who is the principal
advisor and assistant to the SECDEF for budget and fiscal matters?
Answer: USDC/CFO (Under Secretary of Defense-Comptroller
◉ The Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisitions, Technology and
Logistics) serves as the Chairman of what Board? Answer: DAB
(Defense Acquisition Board)
◉ Assume today's 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? Answer:
POM 2017-2021
◉ What is the title of the final document of the planning phase?
Answer: DPG-Defense Planning Guidance
, ◉ 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 the POM and BES submissions?
Answer: Integrated Program/Budget Review Guidance
◉ What is the name of the automates database that summarizes all
forces, resources, and equipment associated with programs
approved by the SECDEF? Answer: FYDP Future Years Defense
Program
◉ What is the phase of the PPBE process in which programmatic
decisions are translated into requested resources in an
appropriations format? Answer: Budgeting (Budget Development)
◉ What is the name of the document prepared 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?
Answer: CPA Chairman's Program Assessment
◉ 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? Answer: Issue Resolution
