F106B Quiz Answers 2023

QU ES T ION 1 1. What is the element of the planning, programming, budgeting, and execution (PPBE) process which might be described as "planning with dollars, or the planning phase outputs? A. Planning B. Programming C. Budgeting QU ES T ION 2 1. The Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) is used to show anticipated development of various programs across the Department of Defense (DOD). What might those programs entail? A. Funds for Research and Development, Covert Operations, Space Integration, and Net Zero efforts B. The Army Vision, The Army Strategy, The Army Mission Accomplishment Package, and the Reserve Component Domestic Contingency Fund C. Installation construction, equipment procurement and upgrades, changes in manpower specialties and quantities QU ES T ION 3 1. Which of the following is an output of the planning, programming, budgeting, and execution (PPBE) process? A. National strategic documents B. The Army Plan C. Future Years Defense Program QU ES T ION 4 1. What is the primary source of guidance that directs the entire planning, programming, budgeting, and execution (PPBE) process? A. The policies of the Commander-in-Chief B. The position of the Secretary of the Army and Secretary of Defense vis-a-vis Title 10 C. National strategic documents, such as the national security strategy (NSS) and the national defense strategy (NDS) QU ES T ION 5 1. When does the planning, programming, budgeting, and execution (PPBE) process actually start? A. PPBE is a process that is continually happening, and all its steps are simultaneously occurring for different programs and fiscal year budgets. B. Although not a hard-fast rule, PPBE starts in October, with the fiscal year. C. The start and stop time for PPBE is dependent on the start date for the affiliated Army program. QU ES T ION 6 1. What type of document within the planning, programming, budgeting, and execution (PPBE) context are normally classified as either "authorization" or "appropriation?" A. National strategic documents B. Army program elements (APEs) C. Bills QU ES T ION 7 1. The program objective memorandum (POM) is the last years of the seven-year Future Years Defense Program (FYDP). A. three B. two C. five QU ES T ION 8 1. Collectively, management decision execution packages (MDEPs) account for all . A. Army resources B. sustainment resources C. manning resources QU ES T ION 9 1. The planning, programming, budgeting, and execution (PPBE) process aligns US military posture with national security objectives and . A. Army Modernization Enterprise B. Resource limitations C. The Army Plan QU ES T ION 10 1. Each program evaluation group (PEG) sets the scope, quantity, and qualitative nature of . A. personnel B. material acquisitions C. resource requirements 2nd Score: 80 /100 Correct/ Incorrect QU ES T ION 1 1. Which of the following is the term for the 12 categories the Department of Defense (DOD) uses to allocate resources? A. short-term projects (STPs) B. management decision execution packages (MDEPs) C. major force packages (MFPs) QU ES T ION 2 1. What is the element of the planning, programming, budgeting, and execution (PPBE) process which might be described as "planning with dollars, or the planning phase outputs? A. Planning B. Programming C. Budgeting QU ES T ION 3 1. Which statement is correct regarding the planning, programming, budgeting, and execution (PPBE) process? A. The process is run by the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). B. It is the Department of Defense's resource management system. C. This process of one of many options to manage resources and can be applied at the discretion of executive officers. QU ES T ION 4 1. What process facilitates the reapplication of funds from one project to another within the same appropriation or transfers funds from one appropriation to another to resolve financial shortfalls or to adjust programs to meet unforeseen requirements? A. Program objective memorandum (POM)/budget estimate submission (BES) B. Reprogramming C. The Army Plan QU ES T ION 5 1. Which of the following refers to the smaller individual subcomponents that combine to make up program evaluation groups (PEGs)? A. Short-term projects (STPs) B. Management decision execution packages (MDEPs) C. Special visibility programs (SVPs) QU ES T ION 6 1. Which of the following terms is defined as the art of translating guidance into capability through the balanced application of limited resources? A. Programming B. Budgeting C. Planning QU ES T ION 7 1. Program evaluation groups (PEGs), Army program elements (APEs), and management decision execution packages (MDEPs), are all basic building blocks of the Army budget. What is the basic sequence of these budgetary building blocks? A. PEGs are made of MDEPs, and MDEPs are made of APEs. B. APEs are made up of MDEPs, and MDEPs are made up of PEGs. C. APEs are made up of PEGs, but MDEPs are stand-alone constructs. QU ES T ION 8 1. Which of the following is an output of the planning, programming, budgeting, and execution (PPBE) process? A. National strategic documents B. The Army Plan C. Future Years Defense Program QU ES T ION 9 1. As a staff officer or commander spending money at your unit, you are participating in which phase of planning, programming, budgeting, and execution (PPBE)? A. Execution B. Planning C. Budgeting QU ES T ION 10 1. Which of the following is produced to show projected program development over a seven year timeframe? A. The Future Years Defense Program B. The Army Strategy C. The Quadrennial Defense Review 3rd Score: 90 /100 Correct/ Incorrect QU ES T ION 1 1. Each program evaluation group (PEG) sets the scope, quantity, and qualitative nature of . A. personnel B. material acquisitions C. resource requirements QU ES T ION 2 1. Who reviews the budget estimate submission (BES)? A. Cost analysis and program evaluation (CAPE) B. Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) C. Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) QU ES T ION 3 1. Which of the following is the term for the 12 categories the Department of Defense (DOD) uses to allocate resources? A. short-term projects (STPs) B. management decision execution packages (MDEPs) C. major force packages (MFPs) QU ES T ION 4 1. Where do we find the fiscal and manpower resources needed to achieve an objective or plan? A. Sensitive compartmented information facility (SCIF) B. Army program element (APE) C. Management decision execution package (MDEP) QU ES T ION 5 1. Program evaluation groups (PEGs), Army program elements (APEs), and management decision execution packages (MDEPs), are all basic building blocks of the Army budget. What is the basic sequence of these budgetary building blocks? A. PEGs are made of MDEPs, and MDEPs are made of APEs. B. APEs are made up of MDEPs, and MDEPs are made up of PEGs. C. APEs are made up of PEGs, but MDEPs are stand-alone constructs. QU ES T ION 6 1. Which of the following categories describe all the resources used within Army programs? A. Army program elements (APEs) B. Short-term projects (STPs) C. Major force packages (MFPs) QU ES T ION 7 1. The description of reallocating funds within the Army from areas of lower priority, to areas of higher priority as described in the "Shark Tank" reading illustrate which of the following? A. The vastly complex and participatory nature of the entire process B. The simplicity of the process once the vetting process of prioritization is resolved C. The stability of the PPBE process, and the high degree of certainty the system creates QU ES T ION 8 1. Which of the following is important to remember about planning, programming, budgeting, and execution (PPBE)? A. It is a singular process that only occurs once a year. B. The process is continually happening with all steps occurring simultaneously for different programs. C. It is important to be flexible with timelines and order of steps. QU ES T ION 9 1. What office reviews the program objective memorandum (POM) and the budget estimate submission (BES)? A. The POM is reviewed by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, while the BES is reviewed by the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). B. In accordance with the Goldwater Act, The Office of the Secretary of the Army reviews both. C. The POM is reviewed by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, while the BES is reviewed by the Chief of Staff, Army. QU ES T ION 10 1. What is the primary source of guidance that directs the entire planning, programming, budgeting, and execution (PPBE) process? A. The policies of the Commander-in-Chief B. The position of the Secretary of the Army and Secretary of Defense vis-a-vis Title 10 C. National strategic documents, such as the national security strategy (NSS) and the national defense strategy (NDS)