Security Program Integration Professional
Certification (SPIPC) Questions with Definitive
Solutions.
Given the incident, what is an example of an organization complying with security policy, but
the measure(s) it implemented appear to be ineffective? - Answer: • The appropriate signage
and notices are posted in appropriate areas, but are potentially ineffective considering a history
of uncleared personnel gaining access to restricted areas.
How do security policies and programs contribute to managing risks to Department of Defense
(DoD) assets? - Answer: • Security policies manage risks to DoD assets by specifying baseline
requirements for protecting categories of DoD assets, and by identifying who is responsible and
accountable for executing those requirements.
• Security programs manage risks to DoD assets by administering those security policies and
ensuring hose baseline requirements are being executed per policy.
What is the purpose of the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPB&E) process?
- Answer: • The PPB&E process is how DoD allocates its resources. It is how DoD and its
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, contractors manage to stay within their fiscal budget while following Secretary of Defense
(SECDEF) policy, strategy, and goals.
What are the major outcomes of the Planning stage of the PPB&E process? - Answer: • Office of
the Secretary of Defense •• (OSD) and Joint Staff collaboratively articulate resource-informed
national defense policies and military strategy - the Strategic Planning Guidance (SPG).
• The SPG serves as input to an enhanced planning process. This process results in a set of
budget conscious priorities for program development - the Defense/Joint Programming
Guidance (DPG).
• The Joint Planning Guidance (JPG) serves as the link between the planning and programming
phases of the PPB&E process.
What are the major outcomes of the Programming stage of the PPB&E process? - Answer:
Programming
• In this PPB&E phase, each DoD department and agency develops a POM (Program Objective
Memorandum) that describes, in detail, their proposed budget for the next six years. Each POM
balances program budgets as set in the DPG.
• OSD and Joint Staff then review each POM and integrate them all into an overall coherent
Defense program. OSD and Joint Staff also propose alternatives and/or marginally adjust
budgets to address shortfalls or any issues with any portion of any POM.
• SECDEF then settles any unresolved issues and writes them up in a Program Decision
Memorandum (PDM).
What are the major outcomes of the Budgeting stage of the PPB&E process? - Answer: •
Budgeting happens at the same time as programming.
• Each DoD department and agency submits a budget estimate along with its POM.
• Each DoD department and agency also translates its budget estimate for the next two years
into the Congressional appropriation structure format, and then submits it.
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Certification (SPIPC) Questions with Definitive
Solutions.
Given the incident, what is an example of an organization complying with security policy, but
the measure(s) it implemented appear to be ineffective? - Answer: • The appropriate signage
and notices are posted in appropriate areas, but are potentially ineffective considering a history
of uncleared personnel gaining access to restricted areas.
How do security policies and programs contribute to managing risks to Department of Defense
(DoD) assets? - Answer: • Security policies manage risks to DoD assets by specifying baseline
requirements for protecting categories of DoD assets, and by identifying who is responsible and
accountable for executing those requirements.
• Security programs manage risks to DoD assets by administering those security policies and
ensuring hose baseline requirements are being executed per policy.
What is the purpose of the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPB&E) process?
- Answer: • The PPB&E process is how DoD allocates its resources. It is how DoD and its
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, contractors manage to stay within their fiscal budget while following Secretary of Defense
(SECDEF) policy, strategy, and goals.
What are the major outcomes of the Planning stage of the PPB&E process? - Answer: • Office of
the Secretary of Defense •• (OSD) and Joint Staff collaboratively articulate resource-informed
national defense policies and military strategy - the Strategic Planning Guidance (SPG).
• The SPG serves as input to an enhanced planning process. This process results in a set of
budget conscious priorities for program development - the Defense/Joint Programming
Guidance (DPG).
• The Joint Planning Guidance (JPG) serves as the link between the planning and programming
phases of the PPB&E process.
What are the major outcomes of the Programming stage of the PPB&E process? - Answer:
Programming
• In this PPB&E phase, each DoD department and agency develops a POM (Program Objective
Memorandum) that describes, in detail, their proposed budget for the next six years. Each POM
balances program budgets as set in the DPG.
• OSD and Joint Staff then review each POM and integrate them all into an overall coherent
Defense program. OSD and Joint Staff also propose alternatives and/or marginally adjust
budgets to address shortfalls or any issues with any portion of any POM.
• SECDEF then settles any unresolved issues and writes them up in a Program Decision
Memorandum (PDM).
What are the major outcomes of the Budgeting stage of the PPB&E process? - Answer: •
Budgeting happens at the same time as programming.
• Each DoD department and agency submits a budget estimate along with its POM.
• Each DoD department and agency also translates its budget estimate for the next two years
into the Congressional appropriation structure format, and then submits it.
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