CGSC F100 2025 UPDATE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS MOST TESTED QUESTIONS/STUDY GUIDE
[GET EVERTHING CORRECT]
Force Management - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..The process the Army uses to manage change
while balancing needs (today and in the future) with resource constraints. It
encompasses overarching domains of Capability Development, Force Development,
Materiel Development, and Force Integration.
- Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS)
- Planning, Programming, Budgeting Execution (PPBE) System
- Defense Acquisition System (DAS) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Force Management uses many
processes, including three critical Department of Defense (DOD) decision support
systems. They are:
- Organizes
- Funds
- Provides Oversight - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Although the President is the Commander-in-
Chief, Congress also has authorities in relation to the Army. One power that Congress
has over DOD is:
- Recruiting
- Organizing
- Supplying
- Training
- Servicing
- Mobilizing
- Demobilizing
- Maintaining
- Equipping
- Administering
- The construction, outfitting, and repair of military equipment
- The construction, maintenance, and repair of buildings, structures, and utilities and the
acquisition of real property - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Title 10, Section 7013, Secretary of the
Army (SECARMY) performance functions (12):
- Army Commands (ACOMs)
- Army Service Component Commands (ASCC)
- Direct Reporting Units (DRU)
,- Field Operating Agency (FOA) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Four types of organizations that help
HQDA meet their Title 10 functions and form the Army structure.
Administrative Control (ADCON) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Authority/relationship that Army
retains when units are assigned or allocated to a combatant commander that allows it to
meet its Title 10 responsibilities. It is NOT a command (C2) relationship.
True - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..(True/False) ASCCs are heavily engaged in Title 10 management
of units working for a combatant command.
True - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..(True/False) ASCCs can further delegate ADCON to the senior
Army HQ operating in a particular area.
False (it's an authority) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..(True/False) ADCON is a command
relationship.
Modified Tables of Organization and Equipment (MTOE) / Tables of Distribution and
Allowances (TDA) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..USAFMSA (United States Army Force Management
Support Agency) develops authorization documents through the Force management
System (FMS). This process results in the generation of organizational authorizations
document as one of these two items:
Balanced / Affordable - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..An objective of Total Army Analysis (TAA) is to
provide the Army with the proper mix of organizations resulting in _____ and _____
force structure to meet future requirements.
- Provide the analytical underpinnings for justification of the POM force
- Assures continuity of force structure requirements within the PPBE process
- Provides the basis for structuring organizational, materiel, and personnel
requirements, authorizations, and programs - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Objectives of Total Army
Analysis (TAA)
Command Plan - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..This plan is the post-Total Army Analysis (TAA)
process that develops the personnel, and equipment requirements (MTOE/TDA) and
authorizations at MOS/grade and LIN level of detail for the Master Force.
Army Structure Memorandum (ARSTRUC) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..The baseline for the
Command Plan submission is the latest HQDA Master Force lock point and the latest of
this HQDA approved document.
Structure and Manpower Allocation System (SAMAS) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..The force
structure database of record and accounting system for all current and planned MTOE
and TDA units in the Total Army.
, Unit Identification Code (UIC) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..The Army documents the programmed
and budgeted force to this level of detail to ensure that organizations may place
demands on the Army's functional systems.
HQDA G3/5/7 - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..The Army lead organization to synchronize Force
Integration (FI) efforts and develop priorities across the Integrated Resource Priorities
List (IRPL), Dynamic Army Resource Priority List (DARPL), and Active Component
Manning Guidance (ACMG).
- Integrated Resource Priority List (IRPL)
- Dynamic Army Resource Priority List (DARPL)
- Active Component Manning Guidance (ACMG) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..The Army major
prioritization documents include:
Dynamic Army Resource Priority List (DARPL) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..In support of Force
Integration (FI), this document aligns UICs to IRPL categories & ranks UICs "1 to N".
Updates are published when a new IRPL is published, twice per year after each
ARSTRUC & Force Lock (summer/winter) or given a significant change in force
disposition (i.e., drawdowns).
Integrated Resource Priority List (IRPL) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..In support of Force Integration
(FI), this document collates Joint Service Guidance & Army Priority Categories by
aligning capabilities to Standards Requirement Code (SRC) level. It is updated as
needed by the DAMO-SS.
Active Component Manning Guidance (ACMG) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..In support of Force
Integration (FI), this document establishes Active Component (AC) manning priorities,
manning goals, and responsibilities at all levels. It is published based on IRPL/DARPL
publication.
Manpower Management - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..What is a G3 function that deals with MTOE
requirements & authorizations, or "spaces"?
Personnel Management - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..What is a G1 function that deals with "faces"?
Strength:
- Operating Strength
Account:
- Trainees, Transients, Holdees, and Students (TTHS) Account - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..The
Army Active Component Total Strength is composed of this strength and account.
Active Component Manning Guidance (ACMG) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Guidance that
establishes levels of fill based on unit missions and provides a mitigation strategy for
personnel shortages to the Army community.
ANSWERS MOST TESTED QUESTIONS/STUDY GUIDE
[GET EVERTHING CORRECT]
Force Management - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..The process the Army uses to manage change
while balancing needs (today and in the future) with resource constraints. It
encompasses overarching domains of Capability Development, Force Development,
Materiel Development, and Force Integration.
- Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS)
- Planning, Programming, Budgeting Execution (PPBE) System
- Defense Acquisition System (DAS) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Force Management uses many
processes, including three critical Department of Defense (DOD) decision support
systems. They are:
- Organizes
- Funds
- Provides Oversight - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Although the President is the Commander-in-
Chief, Congress also has authorities in relation to the Army. One power that Congress
has over DOD is:
- Recruiting
- Organizing
- Supplying
- Training
- Servicing
- Mobilizing
- Demobilizing
- Maintaining
- Equipping
- Administering
- The construction, outfitting, and repair of military equipment
- The construction, maintenance, and repair of buildings, structures, and utilities and the
acquisition of real property - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Title 10, Section 7013, Secretary of the
Army (SECARMY) performance functions (12):
- Army Commands (ACOMs)
- Army Service Component Commands (ASCC)
- Direct Reporting Units (DRU)
,- Field Operating Agency (FOA) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Four types of organizations that help
HQDA meet their Title 10 functions and form the Army structure.
Administrative Control (ADCON) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Authority/relationship that Army
retains when units are assigned or allocated to a combatant commander that allows it to
meet its Title 10 responsibilities. It is NOT a command (C2) relationship.
True - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..(True/False) ASCCs are heavily engaged in Title 10 management
of units working for a combatant command.
True - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..(True/False) ASCCs can further delegate ADCON to the senior
Army HQ operating in a particular area.
False (it's an authority) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..(True/False) ADCON is a command
relationship.
Modified Tables of Organization and Equipment (MTOE) / Tables of Distribution and
Allowances (TDA) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..USAFMSA (United States Army Force Management
Support Agency) develops authorization documents through the Force management
System (FMS). This process results in the generation of organizational authorizations
document as one of these two items:
Balanced / Affordable - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..An objective of Total Army Analysis (TAA) is to
provide the Army with the proper mix of organizations resulting in _____ and _____
force structure to meet future requirements.
- Provide the analytical underpinnings for justification of the POM force
- Assures continuity of force structure requirements within the PPBE process
- Provides the basis for structuring organizational, materiel, and personnel
requirements, authorizations, and programs - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Objectives of Total Army
Analysis (TAA)
Command Plan - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..This plan is the post-Total Army Analysis (TAA)
process that develops the personnel, and equipment requirements (MTOE/TDA) and
authorizations at MOS/grade and LIN level of detail for the Master Force.
Army Structure Memorandum (ARSTRUC) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..The baseline for the
Command Plan submission is the latest HQDA Master Force lock point and the latest of
this HQDA approved document.
Structure and Manpower Allocation System (SAMAS) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..The force
structure database of record and accounting system for all current and planned MTOE
and TDA units in the Total Army.
, Unit Identification Code (UIC) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..The Army documents the programmed
and budgeted force to this level of detail to ensure that organizations may place
demands on the Army's functional systems.
HQDA G3/5/7 - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..The Army lead organization to synchronize Force
Integration (FI) efforts and develop priorities across the Integrated Resource Priorities
List (IRPL), Dynamic Army Resource Priority List (DARPL), and Active Component
Manning Guidance (ACMG).
- Integrated Resource Priority List (IRPL)
- Dynamic Army Resource Priority List (DARPL)
- Active Component Manning Guidance (ACMG) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..The Army major
prioritization documents include:
Dynamic Army Resource Priority List (DARPL) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..In support of Force
Integration (FI), this document aligns UICs to IRPL categories & ranks UICs "1 to N".
Updates are published when a new IRPL is published, twice per year after each
ARSTRUC & Force Lock (summer/winter) or given a significant change in force
disposition (i.e., drawdowns).
Integrated Resource Priority List (IRPL) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..In support of Force Integration
(FI), this document collates Joint Service Guidance & Army Priority Categories by
aligning capabilities to Standards Requirement Code (SRC) level. It is updated as
needed by the DAMO-SS.
Active Component Manning Guidance (ACMG) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..In support of Force
Integration (FI), this document establishes Active Component (AC) manning priorities,
manning goals, and responsibilities at all levels. It is published based on IRPL/DARPL
publication.
Manpower Management - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..What is a G3 function that deals with MTOE
requirements & authorizations, or "spaces"?
Personnel Management - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..What is a G1 function that deals with "faces"?
Strength:
- Operating Strength
Account:
- Trainees, Transients, Holdees, and Students (TTHS) Account - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..The
Army Active Component Total Strength is composed of this strength and account.
Active Component Manning Guidance (ACMG) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Guidance that
establishes levels of fill based on unit missions and provides a mitigation strategy for
personnel shortages to the Army community.
