CDFM Exam Module 2-1 Complete Questions
with verified answers
What law identifies the CJCS as the senior ranking member of the armed forces?
Goldwater Nichols DoD Reorganization Act of 1986
The military operational chain of command runs from the President to whom?
President to SecDef to Commanders of Combatant Commands
The Commanders of Combatant Commands are responsible to whom for accomplishing the assigned
military mission?
President & SecDef
The CJCS is the principal military advisor to which (3) officials and/or organizations?
President, NSC, and SecDef
Who serves as the chairman of the NSC?
President
Name the (3) major phases of the PPBE process that result in the DoD portion of the President's
Budget that is submitted to Congress?
What is the name of the process used by DoD to determine the $ amounts for programs to be
submitted to Congress as part of the President's budget?
What is the title of the senior OSD official responsible for the planning phase of PPBE?
What is the title of the senior OSD official responsible for issuing programming guidance?
DoD Mission?
To provide the military forces needed to deter war and protect the security of our country
What is OSD?
OSD is the staff to the SecDef/ DepSecDef and helps manage DoD
(5) Under Secretaries and (1) Director in OSD?
U/S for AT&L
U/S for Policy
U/S for Personnel & Readiness
U/S for Comptroller (CFO)
U/S for Intelligence
Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation
(4) senior OSD officials?
Director of Operational Test and Evaluation
, General Counsel
Inspector General
Assistant Secretaries of Defense
(2) elements to the Goldwater Nichols DoD Reorganization Act of 1986
Identified the CJCS as the senior ranking member of the armed forces
CJCS is the principal military advisor to the President, NSC, and SecDef
JCS Organizational Structure
SecDef, DepSecDef
CJCS, Vice CJCS
CoS Army, CNO, CMC, CoS Air Force, CoNGB
Director, Joint Staff
J-1 Manpower, J-2 Intel, J-3 Ops, J-4 Logistics, J-5 Plans & Policy, J-6 Com, Ctrl, Comm & Comp Sys, J-7
Op Plans & Joint Force Development, J-8 Force Structure, Resources & Assessment
Combatant Commands Structure (w/ 9 commands)
President
SecDef, DepSecDef
NorCom, PacCom, SouthCom, CentCom, EurCom, AfriCom, SOC, StratCom, TransCom
(2) Elements of Combatant Commands
Military commands with broad continuing missions
All military forces are assigned under the jurisdiction of a combatant command to perform the
assigned missions
(2) Elements to Civilian Control of the Military
Operational chain of command runs from the President to the SecDef to the commanders of the
ComComs
CJCS functions w/i the chain of command by transmitting to the commanders of the ComComs
(2) Elements of the National Security Council
Principal forum for consideration of national security and foreign policy matters
Established by the National Security Act of 1947
(2) Statutory Advisors and (5) Standing Principal Members of the National Security Council
CJCS
Director of National Intelligence
President of the US (Chairman)
VP
with verified answers
What law identifies the CJCS as the senior ranking member of the armed forces?
Goldwater Nichols DoD Reorganization Act of 1986
The military operational chain of command runs from the President to whom?
President to SecDef to Commanders of Combatant Commands
The Commanders of Combatant Commands are responsible to whom for accomplishing the assigned
military mission?
President & SecDef
The CJCS is the principal military advisor to which (3) officials and/or organizations?
President, NSC, and SecDef
Who serves as the chairman of the NSC?
President
Name the (3) major phases of the PPBE process that result in the DoD portion of the President's
Budget that is submitted to Congress?
What is the name of the process used by DoD to determine the $ amounts for programs to be
submitted to Congress as part of the President's budget?
What is the title of the senior OSD official responsible for the planning phase of PPBE?
What is the title of the senior OSD official responsible for issuing programming guidance?
DoD Mission?
To provide the military forces needed to deter war and protect the security of our country
What is OSD?
OSD is the staff to the SecDef/ DepSecDef and helps manage DoD
(5) Under Secretaries and (1) Director in OSD?
U/S for AT&L
U/S for Policy
U/S for Personnel & Readiness
U/S for Comptroller (CFO)
U/S for Intelligence
Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation
(4) senior OSD officials?
Director of Operational Test and Evaluation
, General Counsel
Inspector General
Assistant Secretaries of Defense
(2) elements to the Goldwater Nichols DoD Reorganization Act of 1986
Identified the CJCS as the senior ranking member of the armed forces
CJCS is the principal military advisor to the President, NSC, and SecDef
JCS Organizational Structure
SecDef, DepSecDef
CJCS, Vice CJCS
CoS Army, CNO, CMC, CoS Air Force, CoNGB
Director, Joint Staff
J-1 Manpower, J-2 Intel, J-3 Ops, J-4 Logistics, J-5 Plans & Policy, J-6 Com, Ctrl, Comm & Comp Sys, J-7
Op Plans & Joint Force Development, J-8 Force Structure, Resources & Assessment
Combatant Commands Structure (w/ 9 commands)
President
SecDef, DepSecDef
NorCom, PacCom, SouthCom, CentCom, EurCom, AfriCom, SOC, StratCom, TransCom
(2) Elements of Combatant Commands
Military commands with broad continuing missions
All military forces are assigned under the jurisdiction of a combatant command to perform the
assigned missions
(2) Elements to Civilian Control of the Military
Operational chain of command runs from the President to the SecDef to the commanders of the
ComComs
CJCS functions w/i the chain of command by transmitting to the commanders of the ComComs
(2) Elements of the National Security Council
Principal forum for consideration of national security and foreign policy matters
Established by the National Security Act of 1947
(2) Statutory Advisors and (5) Standing Principal Members of the National Security Council
CJCS
Director of National Intelligence
President of the US (Chairman)
VP
