CDFM Exam Module 2-1 Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) What law identifies the CJCS as the senior ranking member of the armed forces? - Correct Answers ✅Goldwater Nichols DoD Reorganization Act of 1986 The military operational chain of command runs from the President to whom? - Correct Answers ✅President to SecDef to Commanders of Combatant Commands The Commanders of Combatant Commands are responsible to whom for accomplishing the assigned military mission? - Correct Answers ✅President & SecDef The CJCS is the principal military advisor to which (3) officials and/or organizations? - Correct Answers ✅President, NSC, and SecDef Who serves as the chairman of the NSC? - Correct Answers ✅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? - Correct Answers ✅ 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? - Correct Answers ✅ 1 / 3
CDFM Exam Module 2-1 Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) What is the title of the senior OSD official responsible for the planning phase of PPBE? - Correct Answers ✅ What is the title of the senior OSD official responsible for issuing programming guidance? - Correct Answers ✅ DoD Mission? - Correct Answers ✅To provide the military forces needed to deter war and protect the security of our country What is OSD? - Correct Answers ✅OSD is the staff to the SecDef/ DepSecDef and helps manage DoD (5) Under Secretaries and (1) Director in OSD? - Correct Answers ✅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? - Correct Answers ✅Director of Operational Test and Evaluation General Counsel 2 / 3
CDFM Exam Module 2-1 Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) Inspector General Assistant Secretaries of Defense (2) elements to the Goldwater Nichols DoD Reorganization Act of 1986 - Correct Answers ✅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 - Correct Answers ✅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) - Correct Answers ✅President
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