CDFM Module 1.3 Manpower and Personnel Management
Question Study Bank
_____ Program is the official database that summarizes the resources provided to DoD. It
identifies funding for each appropriation, manpower au
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CDFM Module 1.3 Manpower and Personnel Management
Question Study Bank
_____ Program is the official database that summarizes the resources provided to DoD. It
identifies funding for each appropriation, manpower authorization and program, and selected
types of unit or equipment authorizations by resource management packages called program
elements. - ✔✔Future-Years Defense
_______ is the number of employees who left positions during a past year divided by the number
of positions. - ✔✔Turnover rate
_______ is the changeover of an activity from government performance to performance under
contract by a commercial source. - ✔✔Conversion to contract
True or False? The collection of taxes is NOT an inherently governmental activity. - ✔✔FALSE.
Collection of taxes, military roles and printing currency are all examples of inherently
governmental activities.
The OMB Circular A-76 classifies activities in 2 categories. - ✔✔Inherently Governmental
Activity and Commercial Activity
In July 1993, Congress passed the Government _____________, which mandates performance
measurement by Federal agencies. - ✔✔Performance and Results Act
It is the policy of the US government to achieve _____ and enhance______. Whenever
commercial sector performance of a government operated commercial activity is permissible, in
accordance with OMB Circular A-76 and its supplement, comparison of the cost of contracting
and the cost of in-house performance shall be performed to determine who will do the work. -
✔✔Economy, Productivity
The _____, "Performance of Commercial Activities:, establishes Federal policy regarding the
performance of commercial activities and sets forth the procedures for determining whether
commercial activities should be performed under contract with commercial sources or in-house
using government facilities and personnel. - ✔✔OMB Circular A-76
True or false? Federal Positions may be filled by two means: hiring from outside the
organization and filing positions from within the organization. - ✔✔TRUE
Not later than the end to the _____ of each fiscal year, the head of each executive agency shall
submit to the Director of OMB, a list of activities performed by Federal government sources for
the executive agency that, in the judgment of the head of the executive agency, are not inherently
governmental functions. - ✔✔3rd Qtr
True or false? The intent of Circular A-76 to empower Federal managers to contract out all
government functions to minimize the size of government. - ✔✔FALSE. The intent of the OMB
Circular A-76 is not to outsource every function but rather to promote economical and efficient
business practices.
Section 3 of the Federal Workforce Restructuring Act requires that, "Such payments (the lesser
of $_____ or the amount of the employee's severance pay) to be paid from amounts available for
the employee's pay and, generally, to be fully repaid if the employee rejoins the Federal
Government. - ✔✔$25,000
________ is a business or other non-Federal activity located in the US, its territories and
possessions, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, which provides a
commercial product or service. - ✔✔Commercial Source
____ is the period of time between the time an employee leaves a position and the time the
position is filled. - ✔✔Lapse rate
__________ are all positions other than full-time permanent including temporary, part-time, and
intermittent. - ✔✔Other Than Full Time Position
_______ is a position normally filled on a permanent basis and having a regular schedule. -
✔✔Full Time Position
________ employment is the total number of regular straight-time hours (excluding overtime or
holiday hours) worked by an employee divided by the number of compensable hours applicable
to each fiscal year. - ✔✔FTE
Personnel budget estimates are prepared in terms of full-time equivalent (FTE) employment, as
required in OMB_______. - ✔✔Circular A-11
An Emergency-Essential (E-E) Civilian _______ is an employee who occupies an E-E civilian
position and who is expected to sign a "DoD Civilian Employee Overseas Emergency-Essential
Position Agreement. - ✔✔Employee
No more than _____ total members of the Selected Reserve may be on active duty at any one
time of which not more than ________ may be members of the individual ready reserve. -
✔✔200,000, 30,000
When the President determines that it is necessary to augment the active forces for any
operational mission or emergency involving the use of threatened use of a weapon of mass
destruction, he/she may authorize the Secretary of Defense and the _____ (for the Coast Guard),
without the consent of Congress, to order to active duty (other than for training) for not more
than _____days. - ✔✔Secretary of the Department of Homeland Defense, 270
Presidential Authority to Activate Reserve Forces _________ gives the President authority to
activate reserve forces. - ✔✔10 USC S. 12304
________ is the process of assembling, organizing, and using manpower and material resources
in preparation for war or other emergency. - ✔✔Mobilization
________ is the authorized and programmed strength at the end of the fiscal year. - ✔✔Peace-
time Strength
_________ is the process of compiling and projecting future manpower requirements;
documenting these requirements; integrating them into the overall planning, programming, and
budgeting process; and translating them into a form that provides a basis for personnel
procurement, training, and assignment. - ✔✔Manpower Programming
_________ is the totality of units in a DoD component. - ✔✔Force Structure
The Federal Work Force __________ amends federal civil service law. - ✔✔Restructuring Act
of 1994
Conversion to ____ is the changeover of an activity from performance under contract to
government performance. - ✔✔Conversion to In House
________ is a method of conflict resolution that is the least preferred and involves retreating or
withdrawing from an actual or potential disagreement. - ✔✔Avoiding
The ________ process is the process through which Federal employees resolve complaints of
discrimination. Any employee, former employee, or applicant for employment may file a
complaint alleging that they have been discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex,
national origin, age, or disability. - ✔✔EEO Complaint
_______ is a conflict resolution method that resolves the issue through the use of position or
perceived power. Only one side wins in this scenario. - ✔✔Competing
_______ is generally what is selected as the optimal way to resolve conflict. Both sides give up
something in order to settle the issue. - ✔✔Compromising
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