CDFM Module 1.3 Manpower and Personnel Management Question Study Bank

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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 approp... riation, 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 [Show More]

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