CDFM Financial Systems and Technology 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which DoD financial management system replaced STANFINS and serves as the Army's primary general ledger system?
- GFEBS (Correct answer)
- DAI
- SABRS
- DEAMS
Correct answer: GFEBS
GFEBS (General Fund Enterprise Business System) replaced legacy systems like STANFINS and serves as the Army's enterprise resource planning system for financial management.
Question 2: DEAMS is the DoD financial management system primarily used by which military branch?
- Army
- Navy
- Air Force and Space Force (Correct answer)
- Marine Corps
Correct answer: Air Force and Space Force
DEAMS (Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management System) is the enterprise resource planning system used by the Air Force and Space Force for financial management.
Question 3: What system does the Navy and Marine Corps use as their primary financial and accounting system?
- GFEBS
- SABRS (Correct answer)
- DEAMS
- DAI
Correct answer: SABRS
SABRS (Standard Accounting, Budgeting, and Reporting System) is the primary financial and accounting system used by the Navy and Marine Corps.
Question 4: The Defense Agencies Initiative (DAI) provides financial management ERP capabilities to which organizations?
- Army major commands
- Fourth Estate defense agencies (Correct answer)
- Combatant commands only
- All DoD components
Correct answer: Fourth Estate defense agencies
DAI provides ERP financial management capabilities to Fourth Estate defense agencies and field activities not served by the military department systems.
Question 5: What is the primary purpose of the DoD's Standard Line of Accounting (SLOA)?
- To standardize pay grades across services
- To provide a uniform accounting classification structure across DoD (Correct answer)
- To track contractor performance metrics
- To manage travel reimbursements
Correct answer: To provide a uniform accounting classification structure across DoD
The Standard Line of Accounting (SLOA) provides a uniform 57-character accounting classification structure that enables consistent financial data reporting across all DoD components.
Question 6: Which DoD system serves as the authoritative source for civilian pay and human resources data?
- GFEBS
- DEAMS
- DCPDS (Correct answer)
- STANFINS
Correct answer: DCPDS
DCPDS (Defense Civilian Personnel Data System) is the authoritative source for civilian human resources and pay data across DoD components.
CDFM Financial Systems and Technology 1
Which DoD financial management system replaced STANFINS and serves as the Army's primary general ledger system?