UNITED STATES ARMY FINANCE SCHOOL U.S. ARMY SOLDIER SUPPORT INSTITUTE Practical Exercise 1 FOR Prepare the Statement of Accountability (SF 1219) ANCOC
REVIEW DISBURSING OPERATIONS STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS OBJECTIVE: This practical exercise measures your ability to Review Disbursing Operations. GENERAL INFORMATION: You are the Disbursing Officer for a Finance office. INSTRUCTIONS: You must answer the questions by circling the letter corresponding to the best answer for each question. 1
1. Which DFAS Center is responsible for the Army? a. DFAS-Denver. b. DFAS-Columbus. c. DFAS-Cleveland. d. DFAS-Indianapolis. 2. Which of the following are DFAS Centers responsible for? a. Manage centralized payroll functions. b. Provide operating guidance to MACOMs. c. Provide finance and accounting services at the installation level. 3. The DFAS Disbursing Division falls under which directorate? a. Military Pay. b. OPLOC Support. c. Financial Support. d. Treasury Operations. 4. Which of the following is a section within the Payment Claims Branch? a. Non-Receipt Section. b. Treasury Reports Section. c. Payment Issuance Section. d. Payroll Processing Section. 5. Which of the following is true about an OPLOC? a. Prepares and issues EFT payments. b. Accounts for financial activities of installations. c. Reports directly to the Department of the Army. d. Provides finance and accounting services at the MACOM level 6. Which of the following is a basic function of the garrison Disbursing Division? a. Secure Funds. b. Prepare payments. c. Destroy reports reflecting disbursement of funds. 7. Which of the following is a function of the Cash Branch? a. Maintain a blank treasury check stock. b. Maintain deposit fund subsidiary ledgers. c. Prepare the Statement of Accountability (SF 1219). d. Maintain the Daily Statement of Accountability (DD Form 2657). 8. Which of the following is a function of the Check Branch? a. Receive collections. b. Control undeliverable checks. c. Pay properly certified vouchers. d. Reconcile the Daily Statement of Accountability (DD Form 2657). 2
9. Which of the following is a function of the Accounts Branch? a. Verify funds and vouchers daily. b. Prepare the Statement of Accountability (SF 1219). c. Prepare the Daily Statement of Accountability (DD Form 2657). d. Prepare the Recapitulation of block Control Level Totals of Checks Issued (SF 1179). 10. Which branch submits the SF 1219 to DFAS? a. Cash. b. Check. c. Charge. d. Accounts. 11. Who may be appointed as a Disbursing Officer? a. A warrant officer. b. A Private First Class. c. A civilian who is a citizen of Canada. d. Anyone deemed satisfactory by the Battalion commander. 12. Who appoints an individual as a Deputy Disbursing Officer? a. The local commander. b. The Disbursing Officer. c. The Battalion commander. d. The component manpower center. 13. Who may be appointed as a Disbursing Agent? a. A First Lieutenant. b. A Command Sergeant Major. c. A civilian employee who is a citizen of Iraq. 14. For what purpose is a Paying agent appointed? a. To act as the DO if the DO is unable to fulfill the DO duties. b. To operate a disbursing office geographically separated from the DO s office. c. To make specific payments, currency conversions, or check cashing transactions. d. To account for all public funds received, maintained, disbursed, or otherwise disposed of for a particular DSSN. 15. Which of the following activities are cashiers restricted from doing? a. Preparing U.S. Treasury bonds. b. Making cash collections. c. Signing U.S. Treasury checks. d. Preparing the DO s accountability reports. 16. Which of the following is true about DOPS? a. Interfaces with STANFINS. b. Only used in CONUS, Alaska, and Hawaii. c. Supports foreign currency in the cash module. d. Designed to automate all functions within the Disbursing Division. 3
17. Which computer system is designed to support tactical disbursing operations? a. DDS. b. DOPS. c. SRD-1. d. STOPS. 18. Which of the following is true about SRD-1? a. Interfaces with DOPS. b. Only used in CONUS, Alaska, and Hawaii. c. Supports foreign currency in the cash module. d. Designed to automate all functions within the Disbursing Division. 19. What does DoD use the FEDLINE software program for? a. Verify bank deposits. b. Make EFT payments. c. Receive yearly funding authorities. d. As a link between DDS and SRD-1. 20. Which of the following statements best describes CashLink? a. Designed to automate all cash control operations in DoD. b. Automates all payment functions into one on-line finance and accounting system. c. A Federal Reserve program which allows customers to process daily transactions. d. A global Treasury Department cash concentration and financial information reporting system. 4