Congress performs three primary functions over the DoD: Organize, Fund, and Oversight.

Congress performs three primary functions over the DoD: Organize, Fund, and Oversight.

• A. Organize, Fund, Oversight
• B. Organize, Fund, Command
• C. Organize, Oversight, Overspend
• D. Fund, Oversight, Strategy

Answer: (A)

The main idea being tested is how Congress interacts with the DoD through its powers to shape structure, provide resources, and supervise. Organize reflects Congress’s authority to structure the armed forces—authorizing the creation and organization of the departments, commands, and general framework within which the DoD operates. This is about setting how the force is arranged and governed. Fund captures Congress’s power of the purse—providing the funding that pays for personnel, programs, and operations. The defense budget and appropriations process are the primary means by which Congress controls what the DoD can and cannot do in practice. Oversight is Congress’s mechanism to monitor and hold the DoD accountable—through hearings, investigations, audits, and compliance requirements to ensure efficiency, legality, and effectiveness. The other sets introduce elements that aren’t formal congressional functions over the DoD. Including Command would imply direct operational control by Congress, which is not its role; Overspend is not an official function; Strategy belongs to policy development and strategic planning outside Congress’s primary oversight trio.

The main idea being tested is how Congress interacts with the DoD through its powers to shape structure, provide resources, and supervise.

Organize reflects Congress’s authority to structure the armed forces—authorizing the creation and organization of the departments, commands, and general framework within which the DoD operates. This is about setting how the force is arranged and governed.

Fund captures Congress’s power of the purse—providing the funding that pays for personnel, programs, and operations. The defense budget and appropriations process are the primary means by which Congress controls what the DoD can and cannot do in practice.

Oversight is Congress’s mechanism to monitor and hold the DoD accountable—through hearings, investigations, audits, and compliance requirements to ensure efficiency, legality, and effectiveness.

The other sets introduce elements that aren’t formal congressional functions over the DoD. Including Command would imply direct operational control by Congress, which is not its role; Overspend is not an official function; Strategy belongs to policy development and strategic planning outside Congress’s primary oversight trio.