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1
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What is the purpose of common operational terms?

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  • To communicate a great deal of information with a simple word or phrase
  • Eliminate the need for a lengthy explanation of a complex idea
  • Convey information with greater speed and less risk of misunderstanding
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What is the purpose of abbreviations and acronyms?

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Use shorter versions of doctrinal and military terms. (pg 4, para. 13)

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What is the purpose of common military

symbols?

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  • Helps commanders communicate orders visually and helps subordinates understand them quickly
  • Provides an instantly recognizable “picture” of a doctrinally based piece of information.
  • No matter what language is spoken, when a symbol is displayed, the central, doctrinal idea is readily apparent.
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What is the major difference between framed and unframed symbols?

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The frame of a symbol provides a distinctive and clear representation of its standard identity (hostile, suspect, friendly, assumed friend, neutral, unknown, and pending). (pg 6, para.23)

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Intelligence is the product resulting from the collection, processing, integration, evaluation, analysis, and interpretation of available information concerning:

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  • Foreign nations
  • Hostile or potentially hostile forces or elements
  • Areas of actual or potential operations
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The intelligence warfighting function

is the related tasks and systems that facilitate understanding of XXX, XXX, and XXX

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Enemy, Terrain, Civil Considerations (pg 2, para. 12)

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The 7 intelligence disciplines are:

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  • Counterintelligence (CI)
  • Geospatial intelligence (GEOINT)
  • Human Intelligence (HUMINT)
  • Measurement and signature intelligence (MASINT)
  • Open-source intelligence (OSINT)
  • Signals intelligence (SIGINT)
  • Technical intelligence (TECHINT) (pg 8, para. 52)
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The intelligence core competencies are:

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  • Intelligence synchronization
  • Intelligence operations
  • Intelligence analysis (pg 4, para. 26)
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The four steps of the intelligence process are:

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Plan and Direct, Collect, Produce, Disseminate (pg 6, para. 37)

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10
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Which of the following
is NOT a tenet of unified
land operations?

a. Integration
b. Adaptability
c. Agility (Figure 1)
d. Flexibility

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c. Agility (Figure 1)

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11
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The Army’s operational frameworks include:

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Decisive-Shaping-Sustaining (Figure 1)

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12
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Army forces conduct decisive action through the simultaneous combination of:

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Offensive, defensive, and stability operations (or defense support of civil authorities) (pg 5, para. 21)

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13
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The primary staff tasks

in the mission command warfighting function include:

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  • Conduct the operations process (plan, prepare, execute, and assess)
  • Conduct knowledge management and information management
  • Conduct inform and influence activities and cyber electromagnetic activities
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The Army’s operational concept is:

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Unified land operations. (pg 5, para. 19)

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The Army special operations
forces provide the joint forces
commander with

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  • A means to assess and moderate population behavior
  • A Lethal, unilateral, and indigenous counter- network capability against insurgent group
  • Means to organize indigenous security and governmental structures
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Which of the following is
not an activity under Special
Warfare:

a. Unconventional Warfare
b. Foreign Internal Defense
c. Counterinsurgency
d. Direct Action (pg 9, para. 23-26)

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d. Direct Action (pg 9, para. 23-26)

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Which of the following is an activity under Surgical Strike:

a. Counterproliferation
b. Counterterrorism
c. Hostage rescue and recovery
d. All of the above (pg 9-10, para. 27-28)

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d. All of the above (pg 9-10, para. 27-28)

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Which of the following is
not a core principle of Special
Operations
a. Discreet
b. Precise
c. Scalable Operations d. Lethal
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d. Lethal (pg 10-11, para. 30-31)

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19
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Which of the following is not a regional mechanism employed by Army Special Operation Forces

a. Assessment
b. Influence
c. Decisive Action d. Active Deterrence

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d. Active Deterrence (pg 11-12, para. 32-38)

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20
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Which of the following are principles for the success of stability tasks:

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a. Conflict transformation
b. Legitimacy and host nation ownership
c. Building partner capacity
d. Unity of effort

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A whole-of-government approach is an approach that integrates the collaborative efforts of which of the following partners to achieve unity of effort toward a shared goal.

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a. The departments and agencies of the United States Government
b. Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) c. Multinational partners

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22
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Stability tasks include all of the following EXCEPT

a. Establish civil security
b. Establish civil control
c. Support to governance
d. Restore essential services
e. Conduct civil-military coordination

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e. Conduct civil-military coordination (pg 11-13, para.45-55)

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23
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Stability tasks occur:

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a. Afteracon icthasended
b. Before a conflict begins
c. During a conflict

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24
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Based on resources available, military forces provide which minimum levels of the following stability tasks to the local populace until a civil authority or the host nation is able

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a. Civil security and restoration of essential services (pg 10, para. 40)

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The Fires warfighting function is the related tasks and systems that provide collective and coordinated use of Army XXX, XXX, XXX through the targeting process.

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b. Indirect res, air and missile defense (AMD), and joint fires (pg 1, para. 2)

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The principles of fires are:

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Precision, scalability, synchronized, responsive, and networked (pg 2, para. 6)

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27
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Fires is

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theuseofweaponssystemstocreatespeci c lethal or nonlethal effects on a target. (pg 1, Intro)

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28
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XXX is fires that directly support land, maritime, amphibious, and special operations forces to engage enemy forces, combat formations, and facilities in pursuit of tactical and operational objectives.

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Fire support (pg 5, para. 19)

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29
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Army targeting uses the functions decide, detect, deliver, and assess (D3A) as its methodology to:

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a. Match the friendly force capabilities against enemy targets
b. Identify potential fratricide situations

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30
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Which of the following is not a primary task in DSCA?

a. Provide support for domestic civilian law enforcement agencies
b. Provide support for domestic disasters
c. Provide support for domestic CBRN incidents
d. All of the Above

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d. All of the Above

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31
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The primary documents containing national preparedness doctrine are the

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a. National Incident Management System

b. National Response Framework

32
Q

Which of the following is not an overarching purpose of Defense Support of Civil Authority (DSCA)?

a. Save lives
b. Alleviate suffering
c. Protect property
d. Conduct Law Enforcement

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d. Conduct Law Enforcement (pg 5, para. 13)

33
Q

Army tasks for DSCA
include all of the following
EXCEPT:
a. Provide support for domestic disasters
b. Provide support for domestic CBRN incidents
c. Provide support for domestic civilian law enforcement agencies
d. Provide civil security and civil control

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d. Provide civil security and civil control (pg 10- 13, para. 38-47)

34
Q

According to DODD
3025.18 the following
provide support for DSCA

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a. US Federal forces
b. Department of Defense Civilians
c. National Guard Forces

35
Q

Protection is the preservation of XXX and XXX of mission-related military and nonmilitary personnel, equipment, facilities, information and infrastructure deployed or located within or outside the boundaries of a given operational area.

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a. Effectiveness, survivability (pg 1, para. 1)

36
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The XXX is the related tasks and systems that preserve the force so the commander can apply maximum combat power to accomplish the mission.

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c. Protection warfghting function (pg2,para.7)

37
Q

The protection warfighting function tasks are incorporated into the plan in a layered and redundant approach to complement and XXX actions to achieve protection of the Force.

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a. Reinforce (pg 3, para. 8)

38
Q

Which is not a supporting task of the protection warfighting function:

a. Conduct operational area security
b. Apply antiterrorism measures
c. Pursue the enemy (pg 3, para. 8)
d. Provide force health protection

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c. Pursue the enemy (pg 3, para. 8)

39
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Protection must be considered throughout the operations process to:

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a. Identify threats and hazards
b. Implement control measures to prevent or mitigate enemy or adversary actions
c. Manage capabilities to mitigate the effects and time to react or maneuver on the adversary to gain superiority and retain the initiative

40
Q

Tactics is:

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The employment and ordered arrangement of forces in relation to each other. (pg 1, para. 1)

41
Q

Which of the following is NOT an offensive maneuver:

a. Exploitation
b. In ltration
c. Attack
d. Movement to contact e. Pursuit

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b. Infiltration (pg 8, para. 35)

42
Q

Which of the following is NOT a defensive task:

a. Retrograde
b. Area defense
c. Defense in depth
d. Mobile defense
e. They are all defensive tasks

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c. Defense in depth (pg 12, para. 53)

43
Q

Which of the following is NOT a security operation:

a. Operations security (OPSEC)
b. Cover
c. Guard
d. Screen
e. Area

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a. Operations security (OPSEC) (pg 12, para. 52)

44
Q

Which of the following is NOT a tactical enabling task:

a. Reconnaissance
b. Security
c. Relief in place
d. Passage of lines
e. In ltration(pg14,para.59)

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e. Infiltration(pg14,para.59)

45
Q

What are the three elements of sustainment?

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Logistics, personnel services, and health service support (pg 1, Intro)

46
Q

Health service support consists of the following:

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Casualty care, medical evacuation, and medical logistics (pg 2, para. 4)

47
Q

Logistics consists of the following:

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Maintenance, transportation, supply, eld services, distribution, operational contract support, and general engineering support (pg 1, para. 2)

48
Q

Personnel services consist of the following:

A
  • Human resources support
  • Financial management operations
  • Legal support
  • Religious support
  • Band support (pg 2, para. 3)
49
Q

Sustainment provides forces with:

A
  • Operational reach
  • Freedom of action
  • Endurance (pg 1, para. 1)
50
Q

What are the major activities of the operations process?

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Planning, preparing, executing, and continuously assessing operations. (pg 1, para. 1)

51
Q

Which is not a principle of the operations process?

a. Apply critical and creative thinking.
b. Build and maintain situational understanding.
c. Encourage collaboration and dialogue.
d. Drive the operations process through battle command.

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Drive the operations process through battle command. (pg 2, para. 4)

52
Q

The Army’s planning methodologies are:

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  • Army Design Methodology
  • Military Decision Making Process
  • Troop Leading Procedures (pg 7, para. 28)
53
Q

Commander’s drive the
operations process through the
activities of:

A

Understanding, visualizing, describing, directing, leading, and assessing. (pg 2, para. 5)

54
Q

The last step in the military decision making process is:

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Orders production, dissemination, and transition. (pg 8, para. 13)

55
Q

Which is not a principle of mission command?

a. Build cohesive teams through mutual trust
b. Create shared understanding
c. Provide a clear commanders intent
d. Allocate resources

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d. Allocate resources (pg 2, para. 7)

56
Q

Which is not one of the commander’s primary mission command warfighting function tasks:

a. Drive the operations process through the activities of understand, visualize, describe, direct, lead and assess
b. Develop teams, both within their own organizations and with unified action partners
c. Inform and in uence audiences, inside and outside their organizations
d. Decide, detect, deliver and asses

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d. Decide, detect, deliver and asses (pg 10, para. 42)

57
Q

The XXX is the arrangement of personnel, networks, information systems, processes and procedures, and facilities and equipment that enable commanders to conduct operations.

A

d. Mission command system (pg 11, para. 45)

58
Q

The Art of Command comprises:

A

c. Authority, decision making and leadership (pg 4, para. 23)

59
Q

The science of control comprises:

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Information, communication, structure and degree of control (pg 8, para. 34)

60
Q

Leadership is the process of XXX
people by providing XXX, XXX, and XXX to accomplish the mission
and improve the organization.

A

influencing, purpose, direction, and motivation (pg 1, para. 3)

61
Q

Command is the authority that a XXX
in the armed forces lawfully exercises over subordinates by virtue of
rank or assignment.

A

commander (pg 4, para. 20)

62
Q

The leader attributes are:

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character, presence and intellect (pg.6 , para. 25)

63
Q

What are three competencies of Army Leaders:

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lead, develop, and achieve (pg 7, para. 30)

64
Q

XXX motivate people both inside and outside the chain of command to pursue actions, focus thinking and shape decisions for the greater good of the organization

A

Army leaders (pg 1, para. 3)

65
Q

Units employ effective collective training based on the XXX.

A

principles of unit training (pg 5, para. 22)

66
Q

Most leader development occurs during:

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Operational Assignments (pg 7, para. 34)

67
Q

XXX apply the operations process—plan, prepare, execute, and assess—to unit training and leader development.

A

Commanders (pg 4, para. 17)

68
Q

Commanders exercise XXX to give subordinates latitude in determining how to train their units to achieve the desired end state, building trust and initiative in subordinates:

A

Mission Command (pg 4, para. 16)

69
Q

XXX is the primary focus of a unit when not deployed

A

Training (pg.9,para.42)

70
Q

What is Operational Art?

A

The pursuit of strategic objectives through the arrangement of tactical actions in time, space, and purpose

71
Q

Name the Warfighting Functions.

A
  • Mission Command
  • Movement and Maneuver
  • Intelligence
  • Fires
  • Sustainment
  • Protection
72
Q

Name the steps of the Operations Process

A
  1. Plan
  2. Prepare
  3. Execute
  4. Assess
73
Q

Name the offensive tasks

A
  1. Movement to contact
  2. Attack
  3. Exploitation
  4. Pursuit
74
Q

Name the forms of the attack

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  1. Ambush
  2. Counterattack
  3. Demonstration
  4. Feint
  5. Raid
  6. Spoiling attack
75
Q

Name the forms of maneuver. Explain them.

A
  1. Envelopment
  2. Turning movement
  3. Frontal attack
  4. Penetration
  5. Infiltration
  6. Flank attack

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