ADP 5-0 / ADRP 5-0 - The Operations Process

Question 1

What ADP/ADRP covers The Operations Process?

Answer 1

ADP/ADRP 5-0.

Question 2

What is the Army’s framework for exercising mission command?

Answer 2

The operations process.

Question 3

What are the major mission command activities performed during operations?

Answer 3

 Planning.
 Preparing.
 Executing.
 Continuously assessing the operation.

Question 4

How do commanders drive the operations process?

Answer 4

Through understanding, visualizing, describing, directing, leading, and assessing operations.

Question 5

What is a composite of the conditions, circumstances, and influences that affect the employment of
capabilities and bear on the decisions of the commander?

Answer 5

An operational environment.

Question 6

What is MDMP?

Answer 6

The military decision-making process is an iterative planning methodology to understand the situation
and mission, develop a course of action, and produce an operation plan or order.

Question 7

What are the MDMP steps?

Answer 7

 Step 1 – Receipt of mission.
 Step 2 – Mission analysis.
 Step 3 – Course of action development.
 Step 4 – Course of action analysis.
 Step 5 – Course of action comparison.
 Step 6 – Course of action approval.
 Step 7 – Orders production, dissemination, and transition.

Question 8

What are troop-leading procedures?

Answer 8

Troop-leading procedures are a dynamic process used by small-unit leaders to analyze a mission, develop
a plan, and prepare for an operation. TLP are used by commanders and leaders without a staff.

Question 9

What are the troop leading procedure steps?

Answer 9

 Step 1 – Receive the mission.
 Step 2 – Issue a warning order.
 Step 3 – Make a tentative plan.
 Step 4 – Initiate movement.
 Step 5 – Conduct reconnaissance.
 Step 6 – Complete the plan.
 Step 7 – Issue the order.
 Step 8 – Supervise and refine the plan.