BLC Basic Knowledge Test Flashcards
What are the 5 major terrain features?
- Hill
- Valley
- Ridge
- Saddle
- Depression
What are the three minor terrain features?
- Clifff
- Draw
- Spur
What are the 2 supplementary terrain features?
- Cut
2. Fill
What are the colors of the map and what do they stand for?
BROWN - terrain/contour lines BLUE - water BLACK - manmade features RED - major roads/build up areas GREEN - vegetations
What does GOTWA stand for and give an example of when you would use it?
GOING OTHERS going with me TIME we'll be gone WHAT to do if I don't return in time ACTIONS on contact all elements
What are the three types of bleeding and describe them?
- Arterial - bright red spurting blood
- Venous - dark red steady flow
- Capillary - blood oozes from wound
What are the three types of heat injuries?
- Heat cramps
- Heat exhaustion
- Heat stroke
What does OAKOC stand for?
O bservation fields of fire A venues of approach K ey terrain features O bstacles C over and concealment
In reference to land navigation, what are the different types of north?
Grid North
True North
Magnetic North
What are the five paragraphs of an Operation Order?
- Situation
- Mission
- Execution
- Sustainment
- Command and Signal
What are the five principles of patrolling?
- Planning
- Recon
- Security
- Control
- Common Sense
What does SLLS stand for?
Stop
Look
Listen
Smell
What does LACE stand for?
Liquid
Ammo
Casualties
Equipment
What does SALUTE stand for?
Size Activity Location Uniform Time Equipment
What does METT-TC stand for?
Mission Enemy Time Terrain - Troops Available Civilians on the battlefield
What are the different types of command orders?
Warning Order (WARNO) Operations Order (OPORD) Fragmentary Order (FRAGO)
What are the eight troop leading procedures?
- Receive mission
- Issue Warning Order
- Make Tentative Plan
- Start Necessary Movement
- Reconnoiter
- Complete the Plan
- Issue Operations Order
- Surpervise
In reference to an Enemy Prisoner of War, what are the five S’s?
- Search
- Silence
- Segregate
- Safeguard
- Speed to the rear
What are the different types of Recon Patrols?
Area
Zone
Route
What are the different types of movement techniques?
Traveling
Traveling over watch
Bounding over watch (successive, alternative)
What are the eight cycles of function?
- Feeding
- Chambering
- Locking
- Firing
- Unlocking
- Extracting
- Ejecting
- Cocking
What are the eight battle drills?
- Platoon attack
1a. Squad attack - React to contact
- Break contact
- React to ambush
- Knock out bunkers
- Enter building/clear room
- Enter/clear trench
- Conduct initial breach of mind wire obstacle
What is a Nine Line Medevac?
- Location of pick-up site
- Frequency, call sign, suffix
- Patients by precedence
- Special equipment
- Patients by type
- Security at the pickup site
- Method of Marking at pickup site
- Nationality and status
- NBC
