FM 3-0

Question 1

What are Multidomain Operations

Answer 1

Multidomain operations are the combined arms employment of joint and Army capabilities to
create and exploit relative advantages that achieve objectives, defeat enemy forces, and consolidate
gains on behalf of joint force commanders.

Question 2

What FM covers multidomain operations?

Answer 2

FM 3-0

Question 3

What methods do peer threats use to contest the join force in all domains?

Answer 3

Information Warfare,
Preclusion,
Isolation,
Sanctuary,
Systems Warfare

Question 4

How does the Joint Force address peer threats?

Answer 4

Unified Action: The synchronization, coordination, and integration of activities of gov and non-gov entities with military operations to achieve unity of effort.

Question 5

What are the five domains and three dimensions of MDO?

Answer 5

Domains:
1. Land
2. Maritime
3. Air
4. Space
5. Cyberspace

Dimensions
1. Physical
2. Information
3. Human

Question 6

What are the principles of war?

Answer 6

Maneuver
Objective
Offensive
Surprise
Economy of Force
Mass
Unity of command
Security
Simplicity

Question 7

What are the tenets of operations?

Answer 7

Agility
Convergence
Endurance
Depth

Question 8

What are the operational imperitives?

Answer 8

1. See yourself, see the enemy, and understand the Operation Environment
2. Account for being under constant observation
3. Create and exploit relative physical, information, and human advantages in pursuit of decision dominance
4. Make initial contact with the smallest element possible
5. Impose multiple dilemmas on the enemy
6. Anticipate, plan, and execute transitions.
7. Designate, weight, and sustain the main effort.
8. Consolidate gains continuously
9. Understand and manage the effects of operations on units and Soldiers

Question 9

What are the four types of operations?

Answer 9

Offensive
Defensive
Stability
DSCA

Question 10

What are the Army Strategic Contexts?

Answer 10

Competition below armed conflict.
Crisis.
Armed conflict.

Question 11

What tools and processes assist commanders and staff in understanding the Operational Environment?

Answer 11

Domains.
Dimensions.
Operational and mission variables (FM 6-0).
Running estimates (ADP 5-0).
Army design methodology ( ATP 5-0.1).
The military decision-making process ( ADP 5-0).
Building intelligence knowledge (FM 2-0).
Intelligence preparation of the battlefield (ATP 2-01.3).
Sustainment preparation of the operational environment ( FM 4-0).

Question 12

What five functions does the Navy employ in combined arms to provide advantage to the joint force?

Answer 12

deterrence, operational access, sea control, power
projection, and maritime security

Question 13

What does control of the air domain provide?

Answer 13

ISR, strategic
attack, close air support, interdiction, personnel recovery, communications, sustainment, and mobility

Question 14

What are Space capabilities?

Answer 14

Information collection; early warning; target acquisition; electromagnetic
warfare; environmental monitoring; satellite-based communications; and positioning, navigation, and timing
information for ground forces. Activities in the space domain enable freedom of action for operations in all
other domains, and operations in the other domains can create effects in and through the space domain.

Question 15

What is cyberspace?

Answer 15

interdependent networks of information
technology infrastructures and resident data, including the Internet, telecommunication networks,
computer systems, embedded processors and controllers, and relevant portions of the electromagnetic
spectrum

Question 16

What is combat power and

Answer 16

Combat power is the total means of destructive and disruptive force that a military unit/formation can
apply against an enemy at a given time (JP 3-0)

Question 17

What are the five dynamics of combat power?

Answer 17

dynamics of combat power are—
􀁺 Leadership.
􀁺 Firepower.
􀁺 Information.
􀁺 Mobility.
􀁺 Survivability.

Question 18

What is the difference between an enemy and an adversary?

Answer 18

An enemy is a party identified as hostile against which the use of force is authorized (ADP 3-0).
An enemy is also a combatant under the law of war.

An adversary is a party acknowledged as potentially hostile to a friendly party and against which
the use of force may be envisaged (JP 3-0). Adversaries pursue interests that compete with those
of the United States and are often called competitors.

Question 19

What are methods of information warfare?

Answer 19

􀁺 Cyberspace operations.
􀁺 Perception management.
􀁺 Deception.
􀁺 Electronic warfare.
􀁺 Physical destruction.
􀁺 Political warfare.
􀁺 Legal warfare.
􀁺 Proxies and non-state actors.

Question 20

Land capabilities enable air operations in multiple ways. Some of these ways include—

Answer 20

􀁺 Fixing enemy ground forces for destruction from the air.
􀁺 Providing air-delivered fires through rotary-wing and UAS platforms.
􀁺 Controlling, securing, and defending airports and airfields.
􀁺 Securing land-based C2 nodes for air operations.
􀁺 Destroying enemy surface-to-air systems.
􀁺 Employing surface-to-air fires.
􀁺 Integrating all-source intelligence to identify threats to friendly air capabilities.
􀁺 Providing logistics support to other Service components.

Question 21

Air capabilities enable land operations in multiple ways. Some of these ways include—

Answer 21

􀁺 Providing air-to-ground fires.
􀁺 Providing offensive and defensive depth through air interdiction and strategic attack.
􀁺 Protecting ground forces from air attack.
􀁺 Employing airborne platforms for information collection.
􀁺 Providing aerial movement of personnel, equipment, and supplies.
􀁺 Employing airborne electromagnetic warfare platforms.

Question 22

Land capabilities enable space operations in multiple ways. Some of these ways include—

Answer 22

􀁺 Destroying enemy space ground stations, ground links, and launch sites with surface-to-surface
fires.
􀁺 Securing ground links and launch sites.
􀁺 Securing bases and C2 nodes for units controlling space capabilities.
􀁺 Securing bases and C2 nodes from which to launch attacks against enemy space capabilities.

Question 23

Space capabilities enable land operations in multiple ways. Some of these ways include—

Answer 23

􀁺 Enabling geolocation and timing-dependent technology, including global positioning systems and
precise and accurate fires.
􀁺 Enabling a global C2 network through satellite communications.
􀁺 Enhancing situational understanding by providing meteorological, oceanographic, and space
environmental factors and detailed imagery of land areas and enemy dispositions on land.
􀁺 Deceiving, disrupting, degrading, denying, or destroying enemy space systems.
􀁺 Conducting navigation warfare to disrupt enemy use of positioning, navigation, and
timing-enabled devices.
􀁺 Enabling theater missile warning and other warning intelligence.

Question 24

Land capabilities enable cyberspace operations in multiple ways. These include—

Answer 24

􀁺 Securing critical cyberspace infrastructure including data storage facilities, wired network
transport, ground-based repeaters, and terminals.
􀁺 Conducting information activities that protect and defend joint communications networks and
data.
􀁺 Conducting physical attacks against enemy cyberspace-based capabilities and infrastructure on
land.
􀁺 Defeating enemy forces collecting information through cyberspace.

Question 25

Cyberspace capabilities enable land operations in multiple ways. Some of these ways include—

Answer 25

􀁺 Enabling secure global communications and a shared COP.
􀁺 Supporting decision making and logistics.
􀁺 Facilitating high-volume data storage and knowledge management.
􀁺 Networking sensors and fires platforms.
􀁺 Attacking enemy networks including C2, integrated air defense systems, and integrated long-range
fires systems.
􀁺 Enabling rapid communication to audiences through social media and other applications.
􀁺 Enabling targeted influence operations.

Question 26

Land capabilities enable maritime operations in multiple ways. Some of these ways include—

Answer 26

􀁺 Attacking land-based threats to maritime capabilities, including enemy air bases,
surface-to-surface fires, and sensors.
􀁺 Protecting ports and defending land areas that control maritime choke points.
􀁺 Denying maritime areas with surface-to-surface fires and surface-to-air fires.
􀁺 Integrating joint all-source intelligence to identify threats to maritime capabilities.
􀁺 Providing directed logistics support to maritime oriented forces operating from land.

Question 27

Maritime capabilities enable land operations in multiple ways. Some of these ways include—

Answer 27

􀁺 Increasing operational reach and lethality through long-range fires systems and information
collection.
􀁺 Providing access to otherwise inaccessible land areas.
􀁺 Providing and protecting transportation of units, equipment, and supplies on a large scale, over
strategic distances.
􀁺 Integrating with all-source intelligence.
􀁺 Preventing enemy forces from using sea lines of communications and supply routes.
􀁺 Attacking enemy maritime threats to land forces.

Question 28

Theater Army Function

Answer 28

􀁺 Execute the CCDR’s daily operational requirements.
􀁺 Provide administrative control (ADCON) of Army forces.
􀁺 Set and maintain the theater.
􀁺 Set and support operational areas.
􀁺 Exercise C2 of Army forces in the theater.
􀁺 Perform joint roles of limited scope, scale, and duration.
􀁺 Plan and coordinate for the consolidation of gains in support of joint operations.

Question 29

Field Army Purpose

Answer 29

When constituted, the field army provides Army, joint, and
multinational forces with a headquarters capable of performing in a variety of ways across the range of
military operations. Field armies are most likely to be employed in theaters where peer adversaries have the
capability of conducting large-scale combat.

Question 30

Purpose of the Corps

Answer 30

􀁺 Senior Army tactical formation in large-scale combat, commanding two to five Army divisions
together with supporting brigades and commands.
􀁺 ARFOR (with augmentation) within a joint force for campaigns and major operations when a field
army is not present.
􀁺 JTF headquarters (with significant augmentation) for crisis response and limited contingency
operations.
􀁺 CFLCC (with significant augmentation) commanding Army, Marine Corps, and multinational
divisions together with supporting brigades and commands when a field army is not present.

Question 31

Role of the Division

Answer 31

􀁺 Tactical headquarters.
􀁺 ARFOR headquarters (with significant augmentation).
􀁺 CFLCC (with significant augmentation).
􀁺 JTF headquarters (with significant augmentation).