CGSC F100 ACTUAL EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Army Force Management Model steps. Answer: 1) Determine
strategic requirements, 2) develop required capabilities 3a) Design
organizations 3b) acquire material solutions 4) develop organizational
models 5)determine authorizations 6) document org authorizations 7)
acquire, train, distro personnel and equipment
◉ Range of military operations across conflict continuum. Answer:
military engagement, security cooperation, and deterrence; crisis
response and limited contingency operations; and large-scale combat
operations.
◉ Unified action. Answer: the combination of Comprehensive approach
(mil cooperation with NGOs/IGOs) + whole of government approach
(mil cooperation w/ OGAs) + unity of command in joint and
multinational operations = unity of effort
◉ What are instruments of national power and what are their purpose.
Answer: DIME; national-level means our national leaders can apply in
various ways to achieve strategic objectives (ends).
,◉ OPCON. Answer: Operational control is a delegate-able authority
from COCOM characterized by the ability to task and organize
subordinate forces
◉ TACON. Answer: Tactical Control is a delegateable authority from
COCOM characterized by limited control of movement and maneuver of
a subordinate force during a mission; no task organization control or
admin support
◉ General support. Answer: support that is given to the supported force
as a whole rather than to a particular subdivision thereof.
◉ Direct support. Answer: A mission requiring a force to support
another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly to the
supported force's request for assistance.
◉ Mutual support. Answer: That support that units render each other
against an enemy because of their assigned tasks, their position relative
to each other and to the enemy, and their inherent capabilities.
◉ Close support. Answer: support against targets or objectives
sufficiently near the supported force as to require detailed integration or
coordination with the fire, movement, or other actions of the supported
force.
, ◉ Offensive task. Answer: task conducted to defeat and destroy enemy
forces and seize terrain, resources, and population centers
◉ Offensive tasks. Answer: movement to contact, attack, exploitation,
and pursuit.
◉ Movement to Contact. Answer: offensive task designed to develop the
situation and establish or regain contact
◉ What is an attack and what forms are there. Answer: offensive task
that destroys or defeats enemy forces, seizes and secures terrain, or both;
ambush, counterattack, demonstration, feint, raid, and spoiling attack.
◉ Exploitation. Answer: offensive task that usually follows the conduct
of a successful attack and is designed to disorganize the enemy in depth
◉ Pursuit. Answer: offensive task designed to catch or cut off a hostile
force attempting to escape, with the aim of destroying it
◉ Six forms of maneuver. Answer: envelopment, turning movement,
frontal attack, penetration, infiltration, and flank attack.
◉ Envelopment. Answer: form of maneuver where attacking force
avoids the enemy defenses by seizing objectives behind those defenses
to destroy the enemy in their current positions.
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Army Force Management Model steps. Answer: 1) Determine
strategic requirements, 2) develop required capabilities 3a) Design
organizations 3b) acquire material solutions 4) develop organizational
models 5)determine authorizations 6) document org authorizations 7)
acquire, train, distro personnel and equipment
◉ Range of military operations across conflict continuum. Answer:
military engagement, security cooperation, and deterrence; crisis
response and limited contingency operations; and large-scale combat
operations.
◉ Unified action. Answer: the combination of Comprehensive approach
(mil cooperation with NGOs/IGOs) + whole of government approach
(mil cooperation w/ OGAs) + unity of command in joint and
multinational operations = unity of effort
◉ What are instruments of national power and what are their purpose.
Answer: DIME; national-level means our national leaders can apply in
various ways to achieve strategic objectives (ends).
,◉ OPCON. Answer: Operational control is a delegate-able authority
from COCOM characterized by the ability to task and organize
subordinate forces
◉ TACON. Answer: Tactical Control is a delegateable authority from
COCOM characterized by limited control of movement and maneuver of
a subordinate force during a mission; no task organization control or
admin support
◉ General support. Answer: support that is given to the supported force
as a whole rather than to a particular subdivision thereof.
◉ Direct support. Answer: A mission requiring a force to support
another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly to the
supported force's request for assistance.
◉ Mutual support. Answer: That support that units render each other
against an enemy because of their assigned tasks, their position relative
to each other and to the enemy, and their inherent capabilities.
◉ Close support. Answer: support against targets or objectives
sufficiently near the supported force as to require detailed integration or
coordination with the fire, movement, or other actions of the supported
force.
, ◉ Offensive task. Answer: task conducted to defeat and destroy enemy
forces and seize terrain, resources, and population centers
◉ Offensive tasks. Answer: movement to contact, attack, exploitation,
and pursuit.
◉ Movement to Contact. Answer: offensive task designed to develop the
situation and establish or regain contact
◉ What is an attack and what forms are there. Answer: offensive task
that destroys or defeats enemy forces, seizes and secures terrain, or both;
ambush, counterattack, demonstration, feint, raid, and spoiling attack.
◉ Exploitation. Answer: offensive task that usually follows the conduct
of a successful attack and is designed to disorganize the enemy in depth
◉ Pursuit. Answer: offensive task designed to catch or cut off a hostile
force attempting to escape, with the aim of destroying it
◉ Six forms of maneuver. Answer: envelopment, turning movement,
frontal attack, penetration, infiltration, and flank attack.
◉ Envelopment. Answer: form of maneuver where attacking force
avoids the enemy defenses by seizing objectives behind those defenses
to destroy the enemy in their current positions.
