ARMY OCS MILITARY FINAL PAPER
PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS PACKAGE
●● The OCS Honor Code
Answer: An Officer Candidate will not lie, cheat, steal or tolerate those
who do
●● The Five Paragraph Operation Order
Answer: 1. Situation
2. Mission
3. Execution
4. Sustainment
5. Command and Signal
●● Proffer No Excuses (Army Officers Guide)
Answer: Never volunteer excuses or explain a shortcoming unless an
explanation is required. The Army demands results. More damage than
good is done by proffering unsought excuses.
●● The Nine-Line MEDEVAC Request
Answer: Line 1: Location of the pick-up site.
,Line 2: Radio frequency, call sign, and suffix.
Line 3: Number of patients by precedence
Line 4: Special equipment required
Line 5: Number of patients
Line 6: Security at pick-up site
Line 7: Method of marking pick-up site
Line 8: Patient nationality and status
Line 9: NBC Contamination
●● The Troop Leading Procedures (TLPs)
Answer: 1. Receive the Mission
2. Issue the Warning order
3. Make a Tentative Plan
4. Initiate Movement
5. Conduct Reconnaissance
6. Complete the Plan
7. Issue the Order
8. Supervise and Refine
●● Terrain Analysis (OAKOC)
Answer: Obstacles
Avenues of Approach
,Key Terrain
Observation and Fields of Fire
Cover and Concealment
●● Soldier's Creed
Answer: I am an American Solider.
I am a warrior and a member of a team.
I serve the people of the United States and live the Army Values.
I will always place the mission first.
I will never accept defeat.
I will never quit.
I will never leave a fallen comrade.
I am discipline, physically and mentally tough, trained and proficient in
my warrior tasks and drills.
I always maintain my arms, my equipment, and myself.
I am an expert and I am a professional.
I stand ready to deploy, engage and destroy the enemies of the United
States of America in close combat.
I am a guardian of freedom and the American way of life.
I am an American Solider.
●● Call For Fire
Answer: 1. Observer Identification
, 2. Warning Order
3. Target Location
4. Target Description
5. Method of Engagement
6. Method of Fire and Control
●● 5 Principles of Patrolling (Ranger Handbook)
Answer: A. Planning
B. Reconnaissance
C. Security
D. Control
E. Common Sense
●● General George C. Marshall's Definition of Leadership
Answer: You have to lead men in war by brining them along to endure
and display qualities of fortitude that are beyond the average man's
thought of what he/she should be expected to do. You have to inspire
them when they are hungry and exhausted and desperately
uncomfortable and in great danger. Only a man of positive
characteristics of leadership with the physical stamina that goes with it
can function under those conditions.
Purpose
Direction
PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS PACKAGE
●● The OCS Honor Code
Answer: An Officer Candidate will not lie, cheat, steal or tolerate those
who do
●● The Five Paragraph Operation Order
Answer: 1. Situation
2. Mission
3. Execution
4. Sustainment
5. Command and Signal
●● Proffer No Excuses (Army Officers Guide)
Answer: Never volunteer excuses or explain a shortcoming unless an
explanation is required. The Army demands results. More damage than
good is done by proffering unsought excuses.
●● The Nine-Line MEDEVAC Request
Answer: Line 1: Location of the pick-up site.
,Line 2: Radio frequency, call sign, and suffix.
Line 3: Number of patients by precedence
Line 4: Special equipment required
Line 5: Number of patients
Line 6: Security at pick-up site
Line 7: Method of marking pick-up site
Line 8: Patient nationality and status
Line 9: NBC Contamination
●● The Troop Leading Procedures (TLPs)
Answer: 1. Receive the Mission
2. Issue the Warning order
3. Make a Tentative Plan
4. Initiate Movement
5. Conduct Reconnaissance
6. Complete the Plan
7. Issue the Order
8. Supervise and Refine
●● Terrain Analysis (OAKOC)
Answer: Obstacles
Avenues of Approach
,Key Terrain
Observation and Fields of Fire
Cover and Concealment
●● Soldier's Creed
Answer: I am an American Solider.
I am a warrior and a member of a team.
I serve the people of the United States and live the Army Values.
I will always place the mission first.
I will never accept defeat.
I will never quit.
I will never leave a fallen comrade.
I am discipline, physically and mentally tough, trained and proficient in
my warrior tasks and drills.
I always maintain my arms, my equipment, and myself.
I am an expert and I am a professional.
I stand ready to deploy, engage and destroy the enemies of the United
States of America in close combat.
I am a guardian of freedom and the American way of life.
I am an American Solider.
●● Call For Fire
Answer: 1. Observer Identification
, 2. Warning Order
3. Target Location
4. Target Description
5. Method of Engagement
6. Method of Fire and Control
●● 5 Principles of Patrolling (Ranger Handbook)
Answer: A. Planning
B. Reconnaissance
C. Security
D. Control
E. Common Sense
●● General George C. Marshall's Definition of Leadership
Answer: You have to lead men in war by brining them along to endure
and display qualities of fortitude that are beyond the average man's
thought of what he/she should be expected to do. You have to inspire
them when they are hungry and exhausted and desperately
uncomfortable and in great danger. Only a man of positive
characteristics of leadership with the physical stamina that goes with it
can function under those conditions.
Purpose
Direction
