MNB1601 CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
TESTED QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION PACKAGE
●● Tenets and Foundations of Unified Land Operations
Answer: Simultaneity
Depth
Synchronization
Flexibility
●● Steps of IPB (Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield)
Answer: 1) Define the Operational Environment (conditions,
circumstances, and influences that affect the employment of capabilities)
2) Describe Environmental Effects on Operations (terrain, weather, civil
considerations, and friendly forces)
3) Evaluate the Threat
4) Determine Threat COAs
●● The Mission Statement
Answer: Who (unit)
What (Unit's essential task and type of operation)
When (time give in the higher level order)
,Where (OBJ or location)
Why (unit's purpose, taken from higher's concept of the operation)
●● Decisive Point
Answer: A geographic place, specific key event, critical factor, or
function that, when acted upon, allows commanders to gain a marked
advantage over an adversary or contribute materially to achieving
success.
●● Offensive Tasks
Answer: 1. Movement to Contact (develop the situation and to
establish or regain contact)
2. Attack (destroys or defeats enemy forces, seizes and secures terrain,
or both)
3. Exploitation (usually follows a successful attack and is
designed to disorganize the enemy in depth)
4. Pursuit (catch or cut off a hostile force attempting
to escape, with the aim of destroying it)
●● Defensive Tasks
Answer: 1. Area defense (denying enemy forces
access to designated terrain for a specific time rather than destroying the
enemy outright)
,2. Mobile defense (destruction or defeat
of the enemy through a decisive attack by a striking force)
3. Retrograde (organized movement away from the
enemy. Delay, withdrawal, withdrawal under pressure, retirement)
●● Characteristics of the Offense
Answer: Surprise
Concentration
Audacity
Tempo
●● Characteristics of the Defense
Answer: Disruption
Flexibility
Maneuver
Mass/Concentration
Operations in Depth
Preparation
Security
●● Engagement Area Development
Answer: 1) Identify all likely enemy avenues of approach
, 2) Determine likely enemy schemes of maneuver
3) Determine where to kill the enemy force
4) Plan and integrate obstacles
5) Emplace weapon systems
6) Plan and integrate indirect fires
7) Rehearse
●● Levels of War
Answer: 1) Strategic level focuses on supporting national goals
2) Operational level concerns forces collectively in
theater
3) Tactical level involves the details of individual
engagements
●● Fundamentals of Reconnaissance
Answer: EDORRGD:
Ensure continuous reconnaissance.
Do not keep reconnaissance assets in reserve.
Orient on the reconnaissance objective.
Report information rapidly and accurately.
Retain freedom of maneuver.
Gain and maintain enemy contact.
TESTED QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION PACKAGE
●● Tenets and Foundations of Unified Land Operations
Answer: Simultaneity
Depth
Synchronization
Flexibility
●● Steps of IPB (Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield)
Answer: 1) Define the Operational Environment (conditions,
circumstances, and influences that affect the employment of capabilities)
2) Describe Environmental Effects on Operations (terrain, weather, civil
considerations, and friendly forces)
3) Evaluate the Threat
4) Determine Threat COAs
●● The Mission Statement
Answer: Who (unit)
What (Unit's essential task and type of operation)
When (time give in the higher level order)
,Where (OBJ or location)
Why (unit's purpose, taken from higher's concept of the operation)
●● Decisive Point
Answer: A geographic place, specific key event, critical factor, or
function that, when acted upon, allows commanders to gain a marked
advantage over an adversary or contribute materially to achieving
success.
●● Offensive Tasks
Answer: 1. Movement to Contact (develop the situation and to
establish or regain contact)
2. Attack (destroys or defeats enemy forces, seizes and secures terrain,
or both)
3. Exploitation (usually follows a successful attack and is
designed to disorganize the enemy in depth)
4. Pursuit (catch or cut off a hostile force attempting
to escape, with the aim of destroying it)
●● Defensive Tasks
Answer: 1. Area defense (denying enemy forces
access to designated terrain for a specific time rather than destroying the
enemy outright)
,2. Mobile defense (destruction or defeat
of the enemy through a decisive attack by a striking force)
3. Retrograde (organized movement away from the
enemy. Delay, withdrawal, withdrawal under pressure, retirement)
●● Characteristics of the Offense
Answer: Surprise
Concentration
Audacity
Tempo
●● Characteristics of the Defense
Answer: Disruption
Flexibility
Maneuver
Mass/Concentration
Operations in Depth
Preparation
Security
●● Engagement Area Development
Answer: 1) Identify all likely enemy avenues of approach
, 2) Determine likely enemy schemes of maneuver
3) Determine where to kill the enemy force
4) Plan and integrate obstacles
5) Emplace weapon systems
6) Plan and integrate indirect fires
7) Rehearse
●● Levels of War
Answer: 1) Strategic level focuses on supporting national goals
2) Operational level concerns forces collectively in
theater
3) Tactical level involves the details of individual
engagements
●● Fundamentals of Reconnaissance
Answer: EDORRGD:
Ensure continuous reconnaissance.
Do not keep reconnaissance assets in reserve.
Orient on the reconnaissance objective.
Report information rapidly and accurately.
Retain freedom of maneuver.
Gain and maintain enemy contact.
