CAPTAINS CAREER COURSE A ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS RATED A+
✔✔__________ represent Department of Defense support to U.S. civil authorities for
domestic emergencies, law enforcement support, and other domestic activities, or from
qualifying entities for special events. - ✔✔Homeland Defense and Defense Support of
Civil Authorities (DSCA) Tasks
✔✔__________ is the execution of related and mutually supporting task at the same
time across multiple locations and domains. - ✔✔Simultaneity
✔✔__________ is the extension of operations in time, space, or purpose to achieve
definitive results. - ✔✔Depth
✔✔A _________________ is a series of tactical actions, such as battles, engagements,
and strikes. - ✔✔Major Operation
✔✔What are the operational variables? - ✔✔PMESII-PT
1. Political
2. Military
3. Economic
4. Social
5. Information
6. Infrastructure
7. Physical environment
8. Time
✔✔Which of the following is not a Characteristic of the Offense? - ✔✔Battlefield
Patience
✔✔Which ADRP covers Offensive Operations? - ✔✔ADP 3-90
✔✔What are the forms of maneuver? - ✔✔1. Envelopment
2. Flank attack
, 3. Frontal attack
4. Infiltration
5. Penetration
6. Turning movement
✔✔The purpose of the Offense is to Defeat, Destroy, or __________ the enemy forces.
- ✔✔Neutralize
✔✔What are the Fundamentals of the Breach? - ✔✔1. Secure
2. Assault
3. Reduce
4. Obscure
5. Suppress
✔✔Which of the following is not an Offensive Task? - ✔✔Fire Support
✔✔Primary Battle Position - ✔✔The position that covers the enemy's most likely avenue
of approach into the AO.
✔✔Alternative Battle Position - ✔✔The position that covers the enemy's most likely
avenue of approach into the AO and occupied when the primary becomes untenable or
unsuitable.
✔✔Supplementary Battle Position - ✔✔A supplementary position is a defensive position
located within a unit's assigned AO that provides the best sectors of fire and defensive
terrain along an avenue of approach that is not the primary avenue where the enemy is
expected to attack.
✔✔Subsequent Battle Position - ✔✔The position that a unit expects to move to during
the course of battle.
✔✔Strong Point - ✔✔Heavily fortified position tied to a natural or reinforcing obstacle to
create an anchor for the defense or to deny the enemy decisive or key terrain.
✔✔What are the forms of defense? - ✔✔1. Defense of Linear Obstacle
2. Perimeter Defense
3. Reverse Slope Defense
✔✔What are the obstacle effects? - ✔✔1. Turn
2. Disrupt
3. Fix
4. Block
✔✔What are the offensive tasks? (ADRP 3-0 and/or ADRP 3-90) - ✔✔1. Movement to
Contact
QUESTIONS RATED A+
✔✔__________ represent Department of Defense support to U.S. civil authorities for
domestic emergencies, law enforcement support, and other domestic activities, or from
qualifying entities for special events. - ✔✔Homeland Defense and Defense Support of
Civil Authorities (DSCA) Tasks
✔✔__________ is the execution of related and mutually supporting task at the same
time across multiple locations and domains. - ✔✔Simultaneity
✔✔__________ is the extension of operations in time, space, or purpose to achieve
definitive results. - ✔✔Depth
✔✔A _________________ is a series of tactical actions, such as battles, engagements,
and strikes. - ✔✔Major Operation
✔✔What are the operational variables? - ✔✔PMESII-PT
1. Political
2. Military
3. Economic
4. Social
5. Information
6. Infrastructure
7. Physical environment
8. Time
✔✔Which of the following is not a Characteristic of the Offense? - ✔✔Battlefield
Patience
✔✔Which ADRP covers Offensive Operations? - ✔✔ADP 3-90
✔✔What are the forms of maneuver? - ✔✔1. Envelopment
2. Flank attack
, 3. Frontal attack
4. Infiltration
5. Penetration
6. Turning movement
✔✔The purpose of the Offense is to Defeat, Destroy, or __________ the enemy forces.
- ✔✔Neutralize
✔✔What are the Fundamentals of the Breach? - ✔✔1. Secure
2. Assault
3. Reduce
4. Obscure
5. Suppress
✔✔Which of the following is not an Offensive Task? - ✔✔Fire Support
✔✔Primary Battle Position - ✔✔The position that covers the enemy's most likely avenue
of approach into the AO.
✔✔Alternative Battle Position - ✔✔The position that covers the enemy's most likely
avenue of approach into the AO and occupied when the primary becomes untenable or
unsuitable.
✔✔Supplementary Battle Position - ✔✔A supplementary position is a defensive position
located within a unit's assigned AO that provides the best sectors of fire and defensive
terrain along an avenue of approach that is not the primary avenue where the enemy is
expected to attack.
✔✔Subsequent Battle Position - ✔✔The position that a unit expects to move to during
the course of battle.
✔✔Strong Point - ✔✔Heavily fortified position tied to a natural or reinforcing obstacle to
create an anchor for the defense or to deny the enemy decisive or key terrain.
✔✔What are the forms of defense? - ✔✔1. Defense of Linear Obstacle
2. Perimeter Defense
3. Reverse Slope Defense
✔✔What are the obstacle effects? - ✔✔1. Turn
2. Disrupt
3. Fix
4. Block
✔✔What are the offensive tasks? (ADRP 3-0 and/or ADRP 3-90) - ✔✔1. Movement to
Contact
