FA BOLC MOD II QUESTINS AND ANSWERS
What counts as Destroyed? - Answers :30%
What counts as neutralized? - Answers :10%
What counts as suppressed? - Answers :3% or temporarily combat ineffective
Effects in Fire Support (NSD8) - Answers :Neutralize, suppress, deceive, defeat, delay,
destroy, disrupt and divert
Fire Support planning technique - Answers :Top down planning, bottom up refinement
What type of planning is used in a deliberate fire plan? - Answers :Top down planning,
bottom up refinement
What type of planning is used in a quick fire plan? - Answers :Bottom up planning
The Fire Support plan allows the commander to achieve what 4 things - Answers :Mass
effects, surprise, destroy eenemy forces and obtain decisive results
Who is responsible for the development of the FS plan, as well as its technical and
tactical execution? - Answers :The FSCOORD, Chief of Fires, FSOs and fire cells
When does planning stop? - Answers :Never
What does it mean to use the lowest Echelon capable of furnishing effective support
mean? - Answers :Using the smallest and least powerful weapons system capable of
completing the mission
What is Fire Support Coordination - Answers :The planning and executing of fire so that
targets are adequately covered by a suitable weapon or groups of weapons
What are the three requirements of effective Fire Support Coordination? - Answers
:Cohesiveness, responsiveness and integration
What is the ideal End State? - Answers :The right weapons, on the right target, with the
right effects at the right time
What is the goal of all fire support? - Answers :To support the maneuver commander
What are the duties of the Company FSO - Answers :Inform your commanders on
ammo requirements, identify any issues that must be addressed by the BN FSO, Verify
target data, send your refinement data, explain FS in terms of desired effects, rehearse
, An effective FS plan... - Answers :Clearly defines fire support requirements and focuses
on the tasks and their resulting effects
An integrated fire support plan... - Answers :Coordinates and combines with the other
war functions to maximize the results of each attack and generating desired effect.
Put simply, a good FS plan always - Answers :Meets the commanders intent
If the FSCOORD becomes chief planner, what does the BCT FSO tend to do? -
Answers :Become chief executioner
THe commander's intent must be clear and concise and understood, it must include the
- Answers :Desired End State
How many priority targets may each asset have? - Answers :1
How many echelons up must you understand the commander's intent? - Answers :2
Prosecuting planned targets with actions scheduled against them is known as -
Answers :Deliberate Targeting
Prosecuting targets of opportunity is known as - Answers :Dynamic targeting
Targets known to exist, but with no actions on them are called - Answers :Unplanned
targets
Targets not known to exist and with no actions planned on them are known as -
Answers :Unanticipated targets
What makes up the D3A? - Answers :Decide, detect, deliver, assess
What is the HPTLAGMTSS? - Answers :The targeting paper
A designated target that requires immediate action or it may be gone soon - Answers
:Time sensitive target (TST)
Certain targets that must be approached with special care because of major adverse
consequences - Answers :Sensitive targets
HPTL - Answers :High Payoff Target List
ISR - Answers :Intelligence, surveillance and Recon
TSS - Answers :Target selection standards
AGM - Answers :Attack guidance matrix
What counts as Destroyed? - Answers :30%
What counts as neutralized? - Answers :10%
What counts as suppressed? - Answers :3% or temporarily combat ineffective
Effects in Fire Support (NSD8) - Answers :Neutralize, suppress, deceive, defeat, delay,
destroy, disrupt and divert
Fire Support planning technique - Answers :Top down planning, bottom up refinement
What type of planning is used in a deliberate fire plan? - Answers :Top down planning,
bottom up refinement
What type of planning is used in a quick fire plan? - Answers :Bottom up planning
The Fire Support plan allows the commander to achieve what 4 things - Answers :Mass
effects, surprise, destroy eenemy forces and obtain decisive results
Who is responsible for the development of the FS plan, as well as its technical and
tactical execution? - Answers :The FSCOORD, Chief of Fires, FSOs and fire cells
When does planning stop? - Answers :Never
What does it mean to use the lowest Echelon capable of furnishing effective support
mean? - Answers :Using the smallest and least powerful weapons system capable of
completing the mission
What is Fire Support Coordination - Answers :The planning and executing of fire so that
targets are adequately covered by a suitable weapon or groups of weapons
What are the three requirements of effective Fire Support Coordination? - Answers
:Cohesiveness, responsiveness and integration
What is the ideal End State? - Answers :The right weapons, on the right target, with the
right effects at the right time
What is the goal of all fire support? - Answers :To support the maneuver commander
What are the duties of the Company FSO - Answers :Inform your commanders on
ammo requirements, identify any issues that must be addressed by the BN FSO, Verify
target data, send your refinement data, explain FS in terms of desired effects, rehearse
, An effective FS plan... - Answers :Clearly defines fire support requirements and focuses
on the tasks and their resulting effects
An integrated fire support plan... - Answers :Coordinates and combines with the other
war functions to maximize the results of each attack and generating desired effect.
Put simply, a good FS plan always - Answers :Meets the commanders intent
If the FSCOORD becomes chief planner, what does the BCT FSO tend to do? -
Answers :Become chief executioner
THe commander's intent must be clear and concise and understood, it must include the
- Answers :Desired End State
How many priority targets may each asset have? - Answers :1
How many echelons up must you understand the commander's intent? - Answers :2
Prosecuting planned targets with actions scheduled against them is known as -
Answers :Deliberate Targeting
Prosecuting targets of opportunity is known as - Answers :Dynamic targeting
Targets known to exist, but with no actions on them are called - Answers :Unplanned
targets
Targets not known to exist and with no actions planned on them are known as -
Answers :Unanticipated targets
What makes up the D3A? - Answers :Decide, detect, deliver, assess
What is the HPTLAGMTSS? - Answers :The targeting paper
A designated target that requires immediate action or it may be gone soon - Answers
:Time sensitive target (TST)
Certain targets that must be approached with special care because of major adverse
consequences - Answers :Sensitive targets
HPTL - Answers :High Payoff Target List
ISR - Answers :Intelligence, surveillance and Recon
TSS - Answers :Target selection standards
AGM - Answers :Attack guidance matrix
