IBOLC COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Actions by friendly force - CORRECT ANSWER Assault, attack by fire, breach, bypass,
clear, combat search and rescue, consolidation and reorganization, control, disengagement,
exfiltrate, follow and assume, follow and support, linkup, occupy, reduce, retain, secure, seize,
support by fire, suppress
Effects on enemy force - CORRECT ANSWER Block, canalize, contain, defeat, destroy,
disrupt, fix, isolate, neutralize, penetrate, turn
Forms of attack - CORRECT ANSWER Ambush, raid, feint, demonstration, spoiling
attack, exploitation, pursuit
Forms of maneuver - CORRECT ANSWER Front attack, flank attack, infiltration,
penetration, turning movement, envelopment
Troop leading procedures - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Receive the mission
2. Issue a warno
3. Make a tentative plan
4. Initiate movement
5. Conduct recon
6. Complete plan
7. Issue order
8. Supervise and refine
Rehearsals - CORRECT ANSWER Backbrief, confirmation brief, supporting rehearsal,
battle drill/ SOP rehearsal/ combined arms rehearsals
, Characteristics of the offense - CORRECT ANSWER Surprise
Concentration
Audacity
Tempo
Characteristics of the defense - CORRECT ANSWER Preparation
Security
Disruption
Flexibility
Mass and concentration
Operation in depth
Maneuverability
Engagement area development - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Identify enemy avenue of
approach
2. Identify enemy scheme of maneuver
3. Determine where to kill the enemy
4. Plan and integrate obstacles
5. Emplace weapon systems
6. Plans and integrate indirect fires
7. Conduct engagement area rehearsal
Characteristics of machine guns: GROUND - CORRECT ANSWER Grazing Fire- cone of
fire is less than 1 meter off the ground. Maximum effective grazing fire is 600m
Plunging fire- when the danger space is within the beaten zone; loss in grazing fire at any point
along trajectory
UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Actions by friendly force - CORRECT ANSWER Assault, attack by fire, breach, bypass,
clear, combat search and rescue, consolidation and reorganization, control, disengagement,
exfiltrate, follow and assume, follow and support, linkup, occupy, reduce, retain, secure, seize,
support by fire, suppress
Effects on enemy force - CORRECT ANSWER Block, canalize, contain, defeat, destroy,
disrupt, fix, isolate, neutralize, penetrate, turn
Forms of attack - CORRECT ANSWER Ambush, raid, feint, demonstration, spoiling
attack, exploitation, pursuit
Forms of maneuver - CORRECT ANSWER Front attack, flank attack, infiltration,
penetration, turning movement, envelopment
Troop leading procedures - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Receive the mission
2. Issue a warno
3. Make a tentative plan
4. Initiate movement
5. Conduct recon
6. Complete plan
7. Issue order
8. Supervise and refine
Rehearsals - CORRECT ANSWER Backbrief, confirmation brief, supporting rehearsal,
battle drill/ SOP rehearsal/ combined arms rehearsals
, Characteristics of the offense - CORRECT ANSWER Surprise
Concentration
Audacity
Tempo
Characteristics of the defense - CORRECT ANSWER Preparation
Security
Disruption
Flexibility
Mass and concentration
Operation in depth
Maneuverability
Engagement area development - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Identify enemy avenue of
approach
2. Identify enemy scheme of maneuver
3. Determine where to kill the enemy
4. Plan and integrate obstacles
5. Emplace weapon systems
6. Plans and integrate indirect fires
7. Conduct engagement area rehearsal
Characteristics of machine guns: GROUND - CORRECT ANSWER Grazing Fire- cone of
fire is less than 1 meter off the ground. Maximum effective grazing fire is 600m
Plunging fire- when the danger space is within the beaten zone; loss in grazing fire at any point
along trajectory
