PPME: Block 2 Questions with Detailed Verified AnswersPPME: Block 2 Questions with Detailed Verified Answers

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PPME: Block 2 Questions with Detailed
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Question:Which time frame does the Fleet Response Plan use as its cycle?

Ans: 27-Month

Question: Which Sea Power 21 initiative changed the way the U.S. Navy
deploys and trains the Fleet?

Ans: Sea Basing

Question: The Fleet Response Plan is often referred to as the __________?

Ans: Fleet Readiness Plan

Question: Because of the war against terrorists, Secretary of the Navy
England challenged the U.S. Navy to __________?

Ans: Maintain it's relevance

Question: The flexible deployment concept allows units that have attained
high readiness to embark on deployments in support of specific national
priorities such as ______________.

Ans: Homeland defense, multi-national exercises, security cooperation
events, and deterrence operations

Question: Who did Admiral Vern Clark task with developing a plan to replace
the 18-month inter-deployment training cycle (IDTC)?

Ans: Commander, Fleet Forces Command

Question: Which of the following describes the 6 + 2 plan?

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Ans: 6 CSGs available to deploy within 30 days plus 2 CSGs available to deploy
within 90 days

Question: When is a ship, sub, or squadron considered to be routine
deployable?

Ans: After successfully completing all necessary capabilities training,
including the completion of underway sustainment phase training and
certification of the unit for forward-deployed operations

Question: "Presence with a purpose" provides __________?

Ans: Routine deployments in support of specific combatant commander
objectives or on shorter "pulse" employment periods

Question: When is a CSG considered to be in emergency surge status?

Ans: When they have successfully completed their unit level phase training
phase

Question: At its core, the Fleet Response Plan is ______________.

Ans: Mission driven, capabilities-based response plan

Question: When is a CSG considered surge ready?

Ans: When they have completed integrated phase training.

Question: Which report issued a mandate for the U.S. military to transform
leading to adoption of FRP?

Ans: 2001 Quadrennial Defense Review

Question: Under the 27-month Fleet Response Plan, a carrier strike group is
surge-ready for how many months?

Ans: Approximately 16 months

Question: The Fleet Response Plan places a carrier strike group in these four
categories: