NCOA BOOK 3 EXAM REVIEW
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS
activities, operations, organizations in which elements of two or more military
departments participate - Answer- joint
an anticipated situation that likely would involve military forces in response to natural
and man made disasters - Answer- contingency
series of related major operations aimed at achieving stratigic or operational objectives -
Answer- campaign
Explain how tactical actions potentially affect the mission success in a JIIM. - Answer-
Tactical actions are used in battle such as ambushes, seeking and turning flanks,
maintaining reconnaissance, and creating and using obstacles and defenses. The
enemies' tactics are changing like the use of IEDs. If you don't change your tactics to
fight against the enemy, your mission could fail.
_____________________ and _____________________ focus on deterring war,
resolving conflict, promoting peace, irregular warfare, national disasters, and supporting
civil authorities in response to domestic crisis. - Answer- Crisis response and
contingency operations
A Joint Interagency, Intergovernmental, Multinational environment is often referred to as
_____________? - Answer- Joint
A series of activities, operations, or organizations in which elements of two or more
military departments participate to achieve strategic and operational objectives within a
given time and space is known as a ________________________? - Answer- Joint
Campaign
List three key operational Air Force capabilities that are provided through airpower. -
Answer- Strategic Attack, Counterair, Counterland, Air Interdiction, Countersea, Combat
Support, Airlift, Air Refueling, and Special Operations.
Name two fundamental concepts of traditional warfare. - Answer- A confrontation
between nation-states or coalitions/alliances of nation-states.
Typically involves force-on-force military operations in which adversaries employ a
variety of conventional military capabilities against each other in the air, land, maritime,
space, and cyberspace domains.
, The objectives may be to convince or coerce key military or political decision makers,
defeat an adversary's armed forces, destroy an adversary's war-making capacity, or
seize or retain territory in order to force a change in an adversary's government or
policies.
Name two fundamental concepts of irregular warfare. - Answer- A violent struggle
among state and non-state actors for legitimacy and influence over the relevant
populations.
Combatants are irregular military rather than regular forces, like guerrilla or asymmetric
warfare.
They may employ the full range of military and other capabilities, in order to erode an
adversary's power, influence, and will.
Will test the resolve of a state and its strategic partners.
Summarize how the Air Force capabilities of air, space, and cyberspace relate to and
complement other U.S. Air Force units or service capabilities. - Answer- All operations
require some sort of collaboration between units or services.
The Joint environment requires all units/services to work together to accomplish the
mission.
Without Air Force capabilities you would not have control of air, space, or cyberspace
making it hard to accomplish any mission.
Military Theory: - Answer- the scientific, artistic, and philosophical idea or view relating
to principles, methods, rules, and operations of war.
Principles of War: - Answer- "those aspects of warfare that is universally true and
relevant." They are: unity of command, objective, offensive, mass, maneuver, economy
of force, security, surprise, and simplicity.
a statement of officially sanctioned beliefs, war fighting principles, and terminology that
describes and guides the proper use of air, space, and cyberspace power in military
operations. - Answer- Air Force Doctrine
the art and science of developing and employing instruments of national power in a
synchronized and integrated fashion to achieve theater, national, and/or multinational
objectives. - Answer- U.S. Strategy
guides the proper organization and employment of forces in the context of distinct
objective, force capabilities, and broad functional areas. - Answer- Operational
describes the proper employment of specific Air Force assets, individually or in concert
with other assets, to accomplish detailed objectives. - Answer- Tactical
The protection of U.S. sovereignty, territory, domestic population, and critical defense
infrastructure against external threats and aggression. - Answer- homeland defensecivil
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS
activities, operations, organizations in which elements of two or more military
departments participate - Answer- joint
an anticipated situation that likely would involve military forces in response to natural
and man made disasters - Answer- contingency
series of related major operations aimed at achieving stratigic or operational objectives -
Answer- campaign
Explain how tactical actions potentially affect the mission success in a JIIM. - Answer-
Tactical actions are used in battle such as ambushes, seeking and turning flanks,
maintaining reconnaissance, and creating and using obstacles and defenses. The
enemies' tactics are changing like the use of IEDs. If you don't change your tactics to
fight against the enemy, your mission could fail.
_____________________ and _____________________ focus on deterring war,
resolving conflict, promoting peace, irregular warfare, national disasters, and supporting
civil authorities in response to domestic crisis. - Answer- Crisis response and
contingency operations
A Joint Interagency, Intergovernmental, Multinational environment is often referred to as
_____________? - Answer- Joint
A series of activities, operations, or organizations in which elements of two or more
military departments participate to achieve strategic and operational objectives within a
given time and space is known as a ________________________? - Answer- Joint
Campaign
List three key operational Air Force capabilities that are provided through airpower. -
Answer- Strategic Attack, Counterair, Counterland, Air Interdiction, Countersea, Combat
Support, Airlift, Air Refueling, and Special Operations.
Name two fundamental concepts of traditional warfare. - Answer- A confrontation
between nation-states or coalitions/alliances of nation-states.
Typically involves force-on-force military operations in which adversaries employ a
variety of conventional military capabilities against each other in the air, land, maritime,
space, and cyberspace domains.
, The objectives may be to convince or coerce key military or political decision makers,
defeat an adversary's armed forces, destroy an adversary's war-making capacity, or
seize or retain territory in order to force a change in an adversary's government or
policies.
Name two fundamental concepts of irregular warfare. - Answer- A violent struggle
among state and non-state actors for legitimacy and influence over the relevant
populations.
Combatants are irregular military rather than regular forces, like guerrilla or asymmetric
warfare.
They may employ the full range of military and other capabilities, in order to erode an
adversary's power, influence, and will.
Will test the resolve of a state and its strategic partners.
Summarize how the Air Force capabilities of air, space, and cyberspace relate to and
complement other U.S. Air Force units or service capabilities. - Answer- All operations
require some sort of collaboration between units or services.
The Joint environment requires all units/services to work together to accomplish the
mission.
Without Air Force capabilities you would not have control of air, space, or cyberspace
making it hard to accomplish any mission.
Military Theory: - Answer- the scientific, artistic, and philosophical idea or view relating
to principles, methods, rules, and operations of war.
Principles of War: - Answer- "those aspects of warfare that is universally true and
relevant." They are: unity of command, objective, offensive, mass, maneuver, economy
of force, security, surprise, and simplicity.
a statement of officially sanctioned beliefs, war fighting principles, and terminology that
describes and guides the proper use of air, space, and cyberspace power in military
operations. - Answer- Air Force Doctrine
the art and science of developing and employing instruments of national power in a
synchronized and integrated fashion to achieve theater, national, and/or multinational
objectives. - Answer- U.S. Strategy
guides the proper organization and employment of forces in the context of distinct
objective, force capabilities, and broad functional areas. - Answer- Operational
describes the proper employment of specific Air Force assets, individually or in concert
with other assets, to accomplish detailed objectives. - Answer- Tactical
The protection of U.S. sovereignty, territory, domestic population, and critical defense
infrastructure against external threats and aggression. - Answer- homeland defensecivil
