ACTUAL UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
The cognitive approach by commanders and staffs; supported by their skill,
knowledge, experience, creativity, and judgment; to develop strategies, campaigns, and
operations to organize and employ military forces by integrating ends, ways, means, and risks
is known as __________.
Operational Art
Operational Design
Center of Gravity
Decisive Point - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Operational Art
The conception and construction of the framework that underpins planning is
known as _________.
Operational Design
Center of Gravity
Operational Approach
Decisive Point - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Operational Design
Which step of the Joint Planning Process for Air (JPPA) involves the staff
determining the best air COA to recommend to the commander?
COA Development
COA Analysis and Wargaming
COA Comparison
COA Approval - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅COA Development
,Throughout the planning process, commanders and their staffs conduct formal and informal
discussions at all levels of the chain of command, supporting CCDRs, and subordinate
commands. This Operational Methodology step is known as:
Refining the Operational Approach
Defining the Critical Capability
Decision Points
Decisive Points - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Refining the Operational Approach
List the elements of operational design - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Objectives, Military
end state, Center of gravity, Effects, Culmination, Lines of operation, Lines of effort,
Decisive points, Direct and indirect approach, Operational reach, Arranging operations,
Anticipation, Forces and functions
This document articulates the tasking for joint air operations for a specific
timeframe. *
No-Strike List
Joint Air Operations Plan
Restricted Target List
Air Tasking Order - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Air Tasking Order
During planning, ______ that are logical, realistic, and essential for planning
are used in the absence of facts.
Assumptions
Probable enemy actions
Combat support functions
Decisive points - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Assumptions
To provide definitive focus for the development of a strategy or plan, a clear,
concise, and precise ________ is essential.
, Problem Statement
Commander's Intent
Commander's Purpose
Operational Environment - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Problem Statement
The JFACC utilizes and develops the _____ as the broad overarching plan
to meet the JFC's intent for the air campaign.
Air Tasking Order
Joint Air Operations Plan
Special Instructions (SPINS)
Joint Integrated Prioritized Target List (JIPTL) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Joint Air
Operations Plan
Battle Rhythm is best described as?
A cycle of direct action against enemy elements
Daily operations cycle including briefings, meetings, and report requirements.
The rhythm of staff activities based on the circadian rhythm of the staff
Is often determined by the hours of the DFAC - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Daily operations
cycle including briefings, meetings, and report requirements.
Joint Planning is best defined as:
The seven-step process for military decision-making in both operational and tactical
environments.
A deliberate process of determining how to use military capabilities in time and space while
considering the associated risks.