IBOLC ENTRANCE EXAM STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (GRADED A)

What are the five Principles of Patrolling? -ANSWER - Planning, Reconnaissance, Security, Control, Common Sense Troop Leading Procedures (TLP'S) -ANSWER - Receive the Mission - Issue the WARNO - Make a tentative Plan - Initiate Movement - Conduct Reconnaissance - Complete The plan - Issue the Order - Supervise/Refine The five Paragraphs of an Operations Order (OPORD) -ANSWER - Situation - Mission - Execution - Sustainment (formerly Service & Support) - Command & Control (formerly command & Signal) Elements of the five point contingency plan -ANSWER G- Where the leader is going O- Others leader is taking with him T- Time you will be gone? W- What to do if he does not return in time A- Actions to take on contact (for you and me) Elements of METT-TC -ANSWER - Mission, Enemy, Time Available, Terrain, Troops available, Civil Considerations Movement techniques and when to use them (Ref RHB 6-1) -ANSWER Traveling, Traveling Overwatch, Bounding overwatch Traveling -ANSWER Speed is of the essence and contact not likely Traveling Overwatch -ANSWER contact is possible, less speed but more control than traveling Bounding Overwatch -ANSWER Contact likely, slower but more control Forms of maneuver (Ref FM 3-21.8, Para 7-13) -ANSWER - Envelopment, Turning M