CGSC X100 ACTUAL 2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔All MAGTFs consist of four core elements - ✔✔a command element, ground combat
element (GCE), aviation combat element (ACE), logistics combat element (LCE)
✔✔5 Types of MAGTFs - ✔✔Marine Expeditionary Force - MEF; Marine Expeditionary
Force (Forward) - MEF (FWD); Marine Expeditionary Brigade - MEB; Marine
Expeditionary Unit - MEU; Special Purpose Marine Air Ground MAGTFs - SPMAGTF
✔✔What are the component parts of strategy - ✔✔Domestic ; External
✔✔Typically, what type of command structures have been carefully developed over
extended periods of time and have a high degree of stability and consensus -
✔✔Alliance
✔✔Secretaries of the Military Departments - ✔✔exercise authority over the Chiefs of the
Services for those forces not assigned to the combatant commands
✔✔Under the Aviation Combat Element (ACE) of the Marine Corps what are the six
functions of Marine Aviation - ✔✔Anti-air warfare;Assault support; Electronic warfare;
Offensive air support; Air reconnaissance; Control of aircraft and missiles
✔✔Ends - ✔✔explain "what" is to be accomplished. They flow from a consideration of
the interest, which is expressed as a desired end state, and the factors in the strategic
environment affecting the realization of this desired end state
✔✔Ways - ✔✔explain "how" the objectives are to be accomplished by the employment
of the instruments of power
✔✔Means - ✔✔determine the types and levels of resources that are necessary to
support the concepts of the strategy
✔✔What principles guides the national security staff in developing policies and security
strategy? - ✔✔A Strategic Process
✔✔What are the expanded core capabilities of the Navy - ✔✔Forward presence
deterrence; sea control ; power projection; maritime security; humanitarian assistance;
disaster response
✔✔What are the types of organizational structures in multinational commands -
✔✔Integrated Command Structure; Lead Nation Command Structure; Parallel
Command Structure
,✔✔What are the levels of strategy as they pertain to the military element of power within
the state - ✔✔Grand Strategy; National Security Strategy; National Military Strategy;
Theater Strategy
✔✔Who provides strategic direction to the military through the National Military Strategy
consistent with the Quadrennial Defense Review and the National Defense Strategy -
✔✔Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
✔✔National Security Council - ✔✔principal forum for national security policy requiring
Presidential determination
✔✔Unity of command in the Armed Forces of the United States starts with what? -
✔✔national strategic direction
✔✔How many signals can be simultaneously received at any location on the ground
from the GPS constellation of satellites - ✔✔GPS navigation constellations are
designed to ensure that signals from at least four satellites can be simultaneously
received
✔✔Global Force Management Implementation Guidance (GFMIG) - ✔✔provides
comprehensive insights into the availability, readiness and capabilities of U.S. military
forces that allow senior-decision makers to quickly and accurately assess the impacts
and risks of proposed changes in forces/capabilities assignments, apportionments, and
allocation options
✔✔Types of Army Combatant Commands - ✔✔Geographical & Functional
✔✔2 main branches of Operational DOD - ✔✔Combatant Commands & Service
Departments
✔✔Facilitate Unity of Effort - ✔✔Achieving national strategic objectives requires the
effective and efficient use of diplomatic, informational, military, and economic
instruments of national power supported by inter-organizational coordination.
✔✔What is the purpose of the Defense Acquisition System? - ✔✔Purpose: Manage the
nation's investment in technology, programs, and product support necessary to achieve
the National Security Strategy
✔✔What is the objective of the Defense Acquisition System? - ✔✔Objective: Acquire
quality products that satisfy user needs with measurable improvements to mission
capability and operational support, in a timely manner, and at a fair and reasonable
price.
, ✔✔What's the difference between single Step and Evolutionary development
approaches? - ✔✔With the Step approach, the user receives no useful capability until
IOC (Initial Operational Capability). With the Evolutionary approach, the user receives
incremental increases in capability as the technology base develops.
✔✔What's the difference between incremental and spiral development acquisition
strategy approaches? - ✔✔Incremental Development: End-state is known; requirements
met over time in several increments.
Spiral Development: End-state is not known; requirements for increments dependent
upon technology maturation and user feedback.
✔✔What are Exit Criteria? - ✔✔Program-specific accomplishments that must be
satisfactorily demonstrated before a program can progress further in the current
acquisition phase or transition to the next acquisition phase.
✔✔Explain the purpose and name two activities of the Materiel Solution Analysis phase.
- ✔✔Purpose: Assess potential materiel solutions Activities: Conduct AoA, develop
Technology Development Strategy (TDS) & draft CDD.
✔✔Explain the purpose and name two activities of the Technology Development phase.
- ✔✔Purpose: Reduce Technology Risk, determine and mature appropriate set of
technologies to be integrated into a full system, and to demonstrate Critical Technology
Elements on Prototypes. Activities: Competitive prototyping; Develop RAM strategy;
conduct Preliminary Design Review (PDR)
✔✔Explain the purpose and name two activities of the Engineering and Manufacturing
Development phase. - ✔✔Purpose: Develop a system or increment of capability,
develop an affordable manufacturing process, minimize logistics footprint. Activities
(Integrated System Design): Define System of System Functionality & Interfaces,
Complete Detailed Design, System-Level PDR (as needed)/CDR, Establish Product
Baseline. Activities (System Capability & Manufacturing Process Demonstration):
Developmental Testing (DT) Assesses Progress Against Technical Parameters, and
Operational Assessments (OA) Against CDD.
✔✔Explain the purpose and name two activities of the Production and Deployment
phase. - ✔✔Purpose: Achieve an operational Capability that satisfies mission needs.
Activities (LRIP/IOT&E): IOT&E, LFT&E and Interoperability Testing of Production or
Production-Representative Articles; IOC possible. Activities (Full-Rate Production &
Deployment): Full-Rate Production; Fielding and Support of Fielded Systems; IOC/FOC
✔✔What 3 program parameters are documented in an APB? - ✔✔Acquisition Program
Baseline: Key Cost, Schedule, and Performance thresholds
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔All MAGTFs consist of four core elements - ✔✔a command element, ground combat
element (GCE), aviation combat element (ACE), logistics combat element (LCE)
✔✔5 Types of MAGTFs - ✔✔Marine Expeditionary Force - MEF; Marine Expeditionary
Force (Forward) - MEF (FWD); Marine Expeditionary Brigade - MEB; Marine
Expeditionary Unit - MEU; Special Purpose Marine Air Ground MAGTFs - SPMAGTF
✔✔What are the component parts of strategy - ✔✔Domestic ; External
✔✔Typically, what type of command structures have been carefully developed over
extended periods of time and have a high degree of stability and consensus -
✔✔Alliance
✔✔Secretaries of the Military Departments - ✔✔exercise authority over the Chiefs of the
Services for those forces not assigned to the combatant commands
✔✔Under the Aviation Combat Element (ACE) of the Marine Corps what are the six
functions of Marine Aviation - ✔✔Anti-air warfare;Assault support; Electronic warfare;
Offensive air support; Air reconnaissance; Control of aircraft and missiles
✔✔Ends - ✔✔explain "what" is to be accomplished. They flow from a consideration of
the interest, which is expressed as a desired end state, and the factors in the strategic
environment affecting the realization of this desired end state
✔✔Ways - ✔✔explain "how" the objectives are to be accomplished by the employment
of the instruments of power
✔✔Means - ✔✔determine the types and levels of resources that are necessary to
support the concepts of the strategy
✔✔What principles guides the national security staff in developing policies and security
strategy? - ✔✔A Strategic Process
✔✔What are the expanded core capabilities of the Navy - ✔✔Forward presence
deterrence; sea control ; power projection; maritime security; humanitarian assistance;
disaster response
✔✔What are the types of organizational structures in multinational commands -
✔✔Integrated Command Structure; Lead Nation Command Structure; Parallel
Command Structure
,✔✔What are the levels of strategy as they pertain to the military element of power within
the state - ✔✔Grand Strategy; National Security Strategy; National Military Strategy;
Theater Strategy
✔✔Who provides strategic direction to the military through the National Military Strategy
consistent with the Quadrennial Defense Review and the National Defense Strategy -
✔✔Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
✔✔National Security Council - ✔✔principal forum for national security policy requiring
Presidential determination
✔✔Unity of command in the Armed Forces of the United States starts with what? -
✔✔national strategic direction
✔✔How many signals can be simultaneously received at any location on the ground
from the GPS constellation of satellites - ✔✔GPS navigation constellations are
designed to ensure that signals from at least four satellites can be simultaneously
received
✔✔Global Force Management Implementation Guidance (GFMIG) - ✔✔provides
comprehensive insights into the availability, readiness and capabilities of U.S. military
forces that allow senior-decision makers to quickly and accurately assess the impacts
and risks of proposed changes in forces/capabilities assignments, apportionments, and
allocation options
✔✔Types of Army Combatant Commands - ✔✔Geographical & Functional
✔✔2 main branches of Operational DOD - ✔✔Combatant Commands & Service
Departments
✔✔Facilitate Unity of Effort - ✔✔Achieving national strategic objectives requires the
effective and efficient use of diplomatic, informational, military, and economic
instruments of national power supported by inter-organizational coordination.
✔✔What is the purpose of the Defense Acquisition System? - ✔✔Purpose: Manage the
nation's investment in technology, programs, and product support necessary to achieve
the National Security Strategy
✔✔What is the objective of the Defense Acquisition System? - ✔✔Objective: Acquire
quality products that satisfy user needs with measurable improvements to mission
capability and operational support, in a timely manner, and at a fair and reasonable
price.
, ✔✔What's the difference between single Step and Evolutionary development
approaches? - ✔✔With the Step approach, the user receives no useful capability until
IOC (Initial Operational Capability). With the Evolutionary approach, the user receives
incremental increases in capability as the technology base develops.
✔✔What's the difference between incremental and spiral development acquisition
strategy approaches? - ✔✔Incremental Development: End-state is known; requirements
met over time in several increments.
Spiral Development: End-state is not known; requirements for increments dependent
upon technology maturation and user feedback.
✔✔What are Exit Criteria? - ✔✔Program-specific accomplishments that must be
satisfactorily demonstrated before a program can progress further in the current
acquisition phase or transition to the next acquisition phase.
✔✔Explain the purpose and name two activities of the Materiel Solution Analysis phase.
- ✔✔Purpose: Assess potential materiel solutions Activities: Conduct AoA, develop
Technology Development Strategy (TDS) & draft CDD.
✔✔Explain the purpose and name two activities of the Technology Development phase.
- ✔✔Purpose: Reduce Technology Risk, determine and mature appropriate set of
technologies to be integrated into a full system, and to demonstrate Critical Technology
Elements on Prototypes. Activities: Competitive prototyping; Develop RAM strategy;
conduct Preliminary Design Review (PDR)
✔✔Explain the purpose and name two activities of the Engineering and Manufacturing
Development phase. - ✔✔Purpose: Develop a system or increment of capability,
develop an affordable manufacturing process, minimize logistics footprint. Activities
(Integrated System Design): Define System of System Functionality & Interfaces,
Complete Detailed Design, System-Level PDR (as needed)/CDR, Establish Product
Baseline. Activities (System Capability & Manufacturing Process Demonstration):
Developmental Testing (DT) Assesses Progress Against Technical Parameters, and
Operational Assessments (OA) Against CDD.
✔✔Explain the purpose and name two activities of the Production and Deployment
phase. - ✔✔Purpose: Achieve an operational Capability that satisfies mission needs.
Activities (LRIP/IOT&E): IOT&E, LFT&E and Interoperability Testing of Production or
Production-Representative Articles; IOC possible. Activities (Full-Rate Production &
Deployment): Full-Rate Production; Fielding and Support of Fielded Systems; IOC/FOC
✔✔What 3 program parameters are documented in an APB? - ✔✔Acquisition Program
Baseline: Key Cost, Schedule, and Performance thresholds
