IBOLC Comprehensive Exam Study Guide
Questions With Correct Answers
Characteristics of the Offense - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Audacity,
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Concentration, Surpise, Tempo | |
Audacity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Simple plan of action, boldly executed
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Concentration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Massing of overwhelming
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effects of combat power to achieve a single purpose
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Surprise - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-In the offense, achieved by attacking
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the enemy at a time or place they do not expect or in a manner for
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which they are unprepared
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Tempo - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The relative speed and rhythm of
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military operations over time with respect to the enemy
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Offensive Tasks - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Movement to Contact, Attack,
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Exploitation, Pursuit |
,Movement to Contact - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An offensive task
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designed to develop the situation and establish or regain contact
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Attack - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Destroys or defeats enemy forces, seizes
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and secures terrain, or both
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Exploitation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Follows an attack and disorganizes
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the enemy in-depth. Seeks to disintegrate enemy forces to the point
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where they have no alternative but surrender or retreat
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Pursuit - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An offensive task designed to catch or
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cut off a hostile force attempting to escape, with the aim of destroying
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them. Normally follows exploitation
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Forms of Manuever - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Envelopment, Turning
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Movement, Frontal Attack, Penetration, Infiltration, Flank Attack
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Envelopment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A form of maneuver in which an
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attacking force seeks to avoid the principal enemy defenses by seizing
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objectives behind those defenses allowing the targeted enemy force to
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be destroyed in their current positions
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,Turning Movement - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A form of maneuver in
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which the attacking force seeks to avoid the enemy's principle defense
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positions by seizing objectives behind the enemy's current position
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Frontal Attack - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A form of maneuver where an
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attacking force seeks to destroy a weaker enemy force, or fix a larger
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enemy in place over a broad front. Can be used to overrun a weak
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enemy force |
Penetration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A form of maneuver where an
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attacking force seeks to rupture enemy defenses in a narrow front to
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disrupt the defensive system
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Infiltration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A form of maneuver where an
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attacking force conducts undetected movement through or into an area
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controlled by enemy forces. The goal is to occupy a position of
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advantage behind enemy positions while exposing only small friendly
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elements to their defensive fires
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Flank Attack - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A form of offensive maneuver
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directed at the flank of an enemy force. A flank is the right or left side of
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a military formation and is not oriented toward the enemy
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, Characteristics of the Defense - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Preparation, | | | | | | |
Security, Disruption, Mass and Concentration, Flexibility, Maneuver,
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Operations In-Depth |
Defensive Tasks - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Area Defense, Mobile Defense,
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Retrograde
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Area Defense - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Concentrates on denying enemy
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forces access to designated terrain for a specific time rather than
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destroying the enemy outright. The focus is in retaining terrain where
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the bulk of the defending force positions itself in mutually supporting
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positions and controls the terrain between positions
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Mobile Defense - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A defensive task that
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concentrates on destruction or defeat of the enemy through a decisive
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attack by a striking force. Focuses on the defeating or destroying the
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enemy by allowing enemy forces to advance to a point where they are
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exposed to a decisive counterattack by the striking force.
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Retrograde - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A defensive task involving
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organized movement away from the enemy. The enemy may force this
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or a leader may execute voluntarily. In either case the higher command
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of the force executing the operation must approve it.
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Questions With Correct Answers
Characteristics of the Offense - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Audacity,
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Concentration, Surpise, Tempo | |
Audacity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Simple plan of action, boldly executed
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Concentration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Massing of overwhelming
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effects of combat power to achieve a single purpose
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Surprise - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-In the offense, achieved by attacking
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the enemy at a time or place they do not expect or in a manner for
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
which they are unprepared
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Tempo - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The relative speed and rhythm of
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military operations over time with respect to the enemy
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Offensive Tasks - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Movement to Contact, Attack,
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Exploitation, Pursuit |
,Movement to Contact - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An offensive task
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designed to develop the situation and establish or regain contact
| | | | | | | | |
Attack - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Destroys or defeats enemy forces, seizes
| | | | | | | |
and secures terrain, or both
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Exploitation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Follows an attack and disorganizes
| | | | | | | |
the enemy in-depth. Seeks to disintegrate enemy forces to the point
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where they have no alternative but surrender or retreat
| | | | | | | |
Pursuit - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An offensive task designed to catch or
| | | | | | | | | |
cut off a hostile force attempting to escape, with the aim of destroying
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
them. Normally follows exploitation
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Forms of Manuever - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Envelopment, Turning
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Movement, Frontal Attack, Penetration, Infiltration, Flank Attack
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Envelopment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A form of maneuver in which an
| | | | | | | | | |
attacking force seeks to avoid the principal enemy defenses by seizing
| | | | | | | | | | |
objectives behind those defenses allowing the targeted enemy force to
| | | | | | | | | |
be destroyed in their current positions
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,Turning Movement - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A form of maneuver in
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which the attacking force seeks to avoid the enemy's principle defense
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positions by seizing objectives behind the enemy's current position
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Frontal Attack - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A form of maneuver where an
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attacking force seeks to destroy a weaker enemy force, or fix a larger
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enemy in place over a broad front. Can be used to overrun a weak
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enemy force |
Penetration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A form of maneuver where an
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attacking force seeks to rupture enemy defenses in a narrow front to
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disrupt the defensive system
| | |
Infiltration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A form of maneuver where an
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attacking force conducts undetected movement through or into an area
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controlled by enemy forces. The goal is to occupy a position of
| | | | | | | | | | | |
advantage behind enemy positions while exposing only small friendly
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elements to their defensive fires
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Flank Attack - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A form of offensive maneuver
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directed at the flank of an enemy force. A flank is the right or left side of
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
a military formation and is not oriented toward the enemy
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, Characteristics of the Defense - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Preparation, | | | | | | |
Security, Disruption, Mass and Concentration, Flexibility, Maneuver,
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Operations In-Depth |
Defensive Tasks - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Area Defense, Mobile Defense,
| | | | | | |
Retrograde
|
Area Defense - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Concentrates on denying enemy
| | | | | | | |
forces access to designated terrain for a specific time rather than
| | | | | | | | | | |
destroying the enemy outright. The focus is in retaining terrain where
| | | | | | | | | | |
the bulk of the defending force positions itself in mutually supporting
| | | | | | | | | | |
positions and controls the terrain between positions
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Mobile Defense - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A defensive task that
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concentrates on destruction or defeat of the enemy through a decisive
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attack by a striking force. Focuses on the defeating or destroying the
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enemy by allowing enemy forces to advance to a point where they are
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exposed to a decisive counterattack by the striking force.
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Retrograde - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A defensive task involving
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organized movement away from the enemy. The enemy may force this
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or a leader may execute voluntarily. In either case the higher command
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of the force executing the operation must approve it.
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