CAPTAINS CAREER UPDATED TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Principles of direct fire control - ✔✔Mass the effects of fire
Destroy the greatest threat first
Avoid target overkill
Employ the best weapon for specific target
Minimize exposure
Plan and implement fratricide avoidance measures
Plan for limited visibility conditions
Plan for degraded capabilities
✔✔Breaching Tenets - ✔✔Intelligence
Breaching Fundamentals
Breaching Organization
Mass
Synchronization
✔✔Elements of Combat Power - ✔✔Leadership
Information
Mission Command
Movement and Maneuver
Fires
Intelligence
Sustainment
Protection
✔✔Ambush - ✔✔An attack by fire or other destructive means from a concealed position
on a moving or temporarily halted enemy
✔✔Attack by Fire - ✔✔A tactical mission task in which a commander uses direct fires,
supported by indirect fires, to engage an enemy without closing with the enemy to
destroy, suppress, fix, or deceive that enemy
, ✔✔Block - ✔✔A tactical mission task that denies the enemy access to an area or
prevents his advance in a direction or along an avenue of approach
✔✔Breach - ✔✔The unit employs all available means to breach through or establish a
passage through an enemy defense, obstacle, minefield, or fortification
✔✔Bypass - ✔✔A tactical mission task in which a commander instructs his unit to
maneuver around an obstacle, position, or enemy force to maintain the momentum of
the operation while deliberately avoiding combat with an enemy force
✔✔Canalize - ✔✔A tactical mission task in which the commander restricts the enemy
movement to a narrow zone by exploiting terrain coupled with obstacles, fires, or
friendly maneuver.
✔✔Contain - ✔✔A tactical mission task that requires the commander to stop, hold, or
surround enemy forces or to cause them to center their activity on a given front and
prevent them from withdrawing any part of their forces for use elsewhere.
✔✔Control - ✔✔A tactical mission task that requires the commander to retain physical
control over a specified area to prevent its use by the enemy or create the conditions
necessary for successful friendly operations
✔✔Counterattack - ✔✔Attack by fire by part or all of a defending force against an
enemy attacking force, for specific purposes a regaining lost ground, or cutting off and
destroying enemy advance units, and with the general purpose of delaying the enemy
the attainment of the enemy's purpose in attacking.
✔✔Clear - ✔✔A tactical mission task that requires the commander to remove all enemy
forces and organized resistance within an assigned area
✔✔Delay - ✔✔To slow the time of arrival of enemy forces or capabilities, or alter the
ability of the enemy or adversary to project forces or capabilities
✔✔Destroy - ✔✔A tactical mission task that physically renders an enemy force combat
ineffective until it is reconstituted.
✔✔Disrupt - ✔✔A tactical mission task in which a commander integrates direct and
indirect fires, terrain, and obstacles to upset an enemy's formation or tempo, interrupt
his timetable, or cause enemy forces to commit prematurely or attack in a piecemeal
fashion
✔✔Follow and Assume - ✔✔A tactical mission task in which a second committed force
follows a force conducting and offensive task and is prepared to continue the mission if
the lead force is fixed, attrited, or unable to continue.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Principles of direct fire control - ✔✔Mass the effects of fire
Destroy the greatest threat first
Avoid target overkill
Employ the best weapon for specific target
Minimize exposure
Plan and implement fratricide avoidance measures
Plan for limited visibility conditions
Plan for degraded capabilities
✔✔Breaching Tenets - ✔✔Intelligence
Breaching Fundamentals
Breaching Organization
Mass
Synchronization
✔✔Elements of Combat Power - ✔✔Leadership
Information
Mission Command
Movement and Maneuver
Fires
Intelligence
Sustainment
Protection
✔✔Ambush - ✔✔An attack by fire or other destructive means from a concealed position
on a moving or temporarily halted enemy
✔✔Attack by Fire - ✔✔A tactical mission task in which a commander uses direct fires,
supported by indirect fires, to engage an enemy without closing with the enemy to
destroy, suppress, fix, or deceive that enemy
, ✔✔Block - ✔✔A tactical mission task that denies the enemy access to an area or
prevents his advance in a direction or along an avenue of approach
✔✔Breach - ✔✔The unit employs all available means to breach through or establish a
passage through an enemy defense, obstacle, minefield, or fortification
✔✔Bypass - ✔✔A tactical mission task in which a commander instructs his unit to
maneuver around an obstacle, position, or enemy force to maintain the momentum of
the operation while deliberately avoiding combat with an enemy force
✔✔Canalize - ✔✔A tactical mission task in which the commander restricts the enemy
movement to a narrow zone by exploiting terrain coupled with obstacles, fires, or
friendly maneuver.
✔✔Contain - ✔✔A tactical mission task that requires the commander to stop, hold, or
surround enemy forces or to cause them to center their activity on a given front and
prevent them from withdrawing any part of their forces for use elsewhere.
✔✔Control - ✔✔A tactical mission task that requires the commander to retain physical
control over a specified area to prevent its use by the enemy or create the conditions
necessary for successful friendly operations
✔✔Counterattack - ✔✔Attack by fire by part or all of a defending force against an
enemy attacking force, for specific purposes a regaining lost ground, or cutting off and
destroying enemy advance units, and with the general purpose of delaying the enemy
the attainment of the enemy's purpose in attacking.
✔✔Clear - ✔✔A tactical mission task that requires the commander to remove all enemy
forces and organized resistance within an assigned area
✔✔Delay - ✔✔To slow the time of arrival of enemy forces or capabilities, or alter the
ability of the enemy or adversary to project forces or capabilities
✔✔Destroy - ✔✔A tactical mission task that physically renders an enemy force combat
ineffective until it is reconstituted.
✔✔Disrupt - ✔✔A tactical mission task in which a commander integrates direct and
indirect fires, terrain, and obstacles to upset an enemy's formation or tempo, interrupt
his timetable, or cause enemy forces to commit prematurely or attack in a piecemeal
fashion
✔✔Follow and Assume - ✔✔A tactical mission task in which a second committed force
follows a force conducting and offensive task and is prepared to continue the mission if
the lead force is fixed, attrited, or unable to continue.
