SGTS COURSE SQUAD OPERATIONS TEST PAPER
EXAMS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔FIRE PLAN SKETCH GUIDELINES - ✔✔Sketch squad leader and team positions
Enter marginal data
ID terrain and targets
Show weapons assignments
✔✔This is the leader's ability to direct the unit's fire at the time and location of the squad
leader's choosing, to shift all or part of the fire from one target to another, and to
regulate the rate of fire. - ✔✔Fire control
✔✔What is achieved when the unit has been taught and pays strict attention to
instructions regarding the use of the rifle, automatic rifle, and grenade launcher; and
when it can collectively execute fire commands with precision? - ✔✔Fire discipline
✔✔The defensive fundamentals are: __________, __________, __________, offensive
action, use of terrain, __________, defense in depth, surprise, and __________. -
✔✔Preparation,Concentration,Flexibility,Mutual support,Knowledge of the enemy
✔✔Which of the following describes how the key elements of S.A.F.E. allows Marines to
establish a well- prepared defense. - ✔✔S.A.F.E. provides security, automatic weapons,
, fields of fire, and entrenchment, coordinating effective protection for a squad in the
defense.
✔✔Which of the following best defines a supplementary fighting position? - ✔✔A
position used to guard against an enemy attack other than those from where the main
attack is expected.
✔✔Which of the following terms is defined as an immediately available prearranged
barrier of fire designed to impede enemy movement across defensive lines or areas? -
✔✔Final protective fire (FPF)
✔✔COMBAT PATROLS - ✔✔Raid
Contact
Ambush
Security
✔✔RECONNAISSANCE PATROLS - ✔✔Area recon:An area reconnaissance is a
directed effort to obtain detailed information concerning the terrain or enemy activity
within a prescribed area such as a town, ridge-line, woods, or other features critical to
operations. An area reconnaissance could also target a single point, such as a bridge or
installation.
Zone recon:A zone reconnaissance is a directed effort to obtain detailed information
concerning all routes, obstacles, terrain, and enemy forces within a zone defined by
boundaries. A zone reconnaissance is normally assigned when the enemy situation is
vague or when information concerning cross-country trafficability is desired.
Route recon:Route reconnaissance is a directed effort to obtain detailed information
about a specific route and all terrain from which the enemy could influence movement. It
is also described as a form of reconnaissance focused along a specific line of
communications—such as road, railway, or waterway—to provide new or updated
information on route conditions and activities along the route.
✔✔Combat Patrol Organization - ✔✔Combat patrols must perform four basic functions:
•Provide control.
•Provide security.
•Provide support by fire.
•Assault the objective.
The elements of a combat patrol are:
•Headquarters element
•Security element
EXAMS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔FIRE PLAN SKETCH GUIDELINES - ✔✔Sketch squad leader and team positions
Enter marginal data
ID terrain and targets
Show weapons assignments
✔✔This is the leader's ability to direct the unit's fire at the time and location of the squad
leader's choosing, to shift all or part of the fire from one target to another, and to
regulate the rate of fire. - ✔✔Fire control
✔✔What is achieved when the unit has been taught and pays strict attention to
instructions regarding the use of the rifle, automatic rifle, and grenade launcher; and
when it can collectively execute fire commands with precision? - ✔✔Fire discipline
✔✔The defensive fundamentals are: __________, __________, __________, offensive
action, use of terrain, __________, defense in depth, surprise, and __________. -
✔✔Preparation,Concentration,Flexibility,Mutual support,Knowledge of the enemy
✔✔Which of the following describes how the key elements of S.A.F.E. allows Marines to
establish a well- prepared defense. - ✔✔S.A.F.E. provides security, automatic weapons,
, fields of fire, and entrenchment, coordinating effective protection for a squad in the
defense.
✔✔Which of the following best defines a supplementary fighting position? - ✔✔A
position used to guard against an enemy attack other than those from where the main
attack is expected.
✔✔Which of the following terms is defined as an immediately available prearranged
barrier of fire designed to impede enemy movement across defensive lines or areas? -
✔✔Final protective fire (FPF)
✔✔COMBAT PATROLS - ✔✔Raid
Contact
Ambush
Security
✔✔RECONNAISSANCE PATROLS - ✔✔Area recon:An area reconnaissance is a
directed effort to obtain detailed information concerning the terrain or enemy activity
within a prescribed area such as a town, ridge-line, woods, or other features critical to
operations. An area reconnaissance could also target a single point, such as a bridge or
installation.
Zone recon:A zone reconnaissance is a directed effort to obtain detailed information
concerning all routes, obstacles, terrain, and enemy forces within a zone defined by
boundaries. A zone reconnaissance is normally assigned when the enemy situation is
vague or when information concerning cross-country trafficability is desired.
Route recon:Route reconnaissance is a directed effort to obtain detailed information
about a specific route and all terrain from which the enemy could influence movement. It
is also described as a form of reconnaissance focused along a specific line of
communications—such as road, railway, or waterway—to provide new or updated
information on route conditions and activities along the route.
✔✔Combat Patrol Organization - ✔✔Combat patrols must perform four basic functions:
•Provide control.
•Provide security.
•Provide support by fire.
•Assault the objective.
The elements of a combat patrol are:
•Headquarters element
•Security element
