MSOC TEST 2 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

MSOC TEST 2 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
1. Operational Design is__________.
A. The cognitive approach by commanders and staffs— supported by their skill, knowledge, experience,
creativity, and judgment—to develop strategies, campaigns, and operations to organize and employ
military forces by integrating ends, ways, means, and risks.
B. The conception and construction of the framework that underpins a campaign or operation and its
subsequent execution.
C. A methodology to aid commanders and planners in organizing and understanding the OE.
D. All of the above.
E. B & C only.
Answer:
E. B&C Only

Question:
2. Attacking the enemy's COG by applying combat power against critical vulnerabilities that lead to the
defeat of the COG while avoiding enemy strength is an example of:
A. The Direct Approach since it attacks the enemy's COG.
B. A Strategy of Erosion since taking away the COG weakens the enemy's will.
C. The Indirect Approach since it avoids the enemy's strengths.
D. A Sequential Campaign since it takes a series of actions to get at the enemy's COG.
Answer:
C. The Indirect Approach since it avoids the enemy's strengths.

Question:
3. What are the steps of Design Methodology?
A. Mission Analysis, COA Development, COA Analysis, COA Comparison and Decision, Directive
Development, Transition
B. Understand the strategic direction, Understand the strategic environment, Understand the OE, Define
the problem, Identify assumptions needed to continue planning, Develop options, Identify decisions and
decision points (external), Refine operational approach(es), Develop planning and assessment guidance.
C. Understand the Operational Direction, Understand the Operational Environment, Define the Problem,
Develop the Operational Approach
D. Enemy Capability and Enemy Will, Annihilation and Erosion Strategies, Sequential and Cumulative
Campaigns, Direct and Indirect Approaches
Answer:
C. Understand the Operational Direction, Understand the Operational Environment, Define the Problem,
Develop the Operational Approach

Question:
4. Risk is "the probability and consequence of an event causing harm to something valued."
a. True
b. False

,Answer:
a. True

Question:
5. Based upon higher headquarters input, direction and guidance, the commander alone determines how
and where to accept risk, but the staff plays a critical role in helping the commander identify the various
risks and offering options for mitigation.
a. True
b. False
Answer:
A. True

Question:
6. Risk mitigation requires a clear understanding of:
a. what constitutes unnecessary risk
b. when the benefits actually do outweigh costs
c. guidance as to the command level for making certain risk decisions
d. all of the above
e. a & b only
Answer:
d. all of the above

Question:
7. Military planning ______________________________________________.
a) is a process of determining how (the ways) to use military capabilities (the means) in time and space to
achieve objectives (OBJs) (the ends) while considering the associated risks.
b) includes the application of the art and science of understanding a situation, envisioning a desired future,
and laying out effective ways of bringing that future about.
c) is critical at every level of warfare—strategic, operational, and tactical—across the range of military
operations (OPS) and continuum of conflict.
d) helps commanders, their staffs, and planners develop, direct, coordinate, and synchronize actions of a
force.
e) all of the above
f) a, b & d only
Answer:
e. all of the above

Question:
8. The terminology, products, and concepts in the Navy Planning Process (NPP) are consistent with joint
planning, joint doctrine, and are compatible with doctrine of the other Services.
a) True
b) False
Answer:
a. True

, Question:
9. The six steps of the Navy Planning Process (NPP) provide commanders and their staffs a means to
organize planning activities, transmit plans to subordinates, and share a criticalcommon understanding of
the mission.
a) True
b) False
Answer:
a) True

Question:
10. The steps of the Navy Planning Process are:
a) Initiation, Mission analysis, COA development, COA analysis & wargaming, COA comparison, COA
approval, Plan or order development
b) Receipt of mission, Mission analysis, COA development, COA analysis, COA Comparison, COA
approval, Orders production
c) Mission analysis, COA development, COA analysis & wargaming, COA comparison, Plan
Development, Orders Production
d) Mission analysis, COA development, COA analysis (wargaming), COA comparison and decision,
Directive development, Transition
Answer:
d) Mission analysis, COA development, COA analysis (wargaming), COA comparison and decision,
Directive development, Transition

Question:
11. The role of the commander during the Navy Planning Process (NPP) includes:
a) fulfilling the central role as the decision maker
b) providing the necessary focus and guidance to the planning team and staff
c) gaining insights and expectations from adjacent and HHQ commanders
d) all of the above
e) a & b only
Answer:
d) all of the above

Question:
12. The role of the staff during the Navy Planning Process (NPP) includes:
a) supporting and advising the commander
b) collecting, analyzing, and presenting relevant information
c) developing staff estimates in support of the planning effort
d) supporting the command's efforts across only far and mid time horizons
e) all of the above
f) a,b & c only
Answer:
f) a,b & c only