Pre-Test Questions and Correct Answers
The difficulty some units face adapting their mindset to vastly changed conditions on their third or fourth
deployment to the same location is known as _____ challenges. - Answer -rotation
By virtue of their familiarity in a foreign country or region, _____ are a valuable source of information for
a Joint Task Force commander who may have neither access to nor current information about the
affected country or region. - Answer -IGOs and NGOs
Nongovernmental organizations are usually willing to quickly align themselves with intervening military
forces in order to ensure their ability to achieve their objectives and for their physical security. - Answer -
False
Which of the following options represent the Statutory Advisors of the National Security Council? -
Answer -Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Director of National Intelligence
Unlike the military, most U.S. Government agencies and nongovernmental organizations are _____ to
create separate staffs at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels, with the result that Joint Task
Force personnel interface with individuals who are coordinating their organization's activities at more
than one level. - Answer -not equipped and organized
The Department of State assigns a _____ to combatant commanders, and increasingly to Joint Task Force
commanders, to provide foreign policy perspective and to establish linkage with U.S. embassies in the
area of responsibility or joint operations area and the Department of State. - Answer -Political Advisor
(POLAD)
To accomplish U.S. objectives, the national security strategy guides the coordination of the instruments
of national power which include _____. (Select all that apply.) - Answer -the military
diplomacy
economics
information
One way to remember the instruments of national power is by using the acronym _____. - Answer -DIME
Which of the following is not considered an instrument of national power? - Answer -manufacturing
The Interagency process facilitates _____ by military and non-military participants conducting
interagency coordination in pursuit of national objectives. - Answer -Unity of Effort