SFWOTTCC MODULE 3 - PLANNING EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What are the seven steps of MDMP? - ANSWER 1. Receive the mission
2. Mission Analysis
3. COA Development
4. COA Analysis
5. COA Comparison
6. COA Approval
7. Orders production
What are the four steps of IPB? - ANSWER 1. Define the OE
2. Describe environmental effects on operations
3. Evaluate the threat
4. Determine threat COAs
What is the technique commonly used for ADM? (RAFT) - ANSWER 1.
Relationships
2. Actors
3. Functions
4. Tensions
What are the elements of ADM? - ANSWER 1. Frame the OE (current state &
desired end state - understand operational variables)
2. Frame the problem (understand root causes)
3. Develop an operational approach (actions)
, 4. Develop the plan (MDMP)
Define "problem statement." - ANSWER A description of the primary issue(s) that
may impede commanders from achieving their desired end state.
Define "operational reach." - ANSWER The distance and duration across which a
joint force can successfully employ military capabilities.
What are the ten elements of operational art? (DOLCE BTR PC) - ANSWER 1.
Decisive points
2. Operational reach
3. Lines of effort / lines of operation
4. Centers of gravity
5. End state and conditions
6. Basing
7. Tempo
8. Risk
9. Phasing and transitions
10. Culmination
Define "decisive point." - ANSWER A geographic place, specific key event,
critical factor, or function that, when acted upon, allows commanders to gain a
marked advantage over an adversary or contribute materially to achieving success.
What is Army Design Methodology? - ANSWER 1. A methodology for applying
critical and creative thinking to understand, visualize, and describe problems and
approaches to solving them. ADM is useful as an aid to conceptual planning but
must be integrated with detailed planning.
2. Used for complex and ill-structured problems
3. Does not necessarily solve the problem, but develops approaches
What are the three Army planning methodologies? (MAT) - ANSWER 1. MDMP
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What are the seven steps of MDMP? - ANSWER 1. Receive the mission
2. Mission Analysis
3. COA Development
4. COA Analysis
5. COA Comparison
6. COA Approval
7. Orders production
What are the four steps of IPB? - ANSWER 1. Define the OE
2. Describe environmental effects on operations
3. Evaluate the threat
4. Determine threat COAs
What is the technique commonly used for ADM? (RAFT) - ANSWER 1.
Relationships
2. Actors
3. Functions
4. Tensions
What are the elements of ADM? - ANSWER 1. Frame the OE (current state &
desired end state - understand operational variables)
2. Frame the problem (understand root causes)
3. Develop an operational approach (actions)
, 4. Develop the plan (MDMP)
Define "problem statement." - ANSWER A description of the primary issue(s) that
may impede commanders from achieving their desired end state.
Define "operational reach." - ANSWER The distance and duration across which a
joint force can successfully employ military capabilities.
What are the ten elements of operational art? (DOLCE BTR PC) - ANSWER 1.
Decisive points
2. Operational reach
3. Lines of effort / lines of operation
4. Centers of gravity
5. End state and conditions
6. Basing
7. Tempo
8. Risk
9. Phasing and transitions
10. Culmination
Define "decisive point." - ANSWER A geographic place, specific key event,
critical factor, or function that, when acted upon, allows commanders to gain a
marked advantage over an adversary or contribute materially to achieving success.
What is Army Design Methodology? - ANSWER 1. A methodology for applying
critical and creative thinking to understand, visualize, and describe problems and
approaches to solving them. ADM is useful as an aid to conceptual planning but
must be integrated with detailed planning.
2. Used for complex and ill-structured problems
3. Does not necessarily solve the problem, but develops approaches
What are the three Army planning methodologies? (MAT) - ANSWER 1. MDMP
