CGSC C200 Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
List the chain of command from President to a Combatant Commander - answer✔Pres -->
SECDEF --> CCDR
What is a unified combatant command? How do Unified Combatant Commands differ from a
function command? - answer✔Unified and functional commands both have forces from at least
two military services (joint). Unified COCOMs are geographic in nature whereas functional
commands are global (TRANSCOM, SOCOM, CYBERCOM, and STRATCOM)
FORSCOM is an example of what kind of command? - answer✔Army command (ACOM)-
part of the generating force with Title 10
Strategy addresses ______, ___________, __________ & ______________? - answer✔Ends,
Ways, Means, & risk
What Strategic documents does the President own and sign as part of the Purple Pipeline and
National/Grand Strategic direction? - answer✔NSS, CPG, UCP
What documents does the SECDEF own and sign as part of the Purple Pipeline and
National/Grand Strategic direction? - answer✔NDS, DPG, GFMIG/GFMAP,
What documents does the CJCS own and sign as part of the Purple Pipeline and National/Grand
Strategic direction? - answer✔NMS, JSCP, CRA (risk)
What documents does the Combatant Commander draft and develop after receiving his guidance
from the Presidnet, SECDEF, and/or CJCS & Service chiefs? - answer✔Theater Strategy,
Combatant Command Campaign Plan (CCP), OPLANs & OPORDs, Security Cooperation Plans,
Contingency Plans (ICPs), Posture statements
What is Realism in IR Theory - answer✔States are the primary actors, seeking power in order
to gain security in an anarchic world
What is liberalism in IR Theory - answer✔States are the primary actors but effects of anarchy
can be mitigated through institutions and cooperation. Power is not the currency of the realm,
cooperation and institutions are the main means of gaining security.