SEJPME UPDATED Actual Questions and
CORRECT Answers
The statutory members of the National Security Council (NSC) are: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- the President, Vice President, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, and
Secretary of Energy.
The statutory advisers to the National Security Council are: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the
Director of National Intelligence and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
DIME - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Diplomatic, Informational, Military, and Economic
The President, Secretary of Defense (SECDEF), and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
(CJCS) provide: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- national strategic guidance and direction for
Combatant Commanders and Service Chiefs to ensure the national strategic objectives are
clearly defined, understood, and achievable.
The President issues strategic guidance in the: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- National
Security Strategy (NSS) and the Unified Command Plan (UCP).
The SECDEF's guidance documents include the: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Defense
Strategic Guidance (DSG) and the Guidance for Employment of the Force (GEF).
The Chairman also issues the Global Force Management Implementation Guidance with the
approval of the: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- SECDEF
The operational branch chain of command runs from: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the
President, through the SECDEF, to the Combatant Commanders for missions and forces
assigned to their commands.
The non-operational branch chain of command runs from: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the
President through the Secretary of Defense to the Secretaries of the Military Departments.
, Combatant Commanders - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- exercise Combatant Command
(COCOM) command authority over assigned forces.
Sub-unified commanders and JTF commanders exercise: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Operational Control (OPCON) of joint forces.
administrative control (ADCON) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Direction or exercise of
authority over subordinate or other organizations in respect to administration and support.
Combatant command (CCMD) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A unified or specified command
with a broad continuing mission under a single commander established and so designated by
the President, through the Secretary of Defense and with the advice and assistance of the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Combatant commands: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- typically have geographic or functional
responsibilities.
Combatant Command (command authority) (COCOM). - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Non-
transferable command authority, which cannot be delegated, of a combatant commander to
perform those functions of command over assigned forces involving organizing and
employing commands and forces.
Command relationships are: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The interrelated responsibilities
between commanders, as well as the operational authority exercised by commanders in the
chain of command; defined further as combatant command (command authority), operational
control, tactical control, or support.
Joint Force is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A general term applied to a force composed of
significant elements, assigned or attached, of two or more Military Departments, operating
under a single joint force commander.
Joint Force Commander (JFC) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A general term applied to a
combatant commander, sub-unified commander, or joint task force commander authorized to
exercise combatant command (command authority) or operational control over a joint force.
CORRECT Answers
The statutory members of the National Security Council (NSC) are: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- the President, Vice President, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, and
Secretary of Energy.
The statutory advisers to the National Security Council are: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the
Director of National Intelligence and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
DIME - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Diplomatic, Informational, Military, and Economic
The President, Secretary of Defense (SECDEF), and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
(CJCS) provide: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- national strategic guidance and direction for
Combatant Commanders and Service Chiefs to ensure the national strategic objectives are
clearly defined, understood, and achievable.
The President issues strategic guidance in the: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- National
Security Strategy (NSS) and the Unified Command Plan (UCP).
The SECDEF's guidance documents include the: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Defense
Strategic Guidance (DSG) and the Guidance for Employment of the Force (GEF).
The Chairman also issues the Global Force Management Implementation Guidance with the
approval of the: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- SECDEF
The operational branch chain of command runs from: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the
President, through the SECDEF, to the Combatant Commanders for missions and forces
assigned to their commands.
The non-operational branch chain of command runs from: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the
President through the Secretary of Defense to the Secretaries of the Military Departments.
, Combatant Commanders - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- exercise Combatant Command
(COCOM) command authority over assigned forces.
Sub-unified commanders and JTF commanders exercise: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Operational Control (OPCON) of joint forces.
administrative control (ADCON) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Direction or exercise of
authority over subordinate or other organizations in respect to administration and support.
Combatant command (CCMD) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A unified or specified command
with a broad continuing mission under a single commander established and so designated by
the President, through the Secretary of Defense and with the advice and assistance of the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Combatant commands: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- typically have geographic or functional
responsibilities.
Combatant Command (command authority) (COCOM). - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Non-
transferable command authority, which cannot be delegated, of a combatant commander to
perform those functions of command over assigned forces involving organizing and
employing commands and forces.
Command relationships are: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The interrelated responsibilities
between commanders, as well as the operational authority exercised by commanders in the
chain of command; defined further as combatant command (command authority), operational
control, tactical control, or support.
Joint Force is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A general term applied to a force composed of
significant elements, assigned or attached, of two or more Military Departments, operating
under a single joint force commander.
Joint Force Commander (JFC) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A general term applied to a
combatant commander, sub-unified commander, or joint task force commander authorized to
exercise combatant command (command authority) or operational control over a joint force.
