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IBOLC Comprehensive Exam Study Guide Questions And Answers 100% Verified. Characteristics of the Offense - correct answer. Audacity, Concentration, Surpise, Tempo Audacity - correct answer. Simple plan of action, boldly executed Concentration - correct answer. Massing of overwhelming effects of combat power to achieve a single purpose Surprise - correct answer. In the offense, achieved by attacking the enemy at a time or place they do not expect or in a manner for which they are unprepared Tempo - correct answer. The relative speed and rhythm of military operations over time with respect to the enemy Offensive Tasks - correct answer. Movement to Contact, Attack, Exploitation, Pursuit Movement to Contact - correct answer. An offensive task designed to develop the situation and establish or regain contact Attack - correct answer. Destroys or defeats enemy forces, seizes and secures terrain, or both Exploitation - correct answer. Follows an attack and disorganizes the enemy in-depth. Seeks to disintegrate enemy forces to the point where they have no alternative but surrender or retreat Pursuit - correct answer. An offensive task designed to catch or cut off a hostile force attempting to escape, with the aim of destroying them. Normally follows exploitation Forms of Manuever - correct answer. Envelopment, Turning Movement, Frontal Attack, Penetration, Infiltration, Flank Attack Envelopment - correct answer. A form of maneuver in which an attacking force seeks to avoid the principal enemy defenses by seizing objectives behind those defenses allowing the targeted enemy force to be destroyed in their current positions Turning Movement - correct answer. A form of maneuver in which the attacking force seeks to avoid the enemy's principle defense positions by seizing objectives behind the enemy's current position Frontal Attack - correct answer. A form of maneuver where an attacking force seeks to destroy a weaker enemy force, or fix a larger enemy in place over a broad front. Can be used to overrun a weak enemy force Penetration - correct answer. A form of maneuver where an attacking force seeks to rupture enemy defenses in a narrow front to disrupt the defensive system Infiltration - correct answer. A form of maneuver where an attacking force conducts undetected movement through or into an area controlled by enemy forces. The goal is to occupy a position of advantage behind enemy positions while exposing only small friendly elements to their defensive fires Flank Attack - correct answer. A form of offensive maneuver directed at the flank of an enemy force. A flank is the right or left side of a military formation and is not oriented toward the enemy Characteristics of the Defense - correct answer. Preparation, Security, Disruption, Mass and Concentration, Flexibility, Maneuver, Operations In-Depth Defensive Tasks - correct answer. Area Defense, Mobile Defense, Retrograde Area Defense - correct answer. Concentrates on denying enemy forces access to designated terrain for a specific time rather than destroying the enemy outright. The focus is in retaining terrain where the bulk of the defending force positions itself in mutually supporting positions and controls the terrain between positions Mobile Defense - correct answer. A defensive task that concentrates on destruction or defeat of the enemy through a decisive attack by a striking force. Focuses on the defeating or destroying the enemy by allowing enemy forces to advance to a point where they are exposed to a decisive counterattack by the striking force. Retrograde - correct answer. A defensive task involving organized movement away from the enemy. The enemy may force this or a leader may execute voluntarily. In either case the higher command of the force executing the operation must approve it. Subcategories of retrograde - correct answer. Delay, withdrawal, retirement Delay - correct answer. Allows units to trade space for time, avoiding decisive engagement and safeguarding it's forces. Withdrawal - correct answer. A planned retrograde operation, which a force in contact disengages from an enemy force, and moves in a direction away from the enemy. Retirement - correct answer. A task employing to move a force not in contact to the rear. A form of retrograde, which a force not in contact with the enemy moves away from the enemy. Forms of the defense - correct answer. Defense of linear obstacle, Perimeter defense, Reverse slope defense Defense of linear obstacle - correct answer. This form of defense may be used when defensible terrain is available in the forward portion of the platoons area of operation, or to take advantage of a major linear natural obstacle. Perimeter defense - correct answer. A defense oriented in all directions. The infantry platoon uses it for self security, and to protect other units located within the perimeter. The platoon can employ this defense in urban or woodland terrain. Reverse Slope Defense - correct answer. In such a defense, the infantry platoon is deployed on terrain that is masked from enemy direct fire and ground observation by the crest of a hill. Although some units and weapons might be positioned on the forward slope, the crest, or the counter slope (a forward slope of a hill to the rear of a reverse slope), most forces are on the reverse slope. The key to this defense is control the crest by direct fire. Six war fighting functions - correct answer. Command and control, movement and maneuver, intelligence, fires, sustainment, protection Command and control - correct answer. Is the related tasks and a system that enable commanders to synchronize and converge all elements of combat power. Movement and maneuver - correct answer. Is the related tasks and systems that move and employ forces to achieve a position of relative advantage over the enemy and other threats.