Leading Marines Distance Education Program Warfighting Exam Questions and Answers

Leading Marines Distance Education
Program: Warfighting Exam



War - Correct Answers -War is defined as a violent clash of interests between or among
organized groups characterized by the use of military force.

Essence Of War - Correct Answers -The essence of war is a violent struggle between
two hostile, independent, and irreconcilable wills, each trying to impose itself on the
other

THE OBJECTIVE OF WAR - Correct Answers -The objective of war is to impose our will
on our enemy

Relations among most political groups - Correct Answers -•Routine economic
competition

•Political tension

•Ideological tension

•Crises among groups

Friction - Correct Answers -The force that makes the apparently easy so difficult.

Friction may be - Correct Answers -•Mental - As in indecision over a course of action

•Physical - As in effective enemy fire or a terrain obstacle that must be overcome

•External - Imposed by enemy action, the terrain, weather, or mere chance

•Self-induced - Caused by such factors as:

Lack of a clearly defined goal
Lack of coordination
Unclear or complicated plans
Complex task organizations or command relationships
Complicated technologies