Corporals Course Test 2 2025/2026
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1. 3 criteria that marines must meet to qualify for meritorious promotion -
ANSWER ✓ PME complete, superior performance above peers, not
bcp/map
2. What would prevent this marine from getting promoted - ANSWER ✓ the
marine is bcp or map
3. METT-T - ANSWER ✓ Mission
Enemy
Terrain and weather
Troops and fire support
Time available
4. 2 types of patrol - ANSWER ✓ reconnaissance, combat
5. Immediate actions are designed to provide - ANSWER ✓ swift & positive
small unit reaction to visual or physical contact with the enemy
6. 6 steps to remember when conducting patrol - ANSWER ✓ reconnoiter &
complete estimate, complete plan, prepare order,issue order, supervise-
inspect-rehearse, execute mission
7. SALUTE - ANSWER ✓ Size
Activity
, Location
Unit
Time
Equipment
8. Not within the composition of an operation order - ANSWER ✓ terrain
model
9. BAMCIS - ANSWER ✓ BEGIN PLANNING
ARRANGE RECON
MAKE RECON
COMPLETE PLAN
ISSUE ORDER
SUPERVISE
10.SAFE - ANSWER ✓ Security, Automatic Weapons, Fields of Fire,
Entrenchment
11.5 actions associated with a warning order (WARNO) - ANSWER ✓ detailed
mission analysis, situation analysis & course action development, analysis of
each course of action, comparision of each course of action, decision
12.Purpose of range card - ANSWER ✓ provide a sketch of the terrain assigned
to a weapon system to cover by fire
13.Frago must contain a minimum of paragraphs ___ &____ of the 5 paragraph
operation order - ANSWER ✓ 2- mission, 3- execution
14.Define concealment - ANSWER ✓ Anything that hides a marine
15.Define cover - ANSWER ✓ protection from hostile fire
16.What is the hand and arm signal for range? - ANSWER ✓ look it up type
shit type shit
17.What acronym is used when communicating a SPOTREP - ANSWER ✓
SALUTE
,18.The following sentence best describes which step of the seven steps in
planning a patrol?
"The patrol leader has completed the planning, initial preparations have
progressed, members of the patrol are assembled, and then roll call is taken
to ensure all patrol members are present." - ANSWER ✓ Issue the order
19.Define a column - ANSWER ✓ Combat formation that used when speed and
control are governing factors. It facilitates control and rapid movement as
well as factors firepower and maneuver to the flanks. It's vulnerable to fire
from the front.
20.Describe critical vulnerability - ANSWER ✓ A gap or a weakness which if
exploited will do the most damage to the enemy's resistance
21.What is the purpose of a combat order? - ANSWER ✓ To convey a mission
and a plan to accomplish said mission.
22.Name 3 types of camouflage patterns - ANSWER ✓ Striping, Splotching,
Combi
23.Define the following symbols - ANSWER ✓ Up Arrow- Automatic
Rifleman
Empty- Rifleman
A- Assistant Automatic Rifleman
Diagonal Line- Fireteam Leader
24.What is the fighting position designator? - ANSWER ✓ An oval with the
fireteam designator written through its base
25.What does the symbol below betray? - ANSWER ✓ Fighting position
designator for 4th fireteam 3rd squad
26.An aid in enlisted retention and future assignment, a method to evaluate the
ranks of private through corporal, and ensuring consistency of evaluation
metrics across the total force are all examples of the purpose of - ANSWER
✓ JEPES
, 27.What attributes are considered when assigning Command input? - ANSWER
✓ Courage, Initiative, Physically fit, Commitment to better oneself, PME,
Producing results in current billet, Decision making abilities
28.Define reliability in relation to the attributes of conduct - ANSWER ✓ A
marine does the right thing in the absence of conduct.
29.What is the marine corps promotion manual - ANSWER ✓ MCO P1400.32
30.What is the IRAM - ANSWER ✓ MCO P1070.12 Individual records
administration manual
31.What is the goal of the promotion system - ANSWER ✓ To advance the best
qualified marines to the next higher grade
Maintain grade MOS Strength
Ensure only best marines are promoted
32.What are the two types of promotions - ANSWER ✓ Regular (standard) and
meritorious
33.What is the minimum time in grade requirement for a meritorious promotion
- ANSWER ✓ There is no time in grade req. only time in service
34.What is the minimum TIS for merit. promotion to SGT - ANSWER ✓ 18
Months
35.What is the minimum TIS for merit. promotion to CPL - ANSWER ✓ 6
Months
36.What is the minimum TIS for merit. promotion to LCPL or PFC - ANSWER
✓ None
37.To be eligible for merit. promotion a marine must be what? - ANSWER ✓
PME complete, Significant degree of advanced knowledge, Leadership skills
above current grade, superior performance on unusual assignments, not in
restricted promotion status, not in BCP/MAP
|| QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS
<LATEST VERSION>
1. 3 criteria that marines must meet to qualify for meritorious promotion -
ANSWER ✓ PME complete, superior performance above peers, not
bcp/map
2. What would prevent this marine from getting promoted - ANSWER ✓ the
marine is bcp or map
3. METT-T - ANSWER ✓ Mission
Enemy
Terrain and weather
Troops and fire support
Time available
4. 2 types of patrol - ANSWER ✓ reconnaissance, combat
5. Immediate actions are designed to provide - ANSWER ✓ swift & positive
small unit reaction to visual or physical contact with the enemy
6. 6 steps to remember when conducting patrol - ANSWER ✓ reconnoiter &
complete estimate, complete plan, prepare order,issue order, supervise-
inspect-rehearse, execute mission
7. SALUTE - ANSWER ✓ Size
Activity
, Location
Unit
Time
Equipment
8. Not within the composition of an operation order - ANSWER ✓ terrain
model
9. BAMCIS - ANSWER ✓ BEGIN PLANNING
ARRANGE RECON
MAKE RECON
COMPLETE PLAN
ISSUE ORDER
SUPERVISE
10.SAFE - ANSWER ✓ Security, Automatic Weapons, Fields of Fire,
Entrenchment
11.5 actions associated with a warning order (WARNO) - ANSWER ✓ detailed
mission analysis, situation analysis & course action development, analysis of
each course of action, comparision of each course of action, decision
12.Purpose of range card - ANSWER ✓ provide a sketch of the terrain assigned
to a weapon system to cover by fire
13.Frago must contain a minimum of paragraphs ___ &____ of the 5 paragraph
operation order - ANSWER ✓ 2- mission, 3- execution
14.Define concealment - ANSWER ✓ Anything that hides a marine
15.Define cover - ANSWER ✓ protection from hostile fire
16.What is the hand and arm signal for range? - ANSWER ✓ look it up type
shit type shit
17.What acronym is used when communicating a SPOTREP - ANSWER ✓
SALUTE
,18.The following sentence best describes which step of the seven steps in
planning a patrol?
"The patrol leader has completed the planning, initial preparations have
progressed, members of the patrol are assembled, and then roll call is taken
to ensure all patrol members are present." - ANSWER ✓ Issue the order
19.Define a column - ANSWER ✓ Combat formation that used when speed and
control are governing factors. It facilitates control and rapid movement as
well as factors firepower and maneuver to the flanks. It's vulnerable to fire
from the front.
20.Describe critical vulnerability - ANSWER ✓ A gap or a weakness which if
exploited will do the most damage to the enemy's resistance
21.What is the purpose of a combat order? - ANSWER ✓ To convey a mission
and a plan to accomplish said mission.
22.Name 3 types of camouflage patterns - ANSWER ✓ Striping, Splotching,
Combi
23.Define the following symbols - ANSWER ✓ Up Arrow- Automatic
Rifleman
Empty- Rifleman
A- Assistant Automatic Rifleman
Diagonal Line- Fireteam Leader
24.What is the fighting position designator? - ANSWER ✓ An oval with the
fireteam designator written through its base
25.What does the symbol below betray? - ANSWER ✓ Fighting position
designator for 4th fireteam 3rd squad
26.An aid in enlisted retention and future assignment, a method to evaluate the
ranks of private through corporal, and ensuring consistency of evaluation
metrics across the total force are all examples of the purpose of - ANSWER
✓ JEPES
, 27.What attributes are considered when assigning Command input? - ANSWER
✓ Courage, Initiative, Physically fit, Commitment to better oneself, PME,
Producing results in current billet, Decision making abilities
28.Define reliability in relation to the attributes of conduct - ANSWER ✓ A
marine does the right thing in the absence of conduct.
29.What is the marine corps promotion manual - ANSWER ✓ MCO P1400.32
30.What is the IRAM - ANSWER ✓ MCO P1070.12 Individual records
administration manual
31.What is the goal of the promotion system - ANSWER ✓ To advance the best
qualified marines to the next higher grade
Maintain grade MOS Strength
Ensure only best marines are promoted
32.What are the two types of promotions - ANSWER ✓ Regular (standard) and
meritorious
33.What is the minimum time in grade requirement for a meritorious promotion
- ANSWER ✓ There is no time in grade req. only time in service
34.What is the minimum TIS for merit. promotion to SGT - ANSWER ✓ 18
Months
35.What is the minimum TIS for merit. promotion to CPL - ANSWER ✓ 6
Months
36.What is the minimum TIS for merit. promotion to LCPL or PFC - ANSWER
✓ None
37.To be eligible for merit. promotion a marine must be what? - ANSWER ✓
PME complete, Significant degree of advanced knowledge, Leadership skills
above current grade, superior performance on unusual assignments, not in
restricted promotion status, not in BCP/MAP
