ECCC Entrance Examination questions with verified
answers
Ambush Definition Ans✓✓✓ An attack by fire or other destructive
means from concealed positions on a moving or temporarily halted
enemy
Attack by Fire Definition Ans✓✓✓ Tactical mission task in which a
commander uses direct fires, supported by indirect fires, to engage an
enemy force without closing with the enemy to destroy, fix, or deceive
that enemy
Block Definition Ans✓✓✓ Tactical mission task that denies the enemy
access to an area or prevents the enemy's advance in a direction or
along an avenue of approach. Block is also an obstacle effect that
integrates fire planning and obstacle efforts to stop an attacker along a
specific avenue of approach or prevent the attacking force from passing
through an engagement area
Breach Definition Ans✓✓✓ Tactical mission task in which the unit
employs all available means to break through or establish a passage
through an enemy defense, obstacle minefield, or fortification
Bypass Definition Ans✓✓✓ Tactical mission task in which the
commander directs the unit to maneuver around an obstacle, position,
or enemy force to maintain the momentum of the operation while
deliberately avoiding combat with an enemy force
,Canalize Definition Ans✓✓✓ Tactical mission task in which the
commander restricts enemy movement to a narrow zone by exploiting
terrain coupled with the use of obstacles, fires, or friendly maneuver
Clear Definition Ans✓✓✓ Tactical mission task that requires the
commander to remove all enemy forces and eliminate organized
resistance within an assigned area
Contain Definition Ans✓✓✓ Tactical mission task that requires the
commander to stop, hold, or surround enemy forces or to cause them
to center their activity on a given front and prevent them withdrawing
any part of their forces for use elsewhere
Destroy Definition Ans✓✓✓ A tactical mission task that physically
renders an enemy force combat-ineffective until it is reconstituted.
Alternatively, to destroy a combat system is to damage it so badly that
it cannot perform any function or be restored to a usable condition
without being entirely rebuilt
Disengage Definition Ans✓✓✓ Tactical mission task where a
commander has the unit break contact with the enemy to allow the
conduct of another mission or to avoid decisive engagement
Disrupt Definition Ans✓✓✓ Tactical mission task in which a
commander integrates direct and indirect fires, terrain, and obstacles
, to upset an enemy's formation or tempo, interrupt the enemy's
timetable, or cause enemy forces to commit prematurely or attack in a
piecemeal fashion
Exfiltrate Definition Ans✓✓✓ Tactical mission task where a
commander removes Soldiers or units from areas under enemy control
by stealth, deception, surprise, or clandestine means
Fix Definition Ans✓✓✓ Tactical mission task where a commander
prevents the enemy force from moving any part of that force from a
specific location for a specific period. Fix is also an obstacle effect that
focuses fire planning and obstacle effort to slow an attacker's
movement within a specified area, normally an engagement area
Follow and Assume Defintion Ans✓✓✓ Tactical mission task in which a
second committed force follows a force conducting an offensive task is
prepared to continue mission if the lead force is fixed, attired, or unable
to continue
Follow and Support Definition Ans✓✓✓ Tactical mission task in which
a committed force follows and supports a lead force conducting an
offensive task
How do you conduct terrain analysis? Ans✓✓✓ OAKOC
1. Observation and fields of fire
2. Avenues of approach
answers
Ambush Definition Ans✓✓✓ An attack by fire or other destructive
means from concealed positions on a moving or temporarily halted
enemy
Attack by Fire Definition Ans✓✓✓ Tactical mission task in which a
commander uses direct fires, supported by indirect fires, to engage an
enemy force without closing with the enemy to destroy, fix, or deceive
that enemy
Block Definition Ans✓✓✓ Tactical mission task that denies the enemy
access to an area or prevents the enemy's advance in a direction or
along an avenue of approach. Block is also an obstacle effect that
integrates fire planning and obstacle efforts to stop an attacker along a
specific avenue of approach or prevent the attacking force from passing
through an engagement area
Breach Definition Ans✓✓✓ Tactical mission task in which the unit
employs all available means to break through or establish a passage
through an enemy defense, obstacle minefield, or fortification
Bypass Definition Ans✓✓✓ Tactical mission task in which the
commander directs the unit to maneuver around an obstacle, position,
or enemy force to maintain the momentum of the operation while
deliberately avoiding combat with an enemy force
,Canalize Definition Ans✓✓✓ Tactical mission task in which the
commander restricts enemy movement to a narrow zone by exploiting
terrain coupled with the use of obstacles, fires, or friendly maneuver
Clear Definition Ans✓✓✓ Tactical mission task that requires the
commander to remove all enemy forces and eliminate organized
resistance within an assigned area
Contain Definition Ans✓✓✓ Tactical mission task that requires the
commander to stop, hold, or surround enemy forces or to cause them
to center their activity on a given front and prevent them withdrawing
any part of their forces for use elsewhere
Destroy Definition Ans✓✓✓ A tactical mission task that physically
renders an enemy force combat-ineffective until it is reconstituted.
Alternatively, to destroy a combat system is to damage it so badly that
it cannot perform any function or be restored to a usable condition
without being entirely rebuilt
Disengage Definition Ans✓✓✓ Tactical mission task where a
commander has the unit break contact with the enemy to allow the
conduct of another mission or to avoid decisive engagement
Disrupt Definition Ans✓✓✓ Tactical mission task in which a
commander integrates direct and indirect fires, terrain, and obstacles
, to upset an enemy's formation or tempo, interrupt the enemy's
timetable, or cause enemy forces to commit prematurely or attack in a
piecemeal fashion
Exfiltrate Definition Ans✓✓✓ Tactical mission task where a
commander removes Soldiers or units from areas under enemy control
by stealth, deception, surprise, or clandestine means
Fix Definition Ans✓✓✓ Tactical mission task where a commander
prevents the enemy force from moving any part of that force from a
specific location for a specific period. Fix is also an obstacle effect that
focuses fire planning and obstacle effort to slow an attacker's
movement within a specified area, normally an engagement area
Follow and Assume Defintion Ans✓✓✓ Tactical mission task in which a
second committed force follows a force conducting an offensive task is
prepared to continue mission if the lead force is fixed, attired, or unable
to continue
Follow and Support Definition Ans✓✓✓ Tactical mission task in which
a committed force follows and supports a lead force conducting an
offensive task
How do you conduct terrain analysis? Ans✓✓✓ OAKOC
1. Observation and fields of fire
2. Avenues of approach
