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General Engineering ECCC Questions
with Detailed Verified Answers
Question:1. What are the three construction standards for force protection?
Ans: a. Organic, initial, temporary
Question: 1. What are the three force protection threat levels?
Ans: a. Level I (agents, terrorists, civil disturbances) Level II (small tactical
units, guerillas), Level III (large conventional force)
Question: 1. What are the priorities of effort for force protection?
Ans: a. Establish perimeters and standoff; establish access control points
(ACPs and ECPs); enhance personnel protection
Question: 1. True or False: Engineer Reconnaissance is one of the five forms
of reconnaissance.
Ans: a. False: Engineer Recon refers to specialized skills that can be brought
to bear on any of the forms of tactical reconnaissance.
Question: Name four USACE contingency response elements from smallest
to largest.
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Ans: FEST-A, Recon Team, ADVON, Contingency Engineer District
Question: What is the expected lifespan for a basecamp built to organic,
initial, temporary, and semi-permanent standard?
Ans: a. Organic: 90 days or less Initial: 6 months or less Temporary: 5 years or
less Semipermanent: 2-10 years
Question: What are the 4 principles of basecamp planning?
Ans: Scalability, Standardization, Sustainability, Survivability
Question: What are the steps to the basecamp development planning
process?
Ans: Initiate preliminary planning, Location selection, Land Use Planning,
Facility Requirements Development, General Site Planning, Design Guide
Phasing & Construction, Maintenance & updates, Cleanup/Closure/Archive
Question: What are the steps to the construction project phasing model?
Ans: Construction Project Phasing Model: the subphases of the design guide,
programming, and construction step of BCDPP. Initial project planning,
preliminary construction planning, detailed project planning, final planning
and project turnover, project execution and monitoring, and final project
transfer and closeout.
Question: When would you use the BCDPP vs the master planning steps?
General Engineering ECCC Questions
with Detailed Verified Answers
Question:1. What are the three construction standards for force protection?
Ans: a. Organic, initial, temporary
Question: 1. What are the three force protection threat levels?
Ans: a. Level I (agents, terrorists, civil disturbances) Level II (small tactical
units, guerillas), Level III (large conventional force)
Question: 1. What are the priorities of effort for force protection?
Ans: a. Establish perimeters and standoff; establish access control points
(ACPs and ECPs); enhance personnel protection
Question: 1. True or False: Engineer Reconnaissance is one of the five forms
of reconnaissance.
Ans: a. False: Engineer Recon refers to specialized skills that can be brought
to bear on any of the forms of tactical reconnaissance.
Question: Name four USACE contingency response elements from smallest
to largest.
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Ans: FEST-A, Recon Team, ADVON, Contingency Engineer District
Question: What is the expected lifespan for a basecamp built to organic,
initial, temporary, and semi-permanent standard?
Ans: a. Organic: 90 days or less Initial: 6 months or less Temporary: 5 years or
less Semipermanent: 2-10 years
Question: What are the 4 principles of basecamp planning?
Ans: Scalability, Standardization, Sustainability, Survivability
Question: What are the steps to the basecamp development planning
process?
Ans: Initiate preliminary planning, Location selection, Land Use Planning,
Facility Requirements Development, General Site Planning, Design Guide
Phasing & Construction, Maintenance & updates, Cleanup/Closure/Archive
Question: What are the steps to the construction project phasing model?
Ans: Construction Project Phasing Model: the subphases of the design guide,
programming, and construction step of BCDPP. Initial project planning,
preliminary construction planning, detailed project planning, final planning
and project turnover, project execution and monitoring, and final project
transfer and closeout.
Question: When would you use the BCDPP vs the master planning steps?
