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Captains Career Course - Common Core Final Exam Updated 2025/2026 1. Military Decision Making Process Steps: 1. Receive Mission 2. Analyze Mission 3. Develop course of action 4. Analyze course of action 5. Compare course of action 6. Approve course of action 7. Produce, disseminate orders 2. the task, together with the purpose, that clearly indicates the action to be taken and the reason therefore.: Mission Statement 3. succinctly describes what constitutes success for the operation.: - Commanders Intent 4. (T/F) The Army's framework for exercising Mission Command is the Opera- tions Process.: True 5. Planners should consider the following major resources:: Land, Facilities, Ranges, Ammunition, TADSS, OPFORS, Role Players, and Master Scenario Event (All of the above) 6. Unit Commanders should utilize the Operations Process for conducting training events. These steps include:: Plan, Prepare, Execute, Assess (All of the above) 7. FM 7-0 states that a supports the higher commander's guidance and supports training the unit to the selected METs.: Unit Training Plan1 /8. is a required automated system used to assist the Comman- der in planning, resourcing, and tracking individual and collect unit training tasks.: Digital Training Management System (DTMS) 9. What is the second step of the MDMP?: Mission Analysis 10. Which of the following is not an Army principle of leader development?: - Train leaders in the art of Mission Analysis 11. and are the two types of evaluations per FM 7-0.: Formal and Informal 12. According to FM 7-0, which is NOT a principle of Army Training?: Noncom- missioned officers train individuals, crews, and small teams. 13. The primary portal to Unit Training Management (UTM) is through the Army Training Network (ATN).: True 14. What are the three different types of briefs?: 1. Information 2. Decision 3. Mission 15. What are the briefing steps?: 1. Plan 2. Prepare (Build a briefing outline) 3. Execute 4. Assess FM 6-0, PARA 4-6: Seven-Step Army Problem-Solving Process 16. CSDP is outlined in what publication?: AR 710-2 Appendix B AR 735-5 Chapter 11 17. Army Command Policy is covered in what publication?: AR 600-20 2 /18. How many types of property responsibility are there?: 5 (WHAT ARE THEY?) 19. leadership is found throughout organization, not based on any particular rank or position in the organization hierarchy.: Informal Leadership 20. unified the other elements of combat power (information, mission command, movement and maneuver, intelligence, fires, sustainment, and pro- tection).: Leadership 21. comes from leaders who do what is right for the Army, the mission, and each individual Soldier. emanates from leaders who primarily focus on personal gain and lack of self-awareness.: Positive Influence, Negative Influ- ence 22. counseling is a review of a subordinate's duty performance over the specified period. The counseling focuses on the subordinate's strengths, areas to improve, and potential.: Performance 23. In which publications would you look to find the Counseling Process?: ATP 6-22.1 24. Select a suitable place, schedule the time, notify the subordinates well in advance, organize information, establish the atmosphere are all aspects of what stage of the counseling process?: Prepare for counseling 25. Operational Variables: PMESIP-T 1. Political 2. Military 3. Environment 4. Social 5. Information 6. Physical Environment 7. Time 3 /26. METL: Mission Essential Task List 27. What are the three types of training?: 1. Live 2. Virtual 3. Constructive 28. What are the six principles of mission command?: 1. Build cohesive teams through mutual trust. 2. Create shared understanding. 3. Provide a clear commander's intent. 4. Exercise disciplined initiative. 5. Use mission orders. 6. Accept prudent risk. 29. is a deliberate exposure to potential injury or less when the commander judges the outcome in terms of mission accomplishment as worth the cost.: Prudent Risk 30. Commanders and staffs actively build and maintain within the force and with unified action partners by maintaining collaboration and dialogue throughout the operations process.: Shared Understanding 31. (T/F) Commanders inform and influence audiences both inside and outside their organizations.: True 32. What are the war-fighting functions?: 1. Mission Command 2. Movement and Maneuver 3. Intelligence 4 /4. Fires 5. Sustainment 6. Protection 33. decision making generates several alternative solutions, com- pares these solutions to a set of criteria, and selects the best course of action.: Analytic 34. is the meaning that a human assigns to data by means of the known conventions used in their representation.: Information 35. A is a difference between the actual situation during an op- eration and what the plan forecasted the situation would be at that time or event.: Variance 36. (T/F) A staff's most important function is to support and advise the com- mander throughout planning, preparation, execution, and assessment.: TRUE 37. (T/F) Staff Officers only communicate with higher echelons.: FALSE 38. (T/F) Staff Officers recognize and adjust to changing conditions in the operational environment with appropriate, flexible, and timely actions.: TRUE 39. (T/F) During operations, commanders cannot decide to reframe after re- alizing the desired conditions have changed, are not achievable, cannot be attained through the current operational approach, or because of change of mission or end state.: FALSE 40. What are the mission variables?: 1. Mission 2. Enemy 3. Terrain and Weather 4. Troops and Support Available 5 /5. Time Available, 6. Civil Considerations Known as METT-TC 41. (T/F) Land operations are straightforward because Decisive Action en- sures separation of enemy, adversary, neutral, and friendly, with easy to dis- tinguish characteristics.: FALSE 42. are conducted to defeat an enemy attack, gain time, economize forces, and develop conditions favorable for offensive and stability tasks.: De- fensive Tasks 43. What are the tasks that make up Decisive Action according to doctrine?: 1. Offensive Tasks 2. Defensive Tasks 3. Stability Tasks 4. Homeland Defense/Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) 44. is the arrangement of military actions in time, space, and purpose to produce maximum relative combat power at a decisive place and time.: Synchronization 45. represent Department of Defense support to U.S. civil author- ities for domestic emergencies, law enforcement support, and other domestic activities, or from qualifying entities for special events.: Homeland Defense and Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) Tasks 46. is the execution of related and mutually supporting task at the same time across multiple locations and domains.: Simultaneity 47. is the extension of operations in time, space, or purpose to achieve definitive results.: Depth 48. A is a series of tactical actions, such as battles, en- gagements, and strikes.: Major Operation 6 /49. What are the operational variables?: PMESII-PT 1. Political 2. Military 3. Economic 4. Social 5. Information 6. Infrastructure 7. Physical environment 8. Time 50. Which of the following is not a Characteristic of the Offense?: Battlefield Patience 51. Which ADRP covers Offensive Operations?: ADP 3-90 52. What are the forms of maneuver?: 1. Envelopment 2. Flank attack 3. Frontal attack 4. Infiltration 5. Penetration 6. Turning movement 53. The purpose of the Offense is to Defeat, Destroy, or the enemy forces.: Neutralize 7 /54. What are the Fundamentals of the Breach?: 1. Secure 2. Assault 3. Reduce 4. Obscure 5. Suppress 55. Which of the following is not an Offensive Task?: Fire Support 56. Primary Battle Position: The position that covers the enemy's most likely avenue of approach into the AO. 57. Alternative Battle Position: The position that covers the enemy's most likely avenue of approach into the AO and occupied when the primary becomes untenable or unsuitable. 58. Supplementary Battle Position: A supplementary position is a defensive po- sition located within a unit's assigned AO that provides the best sectors of fire and defensive terrain along an avenue of approach that is not the primary avenue where the enemy is expected to attack. 59. Subsequent Battle Position: The position that a unit expects to move to during the course of battle. 60. Strong Point: Heavily fortified position tied to a natural or reinforcing obstacle to create an anchor for the defense or to deny the enemy decisive or key terrain. 61. What are the forms of defense?: 1. Defense of Linear Obstacle 2. Perimeter Defense 3. Reverse Slope Defense 62. What are the obstacle effects?: 1. Turn 2. Disrupt 3. Fix 8 /4. Block 63. What are the offensive tasks? (ADRP 3-0 and/or ADRP 3-90): 1. Movement to Contact 2. Attack 3. Exploitation 4. Pursuit 64. What are the offensive operations purposes?: 1. Defeat, destroy, or neutral- ize 2. Secure Terrain 3. Deprive enemy of resources 4. Gain information 5. Deceive/divert enemy 6. Hold enemy position 7. Disrupt enemy attack 65. Characteristics of the Offense: 1. Surprise 2. Concentration: Massing of overwhelming effects of combat power to achieve a single purpose 3. Tempo: Controlling or altering tempo is necessary to retain the initiative 4. Audacity: Boldly executing a simple plan of action. This can be displayed be developing bold, inventing plans that produce decisive results and/or by violently applying combat power. 66. Forms of Maneuver (ADRP 3-90, Chapter 3): 1. Envelopment 2. Turning Movement 9 /3. Infiltration 4. Penetration 5. Frontal Attack 6. Flank Attack 67. Tactical Enabling Tasks: 1. Reconnaissance 2. Security Operations 3. Troop Movement 4. Relief in Place 5. Passage of lines 6. Encirclement Operations 7. Passage of Lines: Force moves through another force's combat positions to; sustain tempo, maintain visibility of defense, transition to defense, free a unit for another mission 68. Breaching Tenets (FM 3-90.1): 1. Intelligence 2. Breaching Fundamentals: SOSRA (ATTP 3-90.4 para 3.23) 3. Breaching Organization 4. Mass 5. Synchronization 69. Defensive Tasks (ADRP 3-90): 1. Mobile Defense 2. Area Defense 10 /3. Retrograde 70. Defensive Purposes (ADRP 3-90): 1. Deter or defeat enemy offense 2. Gain time. 3. Achieve economy of force 4. Retain key terrain 5. 71. Defensive Characteristics (ADRP 3-90): 1. Preparation 2. Security 3. Disruption 4. Massing Effects 5. Flexibility 6. Maneuver 7. Operations in Depth 72. 7 Step Engagement Area Development: 1. Identify all likely enemies avenue of approach 2. Determine likely enemy schemes of maneuver 3. Determine where to kill the enemy 4. Plan and integrate obstacles 5. Emplace weapon systems 6. Plan and integrate indirect fires 73. What are the five kinds of battle positions?: 1. Primary 11 /2. Alternate 3. Supplementary 4. Subsequent 5. Strong Point Definitions can be found above. 74. FPF: Final Protected Fires: Only indirect fires line. Used to stop enemy from overrunning your location or preventing the enemy from following your retreat. 75. 8 Principles of Sustainment: 1. Anticipation 2. Continuity 3. Responsiveness 4. Integration 5. Simplicity 6. Improvisation 7. Survivability 8. Economy 76. War Fighting Function: 1. Mission Command 2. Maneuver and Movement 3. Intelligence 4. Fires 12 /5. Sustainment 6. Protection 77. What are the types of Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs)?: 1. Infantry 2. Armored 3. Stryker 78. Brigade Combat Teams can be augmented to meet different mission re- quirements and variables.: True 79. The are the ABCT's primary maneuver force.: Combined Arms Battalion 80. Which Stability Mechanism focuses on imposing civil order?: Control 81. ADP_________________ covers Stability Operations?: ADP 3-07 82. Which references cover Homeland Defense and Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA)?: ADRP 3-28 ADRP 3-0 83. The Stafford Act: Authorizes the President to issue major disaster declarations - authorizes federal agencies to provide assistance to states overwhelmed by disasters 84. Posse Comitatus Act: Prohibits use of federal troops for law enforcement 85. Insurrection Action: Allows the President to use federal troops to enforce federal laws when rebellion against the authority of the US makes it impracticable to enforce the laws of the US 86. Economy Act: Authorizes federal agencies to provide supplies and services to each other 87. Title 10, United States Code (Reserve Components): May order members, without consent, to active duty not more than 15 days a year. May retain, with consent, on active duty anytime 88. Title 32, United States Code (National Guard): These forces report directly to the Governor of the state 13 /89. In which publication would you look to find information for Brigade Sup- port Battalions?: ATP 4-90 90. What are the sustainment functions?: 1. Contracting 2. Field Services 3. General Engineering Support NOT financial management 91. What are the four basic principles of the Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC)?: 1. Military Necessity 2. Proportionality 3. Discrimination or Distinction 4. Unnecessary Suffering 92. Symbols protected under the Geneva Convention: 1. Red Cross 2. Red Crescent 3. Red Crystal 14 /