2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the art and science of understanding a situation, envisioning a desired future, and
laying out effective ways of bringing the future about? - ANS Planning
Commanders direct forces throughout the operations process by taking which action(s)? Select
all that apply. - ANS Approving plans and orders
Establishing command and support relationships
Positioning units, key leaders, and allocating resources
Assigning and adjusting tasks, control measures, and task organization
Which is the Army's framework for exercising mission command? - ANS Operation process
Which are the functions of preparation? Select all that apply. - ANS Task-organize and
integrate the force
Develop a common understanding of the plan
Ensure forces and resources are positioned
Which key component of a plan is a statement which directs how subordinate units cooperate
to accomplish the mission and establishes the sequence of actions the force will use to achieve
the end state? - ANS Concepts of Operations
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, Coordinating staff officers are the commanders principal assistants who ________ actions
within their area of expertise or a warfighting function. Select all that apply. - ANS Incorrect
*Advise, Plan, Execute, Coordinate*
Correct - ???
At what stage of the planning horizon does refining and modifying OPLANs and OPORDs occur?
- ANS Mid-range Planning
When maintaining a running estimate, the commander and each staff element continuously
consider the effects of new information. What do they also update? Select all that apply. -
ANS Friendly force status
Facts
Enemy activities and capabilities
CPT Neumann must designate a select staff who assist you in controlling operations away from
a command post. In this case they are being placed within a ______. - ANS Command Group
Which step of the MDMP bridges the transition between planning and preparations? -
ANS Orders Production
In the mission analysis step,_________ are standards the commander and staff will later use to
measure the relative effectiveness and efficiency of one COA relative to other COAs. -
ANS Evaluation criteria
Who issues the final planning guidance once a COA has been approved? - ANS Commander
Which step is after list assumptions in COA analysis and war-gaming process? - ANS Incorrect
*Update running estimates*
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