CGSC X100 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔The COA statement clearly portrays how the unit will accomplish the mission and is
a brief expression of how the combined arms concept will be conducted. - ✔✔True
✔✔What are the three actions in Step 5 (COA-C) that you must accomplish? -
✔✔Conduct advantages and disadvantages analysis
Compare COAs
Conduct a COA decision briefing.
✔✔Do shaping operations enable decisive operation by creating and maintaining
combat power? True or False - ✔✔False - Sustaining Operation
✔✔How will arraying forces accomplish the mission within the the commander's intent
and will eventually provide the frame work for the concept of operation? - ✔✔Through
broad concepts
✔✔The initial commander's intent must be clearly understood by leaders two echelons
lower in the chain of command? True or False? - ✔✔True
✔✔What are the components of the initial commander's intent? - ✔✔1 -Expanded
(broader) purpose of the operation
2 -Initial key tasks
3 -Desired end state.
✔✔What are the two techniques are commonly used to record and display results for
Step 4 of MDMP (COA-A)? - ✔✔Synchronization matrix
Sketch note.
✔✔What is the most important step in MDMP? - ✔✔Mission Analysis
✔✔Which multifunctional support unit normally has a command relationship with a
theater sustainment command (TSC) and must coordinate with the owning division
commander for terrain within the division's area of operations (AO)? - ✔✔Sustainment
brigade
✔✔Which division staff officer is responsible for providing intelligence to support current
and future operations and plans? - ✔✔G2
✔✔Which corps command post is more easily deployed or displaced since most of its
transportation is organic, can control corps operations for a limited time, and is
, sometimes designated as an assault command post? - ✔✔Tactical command post
(TAC)
✔✔which brigade combat team is best suited for operations in complex (restrictive and
severely restrictive) terrain, and is easier to sustain than the other BCT? - ✔✔Infantry
brigade combat team (IBCT)
✔✔The division-controlled airspace typically extends from the rear boundary to the fire
support coordination line (FSCL) and between the lateral boundaries, up to the
coordinating altitude? - ✔✔True
✔✔The gaining unit that receives another Army unit through assignment assumes
responsibility for administrative control (ADCON) unless specifically stated - ✔✔True
✔✔Which brigade combat team is a combined arms organization, can fight without
additional combat power, but can be task-organized for precise needs? - ✔✔Armored
brigade combat team (ABCT)
✔✔What is the preferred Army echelon for use as a Joint Task Force (JTF)
headquarters? - ✔✔CORPS
✔✔True or False - if a special staff officer is not assigned, the officer with coordinating
staff responsibility for the area of expertise assumes those functional responsibilities? -
✔✔True
✔✔The corps can control a maximum of how many Army divisions in large-scale
combat operations? - ✔✔Five (5) divisions
✔✔Which headquarters is the Army's primary tactical warfighting headquarters for
command and control of land force brigades in decisive action? - ✔✔Division
✔✔The division staff at the main command post operates under the general supervision
of which officer? - ✔✔Division chief of staff
✔✔Which brigade combat team (BCT) is more deployable than the armored BCT and
has greater tactical mobility, protection, and firepower than the infantry BCT? -
✔✔Stryker BCT
✔✔Which of the following brigades is designed to help Corps, Divisions, and BCTs in
the production, exploitation, and dissemination of national and theater signals and
geospatial intelligence? - ✔✔Expeditionary military intelligence brigade (E-MIB)
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔The COA statement clearly portrays how the unit will accomplish the mission and is
a brief expression of how the combined arms concept will be conducted. - ✔✔True
✔✔What are the three actions in Step 5 (COA-C) that you must accomplish? -
✔✔Conduct advantages and disadvantages analysis
Compare COAs
Conduct a COA decision briefing.
✔✔Do shaping operations enable decisive operation by creating and maintaining
combat power? True or False - ✔✔False - Sustaining Operation
✔✔How will arraying forces accomplish the mission within the the commander's intent
and will eventually provide the frame work for the concept of operation? - ✔✔Through
broad concepts
✔✔The initial commander's intent must be clearly understood by leaders two echelons
lower in the chain of command? True or False? - ✔✔True
✔✔What are the components of the initial commander's intent? - ✔✔1 -Expanded
(broader) purpose of the operation
2 -Initial key tasks
3 -Desired end state.
✔✔What are the two techniques are commonly used to record and display results for
Step 4 of MDMP (COA-A)? - ✔✔Synchronization matrix
Sketch note.
✔✔What is the most important step in MDMP? - ✔✔Mission Analysis
✔✔Which multifunctional support unit normally has a command relationship with a
theater sustainment command (TSC) and must coordinate with the owning division
commander for terrain within the division's area of operations (AO)? - ✔✔Sustainment
brigade
✔✔Which division staff officer is responsible for providing intelligence to support current
and future operations and plans? - ✔✔G2
✔✔Which corps command post is more easily deployed or displaced since most of its
transportation is organic, can control corps operations for a limited time, and is
, sometimes designated as an assault command post? - ✔✔Tactical command post
(TAC)
✔✔which brigade combat team is best suited for operations in complex (restrictive and
severely restrictive) terrain, and is easier to sustain than the other BCT? - ✔✔Infantry
brigade combat team (IBCT)
✔✔The division-controlled airspace typically extends from the rear boundary to the fire
support coordination line (FSCL) and between the lateral boundaries, up to the
coordinating altitude? - ✔✔True
✔✔The gaining unit that receives another Army unit through assignment assumes
responsibility for administrative control (ADCON) unless specifically stated - ✔✔True
✔✔Which brigade combat team is a combined arms organization, can fight without
additional combat power, but can be task-organized for precise needs? - ✔✔Armored
brigade combat team (ABCT)
✔✔What is the preferred Army echelon for use as a Joint Task Force (JTF)
headquarters? - ✔✔CORPS
✔✔True or False - if a special staff officer is not assigned, the officer with coordinating
staff responsibility for the area of expertise assumes those functional responsibilities? -
✔✔True
✔✔The corps can control a maximum of how many Army divisions in large-scale
combat operations? - ✔✔Five (5) divisions
✔✔Which headquarters is the Army's primary tactical warfighting headquarters for
command and control of land force brigades in decisive action? - ✔✔Division
✔✔The division staff at the main command post operates under the general supervision
of which officer? - ✔✔Division chief of staff
✔✔Which brigade combat team (BCT) is more deployable than the armored BCT and
has greater tactical mobility, protection, and firepower than the infantry BCT? -
✔✔Stryker BCT
✔✔Which of the following brigades is designed to help Corps, Divisions, and BCTs in
the production, exploitation, and dissemination of national and theater signals and
geospatial intelligence? - ✔✔Expeditionary military intelligence brigade (E-MIB)
