TEST 2026 DETAILED 270 QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Objective. Answer: Direct every military operation toward a clearly
defined, decisive, and achievable goal
⩥ Offensive. Answer: Seize, retain, and exploit the initiative
⩥ Mass. Answer: Concentrate the effects of combat power at the most
advantageous place and time to produce decisive results.
⩥ Maneuver. Answer: Place the enemy in a position of disadvantage
through the flexible application of combat power
⩥ Economy of Force. Answer: Expend minimum essential combat
power on secondary efforts in order to allocate the maximum possible
combat power on primary efforts
⩥ Unity of Command. Answer: Ensure unity of effort under one
responsible commander for every objective
,⩥ Security. Answer: Prevent the enemy from acquiring an unexpected
advantage
⩥ Surprise. Answer: Strike the enemy at a time or place or in a manner
for which he is unprepared
⩥ simplicity. Answer: Increase the probability that plans and operations
will be executed as intended by preparing clear, uncomplicated plans
and concise orders
⩥ Restraint. Answer: Limit collateral damage and prevent the
unnecessary use of force
⩥ Perseverance. Answer: Ensure the commitment necessary to attain the
national strategic end state
⩥ Legitimacy. Answer: Maintain legal and moral authority in the
conduct of operations
⩥ PMESII-PT. Answer: Political
Military
Economic
Social
Information
, Infrastructure
Physical Environment
Time
⩥ METTC. Answer: Mission
Enemy
Terrain
Time
Civilian consideration
⩥ Army Design Methodology. Answer: A methodology for applying
critical and creative thinking to understand, visualize, and describe
unfamiliar problems and approaches to solving them.
⩥ Intertheater. Answer: Strategic; Between nations
⩥ Intratheater. Answer: Operational; within a nation
⩥ End state and Conditions. Answer: The end state is a set of desired
future conditions the commander wants to exist when an operation ends.