INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL OPERATIONS
FORCE COURSE (SOC1210_19D&E)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Direct Action. ANSWER - Short-duration strikes and other small-scale offensive actions
conducted in hostile, denied or diplomatically sensitive environments
Special Reconnaissance. ANSWER - Conducted in hostile, denied or politically sensitive
environments to collect or verify information of strategic or operational significance.
Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction. ANSWER - Efforts to counter the development,
proliferation, use, and effects of WMD by actors of concern
Counterterrorism. ANSWER - Defined as the actions taken directly against terrorist
networks and indirectly to influence and render global and regional environments
inhospitable to terrorist networks
Unconventional Warefare. ANSWER - Activities conducted to enable a resistance
movement or insurgency to coerce, disrupt, or overthrow a government or occupying
power by operating through or with underground, auxiliary, or guerrilla forces in a denied
area
Foreign Internal Defense. ANSWER - Used to alter or shape the operational environment
in a host nation to create conditions conductive to the success of a full spectrum of military
operations
A JTF can be constituted and designated by which authorities. (Select all the apply.).
ANSWER - The Secretary of Defense
A Unified Combatant Commander
A Sub-Unified Commander
An existing JTF Commander
USSOCOM organizes, equips, trains and advises fores in dozens of countries around the
world. This is an example of which core activity? (Choose one correct answer).. ANSWER -
Security Force Assistance
, What year did MARSOC officially join USSOCOM? (Choose one correct answer)..
ANSWER - 2006
What does an Air Force Special Operations Tactical Air Control Party member do?
(Choose one correct answer).. ANSWER - Operate forward communications networks.
USASOC, MARSOC, AFSOC, and NAVYSPECWARCOM are examples of what? (Choose
one correct answer).. ANSWER - SOF Service Component Commands
True or False? A Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force (CJSOTF) is a multi-
national, multi-service special operations force.. ANSWER - True
Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET). ANSWER - A program conducted overseas to
fulfill United States forces training requirements and at the same time exchange the
sharing of skills between United States and host nation counterparts.
Counter Narco-Terrorism (CNT). ANSWER - Main focus is to assist in the identification
and interdiction of the local networks that assist both terrorist and narcotics traffickers in
moving people, money and weapons
Mobile Training Team (MTT). ANSWER - Mission is to train indigenous personnel to
operate, maintain, and employ weapons and support systems, or to develop a self-training
capability in a particular skill
Subject Matter Expert Exchange (SMEE). ANSWER - An exchange of ideas between
experts from two or more different countries. Since there is no formal training or education
being delivered, this program is not subject to the same oversight requirements as many
other activities.
Humanitarian De-Mining Action (HDMA). ANSWER - Activities that strive to reduce the
social, economic and environmental impact of land mines, unexploded ordnance, and small
arms ammunition
Mobile Education Team (MET). ANSWER - Consist of one or more military or civilian
personnel sent on temporary duty, often to a foreign nation, to give education instruction
FORCE COURSE (SOC1210_19D&E)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Direct Action. ANSWER - Short-duration strikes and other small-scale offensive actions
conducted in hostile, denied or diplomatically sensitive environments
Special Reconnaissance. ANSWER - Conducted in hostile, denied or politically sensitive
environments to collect or verify information of strategic or operational significance.
Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction. ANSWER - Efforts to counter the development,
proliferation, use, and effects of WMD by actors of concern
Counterterrorism. ANSWER - Defined as the actions taken directly against terrorist
networks and indirectly to influence and render global and regional environments
inhospitable to terrorist networks
Unconventional Warefare. ANSWER - Activities conducted to enable a resistance
movement or insurgency to coerce, disrupt, or overthrow a government or occupying
power by operating through or with underground, auxiliary, or guerrilla forces in a denied
area
Foreign Internal Defense. ANSWER - Used to alter or shape the operational environment
in a host nation to create conditions conductive to the success of a full spectrum of military
operations
A JTF can be constituted and designated by which authorities. (Select all the apply.).
ANSWER - The Secretary of Defense
A Unified Combatant Commander
A Sub-Unified Commander
An existing JTF Commander
USSOCOM organizes, equips, trains and advises fores in dozens of countries around the
world. This is an example of which core activity? (Choose one correct answer).. ANSWER -
Security Force Assistance
, What year did MARSOC officially join USSOCOM? (Choose one correct answer)..
ANSWER - 2006
What does an Air Force Special Operations Tactical Air Control Party member do?
(Choose one correct answer).. ANSWER - Operate forward communications networks.
USASOC, MARSOC, AFSOC, and NAVYSPECWARCOM are examples of what? (Choose
one correct answer).. ANSWER - SOF Service Component Commands
True or False? A Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force (CJSOTF) is a multi-
national, multi-service special operations force.. ANSWER - True
Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET). ANSWER - A program conducted overseas to
fulfill United States forces training requirements and at the same time exchange the
sharing of skills between United States and host nation counterparts.
Counter Narco-Terrorism (CNT). ANSWER - Main focus is to assist in the identification
and interdiction of the local networks that assist both terrorist and narcotics traffickers in
moving people, money and weapons
Mobile Training Team (MTT). ANSWER - Mission is to train indigenous personnel to
operate, maintain, and employ weapons and support systems, or to develop a self-training
capability in a particular skill
Subject Matter Expert Exchange (SMEE). ANSWER - An exchange of ideas between
experts from two or more different countries. Since there is no formal training or education
being delivered, this program is not subject to the same oversight requirements as many
other activities.
Humanitarian De-Mining Action (HDMA). ANSWER - Activities that strive to reduce the
social, economic and environmental impact of land mines, unexploded ordnance, and small
arms ammunition
Mobile Education Team (MET). ANSWER - Consist of one or more military or civilian
personnel sent on temporary duty, often to a foreign nation, to give education instruction
