LOG Captains Career Course: Common Core
Final Exam Questions and Answers
Question 1
You are currently serving as the battalion S4, but you will be taking command of a
company in three weeks. You are spending the next few days training your
replacement before you start your inventories. Part of this training will include
covering the steps of the Military Decision Making Process in preparation for the
battalion's upcoming National Training Center Rotation. You are discussing Step 4
(Course of Action Analysis -War-Gaming). Which of the following would you tell your
replacement is an example of a critical event?
A. Overcrowded refugee encampments
B. Whatever the commander deems critical
C. All supply routes are black and the adversary has emplaced IEDs
D. The S2 receives a daily report from Division G2
Response Feedback:
Reference: FM 6-0, Para 9-129, OP170
Correct Answer
C. All supply routes are black and the adversary has emplaced IEDs
Question 2
You have just arrived to a new unit. The leadership is discussing ACFT averages. The
ACFT is still new to you so you ask the leadership for their input on ways to help
improve personal scores. Which answer best illustrates self-development?
Correct Answer
Schedule appointment with a dietician
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,Question 3
CPT Guzman observes 1LT Bates bringing in candy and cookies to class despite the
Company Commander's policy of no food in the classroom. She then conducts a
counseling session with the student following the event. Which stage of the
counseling process is this?
a. Stage 1
b. Stage 2
c. Stage 3
d. Stage 4
Correct Answer
c. Stage 3
Question 4
You are a member of a Combat Aviation Brigade S3 section conducting operations at
the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk. You are currently in step 5 of MDMP
(Course of Action Comparison) and have recently completed the course of action
comparison and are preparing to conduct a course of action decision brief to the
brigade commander. In order to ensure the brief is complete, what are the minimum
required components for the course of actions decision brief?
a. Probability for success, Commander's Intent and the unit's mission
b. Commander's intent, mission statement and the probability for success
c. Current TTPs, weather and the commander's intent
d. Commander's intent (two levels up), status of the force and the current IPB
Correct Answer
d. Commander's intent (two levels up), status of the force and the current IPB
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,Question 5
At the Battle of Gettysburg, COL Chamberlain used the analogy of a "swinging barn
door" to describe how he wanted his unit to move into their attack position. Which
Principle of Mission Command was he exercising when he did this?
A. Risk Acceptance
B. Disciplined Initiative
C. Mission Orders
D. Shared Understanding
Response Feedback:
Reference: ADP 6-0 (Mission Command: Command and Control of Army Forces), para
1-36 thru 1-44. MC110
Correct Answer
D. Shared Understanding
Question 6
CPT Boyd received recognition from the brigade commander for setting up company
situational training exercise (STX) lanes. This is an example of what type of
counseling?
A. Event-oriented counseling
B. Performance counseling
C. Professional growth counseling
D. Promotion counseling
Response Feedback:
Reference: ATP 6-22.1, Para 1-6, AP190
Correct Answer
A. Event-oriented counseling
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, Question 7
The Army has a dual nature as both a military department of government and a
trusted military profession. Which statement below is NOT true of the Army
professional?
A. Army professionals have certain standards and values they must uphold in order to
be trusted.
B. Army professionals have to demonstrate essential characteristics as a whole in
order to be trusted.
C. Army professionals measure their trust by demonstrated results - they accomplish
the mission no matter the risk.
D. Army professionals are seen as individuals with professions that can impact public
trust through the examples they set.
Response Feedback:
Reference: ADP 6-22, Para 1-3 thru 1-8, AP140
Correct Answer
C. Army professionals measure their trust by demonstrated results - they
accomplish the mission no matter the risk.
Question 8
You are a company commander deployed to Latvia. One of your platoons captures a
team of enemy combatants. When they return to the patrol base with these prisoners
they appear to have been beaten. Which one of the Soldier's Rules does this violate?
A. Soldiers collect and care for the wounded
B. Soldiers do not harm enemies that surrender
C. Soldiers destroy no more than mission requires
D. Soldiers fight only combatants
Response Feedback:
Reference: AR 350-1, Table F-2. O230
Correct Answer
B. Soldiers do not harm enemies that surrender
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Final Exam Questions and Answers
Question 1
You are currently serving as the battalion S4, but you will be taking command of a
company in three weeks. You are spending the next few days training your
replacement before you start your inventories. Part of this training will include
covering the steps of the Military Decision Making Process in preparation for the
battalion's upcoming National Training Center Rotation. You are discussing Step 4
(Course of Action Analysis -War-Gaming). Which of the following would you tell your
replacement is an example of a critical event?
A. Overcrowded refugee encampments
B. Whatever the commander deems critical
C. All supply routes are black and the adversary has emplaced IEDs
D. The S2 receives a daily report from Division G2
Response Feedback:
Reference: FM 6-0, Para 9-129, OP170
Correct Answer
C. All supply routes are black and the adversary has emplaced IEDs
Question 2
You have just arrived to a new unit. The leadership is discussing ACFT averages. The
ACFT is still new to you so you ask the leadership for their input on ways to help
improve personal scores. Which answer best illustrates self-development?
Correct Answer
Schedule appointment with a dietician
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,Question 3
CPT Guzman observes 1LT Bates bringing in candy and cookies to class despite the
Company Commander's policy of no food in the classroom. She then conducts a
counseling session with the student following the event. Which stage of the
counseling process is this?
a. Stage 1
b. Stage 2
c. Stage 3
d. Stage 4
Correct Answer
c. Stage 3
Question 4
You are a member of a Combat Aviation Brigade S3 section conducting operations at
the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk. You are currently in step 5 of MDMP
(Course of Action Comparison) and have recently completed the course of action
comparison and are preparing to conduct a course of action decision brief to the
brigade commander. In order to ensure the brief is complete, what are the minimum
required components for the course of actions decision brief?
a. Probability for success, Commander's Intent and the unit's mission
b. Commander's intent, mission statement and the probability for success
c. Current TTPs, weather and the commander's intent
d. Commander's intent (two levels up), status of the force and the current IPB
Correct Answer
d. Commander's intent (two levels up), status of the force and the current IPB
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,Question 5
At the Battle of Gettysburg, COL Chamberlain used the analogy of a "swinging barn
door" to describe how he wanted his unit to move into their attack position. Which
Principle of Mission Command was he exercising when he did this?
A. Risk Acceptance
B. Disciplined Initiative
C. Mission Orders
D. Shared Understanding
Response Feedback:
Reference: ADP 6-0 (Mission Command: Command and Control of Army Forces), para
1-36 thru 1-44. MC110
Correct Answer
D. Shared Understanding
Question 6
CPT Boyd received recognition from the brigade commander for setting up company
situational training exercise (STX) lanes. This is an example of what type of
counseling?
A. Event-oriented counseling
B. Performance counseling
C. Professional growth counseling
D. Promotion counseling
Response Feedback:
Reference: ATP 6-22.1, Para 1-6, AP190
Correct Answer
A. Event-oriented counseling
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, Question 7
The Army has a dual nature as both a military department of government and a
trusted military profession. Which statement below is NOT true of the Army
professional?
A. Army professionals have certain standards and values they must uphold in order to
be trusted.
B. Army professionals have to demonstrate essential characteristics as a whole in
order to be trusted.
C. Army professionals measure their trust by demonstrated results - they accomplish
the mission no matter the risk.
D. Army professionals are seen as individuals with professions that can impact public
trust through the examples they set.
Response Feedback:
Reference: ADP 6-22, Para 1-3 thru 1-8, AP140
Correct Answer
C. Army professionals measure their trust by demonstrated results - they
accomplish the mission no matter the risk.
Question 8
You are a company commander deployed to Latvia. One of your platoons captures a
team of enemy combatants. When they return to the patrol base with these prisoners
they appear to have been beaten. Which one of the Soldier's Rules does this violate?
A. Soldiers collect and care for the wounded
B. Soldiers do not harm enemies that surrender
C. Soldiers destroy no more than mission requires
D. Soldiers fight only combatants
Response Feedback:
Reference: AR 350-1, Table F-2. O230
Correct Answer
B. Soldiers do not harm enemies that surrender
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