IBOLC Comprehensive Exam Study Guide with complete solutions (Graded A)

• Troop Leading Procedures - Answer- o Receive the Mission o Issue the warno o Make a tentative plan o Initiate movement o Conduct reconnaissance o Complete the plan o Issue the complete order o Supervise and refine • Rehearsals - Answer- o Confirmation brief o Back brief o Combined arms rehearsal o Support rehearsal o Battle drill or SOP rehearsal • Characteristics of the Offense - Answer- o Surprise o Concentration o Audacity o Tempo • Characteristics of the Defense - Answer- • Preparation (ROE, decision criteria, trigger) • Security (scouts, recon, cordon, LP/OP, patrols, provide early warning is point of security) • Operations in depth (spreading fires throughout AO) • Maneuver (fire and maneuver integration) • Disruption (obstacles, terrain, fires, CAS, IDF) • Massing effects/concentration (mass at the decisive point) • Flexibility (alternate BPs, kill zones, COAs) • Engagement Area Development - Answer- o Identify likely enemy avenues of approach o Identify the enemy scheme of maneuver o Determine where to kill the enemy o Plan and integrate obstacles o Emplace weapon systems o Plan and integrate indirect fires o Conduct an engagement area rehearsal • Forms of Maneuver - Answer- o Penetration o Infiltration o Frontal o Flanking o Envelopment o Turning Characteristics of Fire - Answer- o Line of sight o Burst of fire o Trajectory o Maximum ordinate o Cone of fire o Beaten zone o Danger space o Surface danger zone (SDZ) Classifications of Automatic Weapons Fire with Respect to the Ground - Answer- o Dead space o Grazing fires o Plunging fires Classifications of Automatic Weapons Fire with Respect to the Target - Answer- o Enfilade fire o Frontal fire o Flanking fire o Oblique fire Classifications of Automatic Weapons Fire with Respect to the Machine Gun - Answer- o Fixed fire o Traversing fire o Searching fire o Traversing and searching fire o Swinging traverse fire o Free gun Distribution, concentration, and rate of fire - Answer- o Sustained o Rapid o Cyclic Range card - Answer- DA Form 5517-R Characteristics of the Stryker and its weapon systems - Answer- o Wheeled o .50 Cal M2, M240, MK19 Elements of a Multi-dimensional Urban Battlefield - Answer- o Airspace o Super-surface o Surface o Subsurface Urban Patterns - Answer- o Satellite areas o Networked o Linear o Segment Conditions of Urban Operations - Answer- o Surgical o Precision o High intensity Fundamentals of Urban Operations - Answer- o Perform Aggressive Information Operations o Maintain a Close Combat Capability o Avoid the Attrition Approach o Control the Essential o Minimize Collateral Damage o Separate Noncombatants from Combatants o Preserve Critical Infrastructure o Restore Essential Services o Understand the Human Dimension o Create a Collaborative Information Environment o Transition Control Breaching Fundamentals and Organization - Answer- o Suppress o Obscure o Secure o Reduce o Assault