Captains Career Course - Common Core
Final Exam
_____ and _____ are the two types of evaluations per FM 7-0. - Correct Answer Formal and Informal
_____ comes from leaders who do what is right for the Army, the mission, and each individual Soldier. _____
emanates from leaders who primarily focus on personal gain and lack of self-awareness. - Correct Answer Positive
Influence, Negative Influence
_____ counseling is a review of a subordinate's duty performance over the specified period. The counseling focuses
on the subordinate's strengths, areas to improve, and potential. - Correct Answer Performance
_____ leadership is found throughout organization, not based on any particular rank or position in the organization
hierarchy. - Correct Answer Informal Leadership
_____ succinctly describes what constitutes success for the operation. - Correct Answer Commanders Intent
_____ the task, together with the purpose, that clearly indicates the action to be taken and the reason therefore. -
Correct Answer Mission Statement
_____ unified the other elements of combat power (information, mission command, movement and maneuver,
intelligence, fires, sustainment, and protection). - Correct Answer Leadership
__________ are conducted to defeat an enemy attack, gain time, economize forces, and develop conditions
favorable for offensive and stability tasks. - Correct Answer Defensive Tasks
__________ decision making generates several alternative solutions, compares these solutions to a set of criteria,
and selects the best course of action. - Correct Answer Analytic
__________ is a deliberate exposure to potential injury or less when the commander judges the outcome in terms of
mission accomplishment as worth the cost. - Correct Answer Prudent Risk
__________ is a required automated system used to assist the Commander in planning, resourcing, and tracking
individual and collect unit training tasks. - Correct Answer Digital Training Management System (DTMS)
__________ is the arrangement of military actions in time, space, and purpose to produce maximum relative combat
power at a decisive place and time. - Correct Answer Synchronization
__________ is the execution of related and mutually supporting task at the same time across multiple locations and
domains. - Correct Answer Simultaneity
__________ is the extension of operations in time, space, or purpose to achieve definitive results. - Correct Answer
Depth
__________ is the meaning that a human assigns to data by means of the known conventions used in their
representation. - Correct Answer Information
__________ represent Department of Defense support to U.S. civil authorities for domestic emergencies, law
enforcement support, and other domestic activities, or from qualifying entities for special events. - Correct Answer
Homeland Defense and Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) Tasks
(T/F) A staff's most important function is to support and advise the commander throughout planning, preparation,
execution, and assessment. - Correct Answer TRUE
(T/F) Commanders inform and influence audiences both inside and outside their organizations. - Correct Answer True
, (T/F) During operations, commanders cannot decide to reframe after realizing the desired conditions have changed,
are not achievable, cannot be attained through the current operational approach, or because of change of mission or
end state. - Correct Answer FALSE
(T/F) Land operations are straightforward because Decisive Action ensures separation of enemy, adversary, neutral,
and friendly, with easy to distinguish characteristics. - Correct Answer FALSE
(T/F) Staff Officers only communicate with higher echelons. - Correct Answer FALSE
(T/F) Staff Officers recognize and adjust to changing conditions in the operational environment with appropriate,
flexible, and timely actions. - Correct Answer TRUE
(T/F) The Army's framework for exercising Mission Command is the Operations Process. - Correct Answer True
7 Step Engagement Area Development - Correct Answer 1. Identify all likely enemies avenue of approach
2. Determine likely enemy schemes of maneuver
3. Determine where to kill the enemy
4. Plan and integrate obstacles
5. Emplace weapon systems
6. Plan and integrate indirect fires
8 Principles of Sustainment - Correct Answer 1. Anticipation
2. Continuity
3. Responsiveness
4. Integration
5. Simplicity
6. Improvisation
7. Survivability
8. Economy
A __________ is a difference between the actual situation during an operation and what the plan forecasted the
situation would be at that time or event. - Correct Answer Variance
A _________________ is a series of tactical actions, such as battles, engagements, and strikes. - Correct Answer
Major Operation
According to FM 7-0, which is NOT a principle of Army Training? - Correct Answer Noncommissioned officers train
individuals, crews, and small teams.
ADP __________ covers Stability Operations? - Correct Answer ADP 3-07
Alternative Battle Position - Correct Answer The position that covers the enemy's most likely avenue of approach into
the AO and occupied when the primary becomes untenable or unsuitable.
Army Command Policy is covered in what publication? - Correct Answer AR 600-20
Breaching Tenets (FM 3-90.1) - Correct Answer 1. Intelligence
2. Breaching Fundamentals: SOSRA (ATTP 3-90.4 para 3.23)
3. Breaching Organization
4. Mass
5. Synchronization
Brigade Combat Teams can be augmented to meet different mission requirements and variables. - Correct Answer
True
Characteristics of the Offense - Correct Answer 1. Surprise
2. Concentration: Massing of overwhelming effects of combat power to achieve a single purpose
3. Tempo: Controlling or altering tempo is necessary to retain the initiative
4. Audacity: Boldly executing a simple plan of action. This can be displayed be developing bold, inventing plans that
produce decisive results and/or by violently applying combat power.
Final Exam
_____ and _____ are the two types of evaluations per FM 7-0. - Correct Answer Formal and Informal
_____ comes from leaders who do what is right for the Army, the mission, and each individual Soldier. _____
emanates from leaders who primarily focus on personal gain and lack of self-awareness. - Correct Answer Positive
Influence, Negative Influence
_____ counseling is a review of a subordinate's duty performance over the specified period. The counseling focuses
on the subordinate's strengths, areas to improve, and potential. - Correct Answer Performance
_____ leadership is found throughout organization, not based on any particular rank or position in the organization
hierarchy. - Correct Answer Informal Leadership
_____ succinctly describes what constitutes success for the operation. - Correct Answer Commanders Intent
_____ the task, together with the purpose, that clearly indicates the action to be taken and the reason therefore. -
Correct Answer Mission Statement
_____ unified the other elements of combat power (information, mission command, movement and maneuver,
intelligence, fires, sustainment, and protection). - Correct Answer Leadership
__________ are conducted to defeat an enemy attack, gain time, economize forces, and develop conditions
favorable for offensive and stability tasks. - Correct Answer Defensive Tasks
__________ decision making generates several alternative solutions, compares these solutions to a set of criteria,
and selects the best course of action. - Correct Answer Analytic
__________ is a deliberate exposure to potential injury or less when the commander judges the outcome in terms of
mission accomplishment as worth the cost. - Correct Answer Prudent Risk
__________ is a required automated system used to assist the Commander in planning, resourcing, and tracking
individual and collect unit training tasks. - Correct Answer Digital Training Management System (DTMS)
__________ is the arrangement of military actions in time, space, and purpose to produce maximum relative combat
power at a decisive place and time. - Correct Answer Synchronization
__________ is the execution of related and mutually supporting task at the same time across multiple locations and
domains. - Correct Answer Simultaneity
__________ is the extension of operations in time, space, or purpose to achieve definitive results. - Correct Answer
Depth
__________ is the meaning that a human assigns to data by means of the known conventions used in their
representation. - Correct Answer Information
__________ represent Department of Defense support to U.S. civil authorities for domestic emergencies, law
enforcement support, and other domestic activities, or from qualifying entities for special events. - Correct Answer
Homeland Defense and Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) Tasks
(T/F) A staff's most important function is to support and advise the commander throughout planning, preparation,
execution, and assessment. - Correct Answer TRUE
(T/F) Commanders inform and influence audiences both inside and outside their organizations. - Correct Answer True
, (T/F) During operations, commanders cannot decide to reframe after realizing the desired conditions have changed,
are not achievable, cannot be attained through the current operational approach, or because of change of mission or
end state. - Correct Answer FALSE
(T/F) Land operations are straightforward because Decisive Action ensures separation of enemy, adversary, neutral,
and friendly, with easy to distinguish characteristics. - Correct Answer FALSE
(T/F) Staff Officers only communicate with higher echelons. - Correct Answer FALSE
(T/F) Staff Officers recognize and adjust to changing conditions in the operational environment with appropriate,
flexible, and timely actions. - Correct Answer TRUE
(T/F) The Army's framework for exercising Mission Command is the Operations Process. - Correct Answer True
7 Step Engagement Area Development - Correct Answer 1. Identify all likely enemies avenue of approach
2. Determine likely enemy schemes of maneuver
3. Determine where to kill the enemy
4. Plan and integrate obstacles
5. Emplace weapon systems
6. Plan and integrate indirect fires
8 Principles of Sustainment - Correct Answer 1. Anticipation
2. Continuity
3. Responsiveness
4. Integration
5. Simplicity
6. Improvisation
7. Survivability
8. Economy
A __________ is a difference between the actual situation during an operation and what the plan forecasted the
situation would be at that time or event. - Correct Answer Variance
A _________________ is a series of tactical actions, such as battles, engagements, and strikes. - Correct Answer
Major Operation
According to FM 7-0, which is NOT a principle of Army Training? - Correct Answer Noncommissioned officers train
individuals, crews, and small teams.
ADP __________ covers Stability Operations? - Correct Answer ADP 3-07
Alternative Battle Position - Correct Answer The position that covers the enemy's most likely avenue of approach into
the AO and occupied when the primary becomes untenable or unsuitable.
Army Command Policy is covered in what publication? - Correct Answer AR 600-20
Breaching Tenets (FM 3-90.1) - Correct Answer 1. Intelligence
2. Breaching Fundamentals: SOSRA (ATTP 3-90.4 para 3.23)
3. Breaching Organization
4. Mass
5. Synchronization
Brigade Combat Teams can be augmented to meet different mission requirements and variables. - Correct Answer
True
Characteristics of the Offense - Correct Answer 1. Surprise
2. Concentration: Massing of overwhelming effects of combat power to achieve a single purpose
3. Tempo: Controlling or altering tempo is necessary to retain the initiative
4. Audacity: Boldly executing a simple plan of action. This can be displayed be developing bold, inventing plans that
produce decisive results and/or by violently applying combat power.
