ILE CGSC X100 Review Exam Questions And Answers

Clausewitz COG - ANS The hub of all power and movement upon which everything depends. Friction - ANS the difference between war in real life and war on paper Operational Design - ANS the conception and construction of the intellectual framework that underpins joint operations plans and their subsequent execution? What is the purpose of doctrine? - ANS Doctrine serves as a starting point for thinking about and conducting operations. In other words, it serves as a common professional language for amongst service members and as a common frame of reference for discussing operations. Ethical Triangle - ANS Principles: Act in accordance with the established values and principles. Virtues: Golden Rule; Do unto others as you would have them do to you. Consequences: Do the greatest good for the greatest number. Who are the Statutory / Principle advisors of the National Security Organization/Council? - ANS Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff (CJCS) How often is the Unified Command Plan (UCP) reviewed and updated? - ANS every 2 years What documents go to the Combat Command under strategic guidance? - ANS Guidance for Employment of the Force (GEF) Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan (JFCP) termination criteria - ANS The specified standards approved by the President and or the Secretary of Defense that must be met before a joint operations can be concluded. (JP 1-02) What is operational reach? - ANS Operational reach is the distance and duration across which a joint force can successfully employ military capabilities. How to tell if a COA is Distinguishable? - ANS 1. Task organization 2. The scheme of maneuver (SOM) 3. Main effort 4. Primary mechanism of mission accomplishment 5. Sequential versus simultaneous maneuvers 6. Reserve What are the 6 principles of mission command? - ANS 1. Build cohesive teams through mutual trust. 2. Create shared understanding. 3. Provide a clear commander's intent. 4. Exercise disciplined initiative. 5. Use mission orders. 6. Accept prudent risk. What is the distinction between mission command as a philosophy and mission command as a war-fighting function? - ANS Under the philosophy of mission command, commanders understand their leadership guides the actions of the force. Commanders, assisted by their staffs, use the guiding principles of mission command to balance the art of command with the science of control. They use the art of command to exercise authority, to provide leadership, and to make timely decisions. Commanders and staffs use the science of control to regulate forces and direct the execution of operations to conform to their commander's intent. Clausewitzian Trinity - ANS 1. Government-ends-reason 2. People-means-passion 3. Military-ways-chance - ANS Nine. 6 geographical CCMDr. 3 Functional CCMDr. The Defense Department has nine unified combatant commands, each with responsibilities for a geographic region or functional area in support of U.S. strategic objectives. Their mission is to maintain command and control of U.S. military forces around the world in peacetime as well as in conflict. Operational Variables - ANS PMESII-PT political military economic social information infrastructure physical environment time Unified Action - ANS The synchronization, coordination, and/or integration of the activities of governmental and nongovernmental entities with military operation to achieve unity of effort. Common Operating Precepts - ANS 1. Inform domestic audiences and influence the perceptions and attitudes of key foreign audiences as an explicit and continuous operational requirement. 2. Achieve and maintain unity of effort within the joint force and between the joint force and US Government, international, and other partners. 3. Leverage the benefits of operating indirectly through partners when strategic and operational circumstances dictate or permit. 4. Integrate joint capabilities to be complementary rather than merely additive. 5. Avoid combining capabilities where doing so adds complexity without compensating advantage. 6. Focus on operational objectives whose achievement suggests the broadest and most enduring results. 7. Ensure freedom of action. 8. Maintain operational and organizational flexibility. 9. Plan for and manage operational transitions over time and space. 10. Drive synergy to the lowest echelon at which it can be managed effectively. CULMINATION - ANS point in time or space at which the operation can go no longer maintain momentum. During stability operations, culmination may result from the erosion of national will, decline of popular support, question 4 steps of IPB - ANS 1. Define the operational environment. 2. Describe environmental effects on operations. 3. Evaluate the threat. 4. Determine threat courses of action. Initiative in decisive action - ANS Initiative gives all operations the spirit, if not the form, of the offense. Initiative is used to gain a position of advantage that degrades and defeats the enemy throughout the depth of an organization.