Army OCS Military History Exam All Lessons
Questions with Expert Verified Correct
Answers Latest Update 2025
1. War--- correct answer --- -Conflict between organized groups
with "Unknown Resolve"
- Each seeking to impose its will on the other
2. Linear Tactics--- correct answer --- - Troops Marched in column
formation
- 2 to 3 ranks, shoulder to shoulder
- Used successive volleys of fire
- Purpose was to mass greatest amount of firepower over a given
area
- Tactics prevailed through WWI
3. Smoothbore Musket--- correct answer --- - Used from 1600's to
Pre-Civil War
- Max Effective Distance of 100m
,- Highly inaccurate
- 3 Rounds per minute
4. Friction--- correct answer --- - Any impediment to a commanders
ability to wage war
- EX--- correct answer --- Muddy roads, undisciplined troops, bad
weather
5. Strategic Level of War--- correct answer --- All of a nation's
armed forces in all campaigns
6. Operational Level of War--- correct answer --- In-theater forces;
Where the battle or war is actually taking place—i.e. Afghanistan
7. Tactical Level of War--- correct answer --- Individual field units
(division or below)
8. Battle of Bunker Hill--- correct answer --- - Revolutionary War -
1775
- Took place near Boston Town on the Charlestown Peninsula
- Patriot forces actually occupied and fortified Breed's Hill. -
English sacrificed the principals of surprise and maneuver in an effort
to publicly defeat and humiliate the American's in a frontal assault.
,- Patriots held the line, inflicting massive casualties on the
British,
- Retreated after running dangerously low on ammunition. -
Psychological victory for the American's.
- Compare with Picket's Charge
9. NYC Campaign--- correct answer --- - Revolutionary War - 1776
- British forces landed 32,000 soldiers on the shores of Staton
Island NY.
- Washington split forces in an effort to meet British forces at
both Staton and Long Island
- Violated the principal of mass.
- British forces continually out-maneuver Washington, forcing him
to fall back several times
- Washington realized that he did not need to defeat the British
only needed to assure his army remain standing.
10. Battle of Trenton--- correct answer --- - Revolutionary war - 1776
, - Washington crossed the Deleware on Christmas night with 4,000
untrained militia and 1,000 Short-time regulars.
- Despite low morale among his troops and austere weather
conditions, Washington
inspired his men to keep moving forward.
- He separated his forces and using the principle of surprise,
- Patriots captured a German mercenary garrison, killing 40
Hessians and capturing another 918.
11. Battle of Princeton--- correct answer --- - Revolutionary War -
After Battle of Trenton
- Cornwallis of the British forces aimed to trap Washington at
Trenton
- Washington deployed the feint tactic and left a small security
element at Trenton
- Washington, using an economy of force, took his main element
and utilizing frozen over swamps,
- Maneuvered behind Cornwallis to surprise his units from the
rear.
Questions with Expert Verified Correct
Answers Latest Update 2025
1. War--- correct answer --- -Conflict between organized groups
with "Unknown Resolve"
- Each seeking to impose its will on the other
2. Linear Tactics--- correct answer --- - Troops Marched in column
formation
- 2 to 3 ranks, shoulder to shoulder
- Used successive volleys of fire
- Purpose was to mass greatest amount of firepower over a given
area
- Tactics prevailed through WWI
3. Smoothbore Musket--- correct answer --- - Used from 1600's to
Pre-Civil War
- Max Effective Distance of 100m
,- Highly inaccurate
- 3 Rounds per minute
4. Friction--- correct answer --- - Any impediment to a commanders
ability to wage war
- EX--- correct answer --- Muddy roads, undisciplined troops, bad
weather
5. Strategic Level of War--- correct answer --- All of a nation's
armed forces in all campaigns
6. Operational Level of War--- correct answer --- In-theater forces;
Where the battle or war is actually taking place—i.e. Afghanistan
7. Tactical Level of War--- correct answer --- Individual field units
(division or below)
8. Battle of Bunker Hill--- correct answer --- - Revolutionary War -
1775
- Took place near Boston Town on the Charlestown Peninsula
- Patriot forces actually occupied and fortified Breed's Hill. -
English sacrificed the principals of surprise and maneuver in an effort
to publicly defeat and humiliate the American's in a frontal assault.
,- Patriots held the line, inflicting massive casualties on the
British,
- Retreated after running dangerously low on ammunition. -
Psychological victory for the American's.
- Compare with Picket's Charge
9. NYC Campaign--- correct answer --- - Revolutionary War - 1776
- British forces landed 32,000 soldiers on the shores of Staton
Island NY.
- Washington split forces in an effort to meet British forces at
both Staton and Long Island
- Violated the principal of mass.
- British forces continually out-maneuver Washington, forcing him
to fall back several times
- Washington realized that he did not need to defeat the British
only needed to assure his army remain standing.
10. Battle of Trenton--- correct answer --- - Revolutionary war - 1776
, - Washington crossed the Deleware on Christmas night with 4,000
untrained militia and 1,000 Short-time regulars.
- Despite low morale among his troops and austere weather
conditions, Washington
inspired his men to keep moving forward.
- He separated his forces and using the principle of surprise,
- Patriots captured a German mercenary garrison, killing 40
Hessians and capturing another 918.
11. Battle of Princeton--- correct answer --- - Revolutionary War -
After Battle of Trenton
- Cornwallis of the British forces aimed to trap Washington at
Trenton
- Washington deployed the feint tactic and left a small security
element at Trenton
- Washington, using an economy of force, took his main element
and utilizing frozen over swamps,
- Maneuvered behind Cornwallis to surprise his units from the
rear.
