SEJPME II MODULE 19 COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED PRACTICE
SOLUTIONS
●● The ability of the US to achieve its national strategic objectives is
dependant on the effectiveness of the US Government in employing the
instruments of national power which are_______
Answer: Diplomatic, Informational, Military and Economic (DIME)
●● The President of the United States provides guidance for developing,
applying and coordinating the instruments of national power to achieve
objectives that contribute to national security in the_____
Answer: National Security Strategy
●● The_____, signed by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
provides guidance for distributing and applying military power to attain
national strategic objectives. It describes the Armed Forces' plan to
achieve military objectives in the near term and provides the vision for
ensuring they remain decisive in the future.
Answer: National Military Strategy
●● The statutory members of the National Security Council are_____.
Answer: President, Vice President, Secretary of State, Secretary of
Defense and Secretary of Energy
,●● The______is the President's principal forum for considering national
security policy matters with his senior national security advisors and
cabinet officials.
Answer: National Security Council
●● The operational chain of command runs directly from the President
to the Secretary of Defense and then to the______.
Answer: Combatant Commanders
●● The non-operational chain of command runs directly from the
President to the Secretary of Defense and then to the____.
Answer: Secretaries on the Military Departments and then to the Service
Chiefs
●● The____outranks all other officers of the Armed Forces, but may not
exercise military command over any of the Armed Forces. This officer is
the principal military to the President, the National Security Council and
the Secretary of Defense.
Answer: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
●● A Unified or Specific Command with a broad continuing mission
under a single commander established and so designated by the
President, through the Secretary of Defense with the advice and
assistance of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is called a____.
, Answer: Combatant Command
●● A_____is a joint force that is constituted and so designated by the
SecDef, a Combatant Commander, a Subordinate Unified Commander
or and existing JTF Commander to accomplish missions with specific,
limited objectives and which do not require overall centralized control of
logistics. it is dissolved when the purpose ofr which it was created has
been achieved or when it is no longer required.
Answer: Joint Task Force
●● The term Joint Force Commander refers exclusively to the following
three(3) types of commanders:
Answer: Combatant Commander, Subordinate Unified Commander and
Joint Task Force Commander
●● Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC) Joint Force Land
Component Commander (JFLCC) and Joint Maritime Component
Commander(JFMCC) are all examples of_____.
Answer: Functional Component Commanders
●● These commands are established by Combatant Commanders when
authorized by the SecDEF through the CJCS to conduct operations on a
continiuing basis in accordance with the criteria ser forth for Unified
Commands. They may be established on a geographic area basis such as
Special Operations Command, Pacific.
Answer: Subordinate Unified Commands
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED PRACTICE
SOLUTIONS
●● The ability of the US to achieve its national strategic objectives is
dependant on the effectiveness of the US Government in employing the
instruments of national power which are_______
Answer: Diplomatic, Informational, Military and Economic (DIME)
●● The President of the United States provides guidance for developing,
applying and coordinating the instruments of national power to achieve
objectives that contribute to national security in the_____
Answer: National Security Strategy
●● The_____, signed by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
provides guidance for distributing and applying military power to attain
national strategic objectives. It describes the Armed Forces' plan to
achieve military objectives in the near term and provides the vision for
ensuring they remain decisive in the future.
Answer: National Military Strategy
●● The statutory members of the National Security Council are_____.
Answer: President, Vice President, Secretary of State, Secretary of
Defense and Secretary of Energy
,●● The______is the President's principal forum for considering national
security policy matters with his senior national security advisors and
cabinet officials.
Answer: National Security Council
●● The operational chain of command runs directly from the President
to the Secretary of Defense and then to the______.
Answer: Combatant Commanders
●● The non-operational chain of command runs directly from the
President to the Secretary of Defense and then to the____.
Answer: Secretaries on the Military Departments and then to the Service
Chiefs
●● The____outranks all other officers of the Armed Forces, but may not
exercise military command over any of the Armed Forces. This officer is
the principal military to the President, the National Security Council and
the Secretary of Defense.
Answer: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
●● A Unified or Specific Command with a broad continuing mission
under a single commander established and so designated by the
President, through the Secretary of Defense with the advice and
assistance of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is called a____.
, Answer: Combatant Command
●● A_____is a joint force that is constituted and so designated by the
SecDef, a Combatant Commander, a Subordinate Unified Commander
or and existing JTF Commander to accomplish missions with specific,
limited objectives and which do not require overall centralized control of
logistics. it is dissolved when the purpose ofr which it was created has
been achieved or when it is no longer required.
Answer: Joint Task Force
●● The term Joint Force Commander refers exclusively to the following
three(3) types of commanders:
Answer: Combatant Commander, Subordinate Unified Commander and
Joint Task Force Commander
●● Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC) Joint Force Land
Component Commander (JFLCC) and Joint Maritime Component
Commander(JFMCC) are all examples of_____.
Answer: Functional Component Commanders
●● These commands are established by Combatant Commanders when
authorized by the SecDEF through the CJCS to conduct operations on a
continiuing basis in accordance with the criteria ser forth for Unified
Commands. They may be established on a geographic area basis such as
Special Operations Command, Pacific.
Answer: Subordinate Unified Commands
