What are the four types of Battle Positions?

Primary, Alternate, Supplementary, and Subsequent

Suppress, Obscure, Secure, Reduce, Assault

How do you achieve defense in depth?

Use blocking positions, obstacles, and supplementary positions

What is the OTS of TDOOTS?

Occupation, TCMs, Security Plan

Which is NOT one of the intents of counter-mobility operations in the defense?

Destroy obstacles emplaced by the EN

What machine gun fire control measures are the same for both offensive and defensive operations?

Target Precedence, Engagement Criteria, Displacement Criteria

What are the planning considerations for Air Assault Support Operations?

Capabilities, Limitations, Vulnerabilities, Assault Support Aircraft

What is the TDO of TDOOTS?

Type/Method, Distribution of Forces, Orientation

What are the three techniques to occupy a defensive position?

Crows Foot, Bent-L, Combination

Which is NOT one of the steps of Engagement Area Development?

Determine who will sweep the kill zone

What are the types of corrections to be made when calling for indirect fire?

Left, Right, Up, Down, Add, Drop

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1
Target Description, Method of Engagement, and Method of Fire and Control are a part of which transmission in the CFF?
Third
Fires
Initial
First
2
What are supporting relationships in regards to machine gun emplacement?
Direct, General, Adjacent
Higher, Attached, Direct
Direct, General, Attached
Higher, Adjacent, Supporting
3
How many troops can be transported by a UH-1Y Venom?
8
12
6
16
4
What are the four types of Battle Positions?
Primary, Alternate, Supplementary, and Consolidation
Primary, Alternate, Supplementary, and Subsequent
Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, and Supplementary
Initial, Primary, Alternate, and Supplementary
5
The objective is to reduce exposure to threat acquisition, targeting and engagement, and the effects of weather.
Counter-mobility
Flexibility
Survivability
General Engineering
6
A fortified defensive position designed to deny the enemy certain terrain as well as the use of an avenue of approach.
Linear
Strong Point
Perimeter
Battle Position
7
What does TDOOTS refer to?
Defensive Scheme of Maneuver
Machine Gun Employment
Engagement Area Development
Breaching Fundamentals
8
What is SOSRA?
Secure, Obstacles, Support, Resupply, Acquire
Suppress, Obscure, Secure, Reduce, Assault
Secure, Observe, Survey, Retain, Assault
Suppress, Observe, Secure, Retain, Attack
9
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Supplementary Wire
Tactical Wire
Hasty Wire
Protective Wire
10
How do you achieve defense in depth?
Use blocking positions, obstacles, and supplementary positions
Clear fields of fire for all positions
Lay comm wire and field phones
Prepare range cards and fire plan sketches
11
What are the two categories of obstacles?
Primary and Alternate
Existing and Reinforcing
Early Warning Devices and Mines
Protective and Tactical
12
What is the OTS of TDOOTS?
Occupation, TCMs, Security Plan
OT Factor, Transmission, Successive Bracketing
Occupation, TCMs, Successive Bracketing
Obscure, Talking Guns, Security Plan
13
What occurs anytime the target (or enemy) drops below the line of aim or line of sight?
Enfilade Fire
Danger Space
Dead Space
Grazing Fire
14
What stage of assault support planning consists of guidance concerning time, place, and sequence of arrival at the LZ?
Air Movement Plan
Landing Plan
Staging Plan
Loading Plan
15
Which is NOT a type of defense?
Mobile Defense
Retrograde
Area Defense
Tactical Defense
16
What method of adjustment will be used at TBS during a Call for Fire Mission?
Hasty Bracketing
Successive Bracketing
One Round Adjustment
Creeping Fire
17
Which is NOT one of the intents of counter-mobility operations in the defense?
Creating a vulnerability that friendly forces can exploit
Destroy obstacles emplaced by the EN
Disrupting EN combat formations
Interfering with EN command and control
18
A graphic representation of the defensive position, used to visualize and coordinate the effects of the Engagement Area.
Battle Position Sketch
Fire Plan Sketch
Range Card
Obstacle Plan
19
The pattern of rounds fired from a machine gun.
Cone of Fire
Trajectory
Beaten Zone
Maximum Ordinate
20
When planning for assault support, how many troops can be transported in a CH-53E Super Stallion?
50
30
40
20
21
What is the information that should be passed to the transport aircraft prior to landing?
Insert Brief
Air Movement Plan
Loading Plan
LZ Brief
22
What machine gun fire control measures are the same for both offensive and defensive operations?
Target Precedence, Engagement Criteria, Displacement Criteria
Target Precedence, Minimum Safe Lines, Displacement Criteria
Target Precedence, Engagement Criteria, Rates of Fire
Trigger Lines, Engagement Criteria, Final Protective Fires
23
A predetermined line of grazing fire designed to stop an enemy assault.
Final Protective Fires
Final Protective Line
Interlocking Fires
Principle Direction of Fire
24
What is the preferred method of marking an LZ in daylight?
NATO Y
Chem Lights
Smoke
IR Strobe
25
The maximum elevation of that round above the line of sight along its flight path.
Maximum Ordinate
Cone of Fire
Trajectory
Ordinate
26
A diagram drawn to record the firing data and mission of a machinegun position.
Fire Plan Sketch
Range Card
Battle Position Overlay
Battle Position Sketch
27
How long is it until the round impacts when "Splash" is called?
3 seconds
5 seconds
10 seconds
7 seconds
28
A defensive method that allows interlocking and overlapping observation and fields of fire across the company’s front.
Perimeter
Linear
Strong Point
Battle Position
29
What is a group of one or more sticks used to manage a large number of sticks?
Ground Unit
Wave
Chalk
Serial
30
What are the planning considerations for Air Assault Support Operations?
Capabilities, Limitations, Vulnerabilities, Assault Support Aircraft
Passengers, Payload, Speed, Range
Staging, Loading, Movement, Landing
Situation, Mission, Capabilities, Limitations
31
Fire delivered against a target in depth requiring changes in elevation.
Swinging Traverse
Fixed
Traversing
Searching
32
What is the TDO of TDOOTS?
Type/Method, Distribution of Forces, Orientation
Time, Distribution of Forces, Observation
Time, Distance, Observation
Type/Method, Direction, Orientation
33
What stage of air assault support planning specifies actions in the objective area, which accomplish the mission?
Air Movement Plan
Loading Plan
Ground Tactical Plan
Battle Plan
34
What is the employment of a combination of tactics and techniques to project combat power to the far side of obstacles?
Breaching
Interdict
Disrupt
Demolitions
35
Which is NOT a type of Assault Support Aircraft?
AH-1 Cobra
UH-1Y Venom
CH-53E Super Stallion
MV-22B Osprey
36
The arching flight path of the round from the muzzle of the weapon to the target.
Ordinate
Beaten Zone
Cone of Fire
Trajectory
37
Where the danger space is confined to the beaten zone.
Plunging Fire
Flanking Fire
Frontal Fire
Oblique Fire
38
What are the three techniques to occupy a defensive position?
Crows Foot, Bent-L, Combination
Crows Foot, Stealth, Bent-L
Stealth, Force, Combination
Stealth, Force, Bent-L
39
These wire obstacles are constructed to achieve the desired obstacle effect for a given location.
Tactical
Reinforcing
Protective
Existing
40
What is an organized movement away from the enemy?
Retrograde
Area Defense
Linear Defense
Mobile Defense
41
To delay, channel, or stop movement by the enemy in order to destroy its forces directly or indirectly.
Mobility
Counter-Mobility
Survivability
Obstacles
42
Which is an example of a natural existing obstacle?
Climate and Vegetation
Hedgerows and Orchards
Cities and Towns
Dikes, Dams, Canals
43
Which is NOT one of the steps of Engagement Area Development?
Rehearse the execution of operations in the EA
Emplace weapons systems
Determine who will sweep the kill zone
Plan and integrate obstacles
44
The Assault Force Commander chooses the LZ based on who's recommendation?
Marshalling Area Control Officer
Mission Commander
Air Mission Commander
Pickup Zone Control Officer
45
What are the types of corrections to be made when calling for indirect fire?
North, South, East, West, High, Low
Left, Right, Add, Drop, High, Low
Left, Right, Up, Down, Add, Drop
Near, Far, Closer, In, Out, Higher
46
This defensive method allows a unit freedom of action to accomplish its mission within assigned boundaries.
Perimeter
Sector
Strong Point
Linear
47
Which is NOT a heliborne planning consideration?
Limitations
Situation
Capabilities
Vulnerabilities
48
What are the two types of obstacles?
Primary, Alternate
Natural, Cultural
Reinforcing, Existing
Protective, Tactical
49
What are those obstacles placed on the battlefield through military effort?
Reinforcing
Cultural
Existing
Natural
50
What stage in air assault support planning states the arrival time of ground units at the PZ in the order of movement?
Landing Plan
Air Movement Plan
Loading Plan
Staging Plan
51
What is designed to conceal tactical wire obstacles?
Supplementary Wire Obstacles
Reinforcing Obstacles
Existing Obstacles
Protective Wire Obstacles
52
Which is an example of how to end a Call for Fire Mission?
End of mission. BMP blocked, estimate three casualties.
End of mission. BMP neutralized, estimate six casualties.
Good shot. BMP destroyed, estimate twelve kills.
Target destroyed. BMP suppressed, estimate six casualties.
53
A defensive method which focuses the energy of the defense in all directions.
Strong Point
Linear
Perimeter
Sector
54
How many MV-22B Ospreys would be required to transport 85 troops?
6
3
5
4
55
The bulk of the force is a mobile striking force with strict economy applied to dedicated positional supporting efforts.
Retrograde
Mobile Defense
Ambush Defense
Area Defense
56
If the OT Distance is 800 meters, what is the OT Factor?
0
0.8
8
1
57
A predetermined line of machinegun fire that covers the most dangerous avenue of approach to a defensive position.
Final Protective Line
Fires in Support of Maneuver
Principle Direction of Fire
Final Protective Fires
58
Which is NOT an example of a mobility task in the defense?
Prepare lanes and gaps through obstacle zones
Prepare counterattack routes clear of obstacles
Creating a vulnerability that friendly forces can exploit
Prepare combat trails for counterattacks
59
What stage in air assault support planning provides for the control and protection of the assault force during movement?
Staging Plan
Loading Plan
Air Movement Plan
Ground Tactical Plan
60
What is the only reinforcing obstacle used to kill or destroy enemy personnel and equipment?
Demolitions
Mines/Minefields
Constructed
Contamination
61
What is the PICM of PICMDEEP?
Positions, Isolation, Coordination of Fires, Machine Gun Emplacement
Pairs, Isolation, Consolidation, Medium Machine Guns
Positions, Interlocking Fires, Consolidation, Mutual Support
Pairs, Interlocking Fires, Coordination of Fires, Mutual Support
62
Provides an immediately available, prearranged barrier of fire designed to impede EN movement across defensive lines.
Final Protective Fires
Final Protective Line
Principle Direction of Fire
Target Reference Point
63
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Tactical Wire
Primary Wire
Supplementary Wire
Protective Wire
64
Which is NOT one of the steps to Engagement Area Development?
Determine where to kill the enemy
Determine likely enemy schemes of maneuver
Development of the deception plan
Identify all likely enemy avenues of approach
65
How do you achieve defense in depth?
Determine the ENs rate of movement
Planning for decisive use of least engaged unit and fire support position
Obtain accurate target information
Gain and maintain EN contact
66
Elevation of the flight path of the round above the line of sight.
Ordinate
Cone of Fire
Maximum Ordinate
Trajectory
67
If the OT Distance is 2400 meters, what is the OT Factor?
9
3
2
2.4
68
If the OT Distance is 1800 meters, what is the OT Factor?
1.5
15
1
2
69
Target Location is given during which transmission of the Call For Fire Process?
Second
Initial
Primary
First
70
Includes those tasks that establish and maintain the infrastructure required to conduct and sustain military operations
Counter-Mobility
Survivability
General Engineering
Mobility
71
Method where the main defensive positions are masked from enemy observation and direct fire by a topographical crest.
Perimeter
Reverse-slope
Strong Point
Battle Position
72
What does the acronym MORT refer to?
Displacement Criteria
Methods of Breaching
Types of Machine Gun Fire
Types of Defensive Positions
73
Which IS one of the steps of Engagement Area Development?
Establish fire support coordination measures
Degrade the ENs ability to maneuver
Plan and integrate indirect fires
Exploit all available targeting assets
74
Which of the following is NOT one of the primary roles of combat engineers in the defense?
Enhance the effectiveness of friendly fires
Impede the mobility of the enemy
Field fortification
Provide general engineering tasks to amplify sustainability
75
A mortar or artillery round landing within 600 meters of friendly troops is known as what?
Danger Space
Danger Mission
Danger Close
Danger Zone
76
The breaching fundamentals are actions that must be applied to ensure success when breaching against a defending enemy.
TDOOTS
SOSRA
MORT
FOCDPIG
77
Successful breaching operations are characterized by application of the following breaching tenets:
Intelligence, Fundamentals, Organization, Mass, Synchronization
Location, Orientation, Mass, Fundamentals, Synchronization
Mechanical, Explosive, Manual, Assault, Suppress
Suppress, Obscure, Secure, Reduce, Assault
78
What machine gun fire control measures only apply to defensive operations?
Trigger Lines, Rates of Fire
FPL/PDF, Displacement Criteria
Trigger Lines, FPL/PDF
Rates of Fire, Minimum Safe Lines
79
Define MORT.
Method, Objective, Route, Time
Method, Obstacles, Recon, Time
Machine Guns, Objective, Route, Type
Machine Guns, Obstacles, Recon, Type
80
What are the four tactical obstacle effects?
Disrupt, Retain, Block, Occupy
Disrupt, Turn, Fix, Block
Control, Occupy, Retain, Secure
Secure, Fix, Disrupt, Retain
81
A defense position oriented on the most likely enemy avenue of approach from which a unit may defend or attack.
Sector
Perimeter
Battle Position
Strong Point
82
Fire delivered against moving targets that require major changes in both direction and elevation.
Traversing
Free Gun
Traversing and Searching
Swinging Traverse
83
What are the engineer battlefield functions in the defense?
Mobility, Counter-Mobility, Obstacles, Fortifications
Mobility, Counter-Mobility, Flexibility, General Engineering
Mobility, Counter-Mobility, Survivability, General Engineering
Mobility, Counter-Mobility, Flexibility, Fortifications
84
What is the smallest tactical unit that should land in one wave in a landing zone?
Fire Team
Platoon
Squad
Company
85
What machine gun fire control measures only apply to offensive operations?
Rates of Fire, Displacement Criteria
Minimum Safe Lines, Coordination Lines
Target Precedence, PDF/FPL
Minimum Safe Lines, Rates of Fire
86
The elliptical pattern formed by the impact of the rounds.
Trajectory
Cone of Fire
Maximum Ordinate
Beaten Zone
87
The long axis of the beaten zone coincides with or nearly coincides with the long axis of the target.
Flanking Fire
Frontal Fire
Grazing Fire
Enfilade Fire
88
What is the DEEP of PICMDEEP?
Direction, Economy, Engagement Criteria, Precedence
Defilade, Engagement Criteria, Economy, Protection
Defense, Enfilade, Economy, Primary Positions
Defilade, Enfilade, Economy, Protection
89
A coordinated effort to defeat an attack by an opposing force and prevent it from achieving its objectives.
Defense
Support by Fire
Entrenchment
Attack
90
Defines fire where the center of the cone of fire does not rise more than one meter off the deck.
Plunging Fire
Cone of Fire
Frontal Fire
Grazing Fire
91
The Unit(s) to Fire, Changes to the Call for Fire, Number of Rounds, and Target Number are all a part of what?
Reports Upon Firing
Message to Observer
Ending a Fire Mission
Adjustments of Fire
92
How do you achieve defense in depth?
Identify crew-served weapons locations
Preparing to assume the offense
Properly planning for the use of battle positions
Engaging the EN at the earliest opportunity with patrols and LP/OPs
93
Fire delivered against targets which require major changes in direction with little or no change in elevation.
Searching and Traversing
Traverse
Swinging Traverse
Searching
94
How do you achieve defense in depth?
Confirm the ENs most likely avenue of approach
Employing weapons at maximum effective range
Identify the command post location
Rehearsing employment of the least engaged unit
95
What acronym describes the basic employment principles for reinforcing obstacles?
MORT
PICMDEEP
TDOOTS
FOCDPIG
96
The area between the muzzle and the beaten zone where the bottom of the cone of fire does not rise above 1.8 meters.
Plunging Fire
Trajectory
Danger Space
Dead Space
97
Observer Identification and the Warning Order are a part of which transmission in the CFF?
First
Second
Warning
Third
98
A quality or capacity which permits friendly forces to move from place to place while retaining their primary mission.
Counter-Mobility
Flexibility
Mobility
Obstacles
99
These wire obstacles are placed just outside of hand grenade range.
Primary
Tactical
Protective
Existing
100
What orients on retention of terrain by engaging the enemy in interlocking positions and destroying him by fires?
Area Defense
Deliberate Defense
Hasty Defense
Retrograde

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