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C400 Exam Study Topics Questions and
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Movement to contact
Ans: an offensive task designed to develop the situation and
establish or regain contact creating favorable conditions for
subsequent tactical action; commanders conduct this offensive
task when the enemy situation is vague or not specific enough
to conduct an attack.
Attack
Ans: an offensive task that destroys or defeats enemy forces,
seizes and secures terrain, or both incorporating coordinated
movement supported by fires or on occaision by fires alone;
they may be either decisive or shaping operations, hastily or
deliberately planned amd executed depending on time available
and differ from a movement to contact because, in an attack,
the commander knows part of the enemy's disposition.
Exploitation
Ans: an offensive task that usually follows the conduct of a
successful attack, is designed to disorganize the enemy in
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depth; seek to disintegrate enemy forces to the point where
they have no alternative but surrender or take flight;
Pursuit
Ans: an offensive task designed to catch or cut off a hostile
force attempting to escape, with the aim of destroying it,
normally follows a successful exploitation. However, any
offensive task can transition into a pursuit, if enemy resistance
has broken down and the enemy is fleeing the battlefield.
(FM 3-90-1, paras 1-3 thru 1-8, pgs 1-1 to 1-2)
Proficiency in the art of command stems from (select all appropriate
responses):
Ans: a. Years of schooling
b. Self-development
c. Operational experiences
d. Training experiences
Breach
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Ans: Unit employs all available means to break through or
establish a passage through an enemy defense, obstacle,
minefield, or fortification
Canalize
Ans: restricts enemy movement to a narrow zone by exploiting
terrain coupled with the use of obstacles, fires, or friendly
maneuver
Disrupt
Ans: Commander integrates direct and indirect fires, terrain,
and obstacles to upset an enemy's formation or tempo,
interrupt his timetable, or cause an enemy forces to commit
prematurely or attack in piecemeal fashion
Fix
Ans: Commander prevents enemy from moving any part of his
force from a specific location for a specific period
Turn
Ans: involves forcing an enemy force from one avenue
approach or mobility corridor to another
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Block
Ans: denies enemy access to an area or prevents his advance in
direction or along an avenue of approach
Avenues of approach
Ans: the air or ground route leading to an objective (or key
terrain in its path) that an attacking force can use
Defeat
Ans: occurs when an enemy force has temporarily or
permanently lost the physical means or the will to fight
The defeated force's commander is unwilling or unable to
pursue his adopted course of action, thereby yielding to the
friendly commander's will, and can no longer interfere to a
significant degree with the actions of friendly forces.
isolate
Ans: a requires a unit to seal off both physically and
psychologically--an enemy from sources of support, deny the
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C400 Exam Study Topics Questions and
Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already
Graded
Movement to contact
Ans: an offensive task designed to develop the situation and
establish or regain contact creating favorable conditions for
subsequent tactical action; commanders conduct this offensive
task when the enemy situation is vague or not specific enough
to conduct an attack.
Attack
Ans: an offensive task that destroys or defeats enemy forces,
seizes and secures terrain, or both incorporating coordinated
movement supported by fires or on occaision by fires alone;
they may be either decisive or shaping operations, hastily or
deliberately planned amd executed depending on time available
and differ from a movement to contact because, in an attack,
the commander knows part of the enemy's disposition.
Exploitation
Ans: an offensive task that usually follows the conduct of a
successful attack, is designed to disorganize the enemy in
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depth; seek to disintegrate enemy forces to the point where
they have no alternative but surrender or take flight;
Pursuit
Ans: an offensive task designed to catch or cut off a hostile
force attempting to escape, with the aim of destroying it,
normally follows a successful exploitation. However, any
offensive task can transition into a pursuit, if enemy resistance
has broken down and the enemy is fleeing the battlefield.
(FM 3-90-1, paras 1-3 thru 1-8, pgs 1-1 to 1-2)
Proficiency in the art of command stems from (select all appropriate
responses):
Ans: a. Years of schooling
b. Self-development
c. Operational experiences
d. Training experiences
Breach
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Ans: Unit employs all available means to break through or
establish a passage through an enemy defense, obstacle,
minefield, or fortification
Canalize
Ans: restricts enemy movement to a narrow zone by exploiting
terrain coupled with the use of obstacles, fires, or friendly
maneuver
Disrupt
Ans: Commander integrates direct and indirect fires, terrain,
and obstacles to upset an enemy's formation or tempo,
interrupt his timetable, or cause an enemy forces to commit
prematurely or attack in piecemeal fashion
Fix
Ans: Commander prevents enemy from moving any part of his
force from a specific location for a specific period
Turn
Ans: involves forcing an enemy force from one avenue
approach or mobility corridor to another
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Block
Ans: denies enemy access to an area or prevents his advance in
direction or along an avenue of approach
Avenues of approach
Ans: the air or ground route leading to an objective (or key
terrain in its path) that an attacking force can use
Defeat
Ans: occurs when an enemy force has temporarily or
permanently lost the physical means or the will to fight
The defeated force's commander is unwilling or unable to
pursue his adopted course of action, thereby yielding to the
friendly commander's will, and can no longer interfere to a
significant degree with the actions of friendly forces.
isolate
Ans: a requires a unit to seal off both physically and
psychologically--an enemy from sources of support, deny the
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