(MCCC) ENTRANCE EXAM PREP 2026 | Verified
Questions & Answers | U.S. Army Officer Study
Guide & Leadership Assessment Practice
MANEUVER CAPTAINS CAREER COURSE (MCCC)
ENTRANCE EXAM PREP
Verified Questions & Answers | U.S. Army Officer Study Guide & Leadership
Assessment Practice
SECTION 1: ARMY DOCTRINE & PUBLICATIONS (ADP/ADRP)
QUESTION 1: According to ADP 3-0, what is the Army's primary warfighting doctrine
publication?
A. FM 3-0 Operations
B. ADP 1 The Army
C. ADP 3-0 Operations
D. ADRP 3-90 Offense and Defense
E. FM 6-0 Commander and Staff Organization
CORRECT ANSWER: C. ADP 3-0 Operations
RATIONALE: ADP 3-0 is the Army's keystone warfighting doctrine publication. It
describes the fundamentals of how Army forces conduct operations and establishes the
foundation for all other operational doctrine.
QUESTION 2: Which ADP publication defines the Army's approach to mission
command?
,A. ADP 6-22 Army Leadership and the Profession
B. ADP 5-0 The Operations Process
C. ADP 3-0 Operations
D. ADP 6-0 Mission Command
E. ADP 1 The Army
CORRECT ANSWER: D. ADP 6-0 Mission Command
RATIONALE: ADP 6-0 establishes the doctrine for mission command, describing
the philosophy and the mission command system that commanders use to integrate the
warfighting functions.
QUESTION 3: What are the six warfighting functions according to ADP 3-0?
A. Mission Command, Movement and Maneuver, Intelligence, Fires, Sustainment, and
Protection
B. Command and Control, Maneuver, Fires, Logistics, Intelligence, and Engineering
C. Leadership, Maneuver, Fires, Intelligence, Sustainment, and Protection
D. Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, and Fires
E. Mission Command, Offense, Defense, Stability, Sustainment, and Fires
CORRECT ANSWER: A. Mission Command, Movement and Maneuver,
Intelligence, Fires, Sustainment, and Protection
, RATIONALE: ADP 3-0 identifies the six warfighting functions as Mission
Command, Movement and Maneuver, Intelligence, Fires, Sustainment, and Protection.
These functions provide a framework for integrating capabilities across the force.
QUESTION 4: According to ADP 1, what is the Army's purpose?
A. To fight and win the nation's wars by providing ready, prompt, and sustained land
dominance
B. To provide land forces to combatant commanders
C. To deter aggression and protect national interests
D. To preserve peace and protect democracy worldwide
E. To support and defend the Constitution of the United States
CORRECT ANSWER: A. To fight and win the nation's wars by providing
ready, prompt, and sustained land dominance
RATIONALE: ADP 1 states that the Army's purpose is to fight and win the nation's
wars by providing ready, prompt, and sustained land dominance across the full
spectrum of conflict as part of the joint force.
QUESTION 5: What doctrine publication governs the operations process?
A. ADP 6-0 Mission Command
B. ADP 3-0 Operations
C. FM 6-0 Commander and Staff Organization
, D. ADP 5-0 The Operations Process
E. FM 3-0 Operations
CORRECT ANSWER: D. ADP 5-0 The Operations Process
RATIONALE: ADP 5-0 describes the operations process — plan, prepare,
execute, and assess — that commanders and staffs use to integrate, synchronize, and
direct military operations.
QUESTION 6: Which publication describes the Army's approach to leadership
development?
A. ADP 6-0 Mission Command
B. FM 22-100 Army Leadership
C. ADP 6-22 Army Leadership and the Profession
D. AR 350-1 Army Training and Leader Development
E. ADRP 6-22 Army Leadership
CORRECT ANSWER: C. ADP 6-22 Army Leadership and the Profession
RATIONALE: ADP 6-22 is the Army's keystone leadership doctrine publication. It
defines leadership, establishes leadership requirements, and describes the Army's
approach to developing leaders of character.
QUESTION 7: What does ADP 3-90 primarily address?
A. Stability operations and civil-military relations