MQF 2026 ACTUAL EXAM
ALREADY GRADED A+
What asset provides the commander flexibility, range, speed, lethality, precision, and the ability
to mass fires at a desired time and place?
a. Unmanned Aircraft
b. Mortars
c. Fixed Wing Aircraft
d. Army Attack Aviation - ANSWER --c. Fixed Wing Aircraft
_____ is executed in support of friendly forces in close enemy contact (i.e., close combat attack)
or against enemy forces out of contact with friendly forces.
a. Close Combat Attack
b. Army Attack Aviation
c. Close Air Support
d. Joint Fire Power - ANSWER --b. Army Attack Aviation
What are the five requirements for achieving accurate first-round fire for effect? -
ANSWER --a. Accurate Target Location and Size
b. Accurate Firing Unit Location
c. Accurate Weapon and Ammunition Information
d. Accurate Meteorological Information
e. Accurate Computational Procedures
,As an observer, which of the five requirements for achieving accurate first-round fire for effect
are you solely responsible for?
a. Accurate Firing Unit Location
b. Accurate Target Location and Size
c. Accurate Computational Procedures
d. Accurate Meteorological Information - ANSWER --b. Accurate Target Location and Size
True/False: The observer serves as the "eyes" of the indirect fire systems and the FDC serves as
the "brain" of the system. - ANSWER --True
What and its elements integrate the fires warfighting function into operations?
a. Joint Effects Cell
b. Fire Direction Center
c. Fire Support Element
d. Fires Cell - ANSWER --d. Fires Cell
Which branch of service employs it's attack rotary wing aviation primarily as a CAS platform?
a. Army
b. Navy
c. Air Force
d. Marine Corps - ANSWER --d. Marine Corps
True/False: Army Attack Aviation can perform CAS in support of another component -
ANSWER --True
,_____ can support or conduct close combat attack, CAS, strike coordination and
reconnaissance, AI, and other joint fires missions.
a. Army Attack Helicopters
b. Joint Fires Observer
c. Joint Combat Attack
d. Unmanned Aircraft - ANSWER --d. Unmanned Aircraft
_____ normally produces the specific effect on a target with the minimum expenditure of
ammunition. It also reduces our vulnerability to adversary target acquisition.
a. Fires Planning
b. Target Synchronization
c. Targeted Effects
d. Massing Fires - ANSWER --d. Massing Fires
Select all that apply: What is a Target?
a. An entity or object that performs a function for the adversary considered for possible
engagement or other action.
b. A country, area, installation, agency, or person against which intelligence operations are
directed.
c. An area designated and numbered for future firing.
d. An impact burst that hits the target. - ANSWER --a, b, c, & d
What is a target that is identified too late, or not selected for action in time, to be included in
deliberate targeting that, when detected or located, meets criteria specific to achieving
objectives and is processed using dynamic targeting?
a. Target
b. Time Sensitive Target
, c. Target of Opportunity
d. Unplanned Target - ANSWER --c. Target of Opportunity
A _____ is a target that is known to exist in the operational environment, upon which actions
are planned, using deliberate targeting, creating effects which support commander's objectives.
a. Established Target
b. Approved Target
c. Priority Target
d. Planned Target - ANSWER --d. Planned Target
A _____ is a planned target upon which fires or other actions are scheduled for prosecution at a
specified time.
a. Scheduled Target
b. Specified Target
c. Time Sensitive Target
d. Priority Target - ANSWER --a. Scheduled Target
A _____ is a planned target upon which fires or other actions are determined using deliberate
targeting and triggered, when detected or located, using dynamic targeting.
a. Scheduled Target
b. On-call Target
c. Deliberate Target
d. Dynamic Target - ANSWER --b. On-call Target
A _____ is a target, based on either time or importance, on which the delivery of fires takes
precedence over all the fires for the designated firing unit or element.
a. Priority Target
ALREADY GRADED A+
What asset provides the commander flexibility, range, speed, lethality, precision, and the ability
to mass fires at a desired time and place?
a. Unmanned Aircraft
b. Mortars
c. Fixed Wing Aircraft
d. Army Attack Aviation - ANSWER --c. Fixed Wing Aircraft
_____ is executed in support of friendly forces in close enemy contact (i.e., close combat attack)
or against enemy forces out of contact with friendly forces.
a. Close Combat Attack
b. Army Attack Aviation
c. Close Air Support
d. Joint Fire Power - ANSWER --b. Army Attack Aviation
What are the five requirements for achieving accurate first-round fire for effect? -
ANSWER --a. Accurate Target Location and Size
b. Accurate Firing Unit Location
c. Accurate Weapon and Ammunition Information
d. Accurate Meteorological Information
e. Accurate Computational Procedures
,As an observer, which of the five requirements for achieving accurate first-round fire for effect
are you solely responsible for?
a. Accurate Firing Unit Location
b. Accurate Target Location and Size
c. Accurate Computational Procedures
d. Accurate Meteorological Information - ANSWER --b. Accurate Target Location and Size
True/False: The observer serves as the "eyes" of the indirect fire systems and the FDC serves as
the "brain" of the system. - ANSWER --True
What and its elements integrate the fires warfighting function into operations?
a. Joint Effects Cell
b. Fire Direction Center
c. Fire Support Element
d. Fires Cell - ANSWER --d. Fires Cell
Which branch of service employs it's attack rotary wing aviation primarily as a CAS platform?
a. Army
b. Navy
c. Air Force
d. Marine Corps - ANSWER --d. Marine Corps
True/False: Army Attack Aviation can perform CAS in support of another component -
ANSWER --True
,_____ can support or conduct close combat attack, CAS, strike coordination and
reconnaissance, AI, and other joint fires missions.
a. Army Attack Helicopters
b. Joint Fires Observer
c. Joint Combat Attack
d. Unmanned Aircraft - ANSWER --d. Unmanned Aircraft
_____ normally produces the specific effect on a target with the minimum expenditure of
ammunition. It also reduces our vulnerability to adversary target acquisition.
a. Fires Planning
b. Target Synchronization
c. Targeted Effects
d. Massing Fires - ANSWER --d. Massing Fires
Select all that apply: What is a Target?
a. An entity or object that performs a function for the adversary considered for possible
engagement or other action.
b. A country, area, installation, agency, or person against which intelligence operations are
directed.
c. An area designated and numbered for future firing.
d. An impact burst that hits the target. - ANSWER --a, b, c, & d
What is a target that is identified too late, or not selected for action in time, to be included in
deliberate targeting that, when detected or located, meets criteria specific to achieving
objectives and is processed using dynamic targeting?
a. Target
b. Time Sensitive Target
, c. Target of Opportunity
d. Unplanned Target - ANSWER --c. Target of Opportunity
A _____ is a target that is known to exist in the operational environment, upon which actions
are planned, using deliberate targeting, creating effects which support commander's objectives.
a. Established Target
b. Approved Target
c. Priority Target
d. Planned Target - ANSWER --d. Planned Target
A _____ is a planned target upon which fires or other actions are scheduled for prosecution at a
specified time.
a. Scheduled Target
b. Specified Target
c. Time Sensitive Target
d. Priority Target - ANSWER --a. Scheduled Target
A _____ is a planned target upon which fires or other actions are determined using deliberate
targeting and triggered, when detected or located, using dynamic targeting.
a. Scheduled Target
b. On-call Target
c. Deliberate Target
d. Dynamic Target - ANSWER --b. On-call Target
A _____ is a target, based on either time or importance, on which the delivery of fires takes
precedence over all the fires for the designated firing unit or element.
a. Priority Target
