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WGU C200 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026 How many US Unified Combatant Commands are there? - Answers 11 How many geographic combatant commands (GCC) are there? - Answers 6 1. U.S. Indo-Pacific Command 2. U.S. Northern Command 3. U.S. Southern Command 4. U.S. European Command 5. U.S. Central Command 6. U.S. Africa Command How many functional combatant commanders are there? - Answers 5 1. U.S. Strategic Command 2. U.S. Cyber Command 3. U.S. Transportation Command 4. U.S. Special Operations Command 5. Space Command These are are classified as goals or objectives - Answers the "what" that is to be achieved - Can be described as a noun, abstract noun, or a condition - Referred to as "National Interests" or "goals and purpose" at the national level - At the operational and theater level, these are referred to as military objectives and describes what the Armed Forces are expected to accomplish - Answers Ends These are classified as a sequence of actions to achieve objectives - Answers "how" the objectives are to be accomplished - Normally expressed as verbs - Links "ends" to "means" - Referred to as "strategic approach" or"strategic concepts" at the national level - Referred to as "courses of action" at the operation and theater level - Answers Ways These are classified as resources required to carry out the sequence of actions - Answers "with what" to accomplish the ends - Described as nouns - Answers Means "Will the strategy's attainment accomplish the effect desired" OR "Will the squeeze produce the juice I want"? - Answers Suitability "Can the action be accomplished by the means available?" OR Can I squeeze this fruit with my hand?" - Answers Feasibility "Are the effects as well as the methods and resources used to achieve those efforts justified and acceptable to the body politic?" or "Is the juice worth the squeeze?" - Answers Acceptability Suitability, Feasibility, and Acceptability determine whether or not a strategy is valid. T or F. If any of the elements listed above are no, then the strategy is invalid. - Answers True This is the chance of failure or unacceptable consequences - Answers Risk This is the justice in going to war - Answers Jus ad Bellum Who decides "Jus ad Bellum" - Answers Largely the business of National Command Authorities and Congress (Advised by military leaders at highest levels) This describes just conduct in war - Answers Jus in Bello Who decides Jus in Bello? - Answers Primarily the responsibility of military leadership This is the civilian control of the military, and the framework by which the best military advice is given to Presidents and their civilian advisors - Answers Civil-Military Relations This systems perspective facilitates operational design and joint operation planning by providing the Joint Force Commander (JFC) and staff with a common frame of reference for collaboration with interorganizational and multinational partners to determine and coordinate actions that are beyond the JFC's command authority. - Answers PMESII What does PMESII stand for? - Answers Political Military Economic Social Infrastructure Information What factors feeds PMESII? - Answers - History - Military Capabilities - Economics - Culture - Geography - Global Trends - Regional Trends What is the acronym to describe instruments of national power? - Answers D-I-M-E What does D-I-M-E stand for? - Answers Diplomatic Informational Military Economic Reference: JP 1 This is the set of required conditions that defines achievement of the commanders objectives - Answers End State This document established the basis for integrating political, military, and intelligence functions into the national security process, thereby giving the president a structure for a systematized assessment of policy and strategic options - Answers The National Security Act of 1947 This created the DoD and Services Secretaries lost cabinet. Created CJCS to preside over the JCS; JCS remained a corporate body - Answers National Security Act Amendments of 1949 This ensured that the SecDef is given legal authority over all DoD elements; operational commanders reported to the SecDef vice services The Chairman of the Joint Chief of CJCS became a voting member of JCS - Answers Defense Reorganization Act of 1958 When did the CJCS become principle military advisor to the Presdient and SecDef? - Answers Goldwater-Nichols DOD Reorganization Act of 1986 What occurred during the National Security Intelligence Act of 2004? - Answers The Director of National Intelligence replaced the Director, CIA as a statutory advisor to the NSC When did the Secretary of Energy become a statutory member of the NSC? - Answers Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 Who are the current statutory attendees of the National Secutiry Council? - Answers 1. President 2. Vice President 3. SECSTATE 4. SECDEF 5. SEC Energy