Test Questions and Correct Answers.
1) Joint force air component commander (JFACC), joint force land component commander
(JFLCC), and joint force maritime component commander (JFMCC) are all examples of _____. -
Answer Functional Component Commands
The direction or exercise of authority over subordinate or other organizations with respect to
administration and support, including organization of Service forces, control of resources and
equipment, personnel management, unit logistics, individual and unit training, readiness,
mobilization, demobilization, discipline, and other matters not included in the operational
missions of the subordinate or other organizations is known as _____. - Answer
administrative control
The U.S. continues to become more dependent on the global domain within the information
environment consisting of the interdependent network of information technology
infrastructures, including the Internet, telecommunications networks, computer systems, and
embedded processors and controllers. It is imperative that we safeguard this domain known as
_____. - Answer cyberspace
U.S. Africa Command, U.S. Central Command, U.S. European Command, U.S. Northern
Command, U.S. Pacific Command, and U.S. Southern Command constitute the _____. - Answer
geographic combatant command
5) The _____ is written guidance from the Secretary of Defense to the Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff for the preparation and review of contingency plans for specific missions. It
includes the relative priority of the plans, specific force levels, and supporting resource levels. -
Answer Guidance for employment of force
6) The statutory members of the National Security Council are _____ - Answer President,
Vice President, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, and Secretary of Energy
The non-operational chain of command runs directly from the President to the Secretary of
Defense and then to the _____ - Answer Secretaries of the Military Departments and then to
the Service Chiefs
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) is the principal military ________________ to
the President; NSC; and SECDEF. - Answer Advisor
, The document, approved by the President, which delineates the general geographical area of
responsibility for geographic combatant commanders and specifies functional responsibilities
for functional combatant commanders, is called the _____. - Answer Unified Command Plan
The term joint force commander refers exclusively to the following three types of commanders:
- Answer combatant commander, subordinate unified commander, and joint task force
commander
Support is a _____________ and may be exercised by Commanders at any echelon at or below
the combatant command level. - Answer Command Authority
_____ is a violent struggle among state and non-state actors for legitimacy and influence over
the relevant population(s). It favors indirect and asymmetric approaches, though it may employ
the full range of military and other capacities, in order to erode an adversary's power, influence,
and will. - Answer Irregular warfare
The ability of the U.S. to achieve its national strategic objectives is dependent on the
effectiveness of the U.S. Government in employing the instruments of national power, which are
____. - Answer DIME (Diplomatic, Informational, Military and Economic)
The President of the United States provides guidance for developing, applying, and coordinating
the instruments of national power to achieve objectives that contribute to national security in
the ____. - Answer National Security Strategy (NSS)
The ____, signed by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, provides guidance for distributing
and applying military power to attain national strategic objectives. It describes the Armed
Forces plan to achieve military objectives in the near term and provides the vision for ensuring
they remain decisive in the future. - Answer National Military Strategy (NMS)
The ____ is the President's principal forum for considering national security policy matters with
his senior national security advisors and cabinet officials - Answer National Security Council
The operational chain of command runs directly from the President to the Secretary of Defense
and then to the ____. - Answer Combatant Commanders
The ____ outranks all other officers of the Armed Forces, but may not exercise military
command over any of the Armed Forces. This officer is the principal military advisor to the
President, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense - Answer Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff
A unified or specified command with a broad continuing mission under a single commander
established and so designated by the President, through the Secretary of Defense and with the