Captains Career Course - Common Core
Final Exam | Complete Exam Questions and
Answers with Rationales | 2026/2027 | 100%
Verified
• What is the most important part of command and control systems? -✓✓People
• Which of the following is untrue regarding identifying goals? -✓✓Achievement
of the absolute best for everyone involved is always possible
• Which type of counseling involves describing a unit's history and organizational
policies? -✓✓Reception and integration
• You are a company commander conducting a rotation at the Joint Readiness
Training Center. You have just finished reading your battalion's most recently
published OPORD and have now begun looking at the operation's overlay. You
notice on the overlay that an area 600 meters to your north is annotated as a "no
fire area". The "no fire area" is an example of a ___________. -✓✓Constraint
• What terms do commanders use to articulate an operation in terms of purpose? -
✓✓Decisive, shaping, sustaining
• Information that a commander and staff need to understand the threat is known as
what? -✓✓Priority Intelligence Requirements (PIRs)
• You are a staff officer in the battalion S3 section and your brigade is scheduled to
go to the National Training Center in 12 weeks. The brigade commander has
directed each battalion commander to ensure their companies rehearse key actions
before the NTC rotation so Soldiers can become familiar with potential operations
they may be conducting. What types of rehearsals should be conducted? -
✓✓Backbrief, combined arms rehearsal, support rehearsal and battle drill or SOP
rehearsal
• You are part of the system which provides many things, including the means by
which the President and the SecDef can receive warnings and intelligence so that
, accurate and timely decisions can be made. What is that system called? -
✓✓National Military Command
• Which of the following list the five offensive forms of maneuver? -
✓✓Envelopment, Turning movement, Penetration, Infiltration, and Frontal assault
• Understanding the military aspects of capabilities, techniques, and procedures
that can be measured and codified is a component of which of the following? -
✓✓Science of Tactics
• During a recent unit event, PFC Scott oversaw SSG Jones grabbing 2LT Lipton's
buttocks. She recalls seeing 2LT Lipton looking uncomfortable and leaving shortly
after. The following day PFC Scott wanted to report SSG Jones' inappropriate
behavior but was afraid her command would not take it seriously and discipline
her. Which statement is true about the Army's SHARP program and why PFC
Scott should not be fearful of reporting the incident to her chain of command? -
✓✓The unit's environment should be safe from fear of reprisal and retaliation.
• You are an assistant battalion S3. The battalion staff is currently conducting
integrated planning to get ready for an operation. At the moment, you are working
out the particulars of a complicated movement table. Which type of integrated
planning are you doing? -✓✓Detailed planning
• You are serving as a staff officer in an infantry battalion and your battalion has
been tasked to take the lead on "Conduct a Combined Army Breach of an
Obstacle." To conduct this task you will need artillery and engineer support. Which
of the following techniques can the battalion commander use to optimize time and
resources to allow several units to train simultaneously? -✓✓Multi-echelon
training
• Which counseling fundamental involves adapting the counseling approach to
each subordinate and situation? -✓✓Flexibility
• The homeland security functions for DOD are the responsibility of which
combatant command? -✓✓USNORTHCOM
• Which form of attack focuses on destroying a weaker enemy force or fixing a
larger enemy force in place over a broad front? -✓✓Frontal Attack
Final Exam | Complete Exam Questions and
Answers with Rationales | 2026/2027 | 100%
Verified
• What is the most important part of command and control systems? -✓✓People
• Which of the following is untrue regarding identifying goals? -✓✓Achievement
of the absolute best for everyone involved is always possible
• Which type of counseling involves describing a unit's history and organizational
policies? -✓✓Reception and integration
• You are a company commander conducting a rotation at the Joint Readiness
Training Center. You have just finished reading your battalion's most recently
published OPORD and have now begun looking at the operation's overlay. You
notice on the overlay that an area 600 meters to your north is annotated as a "no
fire area". The "no fire area" is an example of a ___________. -✓✓Constraint
• What terms do commanders use to articulate an operation in terms of purpose? -
✓✓Decisive, shaping, sustaining
• Information that a commander and staff need to understand the threat is known as
what? -✓✓Priority Intelligence Requirements (PIRs)
• You are a staff officer in the battalion S3 section and your brigade is scheduled to
go to the National Training Center in 12 weeks. The brigade commander has
directed each battalion commander to ensure their companies rehearse key actions
before the NTC rotation so Soldiers can become familiar with potential operations
they may be conducting. What types of rehearsals should be conducted? -
✓✓Backbrief, combined arms rehearsal, support rehearsal and battle drill or SOP
rehearsal
• You are part of the system which provides many things, including the means by
which the President and the SecDef can receive warnings and intelligence so that
, accurate and timely decisions can be made. What is that system called? -
✓✓National Military Command
• Which of the following list the five offensive forms of maneuver? -
✓✓Envelopment, Turning movement, Penetration, Infiltration, and Frontal assault
• Understanding the military aspects of capabilities, techniques, and procedures
that can be measured and codified is a component of which of the following? -
✓✓Science of Tactics
• During a recent unit event, PFC Scott oversaw SSG Jones grabbing 2LT Lipton's
buttocks. She recalls seeing 2LT Lipton looking uncomfortable and leaving shortly
after. The following day PFC Scott wanted to report SSG Jones' inappropriate
behavior but was afraid her command would not take it seriously and discipline
her. Which statement is true about the Army's SHARP program and why PFC
Scott should not be fearful of reporting the incident to her chain of command? -
✓✓The unit's environment should be safe from fear of reprisal and retaliation.
• You are an assistant battalion S3. The battalion staff is currently conducting
integrated planning to get ready for an operation. At the moment, you are working
out the particulars of a complicated movement table. Which type of integrated
planning are you doing? -✓✓Detailed planning
• You are serving as a staff officer in an infantry battalion and your battalion has
been tasked to take the lead on "Conduct a Combined Army Breach of an
Obstacle." To conduct this task you will need artillery and engineer support. Which
of the following techniques can the battalion commander use to optimize time and
resources to allow several units to train simultaneously? -✓✓Multi-echelon
training
• Which counseling fundamental involves adapting the counseling approach to
each subordinate and situation? -✓✓Flexibility
• The homeland security functions for DOD are the responsibility of which
combatant command? -✓✓USNORTHCOM
• Which form of attack focuses on destroying a weaker enemy force or fixing a
larger enemy force in place over a broad front? -✓✓Frontal Attack
