CGSC C500 STUDY SET QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS MOST TESTED QUESTIONS/STUDY GUIDE
CORRECT 100%
Critical Factors Ans✓✓✓ Decisive points can be determined from
analysis of the center of gravity's
Lines of Operations Ans✓✓✓ A _______________ defines the interior
or exterior orientation of a force in relation to the enemy or that connects
actions and nodes and/or decisive points related in time and space to
objective(s)
The COA can accomplish the mission within the established time, space,
and resource limitations Ans✓✓✓ In the context of strategy formulation,
the questions of feasibility, acceptability, and suitability are really
questions about the validity of a given strategy. Which of the following
questions best defines the concept of feasibility?
Mission Statement Ans✓✓✓ _______________ is a short sentence or
paragraph describing the organization's essential task(s), purpose, and
action containing the elements of who, what, when, where, and why.
Acceptability Ans✓✓✓ Do the expected benefits of attaining the
objectives outweigh the potential consequences or costs?
PMESII Ans✓✓✓ What is one analytical framework using a systems
approach that JP 5-0 describes to help commanders and staffs develop an
understanding of the operational environment
,Describe the operational environment in both its current state and in its
desired endstate at the conclusion of operations Ans✓✓✓ In order to
visualize an approach to solving a problem, a commander must
Feasibility: Ans✓✓✓ Can the strategic end be achieved with the
resources available, or attainable?
Suitability Ans✓✓✓ will the strategy protect/advance the national
interest, attain the desired ends, and not work against other national-
level goals?
COA Comparison Ans✓✓✓ Evaluation criteria are used in
Decisive Point Ans✓✓✓ . ________is a geographic place, specific key
event, critical factor, or function that, when acted upon, allows a
commander to gain a marker advantage over an adversary or contributes
materially to achieving success (e.g., creating a desired effect, achieving
an objective
Extended operational reach Ans✓✓✓ Sustainment is the provision of
logistics and personnel services and provides the Joint Force
Commander with freedom of action, endurance, and what additional
capability?
, Defeat Mechanism. Ans✓✓✓ ________is a method through which
friendly forces accomplish their mission against enemy opposition
JIPOE Ans✓✓✓ is a comprehensive analytic tool to describe all aspects
of the OE relevant to the operation or campaign."
The analytical process used by joint intelligence organizations to
produce intelligence assessments, estimates, and other intelligence
products in support of the joint force commander's decision making
process. Relies on components' IPBs to fully develop an accurate picture
Operational Art Ans✓✓✓ the cognitive approach used by commanders
and staffs supported by their skill, knowledge, experience, creativity,
and judgment—to develop strategies, campaigns, and operations to
organize and employ military forces by integrating ends, ways, means,
and risks.
Operational Design Ans✓✓✓ the analytical framework that underpins
planning. a methodology planners can use to ensure the problem is
correctly identified, develop COAs once guidance is given, and identify
the best methods for addressing the problem.
Operational art and operational design Ans✓✓✓ What enable
understanding
ANSWERS MOST TESTED QUESTIONS/STUDY GUIDE
CORRECT 100%
Critical Factors Ans✓✓✓ Decisive points can be determined from
analysis of the center of gravity's
Lines of Operations Ans✓✓✓ A _______________ defines the interior
or exterior orientation of a force in relation to the enemy or that connects
actions and nodes and/or decisive points related in time and space to
objective(s)
The COA can accomplish the mission within the established time, space,
and resource limitations Ans✓✓✓ In the context of strategy formulation,
the questions of feasibility, acceptability, and suitability are really
questions about the validity of a given strategy. Which of the following
questions best defines the concept of feasibility?
Mission Statement Ans✓✓✓ _______________ is a short sentence or
paragraph describing the organization's essential task(s), purpose, and
action containing the elements of who, what, when, where, and why.
Acceptability Ans✓✓✓ Do the expected benefits of attaining the
objectives outweigh the potential consequences or costs?
PMESII Ans✓✓✓ What is one analytical framework using a systems
approach that JP 5-0 describes to help commanders and staffs develop an
understanding of the operational environment
,Describe the operational environment in both its current state and in its
desired endstate at the conclusion of operations Ans✓✓✓ In order to
visualize an approach to solving a problem, a commander must
Feasibility: Ans✓✓✓ Can the strategic end be achieved with the
resources available, or attainable?
Suitability Ans✓✓✓ will the strategy protect/advance the national
interest, attain the desired ends, and not work against other national-
level goals?
COA Comparison Ans✓✓✓ Evaluation criteria are used in
Decisive Point Ans✓✓✓ . ________is a geographic place, specific key
event, critical factor, or function that, when acted upon, allows a
commander to gain a marker advantage over an adversary or contributes
materially to achieving success (e.g., creating a desired effect, achieving
an objective
Extended operational reach Ans✓✓✓ Sustainment is the provision of
logistics and personnel services and provides the Joint Force
Commander with freedom of action, endurance, and what additional
capability?
, Defeat Mechanism. Ans✓✓✓ ________is a method through which
friendly forces accomplish their mission against enemy opposition
JIPOE Ans✓✓✓ is a comprehensive analytic tool to describe all aspects
of the OE relevant to the operation or campaign."
The analytical process used by joint intelligence organizations to
produce intelligence assessments, estimates, and other intelligence
products in support of the joint force commander's decision making
process. Relies on components' IPBs to fully develop an accurate picture
Operational Art Ans✓✓✓ the cognitive approach used by commanders
and staffs supported by their skill, knowledge, experience, creativity,
and judgment—to develop strategies, campaigns, and operations to
organize and employ military forces by integrating ends, ways, means,
and risks.
Operational Design Ans✓✓✓ the analytical framework that underpins
planning. a methodology planners can use to ensure the problem is
correctly identified, develop COAs once guidance is given, and identify
the best methods for addressing the problem.
Operational art and operational design Ans✓✓✓ What enable
understanding
