MDMP EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
What does MDMP stand for? - Correct Answers -Military Decision Making Process
What is MDMP? - Correct Answers --A doctrinal approach to decision making and
problem solving
-An analytical process for examining a battlefield situation and reaching logical
decisions
-A tool that assists that CDR and Staff in developing a plan
What is MDMP for a PSYOP unit? - Correct Answers --Serves to integrate PSYOP into
the supported units plan
-is Parallel planning for the supported unit and the PSYOP unit
-End State: A PSYOP appendix for the supported unit, an OPORD for the PSYOP unit,
and the basis for the PSYOP support plan.
Crisis Action Planning (CAP) involves a structured process following the guidelines
established in the:______ - Correct Answers -Joint Operations Planning and Execution
System (JOPES)
What is Deliberate Planning? - Correct Answers --used to evaluate anticipated future
situations to which the US must be prepared to respond militarily.
-Means to develop joint OPLANs for contingencies, based upon the best available
information, using forces and resources allocated for deliberate planning by the Joint
Strategic Capabilities Plan
What are the 7 steps in MDMP? - Correct Answers --Receipt of Mission
-Mission Analysis
-Course of Action Development
-Course of Action Analysis
-Course of Action Comparison
-Course of Action Approval
-Orders Production
What is phase one of MDMP? - Correct Answers -Receipt of Mission
The result of mission analysis is defining the problem and beginning the process of
what? - Correct Answers -Determining feasible solutions
, During Step 1 of IPB, what factors are included in defining the battlefield environment? -
Correct Answers -PMESII
What are the 4 steps of the Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield (IPB) process? -
Correct Answers --Define the battlefield environment
-Describe the battlefield effects
-Evaluate the threat
-Determine threat Courses of Action (COA)
What is a PSYOP Objective (PO)? - Correct Answers -A general statement of
measurable response that reflects the desired behavioral change of foreign TAs.
What is a Supporting PSYOP Objective? - Correct Answers -A specific behavioral
response desired from the TA to accomplish a given PO
What is a PSYACT? - Correct Answers -action or activity planned and/or conducted
primarily for its psychological impact but is conducted by outside sources and not
PSYOP.
What is the definition of a PSYOP Enabling Action? - Correct Answers -An action taken
by non-PSYOP units to facilitate the execution of a PSYOP Support plan.
After analyzing specified and implied tasks, the staff planner presents to the
commander for his approval a tentative list of ______ that must be executed to
accomplish the mission. - Correct Answers -Essential Tasks
The PSYOP planner will use the list of specified tasks to begin the development of POs.
A PO is a statement of measureable response that reflects the ________. - Correct
Answers -Desired behavior
SPOs are unique for each PO, and there are always 2 or more SPOs for each PO. If 2
or more SPOs cannot be developed for a PO, what is the problem? - Correct Answers -
The PO is probably too narrow in focus and needs to be rewritten.
SPOs follow a simple noun-verb-object format. The noun is the TA. A specific TA is not
written into the SPO because? - Correct Answers -There are often several TAs that can
accomplish a PO.
____ are statements of known information concerning the situation - Correct Answers -
Facts
_______ are suppositions about the current or future situation that are assumed to be
true in the absence of facts. - Correct Answers -Assumptions
CORRECT ANSWERS
What does MDMP stand for? - Correct Answers -Military Decision Making Process
What is MDMP? - Correct Answers --A doctrinal approach to decision making and
problem solving
-An analytical process for examining a battlefield situation and reaching logical
decisions
-A tool that assists that CDR and Staff in developing a plan
What is MDMP for a PSYOP unit? - Correct Answers --Serves to integrate PSYOP into
the supported units plan
-is Parallel planning for the supported unit and the PSYOP unit
-End State: A PSYOP appendix for the supported unit, an OPORD for the PSYOP unit,
and the basis for the PSYOP support plan.
Crisis Action Planning (CAP) involves a structured process following the guidelines
established in the:______ - Correct Answers -Joint Operations Planning and Execution
System (JOPES)
What is Deliberate Planning? - Correct Answers --used to evaluate anticipated future
situations to which the US must be prepared to respond militarily.
-Means to develop joint OPLANs for contingencies, based upon the best available
information, using forces and resources allocated for deliberate planning by the Joint
Strategic Capabilities Plan
What are the 7 steps in MDMP? - Correct Answers --Receipt of Mission
-Mission Analysis
-Course of Action Development
-Course of Action Analysis
-Course of Action Comparison
-Course of Action Approval
-Orders Production
What is phase one of MDMP? - Correct Answers -Receipt of Mission
The result of mission analysis is defining the problem and beginning the process of
what? - Correct Answers -Determining feasible solutions
, During Step 1 of IPB, what factors are included in defining the battlefield environment? -
Correct Answers -PMESII
What are the 4 steps of the Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield (IPB) process? -
Correct Answers --Define the battlefield environment
-Describe the battlefield effects
-Evaluate the threat
-Determine threat Courses of Action (COA)
What is a PSYOP Objective (PO)? - Correct Answers -A general statement of
measurable response that reflects the desired behavioral change of foreign TAs.
What is a Supporting PSYOP Objective? - Correct Answers -A specific behavioral
response desired from the TA to accomplish a given PO
What is a PSYACT? - Correct Answers -action or activity planned and/or conducted
primarily for its psychological impact but is conducted by outside sources and not
PSYOP.
What is the definition of a PSYOP Enabling Action? - Correct Answers -An action taken
by non-PSYOP units to facilitate the execution of a PSYOP Support plan.
After analyzing specified and implied tasks, the staff planner presents to the
commander for his approval a tentative list of ______ that must be executed to
accomplish the mission. - Correct Answers -Essential Tasks
The PSYOP planner will use the list of specified tasks to begin the development of POs.
A PO is a statement of measureable response that reflects the ________. - Correct
Answers -Desired behavior
SPOs are unique for each PO, and there are always 2 or more SPOs for each PO. If 2
or more SPOs cannot be developed for a PO, what is the problem? - Correct Answers -
The PO is probably too narrow in focus and needs to be rewritten.
SPOs follow a simple noun-verb-object format. The noun is the TA. A specific TA is not
written into the SPO because? - Correct Answers -There are often several TAs that can
accomplish a PO.
____ are statements of known information concerning the situation - Correct Answers -
Facts
_______ are suppositions about the current or future situation that are assumed to be
true in the absence of facts. - Correct Answers -Assumptions
