Captains Career Course - Common Core
Final EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
ACCURATE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
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1. The ART of tactics - ANSWER ✔ Encompasses the understanding of those
military aspects of tactics - capabilities, techniques, and procedures - that
can be measured and codified
2. What is the fundamental difference between homeland defense and defense
support of civil authorities? - ANSWER ✔ HD is focused on external
threats and aggression while DSCA is focused on supporting civil authorities
and domestic disaster relief
3. Offensive operation tasks - ANSWER ✔ Movement to contact; attack;
exploitation; pursuit
4. 3 statuses that the national guard can operate under - ANSWER ✔ State
Active Duty; Title 32; Title 10
5. Purposes for defensive operations - ANSWER ✔ 1. Deter or defeat enemy
offense
2. Gain Time
3. Achieve economy of force
4. Retain key terrain
5. Protect the populace
6. Critical Assets and infrastructure
7. Develop intelligence
6. Characteristics of defensive operations - ANSWER ✔ 1. preparation
2. Security
,3. Disruption
4. Massing effects
5. Flexibility
6. Maneuver
7. Operations in Depth
7. Characteristics of the Offense - ANSWER ✔ 1. Surprise
2. Concentration
3. Tempo
4. Audacity
8. 3 triggers for the transition from offense to defense - ANSWER ✔ 1.
victory
2. culmination
3. change of mission
9. 4 phases to a hazard or disaster - ANSWER ✔ 1. planning
2. response
3. recovery
4. restoration
10.8 Principles of Sustainment - ANSWER ✔ 1. Anticipation
2. Continuity
3. Responsiveness
4. Integration
5. Simplicity
6. Improvisation
7. Survivability
8. Economy
11.War Fighting Function - ANSWER ✔ 1. Mission Command
2. Maneuver and Movement
3. Intelligence
4. Fires
5. Sustainment
6. Protection
12.What are the types of Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs)? - ANSWER ✔ 1.
Infantry
,2. Armored
3. Stryker
13.Brigade Combat Teams can be augmented to meet different mission
requirements and variables. - ANSWER ✔ True
14.The __________ are the ABCT's primary maneuver force. - ANSWER ✔
Combined Arms Battalion
15.Which Stability Mechanism focuses on imposing civil order? - ANSWER
✔ Control
16.ADP __________ covers Stability Operations? - ANSWER ✔ ADP 3-07
17.Which references cover Homeland Defense and Defense Support of Civil
Authorities (DSCA)? - ANSWER ✔ ADRP 3-28
ADRP 3-0
18.The Stafford Act - ANSWER ✔ Authorizes the President to issue major
disaster declarations - authorizes federal agencies to provide assistance to
states overwhelmed by disasters
19.Posse Comitatus Act - ANSWER ✔ Prohibits use of federal troops for law
enforcement
20.Insurrection Action - ANSWER ✔ Allows the President to use federal
troops to enforce federal laws when rebellion against the authority of the US
makes it impracticable to enforce the laws of the US
21.Economy Act - ANSWER ✔ Authorizes federal agencies to provide
supplies and services to each other
22.Title 10, United States Code (Reserve Components) - ANSWER ✔ May
order members, without consent, to active duty not more than 15 days a
year. May retain, with consent, on active duty anytime
23.Title 32, United States Code (National Guard) - ANSWER ✔ These forces
report directly to the Governor of the state
, 24.In which publication would you look to find information for Brigade
Support Battalions? - ANSWER ✔ ATP 4-90
25.What are the sustainment functions? - ANSWER ✔ 1. Contracting
2. Field Services
3. General Engineering Support
NOT financial management
26.What are the four basic principles of the Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC)? -
ANSWER ✔ 1. Military Necessity
2. Proportionality
3. Discrimination or Distinction
4. Unnecessary Suffering
27.Symbols protected under the Geneva Convention - ANSWER ✔ 1. Red
Cross
2. Red Crescent
3. Red Crystal
28.Line of Contact: - ANSWER ✔ Assembly Area (AA): An area a unit
occupies to prepare for an operation. (FM 3-90-1)
29.Forward Edge of the Battle Area (FEBA): The foremost limits of a series of
areas in which ground combat units are deployed, excluding the areas in
which the covering or screening forces are operating, designated to
coordinate fire support, the positioning of forces, or the maneuver of units.
Also called FEBA.
Forward Line of Troops: A line which indicates the most forward positions of
forces in any kind of military operation at a specific time. Note. The open side
of the arc reflects the reported unit.
Phase Line: A line utilized for control and coordination of military operations,
usually a terrain feature extending across the zone of action.
Line of Contact: A general trace delineating the locations where friendly and
enemy forces are engaged. The line of contact symbol is created when both the
friendly and enemy forward line of troops symbols are displayed.
Final EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
ACCURATE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
DETAILED SOLUTIONS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS
<NEWEST VERSION>
1. The ART of tactics - ANSWER ✔ Encompasses the understanding of those
military aspects of tactics - capabilities, techniques, and procedures - that
can be measured and codified
2. What is the fundamental difference between homeland defense and defense
support of civil authorities? - ANSWER ✔ HD is focused on external
threats and aggression while DSCA is focused on supporting civil authorities
and domestic disaster relief
3. Offensive operation tasks - ANSWER ✔ Movement to contact; attack;
exploitation; pursuit
4. 3 statuses that the national guard can operate under - ANSWER ✔ State
Active Duty; Title 32; Title 10
5. Purposes for defensive operations - ANSWER ✔ 1. Deter or defeat enemy
offense
2. Gain Time
3. Achieve economy of force
4. Retain key terrain
5. Protect the populace
6. Critical Assets and infrastructure
7. Develop intelligence
6. Characteristics of defensive operations - ANSWER ✔ 1. preparation
2. Security
,3. Disruption
4. Massing effects
5. Flexibility
6. Maneuver
7. Operations in Depth
7. Characteristics of the Offense - ANSWER ✔ 1. Surprise
2. Concentration
3. Tempo
4. Audacity
8. 3 triggers for the transition from offense to defense - ANSWER ✔ 1.
victory
2. culmination
3. change of mission
9. 4 phases to a hazard or disaster - ANSWER ✔ 1. planning
2. response
3. recovery
4. restoration
10.8 Principles of Sustainment - ANSWER ✔ 1. Anticipation
2. Continuity
3. Responsiveness
4. Integration
5. Simplicity
6. Improvisation
7. Survivability
8. Economy
11.War Fighting Function - ANSWER ✔ 1. Mission Command
2. Maneuver and Movement
3. Intelligence
4. Fires
5. Sustainment
6. Protection
12.What are the types of Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs)? - ANSWER ✔ 1.
Infantry
,2. Armored
3. Stryker
13.Brigade Combat Teams can be augmented to meet different mission
requirements and variables. - ANSWER ✔ True
14.The __________ are the ABCT's primary maneuver force. - ANSWER ✔
Combined Arms Battalion
15.Which Stability Mechanism focuses on imposing civil order? - ANSWER
✔ Control
16.ADP __________ covers Stability Operations? - ANSWER ✔ ADP 3-07
17.Which references cover Homeland Defense and Defense Support of Civil
Authorities (DSCA)? - ANSWER ✔ ADRP 3-28
ADRP 3-0
18.The Stafford Act - ANSWER ✔ Authorizes the President to issue major
disaster declarations - authorizes federal agencies to provide assistance to
states overwhelmed by disasters
19.Posse Comitatus Act - ANSWER ✔ Prohibits use of federal troops for law
enforcement
20.Insurrection Action - ANSWER ✔ Allows the President to use federal
troops to enforce federal laws when rebellion against the authority of the US
makes it impracticable to enforce the laws of the US
21.Economy Act - ANSWER ✔ Authorizes federal agencies to provide
supplies and services to each other
22.Title 10, United States Code (Reserve Components) - ANSWER ✔ May
order members, without consent, to active duty not more than 15 days a
year. May retain, with consent, on active duty anytime
23.Title 32, United States Code (National Guard) - ANSWER ✔ These forces
report directly to the Governor of the state
, 24.In which publication would you look to find information for Brigade
Support Battalions? - ANSWER ✔ ATP 4-90
25.What are the sustainment functions? - ANSWER ✔ 1. Contracting
2. Field Services
3. General Engineering Support
NOT financial management
26.What are the four basic principles of the Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC)? -
ANSWER ✔ 1. Military Necessity
2. Proportionality
3. Discrimination or Distinction
4. Unnecessary Suffering
27.Symbols protected under the Geneva Convention - ANSWER ✔ 1. Red
Cross
2. Red Crescent
3. Red Crystal
28.Line of Contact: - ANSWER ✔ Assembly Area (AA): An area a unit
occupies to prepare for an operation. (FM 3-90-1)
29.Forward Edge of the Battle Area (FEBA): The foremost limits of a series of
areas in which ground combat units are deployed, excluding the areas in
which the covering or screening forces are operating, designated to
coordinate fire support, the positioning of forces, or the maneuver of units.
Also called FEBA.
Forward Line of Troops: A line which indicates the most forward positions of
forces in any kind of military operation at a specific time. Note. The open side
of the arc reflects the reported unit.
Phase Line: A line utilized for control and coordination of military operations,
usually a terrain feature extending across the zone of action.
Line of Contact: A general trace delineating the locations where friendly and
enemy forces are engaged. The line of contact symbol is created when both the
friendly and enemy forward line of troops symbols are displayed.
