IBOLC COMPREHENSIVE CERTIFICATION
PREP ACTUAL TEST WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS 100 PERCENT CORRECT
⩥ Primary Position.
Answer: The position that covers the enemy's most likely avenue of
approach into the assigned area.
⩥ Alternate Position.
Answer: A defensive position that the commander assigns to a unit or
weapon system for occupation when the primary position becomes
untenable or unsuitable for carrying out the assigned task.
⩥ Supplementary Position.
Answer: A defensive position located within a unit's assigned area that
provides the best sectors of fire and defensive terrain along an avenue of
approach that is not the primary avenue where the enemy is expected to
attack.
⩥ Subsequent Position.
Answer: A position that a unit expects to move to during the course of
battle.
,⩥ Strong Point.
Answer: A heavily fortified battle position tied to a natural or reinforcing
obstacle to create an anchor for the defense or to deny the enemy
decisive or key terrain.
⩥ Perimeter Defense.
Answer: A variation of the Area Defense.
⩥ Defense of a Linear Obstacle.
Answer: A variation of the Area Defense.
⩥ Reverse-Slope Defense.
Answer: A variation of the Area Defense.
⩥ Defensive Operation.
Answer: An operation to defeat an enemy attack, gain time, economize
forces, and develop conditions favorable for offensive or stability
operations.
⩥ Area Defense.
Answer: One of the three types of defensive operations.
⩥ Mobile Defense.
, Answer: One of the three types of defensive operations.
⩥ Retrograde.
Answer: One of the three types of defensive operations.
⩥ Breach.
Answer: A tactical mission task in which a unit breaks through or
establishes a passage through an enemy obstacle.
⩥ Breach (Synchronized Activity).
Answer: A synchronized combined arms activity under the control of the
maneuver commander conducted to allow maneuver through an
obstacle.
⩥ METT-TC.
Answer: Mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops and support
available, time available, civil considerations, and informational
considerations.
⩥ Breach Task Organization.
Answer: The platoon leader organizes the platoon to accomplish
breaching fundamentals quickly and effectively.
⩥ DA Form 5517.
PREP ACTUAL TEST WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS 100 PERCENT CORRECT
⩥ Primary Position.
Answer: The position that covers the enemy's most likely avenue of
approach into the assigned area.
⩥ Alternate Position.
Answer: A defensive position that the commander assigns to a unit or
weapon system for occupation when the primary position becomes
untenable or unsuitable for carrying out the assigned task.
⩥ Supplementary Position.
Answer: A defensive position located within a unit's assigned area that
provides the best sectors of fire and defensive terrain along an avenue of
approach that is not the primary avenue where the enemy is expected to
attack.
⩥ Subsequent Position.
Answer: A position that a unit expects to move to during the course of
battle.
,⩥ Strong Point.
Answer: A heavily fortified battle position tied to a natural or reinforcing
obstacle to create an anchor for the defense or to deny the enemy
decisive or key terrain.
⩥ Perimeter Defense.
Answer: A variation of the Area Defense.
⩥ Defense of a Linear Obstacle.
Answer: A variation of the Area Defense.
⩥ Reverse-Slope Defense.
Answer: A variation of the Area Defense.
⩥ Defensive Operation.
Answer: An operation to defeat an enemy attack, gain time, economize
forces, and develop conditions favorable for offensive or stability
operations.
⩥ Area Defense.
Answer: One of the three types of defensive operations.
⩥ Mobile Defense.
, Answer: One of the three types of defensive operations.
⩥ Retrograde.
Answer: One of the three types of defensive operations.
⩥ Breach.
Answer: A tactical mission task in which a unit breaks through or
establishes a passage through an enemy obstacle.
⩥ Breach (Synchronized Activity).
Answer: A synchronized combined arms activity under the control of the
maneuver commander conducted to allow maneuver through an
obstacle.
⩥ METT-TC.
Answer: Mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops and support
available, time available, civil considerations, and informational
considerations.
⩥ Breach Task Organization.
Answer: The platoon leader organizes the platoon to accomplish
breaching fundamentals quickly and effectively.
⩥ DA Form 5517.
