SEJPME MODULE 8 POST TEST Module 8 Joint Operations Planning Post Test

1) emphasizes planning for branches to current operations. Future plans Current operations plans Theater-strategic plans 2) In APEX, what do branches and sequels allows planners to do? Update static plans in advance of execution Predict increased complexity in missions and interactions with multinational partners Monitor and modify the deployment and employment of forces Anticipate significant changes in key planning variables and outline associated assumptions and decision points planning directive execution crisis action planning 4) What stage of the JOPES process includes mobilization, deployment, employment, sustainment, redeployment, rotation, and demobilization activities? Planning Directive Execution Crisis Action Planning Deliberate Planning Ends Means Risks 6) What is the primary goal of operational design? Understand the ends, ways, and means Visualize the ultimate operational approach Link tactical action to strategic objectives Conceive and construct and the framework that underpins a campaign or major operation plan 7) The involves attaining a clear understanding of the CCDR's strategic objectives, and it is the most important step in the JOPP for the Joint Force Commander. If this step is done incorrectly, all planning steps which follow could be flawed. first step, Planning Initiation second step, Mission Analysis third step, Course of Action Development fifth step, Course of Action Approval 8) In contingency planning, the identifies the specific forces, functional support, and resources required to execute the plan, and it provides closure estimates for their flow into the theater. commander's estimate base plan CONPLAN OPLAN analysis development comparison elimination 10) What activity involves analysis of COAs from individual functional perspectives to determine each COA's supportability and coordinates results in a collaborative knowledge- based environment? Initial Report Mission Analysis Planning Guidance Development Staff Estimates OPLAN WARNORD EXORD 12) In extremely time-sensitive situations, may be the only message provided. OPORD OPLAN WARNORD EXORD 13) During , the Joint Force Commander will identify the operational problems to solve and determine where to focus the staff's efforts. Planning Initiation Mission Analysis Plan or Order Development Course of Action Development 14) The Joint Force Commander's Initial is refined at the end of the mission analysis process. Initial Courses of Action Initial Staff Estimates Initial Report Initial Intent Statement 15) In APEX, what does the EXORD define? Time to initiate operations and guidance not provided earlier Expected impact of the selected COA Supporting commander's formal tasking for the execution of the mission Planning activities allowed in advance of formal COA selection by the President and/or SecDef 16) What APEX activity is a cyclical process that assures the resulting plan has been properly adapted to address any important factors that may have changed from the time the plan was formulated? Concept development Plan assessment IPR A IPR R Module 8 - Joint Operations Planning Post Test 17) The is an orderly, analytical process that consists of a logical set of steps to analyze a mission, select the best course of action, and produce a joint operation plan or order. Adaptive Planning and Execution (APEX) System Joint Operation Planning and Execution System (JOPES) Joint Operation Planning Process (JOPP) Joint Planning Group (JPG)