NCOA DLC TEST 3 PT. 2 EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A function - ANS is a broad, general, and
enduring role for which an organization is
designed, equipped, and trained.
Coast Guard Functions - ANS •• Conduct coastal sea control and maritime and air
interception/interdiction operations
••*** Conduct maritime homeland security and counterterrorism operations***
•• Conduct ice operations
•• Provide for marine safety, including aids to navigation
•• Conduct search and rescue operations
•• Conduct counter-illicit trafficking operations
Common Military Services Functions - ANS Preparing forces and establishING reserves of
manpower, equipment, and supplies
for effective operations across the range of military operations and plan
for the expansion of peacetime components to meet the needs of war
•• Maintaining in readiness mobile reserve forces, properly organized, trained,
and equipped for employment in an emergency
•• Providing adequate, timely, and reliable intelligence and counterintelligence
for the Military Departments and other agencies as directed by competent authority
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,•• Conducting research; developing tactics, techniques, and organization; and
developing and procuring weapons, equipment, and supplies essential to the
fulfillment of the functions assigned by DoDD 5100.01, Functions of the Department
of Defense and its Major Components
•• Providing as directed, such forces, military missions, and detachments for service
in foreign countries as may be required to support the national interest of
the United States
•• Assisting each other in the accomplishment of their respective functions, including
provisions of personnel, intelligence, training, facilities, equipment,
supplies, and services
Marine Corps Functions: - ANS •• Provide close air support for ground forces
•• Seize and defend advanced naval bases or lodgments to facilitate
subsequent joint operations
•• Conduct land and air operations essential to the prosecution of
a naval campaign or as directed
••*** Conduct amphibious operations, including engagement, crisis
response, and power projection operations to assure access****
•• Conduct complex expeditionary operations in the urban littorals
and other challenging environments
A lodgement - ANS is a designated area in a hostile territory that,
when seized and held, makes the continuous landing of troops and material possible and
provides maneuver space for subsequent operations.
Navy Functions: - ANS •• Conduct ballistic missile defense
•• Provide power projection through sea-based global strike, to include nuclear and
conventional
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,capabilities
•• ***Conduct ocean, hydro, and river survey and reconstruction***
•• Establish, maintain, and defend sea bases in support of naval, amphibious, land, air, or
other joint operations as directed
•• Conduct offensive and defensive operations associated with the maritime domain
Army Functions - ANS •• Conduct air and missile defense to support joint campaigns and
assist in achieving air
superiority
•• Interdict enemy sea, space, air power, and communications through operations on or
from the land
••Occupy territories abroad and provide for the initial establishment of a military government
pending transfer of this responsibility to other authority
•• Conduct airborne and air assault, and amphibious operations
•• ****Provide support for space operations to enhance joint campaigns, in coordination with
the other military Services, Combatant Commands, and USG departments and agencies****
Which is not a common function of the Services?
a. Construction, maintenance, and repair of buildings, structures, and utilities as well as the
acquisition, management, and disposal of real property and natural resources
b. Maintaining in readiness mobile reserve forces, properly organized, trained, and equipped
for employment in an emergency
c. Providing adequate, timely, and reliable intelligence and counterintelligence for the Military
Departments and other agencies as directed by competent authority - ANS a. CORRECT.
According to the JIIM Operations chapter, construction, maintenance, and repair
of buildings, structures, and utilities as well as the acquisition, management, and disposal
of real property and natural resources is a common function of the Military Departments,
not the Services.
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, Since Country "X's" government has been overthrown, the President and advisors must decide
on
which force to send in to establish order. This will require the selected force to occupy
territories
in Country "X" and provide for the initial establishment of a military government until the
elected
government can regain control.
This scenario BEST illustrates functions suited for the _______________.
a. Marine Corps
b. Navy
c. Army - ANS c. CORRECT. According to the JIIM Operations chapter, occupying territories
and providing
for the initial establishment of a military government until the elected government can
regain control is a function of the Army.
Airpower - ANS is defined as "the ability to project military power or influence
through the control and exploitation of air, space, and cyberspace to
achieve strategic, operational, or tactical objectives."
Centralized Control and Decentralized Execution(tenet of power) - ANS As a result of
airpower's unique potential to directly affect the strategic and operational levels of war,
it should be controlled by a single Airman (centralized control) who maintains the broad,
strategic perspective necessary to balance and prioritize the use of a powerful, highly desired
yet limited force. Decentralized execution is the delegation of authority to designated lower-
level commanders and other tactical-level decision makers to achieve effective span of control
and to foster disciplined initiative and tactical flexibility. It allows subordinates, all the way
down to the tactical level, to exploit situational responsiveness and fleeting opportunities in
rapidly changing, fluid situations.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A function - ANS is a broad, general, and
enduring role for which an organization is
designed, equipped, and trained.
Coast Guard Functions - ANS •• Conduct coastal sea control and maritime and air
interception/interdiction operations
••*** Conduct maritime homeland security and counterterrorism operations***
•• Conduct ice operations
•• Provide for marine safety, including aids to navigation
•• Conduct search and rescue operations
•• Conduct counter-illicit trafficking operations
Common Military Services Functions - ANS Preparing forces and establishING reserves of
manpower, equipment, and supplies
for effective operations across the range of military operations and plan
for the expansion of peacetime components to meet the needs of war
•• Maintaining in readiness mobile reserve forces, properly organized, trained,
and equipped for employment in an emergency
•• Providing adequate, timely, and reliable intelligence and counterintelligence
for the Military Departments and other agencies as directed by competent authority
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,•• Conducting research; developing tactics, techniques, and organization; and
developing and procuring weapons, equipment, and supplies essential to the
fulfillment of the functions assigned by DoDD 5100.01, Functions of the Department
of Defense and its Major Components
•• Providing as directed, such forces, military missions, and detachments for service
in foreign countries as may be required to support the national interest of
the United States
•• Assisting each other in the accomplishment of their respective functions, including
provisions of personnel, intelligence, training, facilities, equipment,
supplies, and services
Marine Corps Functions: - ANS •• Provide close air support for ground forces
•• Seize and defend advanced naval bases or lodgments to facilitate
subsequent joint operations
•• Conduct land and air operations essential to the prosecution of
a naval campaign or as directed
••*** Conduct amphibious operations, including engagement, crisis
response, and power projection operations to assure access****
•• Conduct complex expeditionary operations in the urban littorals
and other challenging environments
A lodgement - ANS is a designated area in a hostile territory that,
when seized and held, makes the continuous landing of troops and material possible and
provides maneuver space for subsequent operations.
Navy Functions: - ANS •• Conduct ballistic missile defense
•• Provide power projection through sea-based global strike, to include nuclear and
conventional
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,capabilities
•• ***Conduct ocean, hydro, and river survey and reconstruction***
•• Establish, maintain, and defend sea bases in support of naval, amphibious, land, air, or
other joint operations as directed
•• Conduct offensive and defensive operations associated with the maritime domain
Army Functions - ANS •• Conduct air and missile defense to support joint campaigns and
assist in achieving air
superiority
•• Interdict enemy sea, space, air power, and communications through operations on or
from the land
••Occupy territories abroad and provide for the initial establishment of a military government
pending transfer of this responsibility to other authority
•• Conduct airborne and air assault, and amphibious operations
•• ****Provide support for space operations to enhance joint campaigns, in coordination with
the other military Services, Combatant Commands, and USG departments and agencies****
Which is not a common function of the Services?
a. Construction, maintenance, and repair of buildings, structures, and utilities as well as the
acquisition, management, and disposal of real property and natural resources
b. Maintaining in readiness mobile reserve forces, properly organized, trained, and equipped
for employment in an emergency
c. Providing adequate, timely, and reliable intelligence and counterintelligence for the Military
Departments and other agencies as directed by competent authority - ANS a. CORRECT.
According to the JIIM Operations chapter, construction, maintenance, and repair
of buildings, structures, and utilities as well as the acquisition, management, and disposal
of real property and natural resources is a common function of the Military Departments,
not the Services.
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, Since Country "X's" government has been overthrown, the President and advisors must decide
on
which force to send in to establish order. This will require the selected force to occupy
territories
in Country "X" and provide for the initial establishment of a military government until the
elected
government can regain control.
This scenario BEST illustrates functions suited for the _______________.
a. Marine Corps
b. Navy
c. Army - ANS c. CORRECT. According to the JIIM Operations chapter, occupying territories
and providing
for the initial establishment of a military government until the elected government can
regain control is a function of the Army.
Airpower - ANS is defined as "the ability to project military power or influence
through the control and exploitation of air, space, and cyberspace to
achieve strategic, operational, or tactical objectives."
Centralized Control and Decentralized Execution(tenet of power) - ANS As a result of
airpower's unique potential to directly affect the strategic and operational levels of war,
it should be controlled by a single Airman (centralized control) who maintains the broad,
strategic perspective necessary to balance and prioritize the use of a powerful, highly desired
yet limited force. Decentralized execution is the delegation of authority to designated lower-
level commanders and other tactical-level decision makers to achieve effective span of control
and to foster disciplined initiative and tactical flexibility. It allows subordinates, all the way
down to the tactical level, to exploit situational responsiveness and fleeting opportunities in
rapidly changing, fluid situations.
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