1 st ABCT FIST Certification Written
Examination Skill Level 3 Study Guide
Questions With Complete Solutions
/. The _____________ and its elements integrate the fires warfighting function into
operations. It has resources to plan for future operations from the main command post
and to support current operations from the tactical command post (when deployed).
a. Joint Effects Cell
b. Fire Direction Center
c. Fire Support Element
d. Fires Cell - Answer-✅d. Fires Cell
/.What are the Five Requirements of Accurate Predicted Fires? - Answer-✅a. accurate
target location and size b. accurate firing unit location
c. accurate weapon and ammunition information
d. accurate meteorological information
e. accurate computational procedures
/.____________ normally produces the specific effect on a target with the minimum
expenditure of ammunition. It also reduces our vulnerability to adversary target
acquisition.
a. Fires Planning
b. Target Synchronization
c. Targeted Effects
d. Massing Fires - Answer-✅d. Massing Fires
/.The _____________ has the responsibility to integrate fire support with the scheme of
maneuver, and provides the commander's intent for an operation and issues guidance,
including guidance for fire support. The ______ translates the guidance into fire support
tasks. Each fire support task and purpose directly supports a maneuver task and
purpose.
a. Maneuver Commander / FSO b. Brigade FSO / Battalion FSO c. Brigade
Commander / Brigade FSO
d. DIVARTY Commander / FIST - Answer-✅a. Maneuver Commander / FSO
/.A ______________ is a target that is known to exist in the operational environment,
upon which actions are planned using deliberate targeting, creating effects which
support commander's objectives.
a. Established Target
b. Approved Target
, c. Priority Target
d. Planned Target - Answer-✅d. Planned Target
/.A _____________ is a planned target upon which fires or other actions are scheduled
for prosecution at a specified time.
a. Scheduled Target
b. Specified Target
c. Time Sensitive Target
d. Priority Target - Answer-✅a. Scheduled Target
/.A ___________ is a planned target upon which fires or other actions are determined
using deliberate targeting and triggered, when detected or located, using dynamic
targeting.
a. Scheduled Target
b. On-call Target
c. Deliberate Target
d. Dynamic Target - Answer-✅b. On-call Target
/.A _______________ is a target, based on either time or importance, on which the
delivery of fires takes precedence over all the fires for the designated firing unit or
element.
a. On-call Target
b. Final Protective Fire
c. Immediate Suppression
d. Defensive Fires - Answer-✅b. Final Protective Fire
/.________________ is an immediately available prearranged barrier of fire designed to
impede enemy movement across defensive lines or areas.
a. On-call Target
b. Priority Target
c. Deliberate Target
d. Planned Target - Answer-✅b. Priority Target
/._________ can be conducted at any place and time friendly forces are in close
proximity to enemy forces. The word "close" does not imply a specific distance; rather, it
is situational. The requirement for detailed integration because of proximity, fires, or
movement is the determining factor.
a. Army Attack Aviation
b. Danger Close
c. Close Combat Attack
d. Close Air Support - Answer-✅d. Close Air Support
/.__________ is used when the JTAC/FAC (A) requires control of individual attacks and
the situation requires the JTAC/FAC (A) to visually acquire the attacking aircraft and
visually acquire the target for each attack.
a. Bomb on Coordinate
, b. Type 2 Control
c. Bomb on Target
d. Type 1 Control - Answer-✅d. Type 1 Control
/.True / False: Occupying an observation post using SLoCTOP; during O-observation
ensure all team members are proficient in friendly/threat forces recognition.
a. True
b. False - Answer-✅a. True
/._______________is the process of measurement of a feature or location on the earth
to determine
an absolute latitude, longitude, and elevation.
a. Targeting
b. Mensuration
c. Accuracy
d. Orienting - Answer-✅b. Mensuration
/.True / False: Precision fire is used for Final Protective Fires (FPF) and destruction
missions.
a. True
b. False - Answer-✅b. False
/.If target length, or length and width are given, the observer must also give
__________.
a. Depth
b. Attitude
c. Radius
d. Altitude - Answer-✅b. Attitude
/.The observer normally uses __________ for suppression and smoke missions.
______________
will tell the FDC the total time to engage a target.
a. Time on target
b. Duration
c. Time
d. Interval - Answer-✅b. Duration
/.The objective of impact registration is to get spottings of
_________________________ along
the observer-target line from rounds fired with the same data or from rounds fired with
data 25
meters apart.
a. 2 rounds, 1 over and 1 short
b. 2 rounds, target hit or range correct
c. 4 rounds, target hit or range correct
Examination Skill Level 3 Study Guide
Questions With Complete Solutions
/. The _____________ and its elements integrate the fires warfighting function into
operations. It has resources to plan for future operations from the main command post
and to support current operations from the tactical command post (when deployed).
a. Joint Effects Cell
b. Fire Direction Center
c. Fire Support Element
d. Fires Cell - Answer-✅d. Fires Cell
/.What are the Five Requirements of Accurate Predicted Fires? - Answer-✅a. accurate
target location and size b. accurate firing unit location
c. accurate weapon and ammunition information
d. accurate meteorological information
e. accurate computational procedures
/.____________ normally produces the specific effect on a target with the minimum
expenditure of ammunition. It also reduces our vulnerability to adversary target
acquisition.
a. Fires Planning
b. Target Synchronization
c. Targeted Effects
d. Massing Fires - Answer-✅d. Massing Fires
/.The _____________ has the responsibility to integrate fire support with the scheme of
maneuver, and provides the commander's intent for an operation and issues guidance,
including guidance for fire support. The ______ translates the guidance into fire support
tasks. Each fire support task and purpose directly supports a maneuver task and
purpose.
a. Maneuver Commander / FSO b. Brigade FSO / Battalion FSO c. Brigade
Commander / Brigade FSO
d. DIVARTY Commander / FIST - Answer-✅a. Maneuver Commander / FSO
/.A ______________ is a target that is known to exist in the operational environment,
upon which actions are planned using deliberate targeting, creating effects which
support commander's objectives.
a. Established Target
b. Approved Target
, c. Priority Target
d. Planned Target - Answer-✅d. Planned Target
/.A _____________ is a planned target upon which fires or other actions are scheduled
for prosecution at a specified time.
a. Scheduled Target
b. Specified Target
c. Time Sensitive Target
d. Priority Target - Answer-✅a. Scheduled Target
/.A ___________ is a planned target upon which fires or other actions are determined
using deliberate targeting and triggered, when detected or located, using dynamic
targeting.
a. Scheduled Target
b. On-call Target
c. Deliberate Target
d. Dynamic Target - Answer-✅b. On-call Target
/.A _______________ is a target, based on either time or importance, on which the
delivery of fires takes precedence over all the fires for the designated firing unit or
element.
a. On-call Target
b. Final Protective Fire
c. Immediate Suppression
d. Defensive Fires - Answer-✅b. Final Protective Fire
/.________________ is an immediately available prearranged barrier of fire designed to
impede enemy movement across defensive lines or areas.
a. On-call Target
b. Priority Target
c. Deliberate Target
d. Planned Target - Answer-✅b. Priority Target
/._________ can be conducted at any place and time friendly forces are in close
proximity to enemy forces. The word "close" does not imply a specific distance; rather, it
is situational. The requirement for detailed integration because of proximity, fires, or
movement is the determining factor.
a. Army Attack Aviation
b. Danger Close
c. Close Combat Attack
d. Close Air Support - Answer-✅d. Close Air Support
/.__________ is used when the JTAC/FAC (A) requires control of individual attacks and
the situation requires the JTAC/FAC (A) to visually acquire the attacking aircraft and
visually acquire the target for each attack.
a. Bomb on Coordinate
, b. Type 2 Control
c. Bomb on Target
d. Type 1 Control - Answer-✅d. Type 1 Control
/.True / False: Occupying an observation post using SLoCTOP; during O-observation
ensure all team members are proficient in friendly/threat forces recognition.
a. True
b. False - Answer-✅a. True
/._______________is the process of measurement of a feature or location on the earth
to determine
an absolute latitude, longitude, and elevation.
a. Targeting
b. Mensuration
c. Accuracy
d. Orienting - Answer-✅b. Mensuration
/.True / False: Precision fire is used for Final Protective Fires (FPF) and destruction
missions.
a. True
b. False - Answer-✅b. False
/.If target length, or length and width are given, the observer must also give
__________.
a. Depth
b. Attitude
c. Radius
d. Altitude - Answer-✅b. Attitude
/.The observer normally uses __________ for suppression and smoke missions.
______________
will tell the FDC the total time to engage a target.
a. Time on target
b. Duration
c. Time
d. Interval - Answer-✅b. Duration
/.The objective of impact registration is to get spottings of
_________________________ along
the observer-target line from rounds fired with the same data or from rounds fired with
data 25
meters apart.
a. 2 rounds, 1 over and 1 short
b. 2 rounds, target hit or range correct
c. 4 rounds, target hit or range correct
