QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉You are participating in a targeting meeting. To which component
of the Command and Control System does this most specifically
relate? Answer: Processes
◉Your battalion commander places Phase Line Blue along Highway
97. In doing this, which aspect of Control is he exercising? Answer:
Direction
◉During step 2 of MDMP (Mission Analysis), the battalion staff is
planning for an upcoming deployment. While examining the
movement plan from CONUS to the area of operations, each staff
section should identify risk within their warfighting function. What
is this an example of? Answer: Risk management
◉After planning the movement to a combined training center, your
unit realizes they are missing a major capability. A COMPO 3 (USAR)
sustainment unit will join the organization solely for the rotational
training exercise. This is an example of what type of command
relationship? Answer: Attached
,◉As the battalion S3 for 193rd Brigade Support Battalion you have
just finished giving the battalion commander a brief on three
separate courses of action (COAs) for sustaining the brigade in an
upcoming FTX. The commander elects to go with a hybrid course of
action consisting of parts from two of the three COAs and then issues
his final planning guidance. At this point what needs to get issued to
the subordinate units? Answer: WARNORD 3
◉During step 2 of MDMP (Mission Analysis), the battalion staff is
planning for an upcoming deployment. Part of the process is
determining specified, implied and essential tasks and constraints.
What tasks are specified and implied that must be executed to
accomplish the mission and are always included in the unit's mission
statement? Answer: Essential Tasks
◉During step 4 of MDMP (COA Analysis), the battalion staff is
gathering the tools, listing the critical events and decision points,
and selecting a war-gaming method. They're about to select a
technique to record and display results. What two techniques are
commonly used? Answer: Synchronization matrix and Sketch note
◉During the planning phase of the operations process, the
commander points to a location on the map where the enemy
reserve (an armor brigade) is templated and says "I want to know
when this tank brigade starts moving and in which direction
because I will need to decide which direction to send our 3rd BN
, based on that information." Which of the following BEST describes
what the commander has just done? Answer: Designated a
commander's critical information requirement (CCIR)
◉The battalion staff has just been called in to the Tactical
Operations Center (TOC). The battalion commander has directed all
staff members to update their running estimates, gather documents
related to the current mission and area of operations, and compile
higher headquarters' intelligence and assessment products. The XO
begins to write the staff planning timeline on a white board and
highlights when products are due and who is responsible for
delivering them. What step of the MDMP process are you
conducting? Answer: Receipt of Mission
◉While serving in the Brigade S4 section, you know your section
will have to establish the Sustainment Cell. An additional four
functional cells must be created? What are they? Answer: Movement
and Maneuver, Intelligence, Fires, and Protection
◉You are a battalion S3 and have been tasked with conducting a
rehearsal in preparation for an upcoming large scale, multi-echelon
exercise. Your goal is to prepare your battalion for their role in
support of the brigade. You are able to secure a site overlooking the
training site for the exercise but cannot use the actual training
ground itself. While this rehearsal will be focused only on the
battalion's role, you see an opportunity to also include the security
force in securing the rehearsal site thereby providing them a