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LESSON 3

PRACTICE EXERCISE

ANSWER KEY AND FEEDBACK

1. Intelligence preparation of the battlefield (IPB) is conducted during which step of the planning process?
Analyze the mission. See FM 90-13.
   
2. List the seven steps in the planning process.
Receive the mission, analyze the mission, develop courses of action (COAs), analyze COAs, compare COAs, approve a COA, and produce orders. See FM 90-13.
   
3. War gaming is conducted during which step of the planning process?
Analyzing COAs. See FM 90-13.
   
4. List the four phases of a deliberate river crossing.
Advance to the river, assault across the river, advance from the exit bank, and secure the bridgehead line. See FM 90-13.
   
5. During which phase of a deliberate river crossing is the crossing area activated?
Phase II (assault across the river). See FM 90-13.
   
6. Which two objectives are within the crossing area?
The nearshore and far-shore objectives. See FM 90-13.
   
7. List the three types of retrograde operations.
Delay, withdrawal, and retirement. See FM 90-13.
   
8. A delay combined with a retrograde river crossing has three phases. Name the phases.
Delay, crossing, and defense. See FM 90-13.

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