The following items will test your knowledge of the material covered in this lesson. There is only one correct answer for each item. when you have completed the exercise, check your answers with the answer key that follows. If you answer any question incorrectly, study again that part of the lesson that contains the portion involved.
Situation: You are a squad leader in a BFV equipped infantry company.
1.
Defensive operations are normally conducted in a sequence of seven events. Which event is out of sequence?
A. Prepare for combat.
B. Move to defensive positions.
C. Establish defensive positions.
D. Determine enemy intentions and locations.
E. Fight the Defensive.
F. Initiate contact or actions against the enemy.
G. Reorganize.
2.
Leaders are allowed most flexibility and small unit actions occur most frequently when defending a
A. battle position.
B. sector.
C. perimeter.
D. strongpoint.
3.
When conducting a relief in place, you would exchange which of the following items with the squad you are replacing?
A. Bipods for ARs.
B. A TA-1 telephone.
C. Your AN\PRC-77 radio.
D. Ammunition and hand grenades.
4.
If your unit is going to conduct an airmobile operation, the vehicles left behind will be planned for in which of the following plans?
A. Landing plan.
B. Ground tactical plan.
C. Loading plan.
D. Staging plan.
5.
Which of the following answers is true concerning a defensive position? Which of the following answers is true concerning a defensive position?
A. Smoke should be used whenever possible by the defending force.
B. Smoke should be used sparingly by the defender.
C. Illumination should be used on or behind the defensive position.
D. Illumination and smoke should be used together, whenever possible.
6.
You are calling for indirect fire support. You have identified yourself, given the appropriate warning and located the target for the firing battery. In order to describe the target, you rely on the codeword "SNAP." What does "SNAP" mean?
A. Search, Notify, Align, Position.
B. Select, Notify, Analyze, Protect.
C. Size/Shape, Nature/Nomenclature, Activity, Protection/Posture.
D. Soldier/Squad, Navigate/Neutralize, Attention/Action, Phase Line/Practice.
7.
An efficient means of conserving water, when it is scarce, is to serve troops
A. coffee and/or tea.
B. MREs.
C. soups.
D. dry rations.
8.
The best procedure to follow in "topping-off" vehicles in combat is to
A. use a combination of "tailgating" and "service stationing."
B. top-off every time the situation allows.
C. use the same method consistently, to avoid confusion.
D. top-off fighting vehicles first, followed by all others.
9.
With respect to your squad's equipment, you are directly responsible to
A. your platoon sergeant.
B. your platoon leader.
C. the company maintenance officer.
D. the company commander.
10.
After being evacuated, a dead soldier's ring is found inside your BFV by his fire team leader. You
A. give the ring to the medic, who passes it to the evacuation section.
B. give the ring to the platoon leader, who passes it to the CO.
