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LESSON 1
PRACTICE EXERCISE

Instructions The following items will test your understanding 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. If you answer any item incorrectlly, review that part of the lesson which contains the portion involved.

Situation for Questions 1 through 10:

You are a leader in a Bradley platoon conducting offensive operations.

1. The platoon leader dismounts with the dismounted element within the platoon leader vehicle. Which member assumes the command of the BFV?

A. Platoon sergeant.
B. Senior gunner.
C. Squad leader from No. 2 BFV.
D. Assistant squad leader from No. 4 BFV.
2. You are a squad leader of a BFV squad. The basic combat unit capable of maneuvering in combat operations is the—

A. company.
B. task force.
C. platoon.
D. squad.
3. When the squad is moving dismounted, what is the squad's main formation?

A. Line.
B. Column.
C. Wedge.
D. File.
4. The platoon you lead is conducting mounted operations independently of the company team. In selecting a movement formation, you—

A. consider the factors of METT-T.
B. determine the distance to be traveled.
C. select a line formation for firepower.
D. appoint the platoon sergeant to lead.
5. Your platoon is providing cover on the flank of a company team movement formation. You, as the platoon leader, select to—

A. use the herringbone formation.
B. form a column formation.
C. move in an echelon formation.
D. use the traveling overwatch formation.
6. You are leading your BFV platoon in a column formation. An enemy aircraft attacks your platoon. To disperse the column you order the platoon to—

A. use the coil formation.
B. form a herringbone formation.
C. move to cover.
D. use the wedge formation.
7. You are using the bounding overwatch technique of movement. You come upon an area that has light vegetation and underbrush. You choose to alternate bounding overwatch. This allows—

A. for speed in open terrain.
B. maximum firepower to the front.
C. a combination of travel and bound techniques.
D. for all-round security.
8. The company team is moving in bounding overwatch. The platoon is in overwatch for tanks. You, a BFV commander, see an ATGM fired at a tank from the woodline. You—

A. call for indirect fire on the ATGM position.
B. direct machine gun fire to suppress the position.
C. suppress the enemy antiarmor weapons and send a warning over the radios.
D. dismount the Dragon and engage the position.
9. Movement during limited visibility requires knowledge of navigation. To assist the platoon during movement the platoon leader uses—

A. bounding overwatch.
B. the north star.
C. routes that parallel identifiable terrain features.
D. flares fired by the mortars.
10. When the BFV platoon is dismounted, what is the location of the platoon leader?

A. With the lead squad.
B. With the trailing squad.
C. Where he can best control the movement.
D. Stays mounted on the lead BFV.