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Practice Exercise
Lesson 1

Instructions This practice exercise will show you how much you have learned in this lesson. Answer each question. 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 item incorrectly, review that part of the lesson which contains the portion involved.
1. Your LRSC commander is conducting a briefing to newly assigned division and corps staff officers on LRSU operations. In order to make sure that they understand the difference between the LRS operations and those of special forces and rangers, he must advise them that LRS teams

 A. are assigned direction action mission.
B. are assigned action mission, creating contact with the enemy.
C. avoid enemy contact and are not assigned direct action missions.
D. avoid enemy contact and are assigned special action missions.
2. One of the division staff officers, from a logistics element at corps, asks the commander during the briefing how many LRS teams there are in LRSC. In response, he informs him

A. there are eighteen teams in three LRS platoons.
B. there are six teams in three LRS platoons.
C. there are twenty four teams in six LRS platoons.
D. there are eighteen teams in four LRS platoons.
3. One of the normal limitations of a deployed LRS team is its mobility. In discussing this limitation with newly arrived staff officers, the commander notes that normally

A. deployed teams are restricted to vehicle movement.
B. undeployed teams are restricted to foot movement.
C. deployed teams are restricted to foot movement.
D. deployed teams have no restrictions.
4. The LRSC commander is briefing newly assigned corps and division staff officers on the capabilities and limitation of LRSUs. In response to a question asking how far from the FLOT LRS teams are deployed, he answers that

A. the normal maximum distance is 150 km for LRSC at corps, and 50 km for LRSDs of division.
B. the normal minimum distance is 150 km for LRSC at corps and 50 km for LRSDs of division.
C. the average distance is 200 km for LRSD at corps and 150 km for LRCs at division.
D. there is no normal or maximum distance for either the LRSCs or the LRSDs.
5. The LRSC commander must respond to mission taskings quickly. He normally

A. receives his tasking from the division G2.
B. receives his tasking from the division commander.
C. receives his tasking from the corps G2.
D. establishes his own tasking, with no input from the G2.
6. It is important that newly arrived staff personnel involved with LRS operations understand LRS team operating capabilities. As an experienced team member, you can advise these staff officers that teams from

A. the LRSC can operate eight days, and the LRSDs can operate six days without replenishing critical supplies and equipment.
B. the LRSDs can operate seven days and the LRSCs can operate six days without replenishing critical supplies.
C. both the LRSC and LRSD can operate the same amount of time without replenishing supplies.
D. both the LRSC and LRSD can operate the same amount of time without replenishing supplies.
7. Your LRSC has received a mission to deploy a LRS team. Information gathered by the team is of reduced value if it is not reported in a timely manner. At the same time, avoidance of detection is critical to team survivability. To ensure proper OPSEC procedures are followed by the teams

A. silent transmission must be observed.
B. burst transmission must be used.
C. authentication procedures must be enforced.
D. all transmission must be conducted at night time.
8. The LRSC commander is responsible for selecting the general location of the company operations base. The location will normally be near

A. the CM&D section and the specific location selected by the executive officer.
B. corps HQ, and the specific location selected by the team leaders.
C. brigade HQ, and the specific location selected by the platoon leaders.
D. the CM&A section and the specific location selected by the platoon leaders.