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Lesson 1

Practice Exercise

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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 with the answer key that follows. If you answer any item incorrectly, review that part of the lesson which contains the portion involved.
Situation: You are a Bradley platoon leader. Your company team is preparing to defend battle positions (BP) 60, 70 and 80. You are performing your troop leading procedures to prepare your platoon for its defensive mission.
1. Before you complete the OPORD you must have

 A. issued a fragmentary order.
B. completed your analysis, reconnaissance, and developed your plan.
C. analyzed the company commander's warning order.
D. reviewed the battalion defense OPORD.
2. You have been assigned your platoon's sector of responsibility and are designating positions for your Dragons and SAWs. You placed a SAW on a flank of your position. You must now

A. assign a PDF and a FPL.
B. make sure it is disposed laterally and in depth to cover a designated kill zone.
C. make sure it is tied in with the adjacent unit fires to prevent gaps.
D. maintain central control of all the SAWs.
3. You are preparing your platoons defensive position. Your 1st squad leader is directing the emplacement of antitank mines on likely tank routes into his position. He should

A. place the mines where they can be covered by AT-4 fire.
B. place at least two mines for each one man position.
C. place the mines where they can be seen.
D. cover the mines with claymores.
4. You are employing your fighting vehicle element to the rear on the same battle position. You

A. are covering two avenues of approach - one with long-range and one with short-range fields of fire.
B. want to gain better observation and field of fire.
C. use this method when multiple mounted avenues of approach exist.
D. use this method when the dismount element is needed in one location, and the fighting vehicle element in another.
5. Your M2 platoon is conducting a defense. When the enemy attacks, your BFV's that have been designated to engage at long range,

A. engage infantry carriers with the TOW.
B. call for your FPFs.
C. begin effective surprise fire with the coaxial machine guns, and call for indirect FPFs.
D. fire at priority targets and move to alternate positions.