Practice Exercise Organization, Elements, and Capabilities of an Infantry Battalion
Instructions
The following items will test your grasp 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 your answer any item incorrectly, study again that part of the lesson which contains the portion involved.
Situation: You are in a leadership position in a platoon in a light infantry battalion. To successfully perform your duties and ensure your platoon achieves its objectives, you must have a complete understanding of the organization, elements, and capabilities of a light infantry battalion, company, and platoon.
1.
In briefing your platoon prior to combat operations, you tell them that you intend to employ the AirLand Battle doctrine imperative of conserving strength for decisive action. To employ this imperative, you
a. study the enemy, learn his strengths and weaknesses, and know how to create new vulnerabilities which can be exploited to decisive effect.
b. must know the enemy, know your unit's capabilities, anticipate what is possible and prepare for it, and sense the flow of the battle and be able to react accordingly.
c. keep troops secure, protected, healthy, disciplined, in a high state of morale, and maintained in a high state of training.
d. must be alert for indicators of fatigue, fear, loss of discipline, reduced morale, and take measures to deal with these problems.
2.
In preparing for combat, you must understand that as a light infantry battalion you have certain capabilities and limitations. As one of your most important capabilities, you
a. have the ability to easily withstand the effects of nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) attacks.
b. have an advantage due to the great amount of redundancy that is built into a light infantry battalion.
c. can deploy into a hostile environment without requiring local air superiority or naval gunfire support.
d. are rapidly deployable and easily sustained by an austere support structure.
3.
You have been assigned to the antiarmor platoon of your light infantry company. Determine which of the following organizations represents that of your platoon.
a.
b.
c.
d.
4.
Prior to conducting reconnaissance operations, you must be briefed on the reconnaissance plan for your mission. You are to receive your briefing in the battalion information coordination center (BICC). Upon arriving at the BICC, you would contact the
a. assistant S3.
b. battalion signal officer.
c. fire support officer.
d. tactical intelligence officer.
5.
You have been ordered to report to the landing zone (LZ)/pickup zone (PZ) control officer of your light infantry company. To carry out your mission, you
a. report to the air liaison officer.
b. find your attached fire support officer.
c. report to the company executive officer.
d. seek out the company first sergeant.
6.
In your light infantry platoon, the organization and control of the platoon command post is the responsibility of the
a. platoon leader.
b. platoon sergeant.
c. headquarters platoon squad leader.
d. senior fire team leader.
7.
The battalion operational system which is responsible for mortars and artillery is the
a. fire support system.
b. air defense system.
c. command and control system.
d. maneuver system.
Situation: You have been assigned to a leadership position in a platoon in a company team which is part of a tank and mechanized infantry task force.
8.
The brigade commander has decided to form a tank-heavy task force. Your rifle platoon has been assigned to this task force. Determine which of the organizations shown below represents the tank-heavy task force.
a.
b.
c.
d.
9.
Figure 1 shows the personnel seating in a Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV). Identify the position in the BFV which would be occupied by the driver.
