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Military

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 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 the commander of C Company, 32nd Bn, 134th Inf Div (Mech). Your unit is stationed in Western Europe and is scheduled to be part of a brigade-sized field training exercise on terrain near your installation. Use this situation to answer the questions in this exercise.
1. The Rhein Main is an excellent European example of

A. a romantic countryside.
B. textbook river crossing sites.
C. pockets of cottage industries.
D. a regional built-up area.
2. The opposing force (OPFOR) will use former Soviet style tactics. If your unit is tasked with the defense of a city, the OPFOR will initially attack

A. from the march.
B. by storm.
C. if the opportunity presents itself.
D. with a deliberate attack.
3. Your unit is on the offensive and advancing toward its objective when it encounters a small town in its path of advance. Under what conditions could a battle develop in the built-up area?

A. If the town is occupied by the OPFOR.
B. If there are sufficient avenues of approach.
C. If the town cannot be bypassed or surrounded.
D. If weather and morale conditions favor the attacker.
4. You are sending out a platoon reconnaissance to inventory the brick buildings in an OPFOR-held village. You tell the platoon leader

A. they are the least common form of mass constructed buildings.
B. they will likely be covered with a stucco veneer.
C. the brick-built portion will be below ground level.
D. you are not really interested in brick buildings.
5. You are preparing for an assault on an OPFOR-held village and need information on military aspects of the terrain and mobility corridors and avenues of approach to the village. Where will you find this information?

A. The operations order.
B. The operations plan.
C. Annexes to the operations order.
D. The modified combined obstacle overlay.
6. Your unit is on the defense in a city defending against an OPFOR attack. OPFOR infantry is assaulting a four-story building. Its immediate objective is

A. reducing the building to rubble.
B. securing the ground floor.
C. securing the basement.
D. securing the fourth floor.
7. Your unit is occupying a village, but not in contact with the OPFOR. The primary concern is possible insurgent activity within the village. Your commander has tasked you with cataloging possible insurgent mobility corridors and staging areas. You will be looking for

A. sewers, tunnels and subterranean passages, cisterns, and basements.
B. rooftops, elevated trains, and public gathering places.
C. balconies, pedestrian overpasses, culverts, and land-locked canal systems.
D. airports and rail centers, fire escapes, and access ladders.
8. You are planning a deliberate attack on the OPFOR in which you will employ the company's available assets against the OPFOR's defense to isolate the objective, secure a foothold, and clear the area. Your first action is

A. analyzing avenues of approach.
B. locating and seizing dominant terrain.
C. a thorough reconnaissance of the OPFOR positions.
D. seizing an intermediate objective.
9. Your unit has been designated as the guard force for a battalion task force deployed in defense of a sector of a built-up area. Forward of the FEBA, your mission is

A. solely one of reconnaissance and scouting.
B. to cause the enemy to deploy without engaging in decisive combat.
C. dependent on the battalion's mission and the commander's intent.
D. to force the main body of the OPFOR into decisive combat.
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