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LESSON 1
PRACTICE EXERCISE ANSWERS
Situation for Questions 1 through 3:
You are preparing an oral operation order for an offensive mission. You will issue the order later in the day. You are reviewing the order to ensure that it has all the characteristics of a good order.
1. You ensure that you have used doctrinally established military terminology in order to convey identical meanings to all elements that receive the order. In other words, you ensure that your order has—
a. clarity.
b. completeness.
c. use of the affirmative form.
d. authoritative examples.
2. You ensure that your order contains the platoon mission, the section mission, the concept of how the battle will be fought, and critical signal instructions. In which part of the order do you include information about the order and route of the march?
a. Platoon mission.
b. Section mission.
c. Concept of how the battle will be fought.
d. Critical signal instructions.
3. You ensure that, for simplicity and ease of understanding, you express the mission as—
a. when, where, and how.
b. who, what, and how.
c. who, how many, and how much.
d. who, what, when, where, and why.
Situation for Question 4:
You are a TOW squad leader. You have received an operation order.
4. You recognize that the most important part of receiving an order is clear understanding of what your unit has to do in relation to—
a. the ground and to the other squads.
b. anticipated enemy offenses.
c. safeguarding routes into, out of, and between TOW firing positions.
d. the supply needs of your unit.
Situation for Question 5:
You are issuing an operation order. It is impossible to issue the order from a vantage point overlooking the terrain.
5. To relate your order with terrain features, you use which of the following?
a. Map of terrain.
b. Photographs of the terrain, taken during aerial reconnaissance.
c. Terrain model.
d. Graphic overlay.
