IN0542 Lesson 1 PE

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 inspecting the camouflage of a dismounted TOW firing position. Use this situation to answer question 1.

1.

To prevent the backblast of the weapon from leaving a signature, you ensure that the ground behind the TOW is free of leaves and dirt to a distance of about how many meters?

	A. 15.
	B. 25.
	C. 35.
	D. 50.

Situation: You are supervising the preparation of a hunter-killer firing position. Use this situation to answer question 2.

2.

Since the position will be occupied only until the ambush is executed, you direct the TOW squad to

	A. create a large position.
	B. create a small position just large enough to conceal the system and the crew.
	C. use overhead cover.
	D. avoid such terrain features as folds in the ground.

Situation: You are a section leader issuing a fire command. Use this situation to answer questions 3 and 4.

3.

Your gunner is NOT faced with several targets. Therefore, you omit which of the following elements from your fire command?

	A. ALERT.
	B. TARGET IDENTIFICATION/TARGET LOCATION.
	C. METHOD OF ENGAGEMENT.
	D. EXECUTION.

4.

To allow yourself to maintain the element of surprise and permit the massing of fires, you use which of the following execution commands?

	A. FIRE.
	B. AT MY COMMAND, FIRE.
	C. CEASE TRACKING.
	D. CEASE TRACRING, OUT OF ACTION.

Situation: You are a platoon leader. You instruct your TOW sections that you want "both sections to engage only tanks when the enemy reaches PL Silver. Then I want Section 1 to begin engaging BMPs and any command vehicles identified." Use this situation to answer question 5.

5.

You are using which of the fire control measures?

	A. Sectors of fire.
	B. Fire commands.
	C. Engagement areas.
	D. Phase lines.

Situation: You are a TOW squad leader inspecting the range card that your gunner has prepared to ensure that the card is correct and complete. A hilltop, at a distance of 1,658 meters, is the farthest terrain feature from the firing position. Use this situation and Figure 1-35 to answer question 6.

6.

The gunner indicates on the range card that the circle value is 350 meters. You advise him that the correct circle value is how many meters?

	A. 140.
	B. 240.
	C. 340.
	D. 440.

Situation: You are supervising your squad members as they stake the firing position. Use this situation to answer question 7.

7.

You instruct the crew members to place two of the stakes parallel to the left side of the vehicle and line them up with the hubs on the front and the rear wheels. You instruct them to place the third stake

	A. in front of and centered on the vehicle.
	B. behind and centered on the vehicle.
	C. to the right side of and centered on the vehicle.
	D. between the firing position at a 45-degree angle to the right flank of the vehicle.

Figure 1-35. Range Card.

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Lesson 1

Practice Exercise