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Lesson 3

Practice Exercise 3-2

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.
1. Which one of the following is not provided by Combat Support?

A. Air cavalry.
B. Air defense.
C. Electronic warfare.
D. Military Police.
2. The 155-mm howitzer can penetrate 36 inches of concrete when used in the direct fire mode. At what range is this achieved?

A. At ranges up to 2,200 meters.
B. At a range of 3,200 meters.
C. At a range of 3,500 meters.
D. At a range of 4,200 meters.
3. Mortars should not be mounted directly on concrete; however, sandbags may be used as a buffer. How are these sandbags used?

A. Sandbags should consist of one layer, butted against a curb or wall.
B. Sandbags should consist of two or three layers; be butted against a curb or wall; and extended at least one sandbag width beyond the baseplate.
C. Sandbags should consist of four layers; be butted against a curb or wall; and extended at least two sandbags width beyond the baseplate.
D. The sandbags should consists of one layer, extended at least one sandbag width beyond the baseplate.
4. When considering tactical air support (Air Force), which air craft is the air weapons platform of choice?

A. A-10 (Thunderbolt).
B. AC-130.
C. F-4 (Phantom).
D. F-15 (Eagle).
5. Which one of the following best describes this statement: "Several spaces large enough for helicopter operations normally can be found within 2 kilometers of a city's center."

A. Air assaults.
B. Air movement of troops and supplies.
C. Large-scale assaults.
D. Small-scale assaults.
6. During fighting in built-up areas, who will perform most engineer manual-labor tasks?

A. Civilian volunteers.
B. EPWs.
C. Infantry units.
D. Prisoners from local prisons.
7. Although machine guns should be emplaced at the lowest level possible, grazing fire at ground level is often obstructed by

A. friendly forces.
B. heavy cloud cover (fog).
C. rubble.
D. smoke.
8. Since 1975, extensive tests have shown that the most serious hazard that can be expected from firing light and medium recoiless weapons while inside a masonry building is

A. hearing loss.
B. serious injury to personnel caused by flying debris.
C. substantial degradation occurs to the operator's tracking performance as a result of obscuration or blast over-pressure.
D. the building falling down on the crew.
9. In addition to the destructive effect on the enemy, a commander should consider using flamethrowers at night for

A. illumination of the battlefield.
B. marking targets, lanes, etc.
C. psychological effects.
D. signalling.
10. Why are BFVs and tanks not employed alone?

A. Because BFVs and tanks provide critical fire support for the rifle teams.
B. The buddy system works well for vehicles.
C. Their observation overlaps.
D. The task force commander wants it that way.
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