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LESSON 2
PRACTICE EXERCISE

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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 you answer any item incorrectly, study again that part of the lesson which contains the portion involved.
Situation: You are a rifle company commander. You have received the battalion defense OPORD, and are reviewing steps you must consider as you prepare for the defense.

1. Your unit is preparing to conduct a withdrawal while the enemy is attacking and you must pass through a friendly unit to your rear. You coordinate with that unit by

 A. sending your XO to coordinate the passage of lines.
B. meeting with the commander of the unit to your rear and exchanging plans.
C. sending a quartering party to coordinate with that unit.
D. tasking the DLIC to conduct the passage of lines coordination.
2. The battalion commander has given your company a mission to delay in sector. He assigned two delay lines and set a time on each delay line. Your company must

A. move from one delay position to another as directed by the battalion commander.
B. keep the enemy forward of each line until the time set for that line.
C. conduct a leapfrog maneuver from delay line to delay line.
D. disengage it's platoons separately from delay lines to delay line.
3. You are planning for the execution of a delay. You are aware that a delaying action is characterized by

A. operations on a wide front with maximum forces in contact and minimum forces in reserve.
B. lack of information on the location of enemy forces, and when the enemy will attack.
C. rapid movement to the rear.
D. companies planning and executing the delay independently.
4. In planning the delay you are considering how to avoid becoming decisively engaged. To avoid decisive engagement, you

A. engage the enemy at maximum range of all weapons.
B. conduct continuous reconnaissance to establish and maintain contact with the enemy.
C. occupy positions long enough to force the enemy to deploy; then develop the situation and maneuver to attack each position.
D. make maximum use of terrain.
5. The battalion task force which your unit is attached to directs you to conduct a relief in place and replace a deployed company team. The primary purpose for conducting a relief in place is to

A. maintain the combat effectiveness of a committed force.
B. replace a unit when it has taken heavy losses.
C. withdraw a committed unit for a priority mission.
D. rest a unit due to prolonged operations.