in0760 Lesson 1 Practice Exercise Answer Key

LESSON ONE

PRACTICE EXERCISE

ANSWER KEY AND FEEDBACK

Reconnaissance.

1.	The five characteristics of the defense are: Surprise, concentration, speed, flexibility, and audacity. These characteristics comprise the major paragraphs of PART A of this lesson.

2.	Shock, initiative, and exploitation are parts of which of the characteristics of the defense?
	A.	Surprise. All three actions contribute to the characteristic of surprise.
	B.	Concentration.
	C.	Speed.
	D.	Flexibility.

3.		The five types of offensive operations are: movement to contact, hasty attack, deliberate attack, exploitation, and pursuit. These operations comprise the major paragraphs of PART B of this lesson.

4.		The five forms of maneuver are:Infiltration, penetration, envelopment, turning movement, and frontal attack. These five forms of maneuver comprise the major paragraphs of PART C of this lesson.

5.	The four phases of offensive operations are: Preparation, attack, exploitation, and pursuit. These phases comprise the major paragraphs of PART D of this lesson.

6.	The main attack secures a key terrain objective or position or destroys an enemy force. Attacks are focused on either terrain or forces.

7.	Select the appropriate mission for the unit conducting a supporting attack.
	A.	Allocating additional combat platoons.
	B.	Attaching or placing CS elements in direct support.
	C.	Providing a priority for CSS.
	D.	Fixing the enemy in position.
8.	Arrange the following actions in the sequence in which they should be performed in an attack. (Use 1 through 6, from first to last.)
1	D.	Reconnaissance.
2	B.	Movement to line of departure.
3	E.	Maneuver.
4	A.	Deployment.
5	F.	Attack.
6	C.	Consolidation/reorganization.
	These actions comprise the major paragraphs of PART F of this lesson.

9.	Select the correct statement from the following.
	A.	A supporting attack should be from the same general direction at the main attack.
	B.	A battalion/ task force conducts only one main attack at a time.
	C.	"Main attack" and "main effort" mean the same thing.
	D.	Exploitation operations are usually assigned to the unit conducting the supporting attack.

10.	The objective of the pursuit phase of an operation is
	A.	to take as much terrain as possible, before culmination.
	B.	to push as far into the enemy rear as possible.
	C.	the destruction of enemy lines of communication.
	D.	the total destruction of the enemy force. The objective of the pursuit phase of an operation is the total destruction of the enemy force.

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