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LESSON TWO
Practice Exercise Answers
Situation: You are a battalion staff officer planning a combat mission using mechanized infantry battalion organic, attached, and supporting resources. Use this situation to answer questions 1 through 6.
1. The high density of tracked vehicles in your battalion requires you to give special consideration to the consumption of which classes of supply items?
a. I, II, and III.
b. III, V, and IX.
c. IV, VI, and IX.
d. V, VIII, and X.
2. You plan a tactical airlift. To protect friendly forces against enemy tanks, you plan which of the following means of combat support?
a. Cannon field artillery.
b. Battlefield air interdiction.
c. Air defense artillery.
d. Engineers.
3. You issue guidelines to help prevent enemy pilots form seeing and identifying your unit. For example, you advise commanders to ensure that
a. troops occupy only natural or enhanced natural fighting positions.
b. travel from one location to another is by the most direct route possible.
c. they fire on hostile fixed-wing aircraft as soon as possible so that they do not identify friendly vehicles or locations.
d. they wipe out track marks that lead to a position.
4. You want your unit to adopt the alert posture for a probable enemy aircraft or missile attack. You issue which of the following defense warnings?
a. Red.
b. Orange.
c. Yellow.
d. White.
5. A company commander requests assistance in emplacing minefields on his exposed flanks and in preparing positions for overwatch. To provide this assistance, you attach which of the following assets to his company?
a. Scouts.
b. Engineers.
c. Military police.
d. Military intelligence.
6. You use ground surveillance radar (GSR) to detect
a. high-flying enemy aircraft.
b. dug-in enemy infantry.
c. moving targets in the presence of a background.
d. stationary targets in the absence of a background.
Situation: You are a task force commander employing your unit in accordance with the seven battlefield operating systems. Use this situation to answer questions 7 through 10.
7. You task which of the following fire support assets to deliver scatterable mines and Copperhead projectiles?
a. Naval gunfire.
b. Mortar platoon.
c. Field artillery.
d. USAF close air support.
8. To arrange for enemy prisoner of war support, you contact which of the following staff officers?
a. S1.
b. S2.
c. S3.
d. S5.
9. In positioning combat trains, you ensure that the ground
a. is high and dry.
b. can support the vehicle traffic.
c. provides restricted movement.
d. is readily located.
10. You provide which of the following classes of supply to your supporting engineers?
a. I and II.
b. III and IV.
c. IV and V.
d. V and VI.
Situation: You are conducting maintenance on your unit's vehicles and equipment. Use this situation to answer question 11.
11. For on-site maintenance, you typically allow a maximum of how many hours?
a. Less than two.
b. Four to six.
c. Six to 24.
d. 24 to 36.
Situation: You are the task force S1 (adjutant). You are coordinating services support for smaller units. Use this situation to answer questions 12 and 13.
12. One of the services support for which you are responsible is
a. graves registration.
b. clothing exchange and bath.
c. laundry and renovation.
d. personnel and administrative services.
13. You are responsible for planning and coordinating
a. finance services.
b. public affairs.
c. postal services.
d. enemy prisoners of war (EPW) operations.
Situation: You are the battalion staff S2 providing task force command and control. Use this situation to answer questions 14 through 16.
14. You are responsible for combat intelligence. You organize for continuous combat operations in coordination with
a. S1.
b. S2.
c. S3.
d. S4.
15. The S2 operates on which of the following special radio nets?
a. Command.
b. Operation and intelligence.
c. Administrative/logistics.
d. Scout platoon.
16. You assist the S3 (operations and training officer) in operations security (OPSEC) by providing him with information concerning the enemy's
a. radio frequencies.
b. collection capabilities.
c. weapons and equipment.
d. maneuver capability.
