UNITED24 - Make a charitable donation in support of Ukraine!

Military


RDL
Homepage

Table of
Contents

Document
Information

Download
Instructions

LESSON 2
PRACTICE EXERCISE

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. If you answer any item incorrectly, review that part of the lesson which contains the portion involved.
SITUATION

You are a maneuver commander in a position preparing the movement to contact in the forward battle area.
 
1. You are planning fire support with the FSO. You plan to employ the use of mortars. In employment of mortars, you must

 A. review distribution of support resources and redistribute accordingly.
B. consider the high-trajectory projectile, which is more easily detected by radar and adversely affected by strong winds.
C. consider delivery restrictions imposed by night and weather.
D. determine if they will be fired within 500 meters of other direct fire weapons.
SITUATION

You are a maneuver company/team leader. You are under attack and must call for fire support.
 
2. You are on the reverse slope of a hill from where your support element is located. The FSO will probably

A. recommend the use of mortars because of your location.
B. provide air support because of its speed.
C. send an attack helicopter because of your position.
D. call for naval gunfire since you are within 30 kilometers of a major body of water.
SITUATION

You are a maneuver commander planning a movement to contact operation. You have planned your fire support with your FSO.
 
3. Together, you have decided that you will use close air support in this operation. The FSCOORD

A. provides planning information on air support to the assistant G3 air for the development of allocation recommendations.
B. decides if CAS can be used while indirect fire weapons are being used at the same time.
C. decides if it will provide destructive or neutralizing fire as opposed to suppressive fire.
D. provides effective results while isolating critical elements in the target area.
SITUATION (questions 4 and 5)

As a maneuver commander, you are planning an operation with the FSO. The S3/G3 and the ALO consider delivery restrictions imposed by air defense.
 
4. When faced with an intense array of surface-to-air missiles and antiaircraft artillery, air support aircraft have several options. The FSCOORD

A. decides whether aircraft armament can achieve the desired result.
B. decides to use low-altitude penetration.
C. provides FIST and O/L personnel to guide the bombs to the targets.
D. provides aircraft which can remain on station until the desired effect has been reached.
5. You are a brigade maneuver commander planning an offensive operation in an area where suspected enemy tanks are located. You coordinate your operation with the FSO and the ALO because you desire to use attack helicopters to soften the attack zone. The FSCOORD coordinates the fire plan, and your brigade gets a platoon of AH-1s. They are

A. selected because they have TOW capability.
B. provided because the ordnance they normally carry is what you need.
C. selected because they have indirect fire capability.
D. provided because of their mobility and capability.
 
SITUATION

You are a company commander. Your element is under attack, at night, by enemy tanks.
 
6. You call for air support so you can withdraw from contact. The FSCOORD coordinates the support and provides you with

A. a company of AH-1s with 30-mm cannon capability.
B. a company of AH-64s with 2.75-inch rockets.
C. AH-1s with 40-mm grenades on board.
D. a platoon of AH-64s with HELLFIRE on board.
You are a brigade commander with elements in contact with the enemy. You and the FSO plan to employ JAAT forces to hold your position.
 
7. The FSCOORD must pass information to the CAS pilots so they can engage the planned target without getting hit by friendly forces' fire at the same time. The FSCOORD

A. provides the relationship of artillery position to impact position for the pilot to compute his attack route.
B. gives the terrain description and artillery firing positions to the pilot.
C. uses the grid coordinates technique, and sends artillery points of impact coordinates to fighter pilots by radio.
D. provides real-time observation to see and avoid artillery danger areas.
SITUATION

You are the brigade commander coordinating with the FSO in planning an attack. The commander has stated he needs maximum firepower for several targets over a short time.
 
8. The commander's guidance has

A. selected the option of joint attack.
B. given you the option of separation by time or altitude.
C. provided you with one option of separation by sector.
D. selected the option of check fire on CAS.
SITUATION (questions 9 and 10)

You are a company element commander. Your element is under attack near coastal waters. You know there is a battleship within range of your location. You contact the forward support element FSO and relay your situation.
 
9. The FSCOORD coordinates the fire support and your company

A. gets several 5-inch/54 rounds in front of your locations.
B. receives AAC rounds close to your location.
C. receives several 16-inch/50 rounds on coordinates given.
D. gets star shell rounds over the enemy position.
10. As a brigade commander, you will often have naval gunfire in direct support of the brigade's operations. The personnel who assist in support from naval gunfire ships are the

A. ABC and the AHLO.
B. FCT and the ANGLICO.
C. FAC and the TACP.
D. AME and the G3 air.