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Practice Exercise
Lesson 3

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.
SITUATION

You are a maneuver element commander in the European theater. Your unit is preparing to conduct a movement to contact operation. You are planning the necessary fire support and preparing the documentation necessary for implementing the required fire support coordination.
 
1. As a maneuver commander, you must plan targets for battle plans with the help of your fire support officer. During this planning stage, you must make map overlays, using target symbols for the different types of targets. The symbol that you use to indicate special ammunition (that is, chemical/nuclear) is
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
2. You are planning artillery support for an infantry company. In planning the support, you have been allocated a platoon of L119 howitzers. You can plan on
A. 20 rounds per minute per artillery piece.
B. 5 rounds per minute per artillery piece.
C. 10 rounds per minute per artillery piece.
D. 1 round per 1.5 seconds per artillery piece.
3. You are planning fire support with your FSO. You have been allocated a battery of towed 155-mm howitzers M114A2s. The maximum rate of fire you can plan on is
A. 4 rounds per minute per piece of equipment.
B. 10 rounds per minute from the battery.
C. 1 round every 1.5 seconds per piece of equipment.
D. 1.5 rounds per minute per piece of equipment.
4. You are coordinating with the FSO for the final protective fires (FPFs) for your operation. The purpose of final protective fire is
A. designed to break off enemy engagement attacks.
B. designated to prevent danger close situations.
C. support at the maximum range of indirect fire weapons.
D. prearranged barrier of fire designated to protect friendly troops.
5. You are planning final protective fires (FPFs) for your operation. You must
A. start impacting fires at 200 meters from the FPF line.
B. correct fires to within 50 meters of the FPF line.
C. announce "danger close" before starting the fire support.
D. identify the grid the friendly troops are in.
6. You are planning the fire support for your operation with the FSO. You have a coordinated fire line (CFL) 200 meters to your front, established by the brigade commander. This line is established
A. to restrict fires beyond the line.
B. to open up the area in front to fire support.
C. as a boundary for your assigned mission.
D. as a zone boundary for your fire support.
7. You and the FSO are planning fire support which includes direct, indirect, and air support fires at the same time. For aircraft to maneuver through an area which has direct and indirect fires, the aircraft pilots must be
A. provided the coordinates of the airspace coordination area.
B. provided map overlays of the mission area.
C. voice-guided through the area by forward observers.
D. provided the coordinates of all firing elements.
8. You are developing an operation order (OPORD) for the mission. After completion of the OPORD, you
A. distribute it to the Air Force, Navy, and ADA units.
B. distribute it to the supported maneuver unit, supporting ADA unit, and USAF unit.
C. disseminate it to ANGLICO, Army Aviation unit, and USAF supporting unit.
D. disseminate it to FSCOORD, direct support FA, and other fire support means/representatives.
9. You are instructing several new company commanders in procedures for preparing an OPORD. You tell them they should not
A. describe each target in the plan.
B. develop the fire support plan for your element.
C. include how-to-implement instructions to the fire support agencies.
D. include the coordinates of the targets in the OPORD.