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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 have been assigned to the 210th Infantry Division. The division has been deployed to Germany in support of NATO operations against the Orange forces. You will be assigned various command and staff positions throughout your tour with the division in order to make maximum use of your training.

PART I
1. As a battalion S3, you coordinate plans with the fire support officer. In addressing fire support for the offensive, the FSCOORD should

 A. emphasize the limitations of fire support immediately available.
B. focus on fire support tasks, command and control, and coordination and planning.
C. concentrate on selecting appropriate ammunition and weapons systems.
2. You are a company commander about to participate in a movement to contact. You are planning fire support for your missions with the FSO. As part of your plan, you

A. provide immediately responsive fires to the leading element.
B. concentrate fires on potential enemy reinforcements.
C. establish targets to deceive and divert the enemy away from your route.
3. As the S3 of a maneuver battalion, you must plan fire support for an exploitation operation. Exploitation is

A. pursuit of a retreating enemy force.
B. conducted to prevent enemy reconstitution of forces.
C. planned against a well organized defense.
PART II
4. As an infantry battalion S3, you, with the FSO, plan fire support for defensive operations. One of the main aspects of AirLand Battle is initiative. With initiative, your unit can

A. suppress enemy antitank weapons.
B. blend all resources into a defensive operation.
C. shift from the defensive to the offensive.
5. Your battalion is on the defensive. The battalion commander has provided guidance for the fire support mission. As the S3, in coordination with the FSO, you plan integrated fire support to

A. target enemy command posts and logistical centers.
B. provide fires to protect secondary avenues of approach priority.
C. force enemy armor to button up and slow down.
6. As the maneuver battalion S3, you, along with the FSCOORD, are planning fire support for a defensive operation in the main battle area. Fires are

A. provided to harass and prevent the enemy from advancing.
B. planned to separate infantry from armor.
C. established for interdiction of enemy air space.
PART III
7. You are an infantry commander conducting operations in urban terrain. Your lead elements come upon resistance and call for fire support. Among tall buildings, you expect the FSO to normally

A. employ mortars due to their high trajectory.
B. use M109 or M110 howitzers due to crew protection.
C. employ SP howitzers/guns due to their mobility.
8. You are a maneuver company commander preparing to move elements to another location. To obscure the enemy vision, you coordinate with the FSCOORD to

A. provide immediate smoke.
B. give you deliberate smoke.
C. supply quick smoke.
9. You are an S3 of a maneuver battalion planning for a movement to contact during limited visibility. After coordination with the FSO and determining that the area concerned has greater width than depth, you will normally be

A. provided two-gun illumination lateral spread.
B. given illumination range spread.
C. provided one-gun illumination.
10. You are a company commander given a mission for a deliberate attack. You must move across an open area and are considering the use of smoke to obscure the enemy's observation. Therefore, you

A. ask for obscuring smoke.
B. request a smoke blanket.
C. call for screening smoke.