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The following items will test your grasp of the material covered in this lesson. There is only one correct answer for each multiple-choice question. To change a response to a multiple-choice question, simply click on a different radio button. To change a response in the matching question, "overwrite" you initial response. When you have completed the exercise, PRINT THIS PAGE and check your answers with the answer key. If you answer any item incorrectly, study again that part of the lesson which contains the portion involved.

 

1.  Which statement best describes Order of Battle Intelligence?

 a. Is produced only in time of war and is primarily concerned with organization and disposition of military forces.

b. Is concerned only with enemy or potential enemy forces.

c. Includes intelligence on any military force.

d. Should never include allied or friendly military forces.

 

2.  Match the indicator with the OB category. [NOTE: Insert you response(s) in the text box aligned with the "indicator". If more than one response applies, separate the numbers by a "comma", for example, "1,4".
INDICATOR OB CATEGORY
A. Uniforms  1. Composition.
B. Unit training 2. Disposition.
C. Salvage 3. Strength.
D. Unit location 4. Tactics.
E. National characteristics of the people 5. Training.
F. Unit name, type, and size 6. Logistics.
G. Morale 7.Combat effectiveness.
H. Personality data  8.Electronic technical data.
I. Radio frequency 9.Miscellaneous data.
J. Tactical doctrine
K. Procurement
L. Personnel strength
M. Tactical deployment
N. Transmission characteristics

 

3.  How is OB information used?

 a. To determine the capabilities, vulnerabilities and probable course(s) of action of a military force.

b. To determine which of the OB factors should be given the highest priority.

c. To determine how the weather and terrain will affect our operations.

d. To determine the capability of a nation's industrial base to support military operations.

 

4.   When developing OB intelligence, what must the OB analyst remember?

 a. The disposition of enemy forces is the most OB factor to be considered.

b. The factor of composition has priority over the other factors.

c. No one or more OB factors be given higher priority, all of equal importance.

d. Enemy organization strength is the key to be considered as an operation is begun.

 

5.   How do order of battle personnel within the G2 section function?

 a. Intelligence production agencies.

b. Imagery interpreters for the OB officer.

c. Information collection personnel.

d. Interrogators when attached to a battalion.

 

SITUATION: You have received a series of messages and are prepared to categorize them according to the appropriate OB factors. Questions 6 through 9 are based on this situation.

6.  A patrol has reported finding the bodies of 10 enemy troops in a minefield. Documents on the bodies indicate they were members of the 40th MRR, (BMP), 128th MRD. Which OB factor would this information most apply?

 a. Tactics.

b. Miscellaneous data.

c. Strength.

d. Logistics.

 

7.   An air observation post (OP) reports sighting approximately 30 enemy tanks in the vicinity of Hill 400. (A full- strength tank battalion has 31 tanks.) To which OB factor would this information most apply?

 a. Tactics.

b. Training.

c. Logistics.

d. Disposition.

 

8.   A report from a confidential source locates an enemy motor park of about 40 to 50 trucks in the vicinity of bench mark 300. To which OB factor would this information most apply?

 a. Logistics.

b. Unit identification.

c. Training.

d. Combat effectiveness.

 

9.  A patrol reports seeing about 25 enemy soldiers digging fighting positions and laying minefields on the forward slopes of Hill 600. To which OB factor would this information most apply?

 a. Tactics.

b. Composition.

c. Miscellaneous.

d. Strength.

 

10.   Which two OB factors are closely related?

 a. Training and Combat Effectiveness.

b. Strength and composition.

c. Strength and Tactics.

d. Logistics and Training.

 

11.   Which OB factor would cover information about the 14th combined arms Army being committed to combat for two consecutive months:

 a. Training.

b. Logistics.

c. Tactics.

d. Combat effectiveness.

 

12.   Which of the following is a key item in the development of OB intelligence?

 a. Location of the enemy units.

b. Organization of the enemy units.

c. Identity of the enemy units.

d. Movement of the enemy units.

 

13.   What is tactical doctrine?

a. The adoption of a course of action.

b. Combat effectiveness of an enemy's unit.

c. Tactical deployment of an enemy unit.

d. The enemy's accepted principles of organization and use of forces for the conduct of operations.

 

Exercise ANSWER KEY