Military Operations and Fire Support Elements Practice Test

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• Effect portion describes?
• What is the purpose of the Deliver function?
• Which statement best describes a Measure of Performance (MOP)?
• Who serves as the FSCOORD at the theater echelon?
• What do Army, Navy, and USMC surface-to-surface indirect fires include?
• Which of the following is NOT an objective of tactical fire direction?
• Which of the following is NOT typically considered a Target Acquisition asset?
• What is defeat in detail?
• What is targeting?
• Joint Fires Observer (JFO) is a certified and qualified Service member who requests, controls, and adjusts surface-to-surface fires; provides targeting information in support of CAS; and performs terminal guidance operations. A JFO cannot perform terminal attack control of CAS and does not replace a qualified JTAC or FAC(A).
• What is the composition of the Battalion Fire Support Element?
• Three dimensions used to understand Fire Support effectiveness?
• What major targeting products are developed during the Decide function?
• Which statement captures the operational and fire support considerations associated with stability mechanisms?
• What is a Fire Support plan?
• What are the major capabilities of Field Artillery attack/delivery systems?
• Which item is essential to ensure the firing unit's position is known accurately for predicted fires?
• What does the Fire Support Coordinator (FSCOORD) do?
• What does an operational approach provide?
• What does D3A stand for?
• What does Support mean as a stability mechanism?
• TAIs cannot exist outside an NAI because they are linked to which elements?
• During a Fire Support backbrief, what should the FSCOORD cover at a minimum?
• What is the primary role of the Field Artillery Brigade Fire Support Element (FAB FSE)?
• Which term describes coordinated use of joint and Army capabilities to defeat enemy forces and consolidate gains?
• What is Field Artillery?
• What is the role of the Field Artillery in operations?
• Who has the authority and responsibility to engage targets?
• What does the Joint Air-Ground Integration Center (JAGIC) do?
• Which phrase is listed as one of the nine imperatives of operations?
• Which capability best describes Field Artillery attack/delivery systems' primary role?
• What does the Theater Fires Command (TFC) do?
• Synthesis: Which statement best describes Task, Purpose, and Method?
• What is the overall aim of SEAD and counterfire integration in combat operations?
• Which statement best defines clearance of fires?
• What two Fire Support procedures does FM 3-09 identify as critical for all FS planners to understand?
• Which factor must engagement decisions adhere to when authority is delegated during LSCO?
• What is the goal of every FSCOORD?
• Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) is defined as which of the following?
• Which Fire Support element can augment a corps FSE as needed?
• Fire Support Logic Chart is driven by which process?
• Which of the following is included as a requirement for accurate predicted fires?
• What are the Fire Support system elements?
• Which principle requires the use of Fire Support Coordination Measures (FSCMs)?
• Which statement best describes the relationship between rehearsals and wargaming?
• Which of the following is a requirement for accurate predicted fires?
• What does the Combat Aviation Brigade Fire Support Element do?
• What helps facilitate positive clearance of fires?
• Isolate defeat mechanism
• Fire Support consideration for Supporting Effort?
• Which position serves as the senior fires staff officer at echelons above corps who advises the commander on the best use of fires resources?
• What is the purpose of Fire Support Elements (FSEs) and fires cells?
• Why are multiple defeat mechanisms often used together?
• Which organization acts as the senior Army liaison with the air component and is co-located with the joint or combined AOC?
• Which factor is included among the five requirements for accurate predicted fires?
• What is an Attack Guidance Matrix (AGM)?
• Can Field Artillery ever be placed in reserve?
• What does the Counterfire Headquarters Command Post do?
• Isolate meaning
• Which statement correctly differentiates MOE from MOP?
• What describes target engagement authority?
• What targeting process is used for joint systems as appropriate?
• What does position survivability considerations emphasize?
• What is indirect fire?
• Which model is commonly used to build an operational framework that organizes forces into a main effort, supporting effort, and reserve?
• What is an operational framework?
• Which item is included among the five requirements for accurate predicted fires?
• Which factor must be precisely known to ensure the firing unit is correctly positioned for predicted fires?
• Who is the permanently assigned coordinating staff officer on the TFC, corps, and division staff who oversees FS personnel, working groups and boards, and the JAGIC when formed?
• What is reactive counterfire?
• Cross-domain asset leveraging
• What is a command-and-control system?
• What is the Fire Support consideration for Reserve?
• During LSCO, to what level should target engagement authority be delegated?
• Who is the FSCOORD for the division?
• Which statement best describes operational and fire support considerations for risk?
• What is a cyberspace attack?
• Who is the FSCOORD for the corps?
• Which of the following is a principle of Fire Support execution?
• For Account for being under constant observation and forms of enemy contact, which is a Fire Support consideration?
• Stability mechanisms and civilians
• When is Fire Support most effective?
• Who is responsible for command, control, and coordination of the Fire Support system?
• What is a Named Area of Interest (NAI)?
• Which statement about cyberspace attacks is accurate?
• Which is one of the three models commonly used to build an operational framework?
• Which principle calls for using the most effective Fire Support means?
• The Fire Support Sergeant is the senior enlisted assistant to the company FSO and performs the FSO's duties in their absence. The FS Sergeant advises the FSO on allocation and tasking of observers and trains the FIST and FOs in applicable FS tactics and techniques.
• The BN FSO is the senior FA staff officer at the supported BN or aviation BN; advises the BN commander on Fire Support planning and employment considerations; and plans, prepares, executes, and assesses all FS for BN operations.
• What are the major characteristics of mortars?
• What happens to targeting products during COA analysis/wargaming?
• What is tactical fire direction?
• The Forward Observer (FO) is the Fire Support representative for the maneuver platoon. The FO's primary duty is to accurately locate targets, then call for and adjust Fire Support.
• Purpose portion describes?
• In deep operations, which enemy structures and systems are targeted to meet the commander's intent?
• Which entity provides C2 of assigned strategic fires capabilities and integrates theater fires assets?
• What is technical fire direction?
• Which officer coordinates with intelligence elements to provide input to the development, nomination, and prioritization of high-value targets; assists with target development, HPTL and AGM development, target value analysis, NAI/TAI development, and is primarily responsible for developing target selection standards?
• The Brigade FSO is the senior FA staff officer responsible for planning, preparing, and executing all aspects of Fire Support for BCT operations.
• Which of the following is NOT a major proactive counterfire measure?
• What are the three major components of combat assessment?
• What does the Corps Fire Support Element do?
• Which statement reflects a Depth planning focus on targeting priority systems?
• What best summarizes Fire Support considerations across operations?
• When the Fire Support Coordination Officer (FSCOORD) is not present, which officer performs the duties of the FSCOORD?
• Which statement describes using the lowest echelon capable of furnishing effective support?
• Windows of opportunity
• Which stability mechanism is described as enforcing compliance with mandates or civil authority through lethal means?
• What is the purpose of MLRS and HIMARS?
• What is the purpose of the Assess function?
• What is a backbrief?
• What is the purpose of clearance of fires?
• Which of the following is a principle of Fire Support planning and coordination?
• What is a High-Payoff Target (HPT)?
• Which stability mechanism refers to altering opinions, attitudes, and ultimately behavior of foreign, friendly, neutral, and threat audiences through messages, presence, and actions?
• What are examples of Target Acquisition assets?
• What are the Field Artillery core competencies?
• What is the major difference between proactive and reactive counterfire?
• How does the Fires Warfighting Function contribute to information activities?
• What does the Brigade Combat Team Fire Support Element do?
• Which statement reflects a Depth Fire Support consideration?
• Which statement describes deception in support of operations security?
• What is command and control (C2)?
• What is the primary purpose of the Attack Guidance Matrix?
• How do space capabilities support Fire Support?
• In anticipating transitions, which action best reflects planning for branches, sequels, and significant operational changes such as Offense, Defense, and Stability?
• Operational and fire support considerations associated with defeat mechanisms
• Which statement describes focusing on target systems rather than large formations?
• What is the law of war?
• Dislocate meaning
• Which documents reflect the approved Field Artillery task organization?
• Which statement about the five information activities is incorrect?
• What is a key consideration when designating, weighting, and sustaining the main effort?
• Which document is a product of the Decide function?
• Which item is essential to ensure the firing unit's position is known accurately for predicted fires?
• What is the goal of proactive counterfire?
• Which action designates, weights, and sustains the main effort by ensuring appropriate support, flexibility, and the most effective fire support means?
• Which of the following is a phase of the joint targeting cycle?
• Danger Close is announced for mortars or artillery when the predicted impact of a round or shell is within how many meters of friendly troops?
• Which tools are used to determine task accomplishment and whether the desired effects were created?
• What three things do commanders consider when describing an operational approach?
• What is the purpose of the Detect function?
• What is Air Interdiction (AI)?
• In Fire Support considerations for Deep Operations, which objective is emphasized to deliver timely support?
• What are Fires?
• Which statement best describes a Measure of Effectiveness (MOE)?
• Which statement best summarizes the commanders' considerations when describing an operational approach?
• How is a core competency defined?
• What is the relationship between an NAI and a TAI?
• What is the basic principle of Army SEAD operations?
• What is an information activity?
• Which option is NOT one of the Army's four strategic roles?
• Which term is an element of combat power alongside Fires, Intelligence, and Protection?
• What is an Essential Fire Support Task (EFST)?
• What are the three major proactive counterfire measures?
• The Fire Support plan integrates which elements?
• For Convergence, which Fire Support consideration is emphasized?
• What does an effective Fire Support plan focus on?
• What is a Target Area of Interest (TAI)?
• What is the difference between a target and a suspected target under TSS?
• Which of the following is a requirement for accurate predicted fires?
• Imperatives are defined as which of the following?
• Which officer oversees counterfire operations and manages requests to higher for effects outside organic capability?
• The Army targeting process is integrated with which processes?
• What does the Battlefield Coordination Detachment (BCD) do?
• During orders production, which items are finalized?
• EFSTs stand for Essential Fire Support Tasks. EFSTs intended to accomplish what?
• Which statement best describes the capability of the Company/troop Fire Support Team (FIST)?
• Which statement best describes the Fire Support Coordinator's primary responsibility?
• Which stability mechanism involves imposing civil order?
• Munitions Effectiveness Assessment (MEA) evaluates which of the following?
• Destroy meaning
• Which function executes Fire Support Tasks against targets in accordance with the Attack Guidance Matrix and Target Synchronization Matrix?
• Which statement best describes zone management?
• What targeting process is normally used for Army organic systems?
• Which statement correctly describes the relationship between NAI and TAI?
• What is combat assessment?
• Which system delivers a large volume of fires quickly against high-priority targets at greater ranges?
• Which statement best describes the primary purpose of NAIs?
• What are the five information activities?
• Which component of combat assessment focuses on whether changes to delivery parameters are required?
• Who is responsible for direction of the Fire Support system?
• Under Target Selection Standards, nominations are categorized into which two groups?
• Which process includes MDMP and targeting?
• Danger Close announced for naval surface fires when the predicted impact is within how many meters of friendly troops?
• In Close Operations, which factor should be weighed to optimize Fire Support coordination?
• What does the Joint Fires Element (JFE) do?
• Which element develops targets for attack and coordinates allocated fires for the division?
• Disintegration reference field manual?
• Which of the following is included as a requirement for accurate predicted fires?
• Which statement correctly describes mortars?
• What is the purpose of defining MOPs and MOEs in an operation?
• Which practice involves implementing hot/cold cycles for FDCs, radars, and firing units to allow rest and maintenance?
• How does the commander employ lethal and nonlethal capabilities?
• What does the Joint Force Land Component Fires Cell do?
• For Agility, which Fire Support consideration is emphasized?
• Which space capability is commonly used to provide timing and navigation for fires?
• What does the Division Artillery (DIVARTY) Command Post do?
• What happens when fires are not pre-cleared or allowed by a permissive FSCM?
• In Rear Operations, what is a primary Fire Support consideration?
• Fire Support inherently is?
• Who is the FSCOORD for the brigade combat team (BCT)?
• Which option correctly represents the items the FSCOORD should cover in the Fire Support backbrief?
• For See Yourself, See the Enemy, and Understand the OE, which Fire Support consideration applies?
• Air Interdiction (AI) is defined as...
• How is the Fire Support plan refined?
• Who recommends the command and support relationships of Field Artillery units?
• Which of the following is a type of rehearsal used in fire support planning?
• Which FS measure is used to impose multiple dilemmas on the enemy through deception?
• What are the three types of deception conducted or supported by Army forces?
• Which officer assists with high-value target development, target value analysis, and NAI/TAI development?
• Which role is responsible for planning, preparing, executing, and assessing all Fire Support for company operations?
• In what spirit must Fire Support always be conducted?
• Where is the Fire Support plan found in an OPLAN or OPORD?
• What does the Task portion describe?
• In the context of evaluating operations, MOPs and MOEs are used to gauge what?
• Which of the following is one of the four types of rehearsals?
• What is Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD)?
• What are the objectives of tactical fire direction?
• Who is the audience for a backbrief?
• Which document contains Annex D FIRES?
• Who approves the Field Artillery task organization?
• What are the three categories of SEAD?
• In defense, which combination should be established to support units?
• What does the Division Fire Support Element do?
• What are the two means of executing SEAD?
• What are Multidomain Operations?
• Which component focuses on whether changes to delivery parameters are required?
• What are the four Fire Support functions?
• When should the Fire Support rehearsal and FA technical rehearsal occur?
• What is the maximum correction distance allowed when using creeping fire during Danger Close missions?
• How does the Army targeting process relate to the operations process?
• Which set of four tenets defines operations?
• Method portion describes?
• What action supports Endurance by protection planning?
• Which term refers to a crucial element of the Fire Support plan that must be accomplished for mission success?
• What are the four major categories of Fire Support attack/delivery capabilities?
• Three elements used to develop the Method of an EFST?
• NAIs, EAs, and TAIs are established to support units in which phase of operations?
• Are rehearsals a replacement for wargaming?
• What is the scheme of fires?
• What is Danger Close?
• What are Target Selection Standards (TSS)?
• Fire Support consideration for Main Effort?
• NOT an element of combat power?
• When should the Assessment Working Group meet in relation to the Targeting Working Group for the upcoming targeting cycle?
• What is the purpose of Field Artillery Command Posts (FA CPs)?
• What is the purpose of the Decide function?
• What best describes Close Air Support (CAS)?
• Which factor is included among the five requirements for accurate predicted fires?
• Which of the following is a phase of the joint targeting cycle?
• What is a fire order?
• Which planning tool is used to account for civil considerations such as NFAs and RFAs?
• During COA analysis/wargaming, which item is refined and a matrix developed?
• What does the Battalion Fire Support Element provide?
• What is risk in the operational approach?
• Which statement defines Fire Support?
• Planning approach for refining Fire Support plan?
• In Fire Support considerations for Assigned Areas, what is a primary objective?
• Who is responsible for standardizing training for Field Artillery units assigned, attached, or placed under the division's OPCON?
• Which position provides input to necessary orders as the senior fires staff officer at echelons above corps?
• What is Fire Support planning?
• What is Target Acquisition in military terms?
• What are the critical processes for Fire Support personnel?
• What are NAIs used for?
• What does disintegrate mean?
• What does the Operational Fires Command (OFC) do?
• What does the Multidomain Task Force All Domain Operations Center (ADOC) do?
• Which statement reflects furnishing the requested Fire Support?
• The four stability mechanisms
• What is a target as defined in target acquisition terms?
• Which concept defines how fires enable the supported force actions by specifying effects, timing, and delivery?
• In anticipating transitions, which environmental factor should be understood for transitions?
• Which scenario requires a larger Danger Close radius?
• What is the purpose of the Assessment Working Group?
• Who is the Fire Support Coordinator (FSCOORD)?
• When planning to defeat enemy forces, which target sets should be prioritized?
• Create and exploit positions of physical, information, and human advantage, what is a core Fire Support consideration?
• Which officer drives the targeting process and is the technical SME on Army and joint targeting, participating in MDMP to develop the HPTL, AGM, and target synchronization matrix; recommends WLR guidance; oversees counterfire operations; and manages requests to higher for effects outside organic capability?
• Which Fire Support element leads the targeting working group in coordination with the S-3, S-2, and commander?
• When does targeting occur?
• Army's four strategic roles?
• What is the purpose of the Target Synchronization Matrix?
• Assessments related to defeat mechanisms
• Which statement is true about the DIVARTY's role within the division?
• What does the Field Artillery Brigade Command Post (FAB CP) do?
• Which information activities does the Fires Warfighting Function contribute to?
• Which command post is responsible for developing Fire Support plans and ensuring the available firepower supports the division concept of operations?
• Which statement accurately describes targeting process usage for Army organic vs joint systems?
• Which statement about the five information activities is false?
• A reattack recommendation is best described as which of the following?
• Which of the following is one of the five requirements for accurate predicted fires?
• Which element is listed as one of the five requirements for accurate predicted fires?
• What does the Force Field Artillery Headquarters (FFA HQ) Command Post do?
• What is the objective of Field Artillery organization for combat?
• Which option best represents an imperatives-related question where the correct choice is clearly not an imperative?
• Which item below is essential for predicting fires and is one of the five requirements?
• What is an operational approach?
• What are the characteristics of Fire Support?
• The Company FSO works for the company/troop commander during combat operations to accomplish all EFSTs. The FSO develops the FS plan based on the commander's guidance and plans, prepares, executes, and assesses all FS for company operations.
• Which statement best describes site analysis?
• In military operations, a defeat mechanism is defined as
• Which category of High Payoff Target List (HPTL) is used to organize targeting priorities?
• Which statement about the relationship between the Field Artillery commander and the supported commander is correct?
• What is Fire Support coordination?
• Which of the following statements is a principle of Fire Support planning and coordination?
• Which is a key element in Endurance Fire Support considerations?
• What do commanders consider when determining how much risk to accept?
• What are the inherent limitations of Field Artillery units?
• Which tactic helps deny the enemy a permissive fires environment?
• Which element serves as the central clearing house for planning, coordinating, and synchronizing Fire Support for the supported commander?
• Which element coordinates, synchronizes, and employs surface-to-surface fires across corps operations?
• Which of these is one of the five requirements for accurate predicted fires?
• How does the Fire Support system operate as a single entity?
• Which activity helps better understand the complexity of the operational environment?
• What is proactive counterfire?
• Stability mechanism
• What adjustment method is used during Danger Close mortar and artillery missions?
• What does the Company Fire Support Team (FIST) do?
• What does a permissive FSCM allow?
• To identify high-payoff targets, what approach should be used across domains?
• Which statement about EFSTs is true?
• Which statement best summarizes how NAIs and TAIs contribute to target planning?
• What is the Fire Support consideration for FSCMs and ACMs across operations in the assigned area?
• Which of the following are commonly used measures in the Decide function?
• Which of the following is a requirement for accurate predicted fires?