C400 Exam Study Topics Questions & Answers
Question : Movement to contact
CORRECT ANSWER : an offensive task designed to
develop the situation and establish or regain contact creating favorable conditions for subsequent tactical action; commanders conduct this offensive task when the enemy situation is vague or not specific enough to conduct an attack.
Question : Attack
CORRECT ANSWER : an offensive task that destroys or
defeats enemy forces, seizes and secures terrain, or both incorporating coordinated movement supported by fires or on occaision by fires alone; they may be either decisive or shaping operations, hastily or deliberately planned amd executed depending on time available and differ from a movement to contact because, in an attack, the commander knows part of the enemy's disposition.
Question : Exploitation
CORRECT ANSWER : an offensive task that usually
follows the conduct of a successful attack, is designed to disorganize the enemy in depth; seek to disintegrate enemy forces to the point where they have no alternative but surrender or take flight;
Question : Pursuit
CORRECT ANSWER : an offensive task designed to catch
or cut off a hostile force attempting to escape, with the aim of destroying it, normally follows a successful exploitation.However, any offensive task can transition into a pursuit, if enemy resistance has broken down and the enemy is fleeing the battlefield.
(FM 3-90-1, paras 1-3 thru 1-8, pgs 1-1 to 1-2)
Question : Proficiency in the art of command stems from
(select all appropriate responses):
- Years of schooling
- Self-development
- Operational experiences
- Training experiences
CORRECT ANSWER : b. Self-development
- Operational experiences
- Training experiences
Question : Breach
CORRECT ANSWER : Unit employs all available means to
break through or establish a passage through an enemy defense, obstacle, minefield, or fortification
Question : Canalize
CORRECT ANSWER : restricts enemy movement to a
narrow zone by exploiting terrain coupled with the use of obstacles, fires, or friendly maneuver
Question : Disrupt
CORRECT ANSWER : Commander integrates direct and
indirect fires, terrain, and obstacles to upset an enemy's formation or tempo, interrupt his timetable, or cause an
enemy forces to commit prematurely or attack in piecemeal fashion
Question : Fix
CORRECT ANSWER : Commander prevents enemy from
moving any part of his force from a specific location for a specific period
Question : Turn
CORRECT ANSWER : involves forcing an enemy force
from one avenue approach or mobility corridor to another
Question : Block
CORRECT ANSWER : denies enemy access to an area or
prevents his advance in direction or along an avenue of approach