SEJPME II Complete
The four categories of support are _____.
General, Mutual, Direct, and close
The _____ is responsible for conducting military operations to assist in the implementation of emergency action plans.
Geographic Combatant Commander
For what can training exercises serve as "surrogate?"
for actual execution of a plan
Which of the following is an example of a measure of effectiveness (MOE) indicator?
forces or civilians injured
Which of the following headquarters organization options provide a better focus on a specific mission area, such as theater security cooperation?
functional organization
During civil Support operations the DoD operates under existing structures and procedures that are in place for incident management that are defined in:
the National incident management system (NIMS) and the National response framework (NRF)
The ability of the U.S. to achieve its national strategic objectives is dependent on the effectiveness of the U.S. government in employing the instruments of national power, which are _____.
Diplomatic, Informational, Military, and Economic
The _____ stage of the commanders decision cycle is facilitated by the commanders intent; CCIRs also assist the JFC HQ in this role.
Direct
What "pillar(s)" of the common user logistics "bridge" gives the combatant commander the flexibility to organize resources within theater according to operational needs?
Directive authority for logistics (DAFL)
Identify the national intelligence member that has overall responsibility for intelligence support to the president and the day to day management of the intelligence community.
Director of National Intelligence
Which of the following national intelligence leadership positions advises the Secretary of Defense and Deputy Secretary of Defense, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, combatant commanders (CCDRs), and USD(I) on all matters concerning military and military related intelligence?
Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency
Successful mission command demands that subordinate leaders at all echelons exercise _____.
Disciplined initiative
Which of the following is one of the four pillars of the "Use of Force" under the Law of War?
Distinction Unnecessary suffering Military Necessity Proportionality ***ALL The Above
The first-ever National Defense Strategy (NDS) was initiated by Secretary of Defense (SecDef) Rumsfeld in 2005, and then updated in 2008 by SecDef Gates. However in 2012, SecDef Panetta released Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense, sometimes referred to as the _____, and widely understood to be the replacement for the NDS. This strategic document was written to identify defense priorities in the face of budget cuts.
Do not use--- National Security Strategy
This phase's success depends on overmatching enemy capabilities at the critical time and place
Dominate
Joint intelligence planning supports joint operation planning and results in the production of what three products?
Dynamic Threat Assessment Annex B: Intelligence National intelligence support plan
_____ are the broad and enduring purposes for which the Services and the Combatant commands (or CCMDs) were established by law.
Roles
Which of the following describes the role of the measure of performance (MOP) in conducting assessments?
Straight forward and is drawn directly from assigned tasks in the plan
_____ plans are synchronized with a farther reaching plan to enhance the efficiency of execution in the event that they are required to complete a given mission.
Subordinate Campaign
These commands are established by Combatant Commanders when authorized by the SecDef through the CJCS to conduct operations on a continuing basis in accordance with the criteria set forth for Unified Commands. They may be established on a geographic area basis such as Special Operations Command, Pacific.
Subordinate Unified Commands
______ provides managed materiel inventories that are determined through deliberate collaboration with maintenance and distribution providers to optimize the end effect of the supply chain to the warfighter
Supply
The command authority established by a superior commander between subordinate commanders when one organization should aid, protect, compliment, or sustain another force is called_____.
Support
Which of the following can be describes as the most powerful command relationship in terms of gaining access to additional capabilities?
Support
Operational Control (OPCON)
The authority to perform those functions of command over subordinate forces involving organizing and employing commands and forces, assigning tasks...
How can headquarters staff personnel effectively deal with the challenge of unplanned demands from higher headquarters that may affect the battle rhythm?
The battle rhythm must be sufficiently flexible to provide the support to the commander in dealing with the event, and still be able to function in the commander's absence.
What important constraints must the staff consider in order to craft the best assessment products for the commander
The staff must understand how the commander wants to get the information, and must ensure clear connections between the objectives and the metrics they are using.
Which statement describes the difference between the responsibilities of the supported combatant commander (CCDR) and the supporting CCDR?
The supported CCDR builds and validates force and movement requirements, whereas the supporting CCDR reports force movement requirements data.
A supporting commander's missions may not always align with the supported commander's priorities. What best practice addresses this problem?
The supporting commander should recognize that the support he or she provides to the supported commander may have an even higher priority than his or her own missions. He/she should address to both the supported commander and/or establishing authority any real or perceived risks to planned or ongoing missions.
Which of the following statements best describes the benefits of establishing a sustainment team concept in the organization?
The sustainment team concept helps synchronize and coordinate sustainment functions, maximizes information sharing, and fosters unity of effort across the staff.
Which of the following statements is true regarding organizing the various staff sections as a sustainment team?
The sustainment team should always be organized under the oversight of a deputy commanding general - support (DCG-S).
Which of the following is NOT a true statement about the targeting phases?
The targeting cycle facilitates selecting and prioritizing a broad range of "targets" only for lethal actions.
Which of the following statements best describes the renewed focus on the term design?
The value of design as a complementary concept to planning has grown significantly in recent years. It includes more commander-led direction concluding with some form of operational approach.
To effectively accomplish its goal, the _____ must maintain near real time situational awareness of critical communications system nodes.
Theater Network Operations Control Center
What level of intelligence supports joint operations across the range of military operations in an area of responsibility and determines the current and future capabilities of adversaries that could affect the national security and U.S. or allied interests?
Theater Strategic
The relationship between the SYSCON and the JNCC is
Control
The concept of "jointness" must be advanced through continual joint force development efforts. What does that statement imply?
"Jointness" is not an automatic Service state of being.
What critical role can health service support (HSS) play in shaping the future operational environment?
"Soft power" and health diplomacy to assist in preventing future conflict/violence
The usage of what type of relationship is often a framework for perspective in the relationships between military and civilian agencies?
"supported" and "supporting"
The Joint Operational Planning Process, which is used during deliberate planning to produce both contingency and campaign plans, is comprised of the following steps:
***NOT*** Determine and Analyze Operational Limitations; Determine the JFC's Specified, Implied, and Essential Tasks; Develop a Mission Statement; Conduct Initial Force Allocation Review; and Develop Risk Assessment
Which of the following are tasks that the J2 performs? (Select all that apply)
***NOT*** -Analyze the Adversary and other relevant aspects of the operational environment -Ensure that critical intelligence is disseminated appropriately in a timely manner to the joint force commanders, Staff, and components
What is the purpose of dynamic targeting? (Select all that apply.)
***NOT*** 1. The comprehensive prosecution of known and unknown targets to the greatest effects of lethal and nonlethal fires 2. The management and prosecution of planned targets as plans change
The purpose of the personnel estimate is to _____. (Select all that apply.)
***NOT*** 1. apportion forces to the combatant commander 2. identify the most appropriate forces that best meet the SecDef's requirements 3. develop the most effective solution to a problem 4. collect and analyze relevant information
The commander and his staff must work to clearly display objectives and end states by phase, demonstrating explicitly their incorporation of what elements of design? (Select all that apply.)
***NOT*** 1. arranging operations (through phasing) 2. lines of effort 3. end state 4. logistics
A logistics synchronization matrix allows joint logistician to monitor progress by which two of the following?
***NOT*** 1. displaying the logistician's critical tasks 2. displaying the timeline in which the logistician must complete tasks 3. displaying the logistician's responsibilities for integration 4. displaying the level of risk in which the logistician must operate
In the case of Haiti, Gen Fraser (USSOUTHCOM Commander), his staff and components had little time to react to the immediate life-saving requirements demanded by the operational environment. As time passed, the design was refined through which of the following action(s)? (Select all that apply)
***NOT*** 1. external stakeholders 2. awareness through internal efforts
Which of the following, concerning mission, command highlights the importance of commander's intent? (Select all that apply.)
***NOT*** 1. helps guide subordinate and supporting commanders actions to achieve the commander's desired results absent further orders 2. fuses understanding, assigned mission, and understanding to subordinates
Commanders have recognized the need for some form of staff organization that can _____ to inform or influence the audiences in support of desired outcomes. (Select all that apply.)
***NOT*** 1. remain passive in the information environment 2. craft the themes and messages 3. synchronize actions, words, and images
For the execution of a successful communication strategy, staff synchronization _____. (Select all that apply.)
***NOT*** 1. requires cross-talk and cross-representation 2. breaks down staff planning into clearly defined major subsets 3. integrates products 4. does not impact actions, words, and images 5. relies on informed commander's guidance 6. begins at the execution phase of operations
"Co-creation of context" refers to _____. (Select all that apply.)
***NOT*** 1. the simultaneous development of a fuller situational understanding across echelons of command 2. stakeholders leveraging each other's unique viewpoints and perspectives 3. the impact of operations as it relates to battlespace operations
What can operational commanders do to directly support the empowerment of subordinates to further enable agility and flexibility?
***NOT*** 4. all of the answers are correct
What is a high-value target?
***NOT*** A loss to the enemy that will significantly contribute to the success of the friendly course of action
During Crisis Action Planning, the staff uses the Joint Force Commander's initial planning guidance, intent statement, CCIR, and revised mission statement to support COA _____.
***NOT*** Analysis
At the tactical level, rules of engagement (ROE) are tied to the _____.
***NOT*** Battle Rhythm
The _____ is led by the defense attache and managed by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).
***NOT*** Chief of Mission Office or SDO
During this activity in the joint intelligence process raw data is converted into forms that can be readily used by commanders, decision makers at all levels, intelligence analysts, and other consumers.
***NOT*** Collection
_____ establish liaison cells at all levels of command. These focus on issues, planning, and consensus-building.
***NOT*** Coordination Elements
Automation technology can be used to reduce the burden of sorting through large amounts of _____ to enable an analyst to correlate various sets of _____ to make an assessment.
***NOT*** Data, Intelligence
Which of the following key global providers is responsible for providing common user and commercial air, land, and sea transportation, terminal management, and aerial refueling to support the global deployment, employment, sustainment, and redeployment of U.S. forces?
***NOT*** Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)/Services
Poor infrastructure and distribution, political instability, and chronic poverty will lead to exacerbated malnourishment in parts of Central Asia, and thus establishing a secure food source is a high priority for the region. This is a crisis of _____.
***NOT*** Demographics
Which of the following statements about design and planning is well-grounded doctrine and is taught extensively at Joint military educational institutions?
***NOT*** Design enriches planning, but planning does not enrich design.
Stripping away enemy support and freedom of action through information operations and lines of communications, is an action in the _____ phase.
***NOT*** Dominate
A forward deployed force and prepositioned assets, forces with organic movement capability, significantly contribute to the _____ of response.
***NOT*** Flexibility
_____ emphasizes planning for the next phase of operations or sequels to the current operation.
***NOT*** Future operations plans
This intelligence product category results from the fusion of identity attributes and other information and intelligence associated with those attributes collected across all intelligence disciplines
***NOT*** General military intelligence
What APEX function determines the final action(s) that should be taken within a completed plan?
***NOT*** IPR R
The Joint Force Commander's Initial _____ is refined at the end of the mission analysis process.
***NOT*** Initial Courses of Action
Which of the following roles must be well versed with timelines required to complete a required product and able to obtain the aid of external resources in acquiring needed intelligence?
***NOT*** Intelligence Analysts
If the crisis revolves around _____ to a regional partner, combat commanders employ joint forces to deter aggression and signal U.S. commitment.
***NOT*** Internal conflict
The _____ serves as the JFC's principal organization to draft the commanders information dissemination policy and coordinates information management functions within the joint force.
***NOT*** Joint Information management board
Which of the following is a non-traditional information resource?
***NOT*** National systems
In the Joint Planning Process, _____ describes the situation, establishes command relationships, and identifies the mission and any planning constraints.
***NOT*** OPLAN
Which of the following types of plans describes the most probable outcomes of a mission and identifies force requirements?
***NOT*** Operation plan (OPLAN
When executing a joint logistics plan, which of the following requires maintaining visibility over the status and location of resources, the current and future requirements of the force, and the joint and component processes that deliver support to the joint force?
***NOT*** Organizing for execution
Working from a prioritized list of targets the joint force J3 prepares tasking orders and releases these orders to all subordinate commands. What phase of the targeting process does this represent?
***NOT*** Phase 2 - Target development and prioritization
The differences between deliberate planning and CAP primarily concern the following areas, except:
***NOT*** Prior information available
Which of the following is a traditional information resource?
***NOT*** Public affairs
Escalation of force is an example of _____.
***NOT*** Rules of Engagement
_____ collection and dissemination involves satellites, manned aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, imagery analysis and assessment, non-classified internet protocol router network (NIPRnet).
***NOT*** Signals intelligence (SIGINT)
_____ contain conflict, redress the peace, and shape the environment to support reconciliation and rebuilding and facilitate the transition to legitimate governance.
***NOT*** Stability operations
Which of the following critical paths involves the selected governance and development working groups that identify, assess, and resource requirements in support of the operational concept?
***NOT*** Steering
A Joint Force Command (JFC) headquarters usually focuses at what level of war?
***NOT*** Strategic
The joint communications system supports commander's intent and planning by enhancing situational awareness and decision making, as well as the conduct of missions. This contributes to _____.
***NOT*** Strategic agility
The joint force J4 provides the J3 with the capability and capacity of the logistics train to deliver fuel to the multinational and coalition cavalry forces. What joint fire support task does this represent?
***NOT*** Support forces in contact
Which of the following statements about the supported/supporting command relationship is FALSE?
***NOT*** The supporting commander provides the supported commander access to his or her capabilities within the guidance and priorities expressed by the establishing authority.
The strategic mobility triad is composed of which elements?
***NOT*** U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), operational control (OPCON), and operation plan (OPLAN)
The primary output of operational design is an operational approach, which describes the operational environment, the problem, and _____.
***NOT*** a clear understanding of the ends, ways, and means
The _____ stage of the commander's decision cycle is where the commander and staff make adjustments to the current plan or develop new plans with the purpose of successful completion of the broader mission.
***NOT*** assess
Joint Publication 0-2 states: "The United States relies for its security on the complementary application of the_____: diplomatic, informational, military, and economic (DIME)."
***NOT*** basic instruments of international power
What pitfall can occur when a problem statement proposes a solution (even implicitly)?
***NOT*** can lead the commander and planners to spend more time on design, rather than detailed planning and execution
War games, simulations, or table exercises enable joint logisticians to work directly with the operations planners as they seek to _____.
***NOT*** determine feasibility of support by assessing capabilities of the supply chain
the purpose of a(n) _____ action is to concentrate the effects of combat power at the most advantageous place and time to produce decisive results.
***NOT*** objective
The _____ involves attaining a clear understanding of the CCDR's strategic objectives, and it is the most important step in the JOPP for the Joint Force Commander. If this step is done incorrectly, all planning steps which follow could be flawed.
***NOT*** fifth step, Course of Action Approval
Which of the following is a strategic level center of gravity (COG)?
***NOT*** infrastructure
Which of the following describes the inform and influence center staff organization option?
***NOT*** involves combining the joint fires element (JFE) with information operations
Which of the following roles provides guidance on decision-making style, and degree of desired technology to support knowledge management and information management?
***NOT*** knowledge management representative (KMR)
The primary objective of deployment planning is to _____.
***NOT*** project force requirements for the global theater
For a communications system to be considered _____, the system must be procedurally and technically secure.
***NOT*** protected
The Law of War principle of "military necessity" _____.
***NOT*** requires parties to a conflict to distinguish between combatants and noncombatants and to distinguish between military objectives and protected property and places
Operation RESTORE HOPE in Somalia was a crisis response operation which required _____ to protect U.S. forces while accomplishing the mission.
***NOT*** security cooporation
The joint logistics environment (JLE) exists within the _____ environment and consists of _____ that affect the employment of logistic capabilities.
***NOT*** strategic; operation plans, service capabilities, and climates
Deployment planning begins during the _____, and continues through each step of the joint operation planning process.
***NOT*** third step, Course of Action Development
Difference between the Services in career paths leading up to a joint assignment may surprise new staff Service members in joint assignments. This demonstrates which key element to remember when working with other services?
***NOT*** Static vs. dynamic mission sets
The _____ exercise ADCON through their respective Service Chiefs over the Service.
***NOT*** Combatant Commanders
The _____ is comprised of Department of Defense policies, plans, procedures assets, and resources that ensure continuity of its component mission-essential functions under all circumstances, including crisis, attack, recovery, and reconstruction.
***NOT*** Joint Force Commanders communication tool
Select the answer that matches the following definition. This purpose of join operations is to defend national interests, not only in conflict but through preventative measures to deter potential adversaries who could threaten the vital interests of the U.S. or its partners.
***NOT*** Maintain a safe, secure, and effective nuclear deterrent
_____ is the employment of available weapons and other systems to create a specific lethal or nonlethal effect on a target.
***NOT*** Movement and maneuver
Select the answer that matches the following definition. This purpose of joint operations is to project power in areas which access and freedom to operate are challenged.
***NOT*** Project power despite anti-access/ area denial challenges
Some Services have an emphasis that vacillates between combat, law enforcement, and safety patrols. This demonstrates which key element to remember when working with other services?
***NOT*** base-centric vs. ship-centric
Factors that may impact multinational operations and participation are
1 Culture 2 Diplomacy 3 Religion 4 Psychology 5 Economics 6 Technology 7 Information
Which of the following statements accurately reflect crisis and limited contingency operations? (Select all that apply).
1. Are part of the JFC's OPLAN 2. Are used to restore stability in a nation where internal conflict threatens regional stability 3. Must achieve a very specific or operational objective
OPCON is the authority to perform certain functions of command over subordinate forces and include which of the following? (Select all that apply)
1. Assigning tasks 2. designating objectives 3. Organizing and employing commands and forces
Which of the following choices describes key insights for incorporating design into joint operations?
1. Commanders must ensure planners understand where they are in the design and planning continuum. 2. Enrich the commands understanding of both the environment and the problem to enhance the existing JOPP 3. The commanders guidance drives the kinds of actions planners take, to include the need to revisit design 4 ***ANSWER*** All the above
Which of the following are three key elements from globally integrated operations that relate to authorities? (Select all that apply)
1. Commitment to mission command 2. partnering to integrate non-DoD expertise and resources 3. Speed in decision making
Which three of the following tasks, missions, and processes are joint fires?
1. Conducting joint targeting 2. Conducting strategic attacks 3. Countering air and missile threats
_____ do not, in and of themselves, include authoritative decisions for logistics or matters of administration, discipline, internal organization, or unit. (Select all that apply)
1. Coordinating Authority 2. Direct Liaison Authority
International law springs from which of the following? (Select all that apply)
1. Customary law of nations practiced over time 2. International agreements 3. Treaties
Which of the following are phases of the deployment process? (Select all that apply)
1. Deployment planning 2. Predeployment activities 3. movement
What process-centric insight(s) can be drawn from the three critical processes that comprise the larger knowledge management(KM) construct?
1. Develop and refine KM process through an integrated KM working group 2. Spend time developing the battle rhythm 3. Minimize the number of collaborative events, both physical and virtual. 4. ***Answer*** all the above
Joint Fires Elements (JFE) responsibilities and tasks include which of the following? Select all that apply
1. Develop joint operating area (JOA) wide joint targeting guidance, objectives, and priorities 2. Coordinating joint fires rules of engagement issues with mission partners 3. conducting joint fires and targeting assessments
Staff Judge Advocates (SJAs) are responsible for _____. (Select all that apply)
1. Developing the organizational structure for their sections 2. Identifying the personnel requirements for their sections 3. Operating on a sustained 24-hour battle rhythm 4. Understanding the legal support requirements of the joint task force (JTF) to which they are assigned
Which of the following are some of the resources for identifying intelligence authorities? (Select all that apply)
1. DoD Directive 5240.1-R 2. Foreign intelligence surveillance act 3. National Disclosure Policy 1
Seven-Minute Drill provide
1. Establishes the foundation and purpose of a B2C2WG event (the 5 W's) 2. Provides a means to help determine whether a new battle rhythm is considered viable
Which of the following statements reflects an important engineering insight related to basing and infrastructure?
1. Incorporates base planning early in campaign development and refine in future plans 2. understand and apply the appropriate basing standards required to achieve the mission 3. Utilize the joint facilities utilization board (JFUB) to ensure compliance with joint civil-military engineer board (JCMEB) priorities 4. ***ANSWER*** All the above
Which of the following are issues considered during redeployment planning? (Select all that apply)
1. Intelligence preparation 2. Protection 3. Infrastructure assessment 4. Force health protection
For U.S. forces, domestic sources of authority include which of the following? (Select all that apply)
1. Judicial decisions 2. U.S. Constitution 3. Written statutes
What are three responsibilities which remain with the Battlespace owner?
1. Normally the supported commander 2. Must synchronize lethal and non-lethal actions 3. Manage land force use of terrain 4. Maintain situation awareness 5. Establish and control fire support coordination measures
Which of the following are some of the key elements of the shape phase of joint operations? (Select all that apply)
1. Organizing and training 2. Conduct of Rehearsals 3. Stability operations
Which of the following key considerations must be taken into account when planning for deployment operations.
1. Over-flight rights and access transit authorities 2. Infrastructure 3. Alternate aerial or sea ports of embarkment/debarkment (POE/POD)
The movement phase of deployment is comprised of which of the following three segments?
1. POE to port of debarkation (POD) 2. origin to air or sea ports of embarkation (POE) 3. POE operations
Which key health service support (HSS) considerations must be taken into account for joint operations? (Select all that apply.)
1. Patient movement/casualty evacuation 2. effects of health diplomacy and 'soft power' 3. Role of the host nation and multinational partners as well as NGOs and IGOs
Redeployment encompasses which of the following phases? (Select all that apply)
1. Planning 1. Predeployment activities 3. Movement 4. Joint reception, staging, onward movement, and integration (JRSOI)
The coherent integration of lethal and nonlethal actions at the operational level is provided by: (Select all that apply)
1. Planning guidance 2. Operational framework 3. Commanders intent
The key dimensions of communications system agility are:
1. Responsiveness 2. Flexibility 3. Innovation 4. Adaptation
The "Seize the Initiative" phase of joint operations seeks decision advantage by using all available elements of combat power to: (Select all that apply)
1. Seize and maintain the initiative 2. Deny the enemy the opportunity to achieve its objective. 3. Generate in the enemy a sense of inevitable failure and defeat
in developing boundaries, commanders and staff should analyze:
1. Social aspects 2. Physical aspects 3. adversary aspects 4. Political boundaries 5. Other agency boundaries
Component and supporting commands organizations and capabilities must be integrated into a joint organization that enables effective and efficient joint C2. The joint force commander should be guided in this effort by: (Select all that apply)
1. Span of control 2. interoperability 3. unit integrity 4. simplicity
B2C2WG critical paths could center on which of the following? (Select all that apply)
1. Stability 2. Lethal actions 3. Inform and influence
The joint communication system includes doctrine, tactics, techniques, and procedures, organizational relationships, and technology. This contributes to _____. (Select all that Apply)
1. Strategic agility 2. Cyberspace 3. Information superiority 4. Network-enabled operations
The sustainment joint function encompasses all core logistics capabilities. This includes, but is not limited to, the following: (Select all that apply)
1. Supply 2. Maintenance operations 3. Health services support (HSS) 4. Engineering 5. Operational contract support (OCS)
A Networked force can increase combat power, achieving greater speed of command decisions and increasing the _____ of the force. (Select all that apply)
1. Survivability 2. Responsiveness 3. Lethality
To maintain a trusted system, the joint communication system must be ______
1. Survivable 2. Protected
Which two of the following describe J1 functions? (Select all that apply)
1. The J1 Participates in all applicable planning and assessment processes 2. The J1 coordinates with higher, supporting, and subordinate manpower and personnel directorates
What is the purpose of color-coding approach used in the staff assessment product? (Select all that apply)
1. Track progress over time 2. Provide understanding for the operational commander and common framework to allow sharing and discussion among commanders
Planning for communication activities involves the careful alignment of themes and messages with which of the following?
1. U.S. Government interagency partners and other government agencies 2. Coalition partners and host nation entities 3. Higher and lower headquarters
When developing a logistics "concept of support", what important insight(s) should be considered with respect to other stakeholders and enablers in the joint logistics enterprise (JLEnt)?
1. Understand authorities, goals, and the requirements early 2. capitalize on stakeholder capabilities and understand limitations 3. Establish relationships and support agreements before a crisis occurs
During redeployment planning, transition occurs when _____. (Select all that apply.)
1. a change of mission is brought about by changing circumstances or objectives 2. control of the ongoing mission is transferred to another organization
Significant design efforts, during deliberate planning at combatant commands, produce results as those commands _____. (Select all that apply.)
1. adapt deliberate planning for crisis situations 2. execute their plans during exercises 3. take every situation on its own terms
Those responsible for identifying and understanding the key audiences are also responsible for _____. (Select all that apply.)
1. crafting themes and messages 2. assigning which action-agent will engage each of the key audiences 3. determining how to inform and/or influence audiences
Which of the following are tools used to maintain accountability for personnel status, casualty tracking, and reporting? (Select all that apply.)
1. defense casualty information processing (DCIPS) 2. joint personnel status and casualty report (JPERSTAT)
Communication strategy is the commander's tool for engaging in the "battle for the narrative" through _____. (Select all that apply.)
1. empowering subordinates to take the initiative in the information environment 2. eliminating the "say-do gap" where actions, words, and images do not match 3. providing guidance to subordinate leaders at all levels
Developing a detailed battle rhythm coverage plan _____. (Select all that apply.)
1. facilitates effective cross training and sharing of information within the staff 2. lays out the duties, roles, and responsibilities of the advisors covering each battle rhythm event 3. begins with a review of the battle rhythm events 4. enables the staff sections to assist in the development and review of all plans, orders, rules of engagement (ROE) requests, and target packages being developed
Which of the following are effective means to achieve deterrence? (Select all that apply)
1. foster a climate of peaceful cooperation 2. develop a security cooperation plan 3. ensure joint operations forces are ready to conduct decisive operations
The commanders _____, which is/are developed in design and planning, drive targeting.
1. guidance 2. Intent 3. Objectives 4. Priorities 5. Effects of Fires on the enemy 6. ***ANSWER*** all the above
Strategic communication _____. (Select all that apply.)
1. it is nested with strategic communication efforts 2. seeks to align joint task force actions, words, and images 3. is an integral part of the commander's overall strategy
What are the main sources of authority in planning and conducting a mission? (Select all that apply.)
1. legitimacy in the results of the mission 2. legitimacy in the mission itself 3. legitimacy in the means of conducting the mission
"Critical paths" and boards, bureaus, centers, cells and working groups (B2C2WG) that support the synchronization processes include _____. (Select all that apply.)
1. lethal fires 2. information actions 3. stability actions
Which of the following joint reception, staging, onward movement, and integration (JRSOI) elements are defined as "enabling"? (Select all that apply)
1. multinational support 2. contract support
Battle Rhythm provide
1. structure for managing the time of the commander and staff. 2. Coordinated progression of events that supports the commanders decision cycle
Commanders use intelligence to _____. (Select all that apply)
1. support a predictive estimation of the situation 2. understand adversary capabilities and intentions 3. visualize and understand all dimensions of the OE
Two ways to accommodate high-demand, low-density (HD/LD) assets such as interagency partners are _____. (Select all that apply.)
1. to use online conferencing and video teleconferencing 2. to focus on expanding the information sharing aperture by de-classification of information and development of commonly shared information platforms
Personal interaction between the commander and coalition commanders on capabilities and caveats fosters _____. (Select all that apply.)
1. trust and confidence 2. better understanding of challenges and opportunities
Which statement best describes what is meant by the term "battle for the narrative?"
A continuing contest between competing nations, entities, and/or ideologies to win the support of key audiences through a coordination approach of using actions, words, and images.
Functional structures and mission-based structures pose what challenges?
A functional or mission-based structure will experience significant interoperability challenges in steady-state interaction with higher, lateral, and subordinate headquarters' staffs, due to lack of a common organizational reference point.
What is a high-payoff target?
A loss to the enemy that will significantly contribute to the success of the friendly course of action
Fire support coordination measure (FSCM)
A measure employed by commanders to facilitate the rapid engagement of targets and simultaneously provide safeguards for friendly forces.
What is the focus of joint targeting?
Achieving the JFC's objectives.
What has given commander the ability to leverage many joint capabilities at the lowest levels?
Advances in information technology have enabled collaborative and decentralized approaches to better understand the operational environment
Civilian objects consist of _____.
All civilian property and activities other than those used to support or sustain the adversary's warfighting capability
Which of the following describes how assessments deepen the understanding of the operational environment (OE)
All of these describe how assessments deepen the understanding of the OE
Which of the following statement(s) describes how the sustainment team can best support and inform the commanders decision cycle? (Select all that apply)
All the above
Which of the following statements describes the benefit of the adaptive planning process?
All the above
Why is it important to have operational contract support (OCS) expertise on a joint staff?
All the above
Which of the following is a technical or personal risk when using social media?
All the above (network security intrusions, espionage, and personal identity theft and impersonation)
Which of the following are true when forming priority intelligence requirements (select all that apply)?
All the answers 1. PIR are any subject for which there is a need to collect information or produce intelligence. 2. Staff must be aware of intelligence requirements of higher, adjacent, subordinate and supporting elements. 3. The JFC's PIRs should prioritize the most urgent intelligence requirements.
Which two of the following statements highlight the critical features of intelligence?
Allows anticipation or prediction of future situations and circumstances Informs decisions by illuminating the differences in available course of action
In APEX, what do branches and sequels allows planners to do?
Anticipate significant changes in key planning variables and outline associated assumptions and decision points
When working with other mission partners it is best to include them in the planning process
As early as possible to allow their perspectives to be included during the design phase
The _____ stage of the commander's decision cycle includes determination of the impact of events as they relate to overall mission accomplishment.
Assess
For the actions that support the communication strategy, why is assessment important?
Assessment helps to focus and redirect communication efforts when the environment changes.
Tactical Control (TACON)
Authority over assigned or attached forces or commands, or military capabilities or forces made available for tasking, that is limited to the detailed direction and control of movements or maneuvers within the operational area necessary to accomplish missions or tasks assigned.
Which of the following is NOT a true statement about the central role of planning for integration?
Battle rhythm working groups are dependent on coordination with the inform and influence center.
Which of the following statements about the central role of planning for integration is FALSE?
Battle rhythm working groups are dependent on coordination with the inform and influence center.
The personnel selection process (when working with interagency and multinationals such as NATO partners) is an important _____ consideration.
Billet
Encourage inclusiveness and sharing of information
Both
Ensure a shared understanding exists among entities
Both
Remember that the LNO is often the only representative seen by outside organizations
Both
ISAF relies on a hybrid structure - what does it gain by using this organizational structure?
By providing permanent cross-functional teams as well as the more familiar J-code structure, hybrid organizations can have a constant activity reference point, such as planning processes.
Command at all levels is the art of motivating and directing people and organizations into action to accomplish missions. The _____ function supports an efficient decision making process, enabled by timely intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance.
C2
Commanders drive the development of _____. Planners help develop commander's critical information requirements (CCIRs) beginning in _____ and continuing during the planning process across all three event horizons.
CCIRs; design
A _____ is a series of related major operations aimed at achieving strategic and operational objectives within a given time and space.
Campaign
A _______ may be appropriate when the contemplated military operations exceed the scope of a single major operation.
Campaign
_____ are generally equated to a group of critical nodes and links, though they can be single nodes.
Centers of gravity (COGs)
An example of intelligence federation in Central Asia is the _____.
Central Asia Regional Information and Coordination Centre (CARICC)
Which one of the following non-DoD- intelligence communities supports HUMINT collection, all source analysis, and political, economic, and biographic intelligence?
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
The _____ is the principal military advisor to the President, the SecDef, National Security Council, and the homeland Security Council.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
The _____ outranks all other officers of the Armed Forces, but may not exercise military command over any of the Armed Forces. This officer is the principal military advisor to the President, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
This term refers to the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of a person. In the context of the profession of arms, it entails moral and ethical adherence to our values. It is at the heart of the relationship of the profession with the American people, and to each other.
Character
_____ is DoD support to U.S. Government actions that plan for, prepare for, respond to, and recover from the effects of domestic and foreign chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear incidents.
Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear consequence management
A JMD development is a staff-wide effort. While the J1 manages sourcing of the JMD, the development of the JMD should be guided by the _____.
Chief of Staff
Under the National Response Framework (NRF), if the DoD is to provide assistance for Hurricane Jordan, who should initiate the request?
Civilian Authority
Assuming the truism that intelligence is imperfect; what is the best way to minimize the obstacles to achieving a high degree of fidelity in the products of intelligence?
Collaborating with allies and coalition partners who possess niche expertise and alternative perspectives that compliment joint force intelligence efforts
A Unified or Specified Command with a broad continuing mission under a single commander established and so designated by the President, through the Secretary of Defense and with the advice and assistance of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is called a _____.
Combatant Command
Combatant Commanders exercise _____ (command authority) over assigned forces. This is the broadest command authority and may NOT be delegated or transferred.
Combatant Command (COCOM)
The term Joint Force Commander refers exclusively to the following three(3) types of commanders:
Combatant Commander, Subordinate Unified Commander, and Joint Task Force Commander.
The operational chain of command runs directly from the President to the Secretary of Defense and then to the _____.
Combatant Commanders
Which organization is ultimately responsible for validating the joint manning document (JMD)?
Combatant command
The relationship between the Combatant Commander and the subordinate JFC is
Command Authority
_____ Encompasses the exercise of authority, responsibility, and direction by a commander over assigned and attached forces to accomplish the mission.
Command and control
_____ are elements of information that the commander identifies as being critical to timely decision making.
Commander's critical information requirements
Commanders at most operational-level headquarters have observed that CCIRs are developed to support three major activities. One of these major activities is "prioritization of limited resources." The other two are:
Commanders Decision making understanding the complex environment
Which of the following choices best summarizes the key insights relating to the development, approval and dissemination of CCIRs?
Commanders drive the development of CCIRs as planners help develop CCIRs across all three events horizons. CCIRs will likely include DIME partner actions and may change as the operating environment changes, thus a process must be established to periodically review and update CCIRs
Which of the following statements best describes the activities commanders have taken to deepen their understanding of the environment?
Commanders have developed CCIRs focused on supporting broader assessment and associated measures of effectiveness.
Which of the following statements best describes the activities commanders have taken to deepen their understanding of the environment?
Commanders have focused on longer term assessment and identify critical measure of effectiveness as CCIRs
which of the following choices best explains the commanders perspectives in the strategic and operational environments as they relate to KM?
Commanders operate in extremely complex environments that affect how they make decisions and influence outcomes. They recognize the larger challenge of fostering knowledge management and focus on how to best to leverage it, rather than precisely control the flow of information.
No matter what staff organization a commander decides upon, there is a need to add a/an _____ activity to the battle rhythm.
Communication related
What key aspect of the Commanders decision cycle helps ensure shared situational awareness?
Communication, both within the headquarters and with higher, adjacent, and subordinate commands.
Intelligence dissemination requirements and procedures must be coordinated through the _____.
Communications directorate of the J6
During Crisis Action Planning, COA _____ is an objective process where the staff considers COAs independently of one another, against a set of criteria established by the Joint Force Commander and staff.
Comparison
_____ is the capability of two or more items or components of equipment or material to exist or function in the same system or environment without mutual interference.
Compatibility
The aspect of PME that focuses on imparting joint knowledge and attitudes is joint _____
Concepts ***Do not Choose***
Military operations vary in scope, purpose, and _____ across a range that spans from military engagement to major operation and campaigns.
Conflict intensity
Regardless of when or were employed, the Armed Forces of the United States abide by U.S. values, the standards for the profession of arms, and _____.
Constitutional principles
_____ ensure(s) DoD processes, procedures, and resources are in place to support the President and Secretary of Defense in a national security emergency.
Continuity of operations
_____ is/are actions taken directly against terrorist networks and indirectly to influence and render global and regional environments inhospitable to terrorist networks.
Counterterrorism
A best practice in organizing advisory support to the planning process is development of which of the following?
Coverage Plan
Which of the following is the time-sensitive development of joint OPLANs and OPORDs for the deployment, employment, and sustainment of assigned and allocated forces and resources in response to an imminent crisis?
Crisis action plan
There is a need to establish five points of distribution (POD) in Baldwin and Mobile Counties that the local, state and federal agencies to include private contractors cannot meet. The FCO asked the DCO and his DCE to review and validate the RRF before it becomes an MA. Which of the following is NOT a criteria for validating the request?
Criteria for evaluating RFA are: Legality Lethality Risk Cost Appropriateness, and Readiness
This intelligence product category involves the integration of time-sensitive, all-source intelligence and information into concise, objective reporting on the current situation in a particular area.
Current intelligence
_____ plans emphasize immediate or very near-term planning issues associated with ongoing operations.
Current operations
If the DoD were to respond to requests for assistance for Hurricane Jordan, under what category or type of support would that fall?
DSCA
The purpose of the _____ is to delegate limited approval authority to the supported combatant commanders (USNORTHCOM and USPACOM), who have DSCA responsibilities for routine and historical requests for assistance (RFA) to provide a rapid and flexible DoD response to Federal primary agencies for potential, or actual, emergencies and or disasters within the U.S., territories, possessions, and protectorates.
DSCA standing execution order
In addition to serving as a liaison to State, local, and other Federal agencies, who serves as the federal emergency management agency (FEMA) single point of contact for DoD support during DSCA operations?
Defense Coordinating Officer (DCO)
The _____ validates or produces a baseline Dynamic Threat Assessment for each Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan (JSCP) directed plan.
Defense Intelligence Agency
Which of the following intelligence communities is responsible for providing intelligence support in areas such as human factors analysis, counterterrorism, personnel recovery, and noncombatant evacuation operations?
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
Which of the following key global providers supports the components of the joint force with equipment and supplies needed for sustained logistic readiness?
Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)/Services
Force protection is a required activity throughout each joint operation or campaign phase. This type of operation is a(n) _____ operation.
Defensive
Successful teamwork requires _____ commensurate with responsibility.
Delegation of Authroity
Shortages of skilled workers are caused by highly skilled workers leaving the region, further burdening fragile economies. This is a crisis of _____.
Demographics
Which stage of the projection process is identified by the movement of forces within the operational areas (OAs), the positioning of forces into a formation for battle, or the relocation of forces and materiel to a different OA?
Deployment
______ supports the materiel movement during logistical sustainment of operations.
Deployment and Distribution
Which of the following choices best describes how design enriches planning, and states the differences between the two?
Design actions generally consist of more "brainstorming" - dialogue, critical reasoning and creative thinking, whereas planning actions consist of more deliberate analytical thinking and detailed production of plans and orders.
In general, what effect can emerging crises have on design?
Design is often abbreviated during emerging crises, and commanders may not fully develop their operational approach due to sever time constraints.
This phase, while preparatory in nature, may include mobilization and initial deployment into a theater.
Deter
_____ prevents an adversarial action by presenting a credible threat of counteraction. This activity can occur during both peace and war.
Deterrence
According to doctrine, what does the staff focus on during planning?
Developing effective plans and orders, and helping the commander make related decisions
In extremely time-sensitive situations, _____ may be the only message provided.
EXORD
Achieving national strategic objectives requires the effective and efficient use of diplomatic, informational, military, and _____ instruments of national power.
Economic
This phase is focused on helping the civil authority to stabilize and begin to administer services to the populace
Enable
The basis for establishing an assessment includes all of the following except?
Enabling an accurate visualization of past success as a template for all future missions
Which one of the following phases of the targeting cycle includes understanding the military end state and the commander's intent, and objectives and then analyzing the objectives to make sure they are observable, achievable, and reasonable?
End State and Commander's Objectives
______ force multiplier that helps commander integrate, synchronize and direct operations.
Engineering Operations
As a high-demand/low-density asset, the core logistics capability _____ provides infrastructure and basing for force protection and construction of protective fortifications.
Engineering support
There are 8 distinct domains within the Total Force Fitness (TFF) Program. _____ fitness refers to the ability to perform mission-specific duties in any environment.
Environmental
Which of the following actions may help overcome the staff organization challenges of integrating communication-related activities.
Establish some form of communication directorate or cell.
This intelligence product category forecasts current or potential situations with implications for planning and executing military operations.
Estimative Intelligence
What benefit(s) can commanders derive from the myriad of players and information flows that make up the complex operational environment?
Experience, expertise, and perspectives can be leveraged through collaboration and dialogue among many players.
Challenges of forming, deploying, planning, and providing direction to subordinates is part of _____.
External stakeholder inclusion
Analysis is synthesis of quantitative analysis and qualitative judgment and therefore rarely subject to competing interpretations.
False
Correct decisions on use of force never dictate restraint rather than force.
False
Dialogue and translation between echelons and across organizational, command, and national boundaries early in the planning process and throughout execution of the mission is not essential to achieving a common and shared understanding of all matters in a mission command environment.
False
Exposure to stressful situations, trauma, and combat will cause a response and resulting change. These responses and changes will all be negative.
False
In non-combat situations during non-combatant evacuation or personnel recovery operations, requests for rules of engagement (ROE) permitting the use of riot control agents can be requested at the last minute.
False
In the future, the U.S. military will conduct primarily unilateral operations, without the inclusion of mission partners.
False
Legitimacy will hinge only on the reality of adhering to authority, not on the perception of it by the national and international audience.
False
Military commander authority is extended beyond unit forces to include contractors.
False
Taking steps and precautions to reduce the liklihood of something negative or hazardous happening, or reducing the extent of the exposure to a risk, is called risk modification
False
That portion of the law of war pertaining to unnecessary suffering does not apply as long as combatants use lawful weapons.
False
The Law of War is a U.S. domestic law.
False
The President and SecDef are responsible for assigning forces to specified combatant commands.
False
The Staff Judge Advocate (SJA) is the lead for the rules of engagement (ROE) working group.
False
The U.S. Department of Defense will always be the lead agency in any operation in which it is involved, foreign and domestic
False
The authority to protect the resilience and redundancy of critical military infrastructure resides with the National Security Agency (NSA) under Title 50.
False
The purpose of field maintenance operations is to repair, modify, rebuild, and overhaul both entire systems and components and is directly linked to life cycle systems readiness.
False
There should be no differentiation between CCIRs and other important information requirements, such as "wake-up" criteria.
False
The "Cradle to grave" mindset facilitates successful integration for all of the following, except:
Feedback through the commanders individual assessment
Rather than defaulting to a joint task force (JTF) task organization comprised of Service forces components and functional components, which of the following statements best describes another option that field commanders have to craft their task organizations?
Field commanders are establishing both battlespace owners (BSOs), and functional task forces aligned within a logical battlespace geometry to support their concept of operations.
_____ is generally limited in scope and duration because it is intended to supplement or complement efforts of civil authorities or agencies with the primary responsibility for providing assistance.
Foreign Humanitarian assistance
_____ locations provide ability to strike with surprise at the right time and place.
Forward
The commanders guidance and intent are often provided in which of the following?
Fragmentary orders (FRAGOs)
The U.S. Transportation Command, U.S. Special Operations Command, and U.S. Strategic Command comprise the _____.
Functional Combatant Commands
Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC), Joint Force Land Component Commander (JFLCC), and Joint Force Maritime Component Commander (JFMCC) are all examples of _____.
Functional Component Commanders
What benefits are associated with functional and mission-based structures?
Functional structures are designed to improve interaction with the interagency community as well as partner nations. Mission-based structures are better poised to respond to specific types of well-defined mission areas, such as strategic communications.
Which one of the following intelligence principles is described as the process of collecting and examining information from all available sources and intelligence disciplines to derive as complete an assessment as possible?
Fusion
_____, despite being an evolving concept, supports tactical action, including counter-insurgency, counter-narcotics, and humanitarian assistance and assists in the development of host country intelligence operations.
Fusion center
_____ emphasizes planning for branches to current operations.
Future operations plans
Which of the following is described as the ability to project the military instrument of national power?
Global force projection
What characteristics of the complex environment have affected the view of CCIRs?
Globalization Information Revolution Interdependence
If a State is overwhelmed by the severity and magnitude of a disaster or emergency, who may request assistance from the Federal government under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act?
Governor
______ promotes individual practices that prevent or correct any human condition that would impair or preclude the joint force from achieving its objectives.
Health services support
For effective interorganizational coordination, JTF personnel should develop a _____ perspective of the operating environment by leveraging interorganizational perspectives at the tactical, operational and strategic levels.
Holistic
_____ is the protection of U.S. sovereignty, territory, domestic population, and critical defense infrastructure against external threats and aggression or other threats as directed by the President.
Homeland Defense
Military forces operating in another sovereign country must account for certain limits to their actions in achieving full situational awareness. Which of the following is a battlespace geometry key insight that explains why their actions may be limited?
Host nation and non-coalition players may not recognize or heed the military-centric viewpoint of BSO joint operating areas (JOA) and areas of operation (AO)
Within the Personnel Services Division, which support organization is responsible for maintaining personal data of Service members related to their employment?
Human resources
What APEX activity is a cyclical process that assures the resulting plan has been properly adapted to address any important factors that may have changed from the time the plan was formulated?
IPR R
Hurricane Jordan strikes Miami at Coral Gables and power is out for all of Dade County. Heavy debris is blocking the roads to Keu Biscayne where over 100 people are trapped in a rising storm surge. The Mayor asks the Commanding General of U.S. Southern Command to help clear the roads so that rescue vehicles can get to the island. Under what authority can the commander respond to this request?
Immediate response authority
Which of the following statements about the commander's perspectives is FALSE?
In order to gain situational understanding, commanders are emphasizing an increased reliance on processes and technological solutions, rather than people interaction.
Under National Incident Management System (NIMS), who is expected to handle incidents at the local level?
Incident commander
Technology is often applied against what common analyst concern?
Information overload
_____ allows for the mutual use of information services or capabilities. This ability may cross functional or organizational boundaries.
Information sharing
Collection activities acquire and extract data from the operational environment such that Processing and Exploitation can convert that data into information to be used during Analysis and Production to refine into _____ to satisfy Requests for Information (RFI) or the commander's Priority Intelligence Requirements (PIR).
Intelligence
The _____ differs from joint intelligence preparation of the operational environment (JIPOE) in terms of purpose, focus, and detail, requires microanalysis, provides a finer degree of detail, and supports component command operations.
Intelligence preparation of the battlespace (IPB)
Effective multinational operations require international rationalization, standardization, and _____ with friendly nations.
Interoperability
_____ is the ability of two or more systems or components to exchange information and to use the information that has been exchanged.
Interoperable
_____ is a violent struggle among state and non-state actors for legitimacy and influence over the relevant population(s). it favors indirect and asymmetric approaches, though it may employ the full range of military and other capacities, in order to erode an adversary's power, influence, and will.
Irregular Warfare
This hostile environment often presents complex emotional and ethical dilemmas.
Irregular warfare environment
Why is assessment of the communication strategy important?
It helps to focus and redirect communication efforts when the environment changes.
Which of the following headquarters organization options continues to be the preferred basic staff structure for a joint headquarters?
J-code organization
Developing ROE and managing ROE measures are functions of which joint staff directorate? (Select all that apply.)
J3 J5
Under which of the of the following staff organization options is there is an additional focus on nonlethal planning and execution?
J3 effects coordination center (ECC)
The J3 staff organization could include all of the following, except:
J5 information operations (IO)
Which of the following is an example of a tool used to help maintain situational awareness of the various CCIR criteria that the staff and stakeholders are monitoring?
JOC Chart
Design and planning efforts should be aligned with the well-established _____.
JOPP
Which of the following describes best practice JTF headquarter use to enrich design?
JTF share design products and thoughts with subordinate units and external stakeholders as early and often as possible.
the _____ is the primary intelligence organization that provides support to the combatant commands at the operational and tactical levels.
Joint Intelligence operations Center (JIOC)
The purposeful reliance by one Service on another Service's capabilities to maximize complementary and reinforcing effects of both (i.e., synergy) is known as _____.
Joint Interdependence
_____ manages all deployed communication systems and serves as control agency for management and operation direction.
Joint Network Operations Control Center
The _____ is an orderly, analytical process that consists of a logical set of steps to analyze a mission, select the best course of action, and produce a joint operation plan or order.
Joint Operation Planning Process (JOPP)
A _____ is a joint force that is constituted and so designated by the SecDef, a combatant Commander, a Subordinate Unified Commander, or an existing JTC Commander to accomplish missions with specific, limited objectives and which do not require overall centralized control of logistics. It is dissolved when the purpose for which it was created has been archived or when it is no longer required.
Joint Task Force
_____ prepares individuals, joint forces, or joint staffs to respond to strategic, operational, or tactical requirements considered necessary by the Combatant Commanders to execute their assigned or anticipated missions.
Joint Training
Which B2C2WG can a joint force commander establish to facilitate engineering unity of effort among the diverse group of joint logistics enterprise (JLEnt) partners working in the joint operations area?
Joint civil military engineering board (JCMEB)
Joint fire support coordination
Joint fire support coordination includes all efforts to deconflict attacks, avoid fratricide, reduce duplication of effort, and assist in shaping the operational environment.
The Armed Forces of the U.S. conduct military operations as a _____ in which elements of two or more Military Departments participate.
Joint force
How can joint force headquarters ensure unified action within the multi-echelon process?
Joint force head quarters should understand how they fit into the decision cycles of other units across the three events horizons.
Which of the following can provide another layer of command and control for an area support role but, if not carefully considered, can replicate existing functions and services that may already be provided by elements of the joint force?
Joint logistics command
Once a mission is defined by the SecDef, the joint task force (JTF) headquarters identifies its personnel requirements. These requirements are summarized in the _____.
Joint manning document
_____ is a general term used to describe military actions conducted by joint forces or by service forces employed under command relationships.
Joint operations
The _____ process is impacted by the level of prior time phased force and deployment data (TPFDD) coordination planning and is key to establishing and maintaining accountability for the flow of forces into the theater.
Joint reception, staging, onward movement, and integration (JRSO&I)
Joint intelligence organizations analyze the impact of the operational environment (OE) on mission accomplishment. Which of the following is not an aspect of the OE?
Joint task force (JTF) financials
_____ incorporates various highly classified and advance networking technologies.
Joint worldwide intelligence communication systems (JWICS)
Which of the following choices best summarizes the importance of knowledge management (KM) in the Commanders decision-making process?
KM involves people, processes, and technology. It enables Commanders decision-making, making it better and faster in a complex environment that includes many other players. It must be seamlessly woven into operations.
Knowledge management (KM) and information management (IM) are two distinct activities that are necessary aspects in todays headquarters decision-making. Which two overarching insights clearly delineate their distinctions?
KM is people-centric. IM is information technology-centric
What serves as an authoritative document(s) that sets the standards for the collection and dissemination of information to support timely informed decisions and maintain shared situational awareness?
Knowledge Management Plan (KMP) and Informational Management Plan (IMP)
Campaigns are most often applied when conducting _____.
Large scale combat operations
The relationship between the J-6 and the TNC is
Liaison
When JFCs consider incorporating combinations of contiguous and non contiguous AOs with linear and nonlinear operations, they choose the combination that fits the operational environment and the purpose of the operation. Which of the following combinations describes a typical sustained offensive and defensive operation against powerful, echeloned, and symmetrically organized forces and where the forward line of our own troops focuses combat power and protects sustainment functions?
Linear operations in contiguous AOs
______ comprised of disparate activities that enable the global sustainment for military forces.
Logistics Services
______ provides life cycle systems readiness capability that enables the requirements, acquisition and sustainment communities to provide systems with optimal availability ahd reliability to the joint warfighter at best value to the Services.
Maintenance Operations
The purpose of a(n) _____ action is to place the enemy in a position of disadvantage through the flexible application of combat power.
Maneuver
Which phrase best describes the key audiences that commanders need to influence?
May be local, regional, international
Interdicting smuggling networks to cut flow of precursors falls under which DIME activity.
Military
The _____ organize, train, equip, and provide combat-ready forces to conduct operations as directed by the President and Secretary of Defense.
Military Departments
Who is responsible for organizing, training, equipping and providing administrative logistic support for forces?
Military Departments
_____ is the routine contact and interaction between U.S. Armed Forces and other nation's armed forces, foreign and domestic civilian authorities, and agencies to build trust and confidence.
Military engagement
During _____, the Joint Force Commander will identify the operational problems to solve and determine where to focus the staff's efforts.
Mission Analysis
The Department of Defense conducts interorganizational coordination across a range of joint operations, and its guided by:
Mission Partners, structures, authorities
During _____, the joint force commander will identify the operational problems to solve and where to focus the staff's efforts.
Mission analysis
Which of the following choices best summarizes the attributes and importance of mission command in todays complex environment?
Mission command is a continual effort to understand the environment, clearly convey the intent of the operation, and build trust with subordinates and partners.
Phasing helps commanders _____ risk in the more dangerous or difficult portions of an operation.
Mitigate
Which stage of the projection process assembles and organizes national resources to support national objectives in time of war or other emergencies?
Mobilization
The _____ stage of the commander's decision cycle allows the commander and staff to identify where the current situation deviates from the situation in the plan.
Monitor
Which of the following are key element of a communication strategy?
Narrative, theme and message
The _____ system provides many things, including the means by which the President and the SecDef can receive warnings and intelligence so that accurate and timely decisions can be made.
National Military Command
The _____, signed by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, provides guidance for distributing and applying military power to attain national strategic objectives. It describes the Armed Forces' plan to achieve military objectives in the near term and provides the vision for ensuring they remain decisive in the future.
National Military Strategy
The _____ is the President's principal forum for considering national security policy matters with his senior national security advisors and cabinet officials.
National Security Council
The President of the United States provides guidance for developing, applying, and coordinating the instruments of national power to achieve objectives that contribute to national security in the _____.
National Security Strategy
What level of intelligence is produced for the President, Congress, Secretary of Defense, Senior military leaders, and combatant commanders?
National Strategic
What important insight should the joint force commander (JFC) consider when developing a "concept of support" that will help set the conditions for subordinate success?
Nest the concept of support with the combatant commanders logistics concept
A(an) _____, such as foreign humanitarian assistance can be a major operation if the combination of size, scope, and duration requires the commander to phase the operation as a set of tasks, activities, and missions over time.
Non
Executive Order 12656, Assignment of Emergency Preparedness Responsibilities, delegates DoD to advise and assist DOS in preparing and implementing plans for _____
Non-Combat Evacuation
To be successful, a joint force commander must be able to influence and coordinate a diverse coalition of joint and multinational forces as well as civilian agencies and groups. What are some of the civilian groups the JFC must consider? Select all that apply
Nongovernmental organizations and host nation agencies
What can be used to ensure appropriate personnel are notified of CCIRs and other important information requirement and events?
Notification matices
The relationship between the Subordinate JFC and the subordinate component commander is
OPCON
In contingency planning, the _____ identifies the specific forces, functional support, and resources required to execute the plan, and it provides closure estimates for their flow into the theater.
OPLAN
The supported commander's _____ gives the Service components, supporting commands, and agencies a detailed OPLAN, and it formally tasks those involved to prepare for the operation.
OPORD
To achieve military strategic objectives quickly and at least cost, JFCs normally will seek the earliest opportunity to conduct decisive _____ operations.
Offensive
_____ is the authority to perform those functions of command over subordinate forces involving organizing and employing commands and forces, assigning tasks, designating objectives, and giving authoritative direction necessary to accomplish the mission. It includes authoritative direction over all aspects of military operations and joint training necessary to accomplish missions assigned to the command.
Operational Control (OPCON)
Doctrinal, manning, and organizational considerations are what part of the joint intelligence architecture planning process?
Operational architecture planning
______ensures that the Service is augmented by military and government sources of support, that the support is orchestrated and manage and that visibility is maintained.
Operational contract support
Which assessment level involves asking the question "are we doing the right thing?"
Operational environment
An Intelligence report is received by the JFC detailing the Capabilities and safe houses of an extremist group operating in its area of regard. What type of intelligence does this represent?
Operational intelligence
The _____ focuses on planning and execution of operations using operational art to develop strategies, campaigns, and operations and employ military forces by integrating ends, ways, and means.
Operational level
The joint communications system includes synchronization of warfighting functions, such as locating and identifying friendly forces, and supports the conduct of operations. This contributes to _____.
Operational reach
Which of the following statements best highlights benefits of organization in design and planning efforts?
Organization can contribute to quick translation of the commanders guidance and intent, and can efficiently devise suitable operational approaches.
Phasing helps the JFC _____ large operations by integrating and synchronizing subordinate operations.
Organize
At the Chief of Staff and principal J-code director levels, identify ways to best leverage the officer's skills, knowledge, and access
Others' LNOs
Clarify the officer's role in terms of authority, as either a 'personal' representative or as a channel of information
Others' LNOs
Fully assimilate the officer into your organization
Others' LNOs
Request the officer's support on watching for and solving connectivity and classification issues
Others' LNOs
Which of the following joint logistic imperatives links the mission, commanders intent, and operational objectives to core logistic capabilities, procedures, and organizations?
Planning
Joint Logisticians coordinate sustained logistic readiness through the integrating functions of _____.
Planning, executing and controlling joint logistic operations
The _____ can address the challenge when the JTF staff cannot support an unlimited number of B2C2WGs, and there is a higher demand than supply for trained and experienced planners within the JTF.
Plans management Board (PMB)
Symptoms of _____ include depression, substance abuse, problems of memory and cognition, and other physical and mental health problems. It is also associated with difficulties in social or family life, including occupational instability, marital problems, family discord, and difficulties in parenting.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
What principle of intelligence is most susceptible to incomplete information and enemy deception efforts?
Prediction
The statutory members of the National security Council are _____.
President, Vice President, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, and Secretary of Energy
_____ owns and/or operates the majority of the nation's critical infrastructure.
Private sector
the _____ architecture needs to be capable of allowing information to be quickly identified as relevant to priority intelligence requirements (PIRs) and then rapidly disseminated.
Processing, exploitation, and dissemination (PED)
A state of well-being in which one is aware of personal abilities and limits, copes well with life stresses, works productively and effectively, and contributes positively to his or her communities is known as _____. It describes a healthy body, mind, and spirit which can be seen in a person's ability to deal with typical stressors.
Psychological health
When users access information at their own discretion it is referred to as _____.
Pull communication
_____ locations ensure agility, speed, and depth of intelligence analysis and support.
Reachback
Central Asia remains an unattractive destination for foreign direct investment because of political instability and low manufacturing output. This is a crisis of _____.
Regional economy
The relationship between the TNCC and the TNC is
Reporting Guidance
_____ contributions provide operational leverage by gathering critical information, undermining a potential adversary's will or capacity to wage war, and enhancing the capabilities of conventional U.S. or multinational forces.
SOF
Criminals have taken Hurricane Jordan as an opportunity to burglarize homes and local business in Miami Dade County. Rioting has occurred at a few locations and as a result the mayor is concerned that law enforcement personnel may not be able to respond appropriately. He is requesting military armed personnel to support law enforcement Under Standing Rules for the Use of Force (SRUF), who authorizes military personnel to carry individual service weapons?
SecDef
Criminals have taken Hurricane Jordan as an opportunity to burglarize homes and local businesses as well as randomly attacking relief supply convoys in Miami Dade County. The 993rd Transportation Company out of Palatka, FL has a mission assignment to provide supply convoys to assist relief efforts. The Commander of the 993rd Transportation Company is requesting that some of the soldiers in the convoy carry weapons. Who can authorize Military Personnel to carry individuals service weapons
SecDef
Who is the approval authority for Title 10 personnel to carry individual service weapons during DSCA operations?
SecDef
who is responsible for assigning forces and resources to combatant commands?
SecDef
The non-operational chain of command runs directly from the President to the Secretary of Defense and then to the _____.
Secretaries of the Military Departments and then to the Combatant Commanders
_____ provides a framework within which combatant commands engage regional partners in cooperative military activities and development.
Security Cooperation
Military engagement occurs as part of _____, but also extends to interaction with domestic civilian authorities.
Security cooperation
This activity reflects U.S. commitment, lends credibility to our alliance, enhances regional stability, provides a crisis response capability, and build capacities of potential coalition partners while promoting U.S. influence and access.
Security cooperation
Attacking enemy centers of gravity is an action in the _____ phase.
Seize
This phase includes denying the enemy its initial objectives
Seize
Which of the following key global providers is responsible for recruiting, organizing, supplying and maintaining ready forces for deployment?
Services
Establishing and maintaining access to operational areas where joint forces are likely to operate is an action in the _____ phase.
Shape
This phase is executed continuously, and may mitigate conditions that could lead to a crisis
Shape
The APEX activity that addresses procedures for describing the operational environment, including threats to national security, and supports both deliberate planning and crisis action planning is called _____.
Situational Awareness
What APEX activity describes the operational environment, including threats to national security, and supports both deliberate planning and crisis action planning?
Situational awareness
_____ consist of collective sets of associated information and support the understanding of PIRs.
Specific information requirements (SIRs)
_____ operations can include the provision of emergency infrastructure reconstruction.
Stability
This phase may require the joint force to perform limited local governance, and integrate the efforts of other supporting inter-organizational partners until legitimate local entities are functioning
Stabilize
The tendency to over-engineer staff assessment products is a challenge that occurs within which of the following roles?
Staff
The _____ help to identify the COA that best accomplishes the mission by determining supportability of each COA from individual functional perspectives and collaborating in a knowledge-based environment.
Staff Estimates
Who is responsible for the organization and employment of legal personnel assigned or attached to a joint task force (JTF) headquarters?
Staff Judge advocate
What activity involves analysis of COAs from individual functional perspectives to determine each COA's supportability and coordinates results in a collaborative knowledge-based environment?
Staff estimates
A company of Marine infantry moving forward is engaged by enemy armor. On-call close air support is given the coordinates of the line of enemy defenses and rolls in and engages the enemy armor units with hellfire missiles. What joint fire support task does this scenario represent?
Support forces in contact
During which stage of the projection process can senior leaders establish support facilities in multiple sites outside of the U.S. and the crisis area?
Sustainment
An uplink terminal used to convert and relay signals.
Swe-dish
Prior to planning for operations in support of the JFC OPLAN, a briefing is presented to the planning staff concerning the environmental conditions, layout of adversarial forces and their relationships with rural communities and leaders, as well as the history of relationships between the local population and foreigners. Which one of the ten principles of intelligence does this represent?
Synchronization
by arranging operations and activities into phases, the JFC can better integrate and _____ subordinate operations in time, space, and purpose.
Synchronize
What is the definition of collection requirements management?
Synchronizes the timing of collection with the operational scheme of maneuver and with other intelligence operations.
Intelligence at the _____ level supports planning and conducting of battles and engagements, provides commanders with information imminent threats to their forces, and provides commanders with obstacle intelligence.
Tactical
_____ is an authority over assigned or attached forces or commands, or military capability or forces made available for tasking.
Tactical Control
Command authority over assigned or attached forces or commands, or military capability or forces made available for tasking, that is limited to the detailed direction and control of movements or maneuvers within the operational area necessary to accomplish missions or tasks assigned is known as _____.
Tactical Control (TACON)
As an example of General vs. Specialized Enlisted Forces, Navy and Air Force Service members, accustomed to working with enlisted personnel who are specialized technicians, may approach joint staff work from a more _____ perspective than that of their ground Service member counterparts.
Technical or managerial
Which f the following is a drawback/Challenge of the J-code structure?
Tendency for information and knowledge to get "Stove-Piped" within the directorates
Regardless of mission, size, or scope, the creation of an effective staff battle rhythm starts with _____.
The Commander
The DoD's principal agency partner in homeland defense is:
The Department of Homeland Defense (DHS)
What role(s) is responsible for providing maps, charts, digitized products, and precise geodetic coordinates?
The Geospatial information and services officer
What impact has the complex environment (characterized by disaster relief efforts, nontraditional and less predictable adversaries, and massive information flow) had on the development of CCIRs?
The complex environment has broadened the view of CCIRs.
Which of the following statements about how design activities affect planning efforts at combatant commands is accurate?
The design effort conducted during deliberate planning manifest their worth at initiation of crisis action planning.
There will normally be multiple, concurrent supported and supporting commanders - often the commanders will be in mutual support. What best practice has been shown to effectively deal with this situation?
The establishing authority must give clear direction to subordinates in terms of priorities and intent to allow subordinate to work horizontally with each other in accomplishing tasks?
In Central Asia, the commander increasingly instills an intelligence-driven operational mindset in _____.
The headquarters
Which of the following statements best defines the purpose of joint headquarters battle rhythms
The joint headquarters battle rhythm is a deliberate daily cycle of command, staff, and unit activities intended to synchronize current and future operations.
Which of the following statements describes the "supply functional capability within joint logistics?
The joint logistician manages supplies and equipment, inventory, and supplier networks.
Individuals who voluntarily take the oath to serve our Nation are inspired by _____.
The notion of contributing to something larger, deeper and more profound than one's own self
Which of the following statements describes characteristics of a well-written problem statement that can help focus the staff and subsequent planning process?
The problem statement should not pose a solution, accounts for current circumstances and does not predict what future actions may occur.
What is the purpose of joint targeting?
The process of selecting and prioritizing targets and matching the appropriate response to them
The J2 plays an important role in assessment because _____.
They provide much of the information for the operational environment (OE) assessment
The authority to protect the resilience and redundancy of critical civilian infrastructure resides with National Security Agency (NSA) under which U.S. Title code?
Title 50
Training exercises are conducted by joint force commanders (JFCs) and their headquarters and are based on scenarios related to "most Likely" and "most dangerous" crises or contingencies in their area of responsibility. What is a secondary role of these complex training events?
To provide an intensive venue for the focused, structured dialogue that drives design and subsequent planning.
_____ is an integrative and holistic framework to better understand, assess, and maintain the fitness of the joint force.
Total Force Fitness (TFF) Program
Which of the following terms relates to key times when commanders interact with their staffs?
Touch points
In _____, Information is structured to look deep into an adversary and support national and theater strategic commanders.
Traditional Warfare
The Federal Coordinating Officer (FCO) at the Joint Field Office (JFO) in Orlando received requests for assistance from the State Coordinating Officer (SCO) for the following: High water vehicles, communication teams, generators, and teams of military police to establish traffic control points. The FCO asks the Defense Coordinating Officer (DCO) if the military can provide any support to the state requests. Which of these requests would violate the Posse Comitatus Act (PCA)
Traffic Control Points
A key goal of the rules of engagement (ROE) working group is to proactively develop ROE and respond to requests for additional ROE measures.
True
Authority often provides both the permission to do something as well as defining those actions that cannot be taken.
True
During stability operations, it is critical to avoid inadvertently legitimizing an individual or organization in a country where no government exists.
True
During the enable civil authority phase of operations, the JFC may be required to transfer responsibility of operations to another authority as the termination criteria.
True
If something of an ethical nature is ever in doubt, commanders should contact their legal counsel for advice.
True
Integrating actions at the operational level helps to avoid "effect fratricide" while delegating detailed tactical-level synchronization to subordinate units and other stakeholders.
True
Intelligence analysts must communicate a degree of analytical confidence to help intelligence consumers decide how much weight to place on an intelligence assessment when making a decision.
True
Interagency coordination refers to the interaction between engaged U.S. government agencies for the purpose of achieving an objective.
True
Joint military justice authority can be delegated in whole, in part, or on a case-by-case basis.
True
Military members are expected to maintain a higher standard of conduct than might be accepted in the larger society and are subject to the rules and regulations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
True
One of the benefits of proactively managing the joint manning and augmentation process is that staff sections can identify exact skills and requirements to ensure an accurate joint manning document (JMD) sourcing process to fulfill identified requirements.
True
Planning for communication strategy involves the careful alignment of themes and messages with interagency organizations and other stakeholders.
True
Prior to deployment, the Staff Judge Advocate must determine what legal authorities are in place and what authorities are needed or desired to support the JTF mission.
True
Staffs that are proactive in generation of appropriate and robust supplemental ROE measures and requisite justification stay ahead of operational requirements and minimize vulnerabilities.
True
Successful mission command demands that subordinate leaders at all echelons exercise disciplined initiative, acting aggressively and independently to accomplish the mission.
True
Tactical control (TACON) of assigned or attached forces is limited to the detailed and, usually, local direction and control of movements or maneuvers necessary to accomplish missions or tasks assigned.
True
The JTF J2 should have personnel knowledgeable in foreign disclosure policy and procedures and should obtain necessary foreign disclosure authorization from DIA as soon as possible.
True
The Joint communication system assists the JFC in C2 of military operations.
True
The definition of ROE as stated in Joint Doctrine is, "Directives issued by component military authority that delineate the circumstances and limitations under which United States forces will initiate and/or continue combat engagement with other forces encountered."
True
The intelligence component of the National Joint Operations and intelligence Center (NJIOC) provides planning, management, and infrastructure for intelligence working groups and intelligence task forces that provide direct intelligence support during major conflicts.
True
The agency within the US Government responsible for international short-term humanitarian assistance and long-term development is
U.S. Agency for international development (USAID)
_____ synchronizes planning for cyberspace operations.
U.S. Strategic Command
This type of command is composed of significant assigned components of two or more military departments.
Unified Combatant command
Which of the following is not an integration challenge of the B2C2WG and staff integration relationship?
Use of the commanders time in an efficient manner
What is the primary goal of operational design?
Visualize the ultimate operational approach
In which area is a commander seeking an answer when he/she asks: "What sequence of actions is most likely to achieve those objectives and that end state?"
Ways
When framing the interorganizational coordination process, the first question to be asked will usually be:
Who are the appropriate mission partners?
Which of the following constructs is challenged with bi-directional information flows and inconsistency and knowledge of staff estimates
Working groups
Empower the officer to speak on your behalf
Your LNOs
Ensure the officer is empowered to gain full situational awareness of planning and insights so they can incorporate the USG whole of government plan
Your LNOs
Ensure the officer understands the authorities, responsibilities, goals, processes, and culture of the assigned station
Your LNOs
Impress on the officer the need to establish and maintain quality personal relationships
Your LNOs
Keep the officer informed of changing guidance through regular, periodic updates
Your LNOs
Publish the officer's Chain of Command
Your LNOs
What action(s) should commanders consider to ensure information sharing with partners of foreign countries?
all answers are correct
Within an embassy, the Chief of Missions is normally
an Ambassador
A coalition can best be described as _____.
an ad-hoc arrangement between two or more nations for common action
With respect to DSCA missions, which one of the following statements best characterizes DoD's role?
are limited in duration and scope
At what point in the overall design and planning process should commanders and planners consider integrating lethal and nonlethal actions?
at the beginning of the process
Land-based forces gravitate toward a control mindset endemic of a higher headquarter model. This demonstrates which key element to remember when working with other services?
centralized vs. decentralized approach
The key traits that define a "professional" are _____
character and competence
The principles of personnel support are defined as having a _____ that is _____.
command emphasis; synchronized, unified, and flexible
In order to help support the commanders' decision-making process, the staff must understand the commanders' information needs. What is a good starting point to focus the staff and its limited resources to provide relevant information to support decision-making?
commander's critical information requirements (CCIR)
to facilitate component and stakeholder awareness of CCIRs, where can commanders post CCIRs and their statuses?
commanders dashboard web portal operations centers
It is critical to identify who the other external stakeholders are that can impact your mission and to determine what _____ you may have.
common goals
In order to gain the insight and foresight required to make effective decisions, leaders at every level must seek to create a _____ of the complex environment.
common understanding
In "Noncommissioned Officer and Petty Officer: backbone of the Armed Forces (2013)," it states, "to be successful in building and sustaining (a solid and trustworthy) relationship with Officers, NCOs/POs must be _____."
competent, credible, and capable
A Functional Component Command has many favorable factors associated with it, including reduced span of control, integrated planning, unity of effort, and _____.
control over the scheme of maneuver
What tool can be used to link CCIRs to the decisions they support and helps provide the clarity to collection and analysis resources?
decision support template (DST)
The Commander's Decision Cycle doesn't always drive interorganizational operations. This is most notably true for what kind of operations?
defense support of civil authorities (DSCA) operations
The Joint Planning and Execution Community uses _____ to develop plans for a broad range of potential emergencies based on tasks identified in strategic documents.
deliberate planning
Integrating the sustainment team early into the _____ phase of the Commander's Decision Cycle enables it to help set conditions for success.
design and planning
Which headquarters processes are considered to be the overarching staff integrating processes used to support decision-making?
design, planning, and targeting
Select the answer that matches the following definition: This purpose of joint operations is to defend national interests, not only in conflict, but through preventive measures to deter potential adversaries who could threaten the vital interests of the U.S. or its partners.
deter and defeat aggression
What information management (IM) activity is normally a theater-level decision because of its significant second order effects, such as interoperability within the joint force, fielding and pre-mission training?
determination of the networks, databases, and software applications
Which of the following statements best defines "maneuvers"?
employment of forces in the operational area through movement in combination with fire
Understanding disparate authorities among coalition partners is _____.
essential to taking full advantage of the capabilities within a coalition and avoiding wasted planning effort
The first step in achieving efficiency and effectiveness in planning at all headquarters is _____.
establishing a viable battle rhythm
Research shows that everyone that is exposed to trauma will develop psychological health problems.
false
Which of the following describes a role of the Chief of Staff in design and planning?
helps prioritize the planning efforts with a disciplined approach
Intelligence should increase the commander's understanding of the threat and adversary's probable intentions, end states, objectives, most likely and most dangerous COAs, strengths, and critical capabilities. This allows the J2 to _____.
identify, define, and nominate objectives which are consistent with the threat and are relevant to the JFC's mission and intent
Stakeholders have unique perspectives and expertise, which commanders should leverage to gain a more complete understanding the problem to be solved and actions required to solve it. This can be summarized as which best practice?
inclusiveness in assessment
Joint fires destroys a vital logistics chain delaying the delivery of needed electronics to an enemy surface-to-air missile site causing it to be unable defend an arms manufacturing plant which is then easily destroyed without the loss of a single aircraft. This situation is an example of a(an) _____.
indirect effect
Targeting opium farmers with public affairs messages to influence them to accept alternative income for the opium crop falls under which diplomatic, informational, military and economic (DIME) activity?
informational
The foremost value of joint force leaders is _____.
integrity
Dissemination of information can sometimes be defined by a strategy called push pull. pull refers to which of the following:
involves direct electronic access to databases, intelligence files, or other repositories by intelligence organizations at all levels
These may be combined to form what many term as an effects coordination center (ECC) to oversee and integrate lethal targeting and information-related nonlethal actions.
joint fires element (JFE) and information operations
During operational level, force-on-force confrontations, the _____ utilizes a macro-analytic approach that seeks to identify an adversary's vulnerabilities and centers of gravity (COGs).
joint intelligence preparation of the operational environment (JIPOE)
What serves as an authoritative document(s) that sets the standards for the collection and dissemination of information to support timely informed decisions and maintain shared situational awareness?
knowledge management plan (KMP) and information management plan (IMP)
Which of the following identifies assessment criteria that are determined during planning and require periodic review and refinement?
measures of performance (MOP) and measures of effectiveness (MOE)
The mayor of San Antonio has asked the 502 Wing Commander for security forces and military police from Fort Sam Houston to assist the local police during the annual fiesta events. The mayor wants the military to assist with traffic and crowd control. Can Title 10 military personnel conduct this type of support?
no, traffic control and crowd control is a violation of the Posse Comitatus Act
Which statement best describes what is meant by the term "battle for the narrative?"
ongoing "information war" between competing nations, entities, and/or ideologies to gain superiority over the adversary's narrative and align communication efforts
Most commands make prioritization a(n) _____ teamed effort.
operations-intelligence
A(n) _____ issued to the Joint Planning and Execution Community (JPEC) initiates the development of COAs; it also requests that the supported CCDR submit a commander's estimate of the situation with a recommended COA to resolve the situation.
planning directive
Which of the following provides the necessary upfront direction for the synchronization of staff planning efforts for both lethal and nonlethal activities?
planning guidance, commander's intent, and an operational framework
The J2 has overall staff responsibility for consolidating and recommending _____.
priority intelligence requirements (PIRs)
A concern by intelligence staff is the speed at which they can _____ the intelligence collected.
process, exploit, and disseminate
Select the answer that matches the following definition. This purpose of joint operation is to conduct a sustainable pace of presence operations abroad, including rotational deployments and bilateral and multilateral training exercise.
provide a stabilizing presence.
To support appropriate documentation of authority, your liaison officers to other agencies should do what?
publish their chain of command
Receiving realistic training, understanding the types of situations encountered in war, eating well, getting enough rest, and having meaningful relationships and friendships are all helpful in building _____ to the challenges and strains of military service.
resilience
After intelligence requirements are established, the staff reviews existing databases for answers to requirements. Then, if the intelligence requirements does not exist, the _____.
staff issues a request for information
Which of the segments of joint reception, staging, onward movement, and integration (JRSOI ) is defined as the process of organizing arriving personnel, equipment, and materiel into forces and capabilities?
staging
Joint task forces (JTFs) have approach design in many novel ways, often reflecting on whether the JTF headquarters are _____.
standing, rotational, or crisis only and functionally or geographically oriented
Non-military USG agencies and departments operate at the _____ level in Washington DC and at the operational and tactical level in the field
strategic and theater-strategic
Customary international law is developed from _____.
the practice of nations over time
What is the primary role of the joint force J2?
to inform the commander
Why does collection planning require the ability to call on a variety of collection sources?
to minimize the effects of the enemy deception
Typical signs of _____ include headaches, memory gaps, confusion, attention problems, irritability, ringing in the ears, dizziness, nausea, fatigue, slowed reaction time, sleep difficulty, and performance difficulties.
traumatic brain injury
Using social media and other online activities does not excuse members from conducting themselves professionally, even when this activity is considered personal or private.
true
An environment in which operations may or may not be opposed at any point during deployment by forces or individuals not under the host governments control is a/an _____ environment.
uncertain
The first step in the process of battle rhythm development can save time, energy, and frustration, especially when adapting to a new commander or standing up a new joint task force headquarters.
understanding the commanders "Touch Points" and using them to underpin the staff battle rhythm
By definition, fires are the use of _____.
weapon systems or other actions to create a specific lethal or nonlethal effect on a target