Career Course - Warfighting – Questions & Solutions
What are the three dimensions of Marine Corps leadership? Correct
Ans - Mental, moral, and physical
Clausewitz describes friction as "The force that makes the apparently easy
so difficult." According to MCDP-1, what are the categories that cause
friction? Correct Ans - Mental, physical, external, self-induced
All actions in war are based on incomplete, inaccurate, or even
contradictory information. Correct Ans - True
What is the most important relationship between war and policy?
Correct Ans - War must serve policy.
War is planned and conducted at different levels. What are these levels?
Correct Ans - Strategic, operational, and tactical
Which is the primary reference for MOS skill progression training?
Correct Ans - The Training & Readiness (T&R) Manual
How does the Marine Corps describe the enemy's strengths and
weaknesses? Correct Ans - Surfaces and gaps
When the enemy is overexposed and vulnerable—for example, found to
have a seam in an air-defense umbrella, an infantry unit caught unprepared
in open terrain, or a boundary between two units—it is considered to be
what? Correct Ans - A gap
Which of the following is defined as the exercise of authority and direction
over assigned and attached forces in the accomplishment of a mission?
Correct Ans - Command and control
What are the two vital components of command? Select all that apply.
Correct Ans - -Leadership
-Decision-making
What are the six warfighting functions? Correct Ans - Command
and control, maneuver, fires, intelligence, logistics, and force protection
, What type of warfare requires massive firepower, technology, industrial
might, and centralized control? Correct Ans - Attrition warfare
What are the three levels of war? Correct Ans - Strategic,
operational, and tactical
Which of the following lists six of the twelve principles of joint operations?
Correct Ans - Mass, objective, offensive, security, economy of force, and
maneuver
Select the correct geographic combatant command from the drop down
windows for each region identified in the graphic. Correct Ans - -
Region A: USNORTHCOM
-Region B: USSOUTHCOM
-Region C: USEUCOM
-Region D: USAFRICOM
-Region E: USCENTCOM
-Region F: USINDOPACOM
Which of the following defines the role of a geographic combatant
commander? Correct Ans - It is the vital link between those who
determine national security policy and strategy and the components that
conduct military operations within a geographic area of responsibility.
Under what conditions is it most likely that a joint force commander will
conduct operations through the Service component commanders? Select all
that apply. Correct Ans - -When most of the required functions in a
particular domain are unique to a single-Service force or when Service
force capabilities or responsibilities do not significantly overlap
-When stability, continuity, ease of long-range planning, and scope of
operations dictate preserving the organizational integrity of Service forces
Under what conditions is the JFC most likely to establish functional
component commands? Correct Ans - When forces from two or
more military departments must operate within the same mission area or
geographic domain
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