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Denning [Date] [Course title]
,Friendly units frame shapes are depicted as what type of shape? - Answer: Rectangle
Which of the following are the two categories of military symbols? - Answer: Framed and Unframed
What is your unit symbol if you are in an Armor Brigade? - Answer: Blue Rectangle with X on top and
Circle inside.
Which of the following echelon amplifiers represents a team or crew? - Answer: Hollow Circle with one
diagonal line.
Which of the following symbols is representing a target reference point? - Answer: Plus Symbol
Your unit is depicted in an area on a map. Which symbol for an area will your unit be depicted in? -
Answer: Hollow Circle with an AA in the middle.
You are conducting an attack by fire mission. How is this tactical mission task depicted on a map? -
Answer: Half a Hexagon (Diamond shaped) with an arrow pointing out of the side.
Which of the following retrograde task symbols represents a delay? - Answer: U-Turn arrow with an D
acronym in the middle.
Which of the following icons represents Armor? - Answer: Circle
Which of the following icons represents CBRN? - Answer: (Looks like two opened gas canisters cross
thrown in the air).
You are depicting a friendly unit on a course of action sketch. What category of military symbol would
you use? - Answer: Framed
You are reviewing a graphics overlay for a defense, and you want to see where the engineers are going
to emplace obstacles. What color normally depicts obstacles? - Answer: Green
, You are putting together an operations overlay. You know from your lesson on Understanding Military
Terms and Symbols that each tactical symbol has a specific meaning and/or function. What is a specified
geographic surface included within a defineated set of lines (boundaries) used for the purpose of
facilitating coordination and decontification between adjacent units, formations, or other specific
geographical surfaces called? - Answer: Area
Which of the following symbolizes an ambulance exchange point? - Answer: A hollow box with an
upside-down hollow triangle directly underneath with the acronym AXP in the square.
Which of the following three enablers allow the ABCT to conduct offensive operations with precision
and speed? - Answer: Mobility, protection, and firepower.
An ABCT conducts offensive operations to do which of the following? - Answer: Defeat, destroy, or
neutralize the enemy.
You are part of a Brigade Combat Team. What is one exception for the role of the BCT from the 4
provided? - Answer: Provide area security, coordinate with NGO's and PVO's and provide transportation
assets to enhance nation building missions.
IBCT missions typically include which of the following except? - Answer: Conducting Detainee
Operations
Which Brigade Combat Team would you be a part of that is better suited for operations in restrictive and
complex, urban combat? - Answer: The Infantry BCT
Which company is unique to the IBCT? - Answer: Weapons company
The SBCT primarily fights as what? - Answer: Dismounted Infantry
If you were in the SBCT what means do you use to perform your role of closing with and destroying the
enemy? - Answer: Fire and Movement
The BCTs signal company is organic to which battalion? - Answer: The Brigade Engineer Battalion