CPL’S COURSE TACTICAL PLANNING EXAM 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |AGRADE

CPL’S COURSE TACTICAL PLANNING EXAM 2023-2024

ACTUAL EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED

ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS)

|AGRADE

When analyzing the enemny's capabilities and limitations you analyze -

ANSWER- the enemy's ability or inability to conduct various operations

against your unit under any reasonably foreseeable situation.

The estimate of the situation of terrain and weather must - ANSWERalways be conducted from the friendly and enemy perspectives.

Terrain Analysis analyzes - ANSWER- the connection between the

terrain and tactics while considering the military aspects of terrain.

These aspects are identified in the acronym OCOKA. - ANSWERTerrain Analysis

OCOKA - ANSWER- Observation and Fields of Fire

Cover and Concealment

Obstacles

Key Terrain

Avenues of Approach

Observation and Fields of Fire-COKA - ANSWER- Observation is the

ability to see friendly and enemy forces and key aspects of the terrain to

judge strength, prevent surprise, and respond to threats.

Field of fire is an area with a direct line of sight that weapons may

cover/fire upon effectively from a given position.

O-Cover and Concealment-OKA - ANSWER- Cover is protection

against enemy fire, both direct and from shelling.

Concealment is protection from enemy observation and surveillance,

including features that protect both horizontally and vertically.

OC-Obstacles-KA - ANSWER- Obstacles are natural or manmade

terrain features that prevent, restrict, divert, or delay military movement.

OCO-Key Terrain-A - ANSWER- Key terrain is any ground that must

be controlled to achieve military success.

OCOK-Avenues of Approach - ANSWER- Avenue of approach is any

relatively unobstructed ground route that leads to an objective or key

terrain.

Weather Analysis is when - ANSWER- The leader determines how the

weather will affect visibility, mobility, and survivability of friendly and

enemy units by considering the military aspects of weather.

For visibility - ANSWER- The leader identifies conclusions about

visibility factors such as light data (begin morning nautical twilight

[BMNT], sunrise [SR], sunset [SS], end evening nautical twilight

[EENT], moonrise [MR], moonset [MS], and percentage of

illumination), fog, and smog, and about battlefield obscurants such as

smoke and dust.

Winds of sufficient speed can - ANSWER- reduce the combat

effectiveness of a force as the result of blowing dust, smoke, sand, or

precipitation. Windblown sand, dust, rain, or snow can reduce the

effectiveness of radar and other communication systems. Strong winds

can also limit aviation operations.

Precipitation affects - ANSWER- soil trafficability, visibility, and the

functioning of many electro-optical systems.

Cloud Cover affects - ANSWER- ground operations by limiting

illumination and the solar heating of targets. Heavy cloud cover can

degrade many target acquisition systems, infrared-guided munitions, and

general aviation operations.

Extremes of temperature and humidity reduce - ANSWER- personnel

and equipment capabilities and may require the use of special shelter or

equipment.

Civil considerations (human terrain) include - ANSWER- the influences

of man-made infrastructure; civilian institutions; and the attitudes and

activities of civilian leaders, populations, and organizations within an

AO, with regard to the conduct of military operations.

Areas - ANSWER- Key civilian areas are localities or aspects of the

terrain within an AO that have significance to the local populace.

Analyzing a structure involves - ANSWER- determining how its

location, functions, and capabilities can support operations.

Capabilities can refer to - ANSWER- the ability of local authorities—

those of the host nation or some other body—to provide a populace with

key functions or services.

Organizations are - ANSWER- nonmilitary groups or institutions in the

AO. They influence and interact with the populace and each other.

People is a general term describing - ANSWER- all nonmilitary

personnel that military forces encounter in the AO. This includes those

personnel outside the AO whose actions, opinions, or political influence

can affect the mission.

Events are - ANSWER- routine, cyclical, planned, or spontaneous

activities that significantly affect organizations, people, and military

operations.

Troops and Fire Support Avaliable (Estimate of the Situation) -

ANSWER- Organic

Fire and support avaliable

Attachments and detachments

Higher and adjacent units

For organic you - ANSWER- identify the capabilities and limitations of

the assets your organic unit will bring to bear on the enemy during the

conduct of the mission.

For fire and support avaliable - ANSWER- Identify locations, azimuths

of fire, contact information, employment (general support [GS], direct

support [DS], or attached [(ATT]), and any priority of fires of indirect

fire support agencies.

In addition, identify any available air assets. What weapons will they

bring to the fight? What are the capabilities of their fires? When and

how long are they on station?.

For attachments and detachments you identify - ANSWER- Assets (if

any) that will detach from your unit

Units or assets that have been attached to your unit

How will this affect your ability to achieve mission success?

For higher and adjacent units you identify - ANSWER- higher and

adjacent units' schemes of maneuver and what influence they will have

on your scheme of maneuver. Consider their effect on the following:

•Geometries of fire