Maritime Staff Operators Course (MSOC) Test 1 Practice

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• Which statement best reflects an appropriate approach to sizing a JTF/JFMCC HQ?
• ______ is the process involving the time-sensitive development of joint operation plans and operation orders for the deployment, employment, and sustainment of assigned and allocated forces and resources in response to an imminent crisis.
• MOTR framework is best described as a presidentially-directed plan and process for a coordinated USG response to maritime threats.
• A Measure of Performance (MOP) is which of the following?
• At the operational level, maneuver is a means by which joint force commander sets the terms of battle by time and location, declines battle, or exploits existing situations.
• An operational area defined by the JTF commander for land and maritime forces that should be large enough to accomplish their missions and protect their forces is called a/an _______.
• When a USCG is assigned to a Navy Component under Title 10 authority, what capability does it lose?
• Per JP 3-0, a strategy:
• Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO) is a concept intended to?
• The acronym COCOM is used to denote which of the following?
• Centers of Gravity are deconstructed into which of the following:
• NCAGS's role includes providing accurate merchant vessel information to support defense and security.
• Which component is part of the strategic mobility triad's function to move equipment prepositioned in theaters?
• Joint Fires are fires delivered during the employment of forces from two or more components in coordinated action to produce effects in support of a common objective.
• MOTR is a presidentially-directed plan and process to achieve a coordinated US Government (USG) response to threats against the United States and its interests in the maritime domain.
• The future plans center (FUPLANS) conducts long term operational planning focused on a time period beyond the scope covered by COPS or FOPS and focuses on which phrase?
• Which item is not a focus of Operational Intelligence?
• Which statement correctly describes COCOM’s command authority?
• Which statement best describes the primary objective of joint intelligence?
• The joint term that means "that degree of dominance of one force over another that permits the conduct of maritime operations by the former and its related land, maritime and air forces at a given time and place without prohibitive interference by the opposing force" is
• The Joint Strategic Campaign Plan is designed to provide which of the following?
• The CPCON readiness condition is used to ensure continuity of mission-essential functions in which environment?
• The JFC will normally designate the Service component commander, who has the preponderance of forces and the ability to exercise C2 over them, as the functional component commander.
• When transiting through another nation's Territorial Seas, which of the following is allowed under international law?
• The strategic mobility triad consists of air lift, sea lift and _____________.
• NAVPLAN 2022 priorities include delivering a more lethal, better-connected fleet.
• The fires function encompasses a number of tasks including:
• The FUPLANS time horizon is focused on which of the following?
• Which statement best describes Maritime Domain Awareness?
• Operational Art is best described as a cognitive approach that integrates ends, ways, means, and risk to develop campaigns and operations.
• A Center of Gravity is defined as:
• The scheme of fires describes how all tactical, operational and strategic fires, as well as nonlethal capabilities, will be synchronized and coordinated to create desired lethal/nonlethal effects and achieve the joint force commander's objectives.
• Operational Art uses ends, ways, means, and risk to organize and employ military forces.
• The scheme of fires aims to synchronize and coordinate to achieve the joint force commander's objectives.
• Decisive points are best described as:
• Boardings are classified as:
• Which NECC capability combination is provided?
• Freedom of navigation operations are conducted to:
• Which term is defined as a clearly defined action or activity assigned to an individual or organization by an appropriate authority?
• An Amphibious Objective Area (AOA) is a geographical area delineated for command and control purposes, within which the objective(s) to be secured by the amphibious force are located.
• The primary method of determining if planning and execution is leading to the accomplishment of the objective(s) is which process?
• Under the FON Program, challenges of excessive maritime claims are undertaken by both the Department of State and by U.S. Armed Forces using:
• The purpose of joint fire support planning is to:
• Which principle is described by 'Expending the minimum-essential combat power (lethal and nonlethal) on secondary efforts to allocate the maximum possible combat power on primary efforts'?
• Operational Intelligence focuses on which of the following?
• Which term is defined as an indicator used to measure a current system state, with change indicated by comparing multiple observations over time?
• Which term is defined as the physical or behavioral state of a system that results from a action, a set of actions, or another effect?
• The intelligence process is comprised of which interrelated intelligence activities?
• Which of the following lists the six operational functions?
• In the Navy's concept of Operations in the Information Environment (OIE), the primary focus is:
• NCAGS provides advice to the JFMCC regarding interactions with the merchant shipping industry and other MDA and interagency stakeholders.
• At the ___________ level of war, campaigns and major operations are planned, conducted and sustained to achieve strategic objectives within theaters or other operational areas.
• JFMCC stands for Joint Force Maritime Component Commander.
• The MOTR process and Global MOTR Coordination Center is described as what in relation to existing agency authority?
• Which statement best reflects the relationship of Scheme of Fires to CONOPS?
• Tactical Control (TACON) does not provide the authority to which of the following?
• Which term best describes operations outside territorial seas to enforce restrictions while beyond national jurisdiction?
• Which document is commonly expanded as an acronym NSS?
• Factors of space and force in a maritime area of operations can be balanced by which of the following actions?
• When a commander establishes a maritime warning zone, which of the following is allowed under international law?
• The most complex / detailed Plan is:
• Which organization coordinates and integrates theater-level logistics in support of operating forces?
• Operation Assessment is an iterative process to determine the overall effectiveness of employing joint and maritime force capabilities during military operations.
• Which statement describes a misconception about Logistics' primary purpose?
• Which of the following is the largest Marine MAGTF?
• Which of the following is not a NAVPLAN 2022 planning horizon?
• The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is the lead federal agency for U.S. government foreign disaster relief.
• A Service component commander who is also designated a JTF or a functional component commander to a JTF retains the responsibilities associated with Service component command for assigned Service forces.
• What does R2P2 stand for in joint planning?
• In FHA operations, activities may be conducted concurrently with other DoD missions.
• What is the Fleet-equivalent Headquarters for the USA?
• The battle rhythm ______________________.
• Which term best describes the capability to move and maneuver to secure positional advantages?
• Which is the Fleet-equivalent Headquarters for the USAF?
• The seven-minute drill covers which topics?
• Which readiness condition is used to ensure continuity of mission-essential functions in a cyber-contested environment?
• Which statement best describes an Amphibious Objective Area (AOA)?
• An Objective is defined as:
• Which of the following are examples of Functional Components to a JTF?
• Which statement about organizing a JTF or JFMCC HQ is FALSE?
• What are the phases of the Commander's Decision Cycle?
• When transiting through an international strait, which of the following is allowed under international law?
• Which term is defined as an indicator used to measure a friendly action that is tied to measuring task accomplishment?
• Sustainment is the provision of logistics and personnel services required to maintain and prolong operations until successful mission accomplishment and redeployment of the force.
• The Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) provides which of the following?
• Maritime Security Operations (MSO) are those operations to protect maritime sovereignty and natural resources and to counter illegal activity in the maritime domain.
• Commanders and their staffs should assess friendly factors of space, time, forces, and degree of risk tolerance individually and then balance them in combination against the ultimate or intermediate objective.
• The operational protection function encompasses
• Operation Assessment supports which of the following?
• An effect is which of the following?
• Which term best describes the deliberate daily cycle of command, staff, and unit activities used to synchronize operations and planning?
• JTF establishing authorities include ______.
• Operational Art is the cognitive approach by commanders and staffs—supported by their skill, knowledge, experience, creativity, and judgment—to develop strategies, campaigns, and operations to organize and employ military forces by integrating ends, ways, means, and risk.
• ________ are conducted to deter, degrade, and/or disrupt or gather raw intelligence to potentially prevent attacks against the US and its allies.
• A Measure of Effectiveness (MOE) is:
• Maritime domain awareness is the effective understanding of anything associated with the maritime domain that could impact the security, safety, economy, or environment of the United States.
• The Joint Strategic Campaign Plan:
• Planners can use the principles of logistics as a guideline to assess how effectively logistics are integrated into plans and execution.
• The MOC construct supports the commander's decision-making process and sets the conditions for subordinate success to do what?
• The preferred approach to forming a JTF HQ is to do so around an existing C2 structure such as a CCMD's service component HQ.
• Advantage at Sea (aka Tri-Service Maritime Strategy - 2020) forces making hard choices, priorities are:
• Which statement best describes the role of the HQ staff?
• Which statement about the end states measured by Operation Assessment is NOT a possible end state?
• The primary role of joint intelligence is to provide information and assessments to facilitate mission accomplishment. Which of the following reflect this role and its responsibilities?
• Operational reach is ________________.
• Which term describes the outcome that results from task execution or linked tasks?
• Operation Assessment is an iterative process to determine the overall effectiveness of employing joint and maritime force capabilities during military operations by measuring the progress toward accomplishing a task, creating a condition or effect, or achieving an objective over time. True or False?
• One of the principal tasks of any navy is obtaining and maintaining and then expanding control of its own basing and deployment areas (seaports of embarkation and debarkation).
• In NEO planning, designated persons include which groups?
• Convening a MOTR call is a prerequisite for responding to a threat.
• What is the primary warfighting unit of action for the US Army?
• Noncombatant Evacuation Operations (NEOs) evacuate noncombatants from locations in foreign nations to an appropriate safe haven.
• US embassies and consulates are required to have Emergency Evacuation Plans (EAPs) that account for safety, security, and potential evacuation of embassy staff and families and US citizens traveling or working abroad and to coordinate for Host Nation support and US military support.
• The NDS is signed by the:
• Which is the correct set of the six operational functions?
• Which of the following is a specific function of a Navy HQ?
• Operational Control (OPCON) includes the authority to perform which actions?
• What are the three basic structures for multinational operations?
• Which of the following critical features distinguish intelligence from information?
• Efforts to monitor, query, and board merchant vessels outside of territorial waters to enforce sanctions against other nations, such as those in support of United Nations Security Council Resolutions, describes:
• Which joint operations principle is described by 'Concentrate combat power at the most advantageous place and time to produce results'?
• A Measure of Effectiveness (MOE) is which of the following?
• Noncombatant Evacuation Operations (NEOs) are conducted to assist the U.S. Department of State in evacuating which personnel?
• Which term describes the stronger side's aim to maintain access to sea lines and project power across the maritime domain?
• Which of the following is NOT a category of Support?
• A Measure of Performance (MOP) is:
• Which statement about the relationship between Task, Condition/Effect, and Objective within Operation Assessment is correct?
• Forces and resources under a unified combatant command (COCOM) where placement is relatively permanent are considered what?
• Which statement correctly identifies NOT part of intelligence process?
• Naval Cooperation and Guidance for Shipping (NCAGS) provides:
• Noncombatant Evacuation Operations (NEOs) are conducted to evacuate personnel from danger to a safe haven.
• Which statement best defines Logistics?
• The Commandant's Planning Guidance's purpose is to shape the design and development of the future USMC.
• What is defined as a clearly defined action or activity assigned to an individual or organization that must be done as it is imposed by an appropriate authority?
• The maritime domain includes the airspace above coastal areas and littorals.
• Which Special Operations Forces standing headquarters is organized to support Combatant Commanders?
• Which of the following is included among the six operational functions?
• What size force does an MPS provide equipment for?
• What concept is designed to enable the JFMCC to distribute, integrate, and maneuver naval forces against threats in denied, degraded, and exploited environments?
• Operational Protection is the preservation of the effectiveness and survivability of mission related personnel, equipment, facilities, information and infrastructure deployed or located within or outside the boundaries of a given operational area.
• Sustainment provides the joint force commanders (JFCs) freedom of action, endurance, and the ability to extend operational reach.
• Decisive Points can be categorized into which grouping?
• Operational environment for NEOs may be categorized as Permissive, Uncertain and Hostile.
• The Maritime Operations Center (MOC) construct serves which of the following functions?
• The largest Marine MAGTF is which one?
• ______ is the process involving the development of joint operation plans for contingencies identified in joint strategic planning documents.
• Which organization is the lead agency for U.S. government foreign disaster relief?
• The basic fire support functions include which of the following?
• The responsibilities that guide the intelligence directorate include:
• What term describes the arrangement in which a Service component commander acts as the functional component commander for a joint operation?
• Pertaining to one's ability to deny partially or completely the adversary's use of the sea and associated airspace for military and commercial purposes is called
• The MOC construct differs from the traditional N-code staff structure and processes in that:
• Which is not a Level of Warfare?
• An effect is which of the following?
• Key terrain, specific key event, critical factor or function that, when acted upon, allows commanders to gain a marked advantage over an enemy or contribute materially to achieving success is called a/an __________.
• What term describes the distance and duration across which a joint force can successfully employ its military capabilities?
• Which statement best exemplifies a Key Event when identifying decisive points?
• What two elements make up CCIRs?
• Which statement about Scheme of Fires is correct?
• Which elements are encompassed by the operational protection function?
• Area of Responsibility (AOR) is defined as the geographic area assigned to a commander for duty.
• Which DoD element must prepare, maintain, exercise, and execute plans for the protection and evacuation of US civilians and other evacuees abroad?
• The term 'fires' means 'the use of weapon systems or other actions to create specific lethal or nonlethal effects on a target.'
• Which statement is accurate about the Information Environment and OIE?
• A task is which of the following?
• The Global MOTR Coordination Center and MOTR process supplants or replaces existing agency authority.
• Operational protection tasks include
• Decisive points can be categorized into the following:
• JTF's will always have which type of component command?
• Which statement best describes OPLAN?
• Which information capability/activity is used to convey selected information and indicators to influence foreign audiences?
• The factors of space and time can be brought into balance by which measure?
• Which statement accurately contrasts TACON and OPCON?
• An area of land, sea and airspace defined by a CCDR or subordinate unified commander in which a JTF commander conducts military operations to accomplish a specific mission is called a/an ______.
• Which Planning Horizon is normally associated with Future Operations that focuses on the 'what If' (from approximately 96 hours out to 60 days)?
• During NEOs, the senior United States Government (USG) authority for evacuation is:
• The Information Environment consists of which dimensions?
• The joint and Navy term that refers to one's ability to use a given part of the sea/ocean and associated airspace for both military and nonmilitary purposes in time of open hostilities, obtained only through combat, is
• The primary guiding document from which other strategic documents follow is the:
• In an FDR operation, U.S. Military Forces coordinate with other government agencies, host nations, NGOs, and IGOs, but the command relationships remain through the JFC structure.
• In joint planning, which plan covers deployment, employment, and sustainment of assigned and allocated forces?
• Operational Movement and Maneuver best describes which of the following?
• Operation Assessment is the primary method of determining if planning and execution is leading to the accomplishment of the objective(s).
• Which Command is a command established by unified command commanders, authorized by the Secretary of Defense through the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to conduct operations on a continuing basis?
• Which term describes forces placed under COCOM for a limited period but not permanently assigned?
• The maritime domain consists of the oceans, seas, bays, estuaries, islands, coastal areas, and the airspace above these, including the littorals.
• The core Logistics Readiness Center capabilities include coordination and integration of operational and theater level logistics in support of movement, maneuver, force application, and sustainment.
• Critical Vulnerabilities will often translate into tasks for the tactical level commander.
• At the __________ level of warfare, a nation determines national or multinational strategic objectives and guidance, and develops and uses national resources to achieve these objectives.
• Which term is defined as the use of weapon systems or other actions to create specific lethal or nonlethal effects on a target?
• Which factors are considered as friendly factors when balancing against objectives?
• A concept is an expression of how something might be done and not approved doctrine.
• "Joint fires that assist air, land, maritime, space, cyberspace and SOF to move, maneuver and control territory, populations, airspace and key waters and to influence populations" is the definition of joint fire support.
• Which is NOT included in the CNO's 4 Priorities in NAVPLAN 2022?
• Which statement about Foreign Humanitarian Assistance (FHA) is TRUE?