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V2. URE - Unit 2
Planning a Close Air Support Mission
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Communication
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06/04/2013

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Which type of targets is the focus for joint tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP)?
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High importance to the enemy
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Which term of joint tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) consists of operations to divert, disrupt, delay, or destroy the enemy's surface potential before it can be used effectively against friendly forces?
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Air Interdiction
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Air interdiction (AI) attacks on which type of target interferes with an adversary's ability to mass, maneuver, withdraw, supply, and reinforce surface forces?
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Command and control (C2) systems
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In order for close air support (CAS) to be effective, all the following conditions are required except for
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inauspicious environmental conditions
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What effects can a commander produce by orchestrating close air support (CAS) with other surface and operations?
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Tactical
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What ensures the execution of close air support (CAS) is on the right target and reduces the possibility of fratricide?
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Terminal Control
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Which battlefield operation requires special care to identify friendly forces and ensure that they are not subject to direct attack or weapons effects from close air support (CAS) ordnance?
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Rear Operations
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Which battlefield operation with close air support (CAS) gives the maneuver force commander freedom of movement?
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Offensive Operations
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which battlefield operation with close air support (CAS) can cause the enemy to deploy prematurely?
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Defensive operations
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THe ability to mass joint fire support at a decisive point and to provide the supporting fires needed to achieve the commander's objectives relies on
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Coherent planning
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What channel does a request for preplanned close air support (CAS) mission flow through up to higher echelons?
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Fire support coordination element
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Preplanned close air support (CAS) requests are categorized as either scheduled or ...
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On-call
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What information can "on-call" requests for close air support (CAS) specify?
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Airborne or ground alert
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Which channel does the mission data for preplanned requests funnel down through back to requestor?
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Ground maneuver forces channel
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What advise does the corps air liaison officer (ALO) give to the corps G-3/S-3 Air if in-call close air support (CAS) is unavailable?
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Forward the request to the LCC at the AOC
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Who allocates close air support (CAS) and decides whether to divert other CAS missions to the corps requesting additional missions?
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Land component commander (LCC)
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How do commanders take full advantage of the battle field opportunities to maintain the momentum of an offensive action or reduce operational and tactical risk?
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By massing forces
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Which planning consideration within the mission, enemy, troops, terrain, and time (METT-T), determines which close air support (CAS) will be employed?
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Enemy
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Which planning consideration within the mission, enemy, troops, terrain, and time (METT-T), can limit communications and visual line of sight (LOS) for identifying the target and/or aircraft?
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Terrain
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What is the basic consideration of close air support (CAS) missions involving laser-guided weapons (LGW) besides coordination of laser-compatible designators and ordnance?
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Attack parameters
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What is the primary or standard map datum in use today?
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WGS-84
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How many grid coordinates digits make up the standard for target location while using the military grid reference system (MGRS)?
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Six
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Many global positioning system (GPS) receivers can compute quick, accurate coordinate conversions, provided by the
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users are properly trained
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Which condition for effective close air support (CAS) permits CAS to function more effectively and denies that same advantage to the enemy?
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Air Superiority
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Which condition for effective close air support (CAS)allows a commander to exploit fleeting battlefield opportunities?
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propted response
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Which fire support coordination measure (FSCM) is established and adjusted by the land forces commander, usually at the corps echelon?
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Fire Support Coordination Line
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Which fire support coordination measure (FSCM allosw conventional or improved conventional indirect fire to engage targets any time within the zone of establishing headquarters without additional coordination?
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Coordinated fire line
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Which fire support coordination measure (FSCM) prohibits all fires into an area without prior clearance?
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no fire area
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Fratricide is unwanted, undesirable and what?
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Avoidable
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Which term employs the concept that describes the unintended physical damage to any non-combatant person(s), property, or environment(s) occurring incidental to military operations?
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Collateral Damage
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Which type of weapon is not applicable for estimating the damage from employment under the collateral damage estimates (CDE)?
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NON connectic
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Which term describes the capability to rapidly and accurately identify friendly, enemy and neutral forces, manage and control the battle space, and minimize the risk of fratricide?
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Combat identification
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Which factor or condition of positive identification (PID) identifies the capacity of a person to process information, which makes it difficult to maintain situational awareness (SA) in a complex environment?
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human factor
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What factor or condition of positive identification (PID) addresses a certain type of knowledge that is difficult and time consuming to acquire?
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operational
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Within how many meters of the target should a visual mark impact near the target to ensure a successful attack?
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100
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Within how many seconds prior to close air support (CAS) ordnance impact should target marks from indirect fire munitions appear?
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30 to 45
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Within how many meters of the target should a mark from indirect fire be from the target to be efficient enough to direct close air support (CAS) aircraft?
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300
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How many types of categories of close air support (CAS) missions are there?
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Three
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Who does the responsibility for expenditure of ordinance rest with?
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Maneuver force commander
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What is the bomb damage assessment (BDA) used for?
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Updating the enemy order of battle
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