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1 Chapter 3 Planning and Development of Defensive Tactics Review Questions 1. Which of the following has two lateral limits and a forward limit? 1. Final Protective Line (FPL) 3. Principal Direction of Fire (PDF) 2. Which of the following is triangular/wedge shaped? 3. Which of the following is the left and right side of a sector of fire? 3. Lateral limits 4. PDF 4. Which of the following is the direction, within a sector of fire, of a primary target? 3. Primary fighting position 4. PDF 5. Which of the following is normally assigned to an automatic rifle or crew-served weapon? 6. Which of the following is fixed in direction and elevation? 1. Final protective fire

2 7. Which of following is normally located on the forward crest of a terrain feature? 3. Sector of fire 4. Supplementary fighting position 8. Alternate fighting positions are assigned primarily to which of the following? 1. Crew-served weapons 2. Fire teams 3. Squads 4. Team leader 9. Which of the following describes alternate fighting positions? 1. Assigned to individuals and fire teams 2. Best observation and fields of fire 3. Covers less likely avenues of approach 4. Used primarily by crew-served weapons 10. (True or False). Supplementary fighting positions cover the less likely avenues of approach. 1. True 2. False 11. A typical rifle fire team consists of the fire team leader and how many other personnel? 12. How many riflemen are usually assigned to a rifle fire team? 13. A rifle squad consists of how many members?

3 14. A platoon consists of three squads and how many staff/support personnel? 15. In area defense, the defense area is divided into three areas; the security area, the main battle area, and which of the following? 2. Perimeter area 3. Reserve area 4. Supplementary area 16. Which area in a Seabee area defense will contain listening and observation posts? 1. Main battle 2. Perimeter 3. Reserve 4. Security 17. What divides the security area from the main battle area in area defense? 3. Perimeter 4. Reserve area 18. Uncommitted battalion forces are located in which of the following areas? 1. Main battle 2. Perimeter 3. Reserve 4. Security 19. Individual fighting positions are normally spaced how far apart, in meters? to to to 45 5 to (True or False). With a good coordinated barrier plan, barriers do not need to be covered by fire. 1. True 2. False

4 21. The symbol shown at right is used to represent which of the following 22. The symbol shown at right is used to represent which of the following 23. The symbol shown at right is used to represent which of the following 24. Which of the following fire team members assumes the duties of the automatic rifleman if necessary? 1. Fire team leader 2. Grenadier 3. Rifleman number one number two 25. A platoon is normally assigned a frontage in the defense area of how many meters? Crew-served weapons are normally assigned which of the following? 1. An FPL and a sector of fire 2. An FPL and a PDF 3. A PDF and a sector of fire 4. A sector of fire only

5 27. The sector of fire for a crew-served weapon is normally what angle? degrees or less degrees or more degrees or less 5 degrees or more 28. Crew-served weapons are positioned at intervals of at least how many meters?

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