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MSLC STAFF 1-9 TEST AND PRACTICE EXAM NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
What is the primary purpose of staffs? (2)
Support the Commander
Assist subordinate commanders, staffs, and units
Assist subordinate commanders, staffs, and units
What do staff activities focus on?
Assisting the commander in accomplishing the mission
What do staffs support the commanders with? (3)
Making and articulating timely decision
Make recommendations
Prepare plans and orders
Make recommendations
Prepare plans and orders
Staffs synthesize this information and provide it to the commanders as ___________ ___________ to help commanders build and maintain their situational understanding/
running estimates
What do effective staffs establish and maintain?
High degree of coordination and cooperations with staffs of their subordinate echelons.
How do staffs become effective?
By FIRST understanding their higher echelon HQs operations and commander's intent
Nesting their unit's operations with their higher HQ
Nesting their unit's operations with their higher HQ
Staffs keep units outside their own HQs well __________.
Informed
What do staffs keep civilian organizations informed with?
relevant information according to their security classifications and their need to know
What does staff do after receiving information?
pass that information to the appropriate HQ
The key is __________, not__________.
Relevance;Volume
Information should reach recipients based on what?
Their need for it
What does staff do when forwarding information?
Sending staff highlights key information for each recipient
Clarifies the commander's intent
Clarifies the commander's intent
Regardless of their career field or duty billet, all staff sections share a common set of duties and responsibilities: (13)
Managing information w/in their area of expertise
Building & Maintaining running estimates
Conducting staff research & analyzing problems
Performing intel preparation of the battlefield
Developing info requirements
Advising & informing the commander
Providing recommendations
Preparing plans, orders, and other staff writing
Exercising staff supervision
Performing risk management
Assessing operations
Conducting staff inspections & assistance visits
Performing staff administrative procedures
Building & Maintaining running estimates
Conducting staff research & analyzing problems
Performing intel preparation of the battlefield
Developing info requirements
Advising & informing the commander
Providing recommendations
Preparing plans, orders, and other staff writing
Exercising staff supervision
Performing risk management
Assessing operations
Conducting staff inspections & assistance visits
Performing staff administrative procedures
What are the characteristics of effective staff members? (8)
Competent
Bring Clarity
Exercise initiative
Apply critical & creative thinking
Adaptive
Flexible
Disciplined & Self Confident
Team Players
Bring Clarity
Exercise initiative
Apply critical & creative thinking
Adaptive
Flexible
Disciplined & Self Confident
Team Players
What are the 3 considerations for structuring staff?
Mission
Broad area of expertise (functional responsibilities)
Regulations and Laws
Broad area of expertise (functional responsibilities)
Regulations and Laws
Who do NCOs serve alongside in all staff sections?
staff officer
NCOs execute _________________ as those of their staff officer.
similar duties
What do NCOs provide in their particular staff section?
Experience and Continuity
Staff NCOs display the same ____________ characteristics as effective staff officers
Characteristics
What is a staff section?
A grouping of staff members by area of expertise.
What are the 3 basic types of staff officers?
Coordinating
Special
Personal
Special
Personal
What are functional responsibilities?
duties and responsibilities inherent in an area of expertise
Who is the commander's principal staff officer?
Chief of Staff or Executive Officer
COS or XO Responsibilities (5)
- Coordinating & Directing work of the staff
- Establishing & Monitoring the HQ battle rhythm
- Representing the CO when authorized
- Ensuring effective liaison exchange w/ higher echelon, lower, and adjacent units
- Supervising the sustainment of the HQ, activities of HQ, and HQ BN or Company
- Establishing & Monitoring the HQ battle rhythm
- Representing the CO when authorized
- Ensuring effective liaison exchange w/ higher echelon, lower, and adjacent units
- Supervising the sustainment of the HQ, activities of HQ, and HQ BN or Company
Who are the coordinating staff officers and what do they do?
Commander's Principal Staff Assistants
They advise, plan, & coordinate actions of special staff officers w/in area of expertise
They advise, plan, & coordinate actions of special staff officers w/in area of expertise
What are coordinating staff officers' authority limited to?
Advising, planning, and coordinating w/in their individual fields of interest
What do organizations commanded by general officers have?
G-staffs
What do organizations commanded by field grad officers have?
S-staffs
What are the coordinating staff positions?
G1/S1 Personnel
G2/S2 Intelligence
G3/S3 Operations
G4/S4 Logistics
G5 Plans
G6/S6 Signal
G8 Financial Management
G9/S9 Civil Affairs Operations
Chief of Fires or Deputy Fire Support Coordinator (DFSCOORD)
Chief of Protection
Support operations officer (SPO)
G2/S2 Intelligence
G3/S3 Operations
G4/S4 Logistics
G5 Plans
G6/S6 Signal
G8 Financial Management
G9/S9 Civil Affairs Operations
Chief of Fires or Deputy Fire Support Coordinator (DFSCOORD)
Chief of Protection
Support operations officer (SPO)
What is G1/S1?
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