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H101
Question 1
10 out of 10 points
One country that was successfully able to adapt the Western way of war to its own culture was:
Selected Answer:
A.
Japan
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Question 2
10 out of 10 points
According to Jay Luvaas, what are the two areas in which history can offer primary instruction?
Selected Answer:
C.
How soldiers are motivated and react to fear
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Question 3
10 out of 10 points
According to Hale, gunpowder transformed warfare to a:
Selected Answer:
A.
Sometimes-massive struggles between dynastic rivals
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Question 4
0 out of 10 points
Which statement is true regarding Luvaas's discussion of the differences of military theory, use of history, and principles of doctrine?
Selected Answer:
B.
History can prove principles of doctrine.
Response Feedback:
Incorrect. Please review: Lesson, Military Revolution: Military Revolution/Revolution
in Military Affairs, page 31-02
Question 5
0 out of 10 points
Identify some pitfalls or fallacies of studying military history that Luvaas mentioned.
Selected Answer:
B.
Researching history to minimize bias
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Incorrect. Please review: Lesson, Military Revolution: Military Revolution/Revolution
in Military Affairs, page 31-02
Question 6
10 out of 10 points
Which items did Luvass discuss regarding how soldiers can learn from military history?
Selected Answer:
A.
Identifying with soldiers and events, asking pertinent questions
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Question 7
0 out of 10 points
According to Knox and Murray, what were the negative consequences of the US victory in DESERT STORM?
Selected Answer:
A.
Encouraged the Department of Defense (DOD) to look for ways to reduce defense spending
Response Feedback:
Incorrect. Please review: Lesson, Military Revolution: Western Way of War, pages 32-01 and 32-02
Question 8
0 out of 10 points
What were two examples of revolutions in military affairs (RMAs) described by Knox and Murray?
Selected Answer:
C.
Blitzkrieg, The Industrial Revolution
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Incorrect. Please review: Lesson, Military Revolution: Military Revolution/Revolution
in Military Affairs, page 31-03
Question 9
10 out of 10 points
Why did Parker assert that other countries outside the West have difficulty in imitating the Western way of war?
Selected Answer:
A.
Western style of warfare comes as a package
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Question 10
10 out of 10 points
Which is a military revolution described by Knox and Murray?
Selected Answer:
A.
The French Revolution
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Question 1
10 out of 10 points
An example of an RMA is:
Selected Answer:
A.
Amphibious warfare
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Question 2
10 out of 10 points
Luvaas wrote that the ______________ field of history is under more pressure than all others to provide practical answers to some current problem.
Selected Answer:
A.
Military history
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Question 3
10 out of 10 points
According to Jay Luvaas, what are the two areas in which history can offer primary instruction?
Selected Answer:
C.
How soldiers are motivated and react to fear
Response Feedback:
Correct
Question 4
10 out of 10 points
Which is a military revolution described by Knox and Murray?
Selected Answer:
A.
The French Revolution
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Question 5
10 out of 10 points
According to Hale, gunpowder transformed warfare to a:
Selected Answer:
A.
Sometimes-massive struggles between dynastic rivals
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Question 6
0 out of 10 points
According to Knox and Murray, what were the negative consequences of the US victory in
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DESERT STORM?
Selected Answer:
C.
Provided a reminder that hard strategic thinking was still pertinent
Response Feedback:
Incorrect. Please review: Lesson, Military Revolution: Western Way of War, pages 32-01 and 32-02
Question 7
10 out of 10 points
According to Knox and Murray, what are some notable characteristics of a revolution in military affairs (RMA)?
Selected Answer:
B.
Gives an immediate advantage to the first player to exploit them
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Question 8
10 out of 10 points
According to Knox and Murray, how many military revolutions are there?
Selected Answer:
A.
Five
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Question 9
10 out of 10 points
How many of the revolutions and RMAs, cited by Knox and Murray, have taken place in the context of Western civilization?
Selected Answer:
C.
All of them
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Question 10
10 out of 10 points
The musket diminished the role of _______ in war.
Selected Answer:
B.
Cavalry
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H102
Question 1
0 out of 10 points
Before the French Revolution, warfare was considered limited, fought for limited means with limited objectives. During these "limited wars" they could be described by which of the following?
Selected Answer:
B.
Wars were short and intense.
Response Feedback:
Incorrect. Please review: Reading, “Makers of Modern Strategy” from Machiavelli to
the Nuclear Age, page 94
Question 2
0 out of 10 points
Frederick placed a large value on cavalry. It consisted of how much of his army?
Selected Answer:
B.
A third
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Incorrect. Please review: Reading, “Makers of Modern Strategy” from Machiavelli to
the Nuclear Age, page 100
Question 3
10 out of 10 points
French military experience under Louis XIV provides two principal examples of technological innovations that fell short of their revolutionary implications for warfare. Which of the following examples does Lynn describe?
Selected Answer:
A.
Adoption of flintlock and bayonet
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Question 4
10 out of 10 points
_______________ is the advance of one wing by echelons with refusal of the other, introduced by Frederick.
Selected Answer:
C.
Oblique order
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Question 5
10 out of 10 points
The invasion of Silesia in 1740 is considered the first taste of the "blitzkrieg". Who was the first commander to use the method to later be known as blitzkrieg?
Selected Answer:
B.
Frederick the Great
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Question 6
10 out of 10 points
What allowed the Orangist reformers to keep a standing professional army and construct new fortified lines along their forms?
Selected Answer:
C.
Financial strength
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Question 7
10 out of 10 points
According to Lipsius, the _______ was not motivated by the quest for individual glory but would consider himself first and foremost as a professional serving his community.
Selected Answer:
A.
Officer
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Question 8
10 out of 10 points
What two factors made it hazardous to divide an army in the field in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century?
Selected Answer:
C.
Poor state of communication and low quality of scouting
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Question 9
10 out of 10 points
At 21 years of age, _______ was appointed "Admiral-General to the United Netherlands".
Selected Answer:
C.
Maurice of Nassau
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Question 10
0 out of 10 points
Which of the following statements describes limited war?
Selected Answer:
C.
Battles should be quick, decisive, and inexpensive.
Response Feedback:
Incorrect. Please review: Lesson, Lesson, Discussion of Readings: Limited War, page 31-11
Question 1
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10 out of 10 points
Which of the following statements describes limited war?
Selected Answer:
A.
The effort one puts forth is consummate with the objectives one seeks to gain.
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Question 2
10 out of 10 points
How did absolutism, power granted to monarchs by God, affect the creation and maintenance of armies in the early modern era?
Selected Answer:
C.
Ability to tax freely provided funds for standing armies.
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Question 3
10 out of 10 points
Frederick the Great's first military work, that embodied the experience of the first two Silesian wars, was circulated confidentially among his generals. What was the title of that work?
Selected Answer:
C.
Principes Généraux de la guerre
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Question 4
0 out of 10 points
The armies of the late eighteenth to the early nineteenth century were divided internally into classes, much like the states, officers, and soldiers. The armies of Russia, Austria, and Prussia were mainly composed largely of what group of people?
Selected Answer:
C.
Foreigners
Response Feedback:
Incorrect. Please review: Reading, “Makers of Modern Strategy” from Machiavelli to
the Nuclear Age, page 92
Question 5
10 out of 10 points
In March of 1632 Gustavus did not advance to Vienna after Tilly was mortally wounded in battle. What
was the main reason?
Selected Answer:
A.
His armies were to be dispersed for effective coordination.
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Question 6
10 out of 10 points
A key aspect of jus in bello is:
Selected Answer:
A.
Proportionality
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Question 7
0 out of 10 points
After the French Revolution, war changed. It was no longer clashes between rulers but more of clashes between whom?
Selected Answer:
C.
Clash between state borders
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Incorrect. Please review: Reading, “Makers of Modern Strategy” from Machiavelli to
the Nuclear Age, page 91-92
Question 8
10 out of 10 points
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, ideal military training was to shape spiritless raw material into machinelike battalions. When battalions engaged the enemy, the battalion's formation could be described as:
Selected Answer:
A.
Solid line, the soldiers standing almost elbow to elbow
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Question 9
10 out of 10 points
If any soldier in Frederick the Great's army looked like he was about to flee or set foot outside the line,
the noncommissioned officers standing behind those soldiers were ordered to do which of the following to keep the soldiers in formation?
Selected Answer:
B.
Run him through with his bayonet and kill him on the spot.
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Question 10
10 out of 10 points
What two factors made it hazardous to divide an army in the field in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century?
Selected Answer:
C.
Poor state of communication and low quality of scouting
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H103
Question 1
10 out of 10 points
In the Ulm-Austerlitz campaign of 1805, Napoleon decided on which of the following?
Selected Answer:
C.
Napoleon chose to envelop the Austrian army in southern Germany, south of the Danube.
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Question 2
0 out of 10 points
According to the author, one key political purpose behind incorporating the volunteer battalions into the regular army was for which of the following reasons?
Selected Answer:
B.
To infuse the volunteers with the patriotic spirit of the regulars.
Response Feedback:
Incorrect. Please review: Reading, Republican Meritocracy in the Nexus of War, Civil
Strife, and Factionalism, by Blaufarb, page H103RB-9
Question 3
0 out of 10 points
Napoleon's military system represented a revolution in the conduct of war in what way?
Selected Answer:
B.
Napoleon implemented revolutionary reforms to the tactical employment of regiments that would impact armies around the world.
Response Feedback:
Incorrect. Please review: Lesson, Transforming an Army: How the French Did It, page 31-03
Question 4
0 out of 10 points
The French Revolutionary Wars of 1792 - 1799 witnessed incredible changes in military affairs. Which
of the following are the most significant?
Selected Answer:
A.
The modern all-arms corps system; heavy use of skirmishers; semi-permanent staffs.
Response Feedback:
Incorrect. Please review: Reading, The French Revolution and the Rise of Napoleon by Abel, page H103RA-1
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Question 5
10 out of 10 points
Which statement is accurate regarding the differences between the French and British navies during the Napoleonic era?
Selected Answer:
A.
The British possessed the resources and will to operate and maintain a huge navy, whereas the French didn't see the country's destiny as hinging so clearly on naval actions as on land actions.
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Question 6
10 out of 10 points
What revolutionary changes in French society and politics most affected the military establishment?
Selected Answer:
A.
The elimination of nobility altered the officer corps; meritocracy became a hallmark of the French army; the levee-en-masse of 1793.
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Question 7
10 out of 10 points
Which of the following is true regarding the French revolutionary government and its call for a levée en
masse?
Selected Answer:
B.
The revolutionaries imbued the army and its wars with nationalism.
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Question 8
10 out of 10 points
Which statement is true regarding the Ulm-Austerlitz campaign of 1805?
Selected Answer:
B.
The Grande Armée passed across the Rhine north of the Black Forest and wheeled south, thus catching and surrounding the Austrian army of nearly 60,000 near Ulm.
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Question 9
0 out of 10 points
Which of the following contributed to Napoleon's success at maneuver execution?
Selected Answer:
A.
Napoleon, unlike previous field commanders, was better able to execute line and column formations to defeat his enemies.
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Incorrect. Please review: Lesson, Napoleon: A Great Captain, page 41-01
Question 10
0 out of 10 points
Which of the following was a significant transformation of the French army under Napoleon?
Selected Answer:
C.
The Le Soldat Citoyen (Citizen Soldier)
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Incorrect. Please review: Reading, The French Revolution and the Rise of Napoleon by Abel, page H103RA-2
Question 1
0 out of 10 points
Napoleon's effectiveness as a field commander was partially due to which of the following?
Selected Answer:
C.
Napoleon relied on instinctual decision making in place of detailed planning, which enabled him to consistently out-maneuver his enemies.
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Incorrect. Please review: Lesson, Napoleon: A Great Captain, page 41-01
Question 2
10 out of 10 points
Which of the following is true regarding the French army under the Old Regime?
Selected Answer:
A.
The Army was the dynastic property of the absolutist king.
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Question 3
10 out of 10 points
Which of the following was a significant transformation of the French army under Napoleon?
Selected Answer:
A.
The corps d'armée (Army Corps)
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Question 4
10 out of 10 points
What clear operational advantage did the French revolutionary army acquire as a result of the revolution?
Selected Answer:
A.
Nationalism inspired soldiers to move extended distances without relying on fixed bases
and supply lines, thus allowing them to change direction and speed much more quickly.
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Question 5
10 out of 10 points
Which of the following contributed to Napoleon's success at maneuver execution?
Selected Answer:
B.
Napoleon had several excellent subordinate commanders who could win battles outside his direct authority.
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Question 6
10 out of 10 points
According to Knox, which of the following was at the root of the new operational methods and tactics that made the Prussian army of 1813-15 equal or superior to its French enemy?
Selected Answer:
B.
The systemic process of developing an educated and trained military force modeled after France combined with their own analysis and experimentation.
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Question 7
0 out of 10 points
What characteristic is true of the French Navy in 1805?
Selected Answer:
[None Given]
Response Feedback:
Incorrect. Please review: Lesson, Napoleon: A Great Captain, page 41-04
Question 8
10 out of 10 points
Napoleon's military system represented a revolution in the conduct of war in what way?
Selected Answer:
A.
Napoleon revolutionized the operational art of war when he developed the corps d'armee system creating miniature armies that could fight autonomously.
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Question 9
10 out of 10 points
In the Ulm-Austerlitz campaign of 1805, Napoleon decided on which of the following?
Selected Answer:
C.
Napoleon chose to envelop the Austrian army in southern Germany, south of the Danube.
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Question 10
10 out of 10 points
Which statement is true regarding the Ulm-Austerlitz campaign of 1805?
Selected Answer:
B.
The Grande Armée passed across the Rhine north of the Black Forest and wheeled south, thus catching and surrounding the Austrian army of nearly 60,000 near Ulm.
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Correct
H104
Question 1
10 out of 10 points
How did Napoleon view diplomacy?
Selected Answer:
B.
As a military problem: first beat an opponent; then dictate his will for peace
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Question 2
10 out of 10 points
In preparation for war with Russia, Napoleon made extensive logistical preparations. These included which of the following?
Selected Answer:
B.
French artillery parks were deployed at Danzig, Glogau, Küstrin, and Stettin while a vast arsenal was established at Warsaw.
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Question 3
10 out of 10 points
Why did the army developed during the French Revolution have problems dealing with the scope and scale of operations from 1809-15?
Selected Answer:
C.
Slower speed: As French armies grew, they became less agile.
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Question 4
0 out of 10 points
Which of the following are true about dynastic rule as opposed to the social order released by the French Revolution?
Selected A.
Response Feedback:
Incorrect. Please review: Lesson, Napoleon’s Final Years, page 31-02
Question 5
10 out of 10 points
The Grande Armée, so dominant in 1805-06, lost its decisive edge after 1809. Which of the following was a reason for this decline?
Selected Answer:
B.
The larger scale of operations
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Question 6
10 out of 10 points
As a result of French losses in the Russian Campaign of 1812, which of the following was true about Le Grande Armée?
Selected Answer:
A.
Napoleon's military might was shattered, losing up to half a million men.
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Question 7
0 out of 10 points
In March 1814, the allied Treaty of Chaumont pledged which of the following?
Selected Answer:
A.
France needed to be placed back within its 1794 boundaries.
Response Feedback:
Incorrect. Please review: Lesson, Napoleon’s Final Years, page 31-08
Question 8
10 out of 10 points
While Napoleon genuinely desired to modernize Europe, what were his chief efforts in the conquered territories aimed at?
Selected Answer:
A.
Leveraging the resources of each state for the French war machine
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Question 9
0 out of 10 points
Which of the following is true regarding why Napoleon was never able to establish a permanent peace
despite his successes?
Selected Answer:
B.
Each nation, for its personal agenda, sought equilibrium by appeasing the French.
Response Feedback:
Incorrect. Please review: Lesson, Napoleon’s Final Years, page 31-08
Question 10
10 out of 10 points
Which of the following was one factor that led to engagements becoming continuous and sequential in
1809 and after?
Selected Answer:
C.
Larger armies
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Question 1
10 out of 10 points
According to Alexander, the Spanish guerrillas were:
Selected Answer:
B.
Forged from untrained peasants into formidable warriors by competent leaders who emerged.
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Question 2
10 out of 10 points
Why did the army developed during the French Revolution have problems dealing with the scope and scale of operations from 1809-15?
Selected Answer:
C.
Slower speed: As French armies grew, they became less agile.
Response Feedback:
Correct
Question 3
10 out of 10 points
How did Napoleon view diplomacy?
Selected Answer:
B.
As a military problem: first beat an opponent; then dictate his will for peace
Response Feedback:
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Question 4
10 out of 10 points
After their defeat in the War of the Fifth Coalition in 1809, the Austrians implemented which of the following reforms?
Selected Answer:
C.
Unit staffs, which could be directed by the central general staff
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Question 5
10 out of 10 points
What was a component of the Napoleonic tradition that influenced succeeding generations of military personnel?
Selected Answer:
B.
Rapid concentration on the decisive point
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Question 6
10 out of 10 points
While Napoleon genuinely desired to modernize Europe, what were his chief efforts in the conquered territories aimed at?
Selected Answer:
A.
Leveraging the resources of each state for the French war machine
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Question 7
10 out of 10 points
According to the Paret reading, during 1808-1815 Napoleon upset the existing balance of power in Europe, with France becoming the dominant player. How did the other major
powers react?
Selected Answer:
B.
They used political and military elements of nationalism to try and regain a balance.
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Question 8
10 out of 10 points
All of the following are true regarding why Napoleon was never able to establish a permanent peace despite his successes except:
Selected Answer:
B.
Although Napoleon accepted allied peace overtures, the allies continued their offensives to crush France.
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Question 9
10 out of 10 points
What was one way the other great powers countered Napoleon and his army's coup d'oeil?
Selected Answer:
A.
They would decline or avoid battle where Napoleon was present and attacked only when he was not present.
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Question 10
10 out of 10 points
Which of the following was a major factor that contributed to the decline of Napoleon's military power during 1808-15?
Selected Answer:
B.
Napoleon's enemies became more tactically proficient.
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H105
Question 1
10 out of 10 points
Which of these statements correctly describes Clausewitz's approach to theory and practice?
Selected Answer:
B.
Clausewitz insisted that theory should remain close to practice.
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Question 2
10 out of 10 points
Which of the following are possible sources of "friction" according to Clausewitz?
Selected Answer:
C.
Accidents and unexpected events
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Question 3
0 out of 10 points
According to Clausewitz, how is "presence of mind" described?
Selected Answer:
C.
Quick recognition of truth without the long study and reflection.
Response Feedback:
Incorrect. Please review: Lesson, Clausewitz: History, Theory, and Doctrine, page 31-16
Question 4
10 out of 10 points
What is a possible source of "friction" according to Clausewitz?
Selected Answer:
B.
Unforeseen events
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Question 5
10 out of 10 points
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According to Clausewitz, will is needed to overcome injuries, adversity, and stress. In terms of current Army doctrine, "will" corresponds to which of the following?
Selected Answer:
C.
Resilience
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Question 6
10 out of 10 points
According to Clausewitz, the ultimate outcome of a war is not always to be regarded as final. The defeated state often considers the outcome as a ______________.
Selected Answer:
A.
Transitory evil
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Question 7
10 out of 10 points
____________ is the force that makes the apparently easy so difficult.
Selected Answer:
C.
Friction
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Question 8
10 out of 10 points
In terms of doctrine, "presence of mind" corresponds with which type of decision making?
Selected Answer:
C.
Intuitive decision making
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Question 9
10 out of 10 points
What are the three aspects of Clausewitz's "paradoxical trinity"?
Selected Answer:
B.
Passion, Reason, and Uncertainty
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Question 10
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According to Clausewitz, the original motive for war will determine both the military objective and the amount of effort required. What is the original motive for war?
Selected Answer:
B.
The political objective
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H107
Question 1
10 out of 10 points
What was true about an organizational change that manifested itself in The American Civil War?
Selected Answer:
B.
It was the first major war in which the high commands were dominated not by members of the nobility but my men of specialized training and experience in the armed forces.
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Question 2
10 out of 10 points
New technologies from the Industrial Revolution like the telegraph, rifled weaponry, and the railroad were making warfare more complex and introduced what new idea?
Selected Answer:
C.
Planning and technical expertise were needed to manage these new technologies.
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Question 3
10 out of 10 points
The Union gained an asymmetric advantage over the Confederacy in the management of resources. The following exemplify this advantage except:
Selected Answer:
C.
Both the North and the South established sound management plans of their financial
resources.
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Question 4
0 out of 10 points
The preponderance of military thought and studies for American soldiers of the early and middle nineteenth century focused on what?
Selected Answer:
B.
Offensive maneuver as practiced in Napoleonic warfare
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Incorrect. Please review: Reading, Makers of Modern Strategy, pages 413 - 416
Question 5
10 out of 10 points
An example of the Confederacy's 1863 "tax-in-kind" policy was what?
Selected Answer:
B.
Taxes levied on livestock
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Question 6
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In his article on the origins of American Strategy in Makers of Modern Strategy, historian Russell Weigley quotes Colonel Naylor in saying which of the following was required to "take the fighting spirit out of a country" and achieve victory in modern warfare?
Selected Answer:
B.
Economic pressure, like that of the Union blockade in the American Civil War
Response Feedback:
Incorrect. Please review: Reading, Makers of Modern Strategy, pages 441 - 442
Question 7
0 out of 10 points
What can be stated as accurate about both the Union and the Confederacy's ability to field their respective armies?
Selected Answer:
C.
Believing themselves to be virtuous citizens, Americans passively acquiesced and obeyed their respective national government's calls-to-arms.
Response Feedback:
Incorrect. Please review: Reading, The Dynamics of Military Revolution, page 78
Question 8
0 out of 10 points
How did General Washington's inability to bring the Continental Army up to the tactical and disciplinary standards of the British affect his opinions on engaging in battles?
Selected Answer:
C.
He looked with disdain on avoiding general actions and eschewed the use of raids against the enemy.
Response Feedback:
Incorrect. Please review: Reading, Makers of Modern Strategy, pages 411 - 412
Question 9
0 out of 10 points
The American Way of War as it evolved through the Civil War included all the following except:
Selected Answer:
B.
The reliance on the militia's citizen soldiers
Response Feedback:
Incorrect. Please review: Lesson, Revolutionary Effects on the American Civil War: Political-Social Dynamics of the Civil War, page 33-01
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Question 10
10 out of 10 points
All the following are true about modifications soldiers made to tactical methods during the American Civil War except:
Selected Answer:
C.
Open tactical formations were easier to control and often provided opportunities for leaders to motivate their soldiers to move forward.
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Question 1
10 out of 10 points
All the following are true about the use of railroads during the Civil War except:
Selected Answer:
C.
By 1861, 22,000 miles of track had been laid in the Southern states and 9,500 miles in the North.
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Question 2
0 out of 10 points
Both sides in the American Civil War saw potential in using the railroad in their operations. All the following occurred to realize the use of the railroad except:
Selected Answer:
C.
The new idea found its way to decision makers who could direct, organize, and allocate resources.
Response Feedback:
Incorrect. Please review: Lesson, Introduction: Preparation, page 21-01
Question 3
0 out of 10 points
American officers' conduct of operations in the 1846-48 war with Mexico relied on what?
Selected Answer:
B.
A common institutional heritage
Response Feedback:
Incorrect. Please review: Lesson, Revolutionary Effects on the American Civil War: Industrial Effects, page 31-02
Question 4
10 out of 10 points
According to Mark Grimsley, what exacerbated difficulties in the Confederate armed forces while radically increased tensions within Confederate society?
Selected Answer:
C.
The Confederacy's clumsy fiscal policies and wrongheaded wartime financing
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Question 5
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Which of the following was another fundamental transformation in Western military affairs that took place in Moltke's lifetime?
Selected Answer:
C.
The emergence of notion of the military man as belonging to a profession.
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New technologies from the Industrial Revolution like the telegraph, rifled weaponry, and the railroad were making warfare more complex and introduced what new idea?
Selected Answer:
C.
Planning and technical expertise were needed to manage these new technologies.
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Question 7
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Which of the following is not one of the three military revolutions which evidenced itself during the American Civil War?
Selected Answer:
B.
The impact of private industry
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Ulysses S. Grant won important victories at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson in 1862 and Vicksburg in 1863, to sustain his operations in Virginia in 1864-65. He demonstrated great skill in working with whom?
Selected Answer:
B.
The Navy
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Initially, the North's plan for winning the Civil War included all the following except:
Selected Answer:
C.
Explicitly target slavery in order to destroy the ability of the Confederacy to make war
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From all three approaches laid out in the ethical triangle-- principles-based, virtues-based, and consequences-based--it is preferable to respect the distinction between the civilian and the uniformed combatant, with the former avoiding war in exchange for staying on the sidelines. However, when it was evident to Lincoln and to other Federal military authorities that the South was escalating its efforts
in the war, what approach did they transition to?
Selected Answer:
C.
Hard war policy of 1864-1865
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Question 1
10 out of 10 points
Both sides in the American Civil War saw potential in using the railroad in their operations. All the following occurred to realize the use of the railroad except:
Selected Answer:
B.
The railroad was immediately available, so there were no educational or training issues with its use.
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In his article on the origins of American Strategy in Makers of Modern Strategy, historian Russell Weigley quotes Colonel Naylor in saying which of the following was required to "take the fighting spirit out of a country" and achieve victory in modern warfare?
Selected Answer:
C.
To defeat its main army
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Question 3
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Comparing the experiences of William T. Sherman and Helmuth von Moltke demonstrates the challenges of military leadership in the Industrial Age. What is this challenge for responsible leaders?
Selected Answer:
C.
Responsible leaders cannot consider military operations in a vacuum or as ends in themselves but must be mindful of larger political and strategic contexts.
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Which one of these characteristics of war did Helmuth von Moltke write what about in the 1890's?
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A.
Wars of the present day call for whole nations to arms.
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Studying Grant's strategy from the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg, American soldiers entered the twentieth century believing what?
Selected Answer:
B.
War would be with an overseas invader and should be waged in defensive terms with the
fortification of the major seaports to prevent their capture and to impose upon any invader the necessity to land, reinforce, and resupply across open beaches.
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Question 6
10 out of 10 points
The preponderance of military thought and studies for American soldiers of the early and middle nineteenth century focused on what?
Selected Answer:
C.
Engineering, particularly on the value of field fortifications
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Question 7
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American officers' conduct of operations in the 1846-48 war with Mexico relied on what?
Selected Answer:
C.
Common sense and practical experience
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General George Washington promoted and conducted of the War of Independence in what manner?
Selected Answer:
C.
In a combination that weaved together guerilla operations and those of regular forces.
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All of the following are true about "the days are gone", except:
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A.
In the aftermath of Napoleon's demise, conservative European statesmen were successful in reconstructing their armies and politics along traditional lines.
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Question 10
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What was true about an organizational change that manifested itself in The American Civil War?
Selected Answer:
B.
It was the first major war in which the high commands were dominated not by members of the nobility but my men of specialized training and experience in the armed forces.
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H108
Question 1
10 out of 10 points
In 1870, the French populace, after the defeat of their army at Sedan and Metz and the loss of their emperor, wanted an end to the conflict on political terms that would preserve France's territorial and political vibrancy. They did all the following to achieve this except:
Selected Answer:
C.
Seek a negotiated peace settlement with Germany
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Question 2
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What is true about the Prussian mobilization of 1850 with regards to the use of railroads?
Selected Answer:
C.
Planning, loading, and scheduling were detailed.
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Question 3
10 out of 10 points
Along with an increasing number of his contemporaries, Moltke had drawn three conclusions about railroads. Which of these is NOT one of Moltke's conclusions?
Selected Answer:
B.
The largest forces could easily be brought to the largest railroad junctions for resupply.
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The Prussian revolution in military affairs (RMA) proved short-lived. By the mid-1870s, every major continental army possessed similar capabilities except:
Selected Answer:
A.
Smaller forces that combined active and citizen militia formations
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To forearm staff officers against the many possible contingencies in war, Moltke stressed what?
Selected Answer:
A.
The study of military history
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What is true about Prussian, coordinated rail movement scheduling?
Selected Answer:
A.
It was able to place mobilized forces and supplies to the frontiers after advance party,
on-site reconnaissance.
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Utilization, page 32-03
Question 7
10 out of 10 points
What was an operational difficulty confronting the Germans after their swift victories over the French Imperial Army at Sedan and Metz in 1870?
Selected Answer:
B.
German lines of communication from Paris were long and tempting targets of opportunity.
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In the post-Waterloo era, with increasingly demanding tasks of nineteenth-century warfare on a battlefield ever more swept by fire, a wide range of military figures, including some of Napoleon's own marshals, advocated a return to what?
Selected C.
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Chief of the General Staff Helmuth von Moltke counterbalanced Prussia's resource deficiencies by doing what?
Selected Answer:
B.
Focusing on logistics
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Question 10
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Moltke transformed Prussian general staff to be able to perform both collective and decentralized functions. Which of these is an example of a decentralized function?
Selected Answer:
B.
Developing strategic plans
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Question 1
10 out of 10 points
After 1815, what was the kind of army that Prussia developed and depended upon?
Selected Answer:
C.
A force depending upon men recalled from civilian life
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Question 2
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Helmuth von Moltke used all but which of the following items to his advantage?
Selected Answer:
C.
Use of the expanded road network allowed troops to pull back into marching order relatively easily if conditions did not seem favorable for the battle.
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Question 3
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Moltke transformed Prussian general staff to be able to perform both collective and decentralized functions. Which of these is an example of a decentralized function?
Selected Answer:
A.
Acting as junior partners in command
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Which of the following was NOT part of Helmuth von Moltke's strategy to deal with Russia and France?
Selected Answer:
C.
He weighted his main effort from France back to Russia, blunting any potential Russian offensive and allow for follow-up with a major counterattack. Russia, and not France, was the major threat to Germany.
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Question 5
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When Helmuth von Moltke realized technology was slowly making the tactical defense stronger, he decided all the following EXCEPT which?
Selected Answer:
A.
The strategy of encirclement and annihilation could be practiced for approximately ten more years before it became too risky and costly.
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Question 6
10 out of 10 points
Chief of the General Staff Helmuth von Moltke counterbalanced Prussia's resource deficiencies by doing what?
Selected Answer:
C.
Meticulous, detailed prewar planning
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Question 7
10 out of 10 points
What is true about the Prussian mobilization of 1850 with regards to the use of railroads?
Selected Answer:
B.
Planning, loading, and scheduling were extemporaneous.
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Question 8
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What was at the heart of the Schlieffen plan?
Selected Answer:
A.
Risk
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Question 9
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The Schlieffen Plan was what kind of doctrine?
Selected Answer:
B.
Offensive
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Question 10
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Wilhelminian Germany's strategic military doctrine is most clearly visible in what plan?
Selected Answer:
C.
The Schlieffen Plan
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H109
Question 1
10 out of 10 points
Flag and blinker light signals were used for what type of communications in the Royal Navy, during the early 1900s?
Selected Answer:
C.
Tactical communications
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Question 2
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Fisher's concept of flotilla defense for the narrow seas around Britain envisioned torpedo boats and submarines doing what?
Selected Answer:
A.
"Infesting" the waters in and around Britain
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According to Mahan's writings at the time, both travel and traffic by water were what when compared to land?
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A.
Easier and cheaper
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Question 4
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Fisher saw the battlecruisers as a "multi-role" warship capable of performing the functions of which of the following?
Selected Answer:
A.
Both armored cruisers and battleships
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Question 5
10 out of 10 points
Marconi's wireless radio was relied upon in the early 1900s by many navies for which of the following even though it was vulnerable to interception?
Selected Answer:
B.
Shore to ship communications
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Question 6
10 out of 10 points
According to Mahan, the primary mission of a navy was to secure the _____________, which permitted the maintenance of sea communications for friendly ships while denying their use to the enemy and, if necessary, allowing the supervision neutral trade.
Selected Answer:
A.
command of the sea
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Question 7
0 out of 10 points
Which of the following was one of the advantages found in battlecruisers when compared to a dreadnought?
Selected Answer:
C.
Increased firepower at a lower cost
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Question 8
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Fisher likely envisioned one key role for the battlecruiser, which of the following was that role?
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Selected Answer:
A.
Policing the empire
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Question 9
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In 1904 Fisher made the decision to scrap a large number of gunboats and trade protection cruisers for which of the following reasons?
Selected Answer:
C.
These ships had become technologically obsolete
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Question 10
10 out of 10 points
Admiral Fisher pushed to eliminate small caliber guns in favor of an all-big-gun battleship because of which of the following reasons?
Selected Answer:
A.
The effectiveness of large ship-killing guns
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Question 1
10 out of 10 points
How did the British plan to overcome the battlecruisers limited armored protection?
Selected Answer:
A.
They believed the speed of the battlecruiser would enable them to close with the enemy, fire devastating volleys, and then quickly disengage before the enemy could respond.
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Question 2
0 out of 10 points
Dreadnoughts had one principal advantage over battlecruisers, what was that advantage?
Selected Answer:
B.
They had larger and more numerous "ship killing" guns
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Mahan believed that because of geography, which country had an advantage at sea, as it had less difficulty in massing its fleet together?
Selected Answer:
A.
Britain
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Question 4
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According to Lambert, Fisher campaigned to build battlecruisers instead of making more what type of ship?
Selected Answer:
A.
Battleships
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Question 5
10 out of 10 points
Fisher likely envisioned one key role for the battlecruiser, which of the following was that role?
Selected Answer:
A.
Policing the empire
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Question 6
10 out of 10 points
Which of the following was a technological innovation of the period that threatened the dominance of capital ships, particularly after demonstrating an ability to sink capital ships in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877 and the Chilean Civil War of 1891?
Selected Answer:
A.
Self-propelled torpedoes
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Question 7
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According to Mahan's writings at the time, both travel and traffic by water were what when compared to land?
Selected Answer:
A.
Easier and cheaper
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Mahan outlined several essential tenets of sea power. Which of the following is one of Mahan's tenets?
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A.
Protecting one's military and commercial access to the sea
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Question 9
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In your leadership lessons you learned about Kotter's model for leading change. Which of the following was an event that Fisher used to "create a sense of urgency" for transforming the Royal Navy?
Selected Answer:
A.
The massive building program the German Navy began in 1897
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Question 10
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Admiral Fisher pushed to eliminate small caliber guns in favor of an all-big-gun battleship because of which of the following reasons?
Selected Answer:
A.
The effectiveness of large ship-killing guns
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H110
Question 1
10 out of 10 points
Why was the first Marne campaign unique and paradoxical?
Selected Answer:
C.
German forces won almost every tactical engagement, but it was still a strategic loss
for Germany.
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Question 2
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What key assumption did von Moltke make?
Selected Answer:
A.
German forces would capture the Belgian railway system intact.
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Question 3
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The Schlieffen Plan failed due to which execution factor?
Selected Answer:
A.
The Germans shifted two corps to the Eastern Front.
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Question 4
10 out of 10 points
Which statement is inaccurate regarding tanks as a new technology in World War I?
Selected Answer:
C.
Tanks were able to navigate over trenches with little difficulty.
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Question 5
10 out of 10 points
The original Schlieffen Plan was significantly modified by Helmuth von Moltke (the Younger) who served as the Chief of the German General Staff in 1914. Based on Moltke's assumptions, what modifications did he make?
Selected Answer:
A.
Augmented the center and left flank as new forces became available
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Question 6
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According to House, of the four combat arms, __________ were most neglected in doctrine.
Selected Answer:
B.
Engineers
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Question 7
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Which Western Front experience became a catalyst for change during and after the war?
Selected Answer:
A.
Fair armistice terms for all
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Question 8
10 out of 10 points
Fighting on the Western Front during the war became much more deadly due to which factor?
Selected Answer:
A.
Increasingly lethal firepower
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Question 9
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According to House, engineers performed which of the following technical tasks?
Selected Answer:
B.
Modifications of weapons
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Question 10
10 out of 10 points
Which two technologies had the greatest influence on Schlieffen's concept?
Selected Answer:
B.
Transportation and communication
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H111
Question 1
10 out of 10 points
Which of the following is true of artillery use during World War I?
Selected Answer:
A.
While indirect fires could destroy, they could not occupy terrain.
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Question 2
0 out of 10 points
Identify the correct statement for attrition as described in the lesson.
Selected Answer:
C.
Attrition always includes the permanent gaining and holding of enemy terrain.
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1918: Key Tactical Lessons 1914-1917, page 31-04
Question 3
10 out of 10 points
Which strategy was considered a "Bankrupt Strategy" during World War I?
Selected Answer:
B.
Attrition
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Question 4
10 out of 10 points
From the direction of enemy advance, which is the correct order of zones in the elastic defense?
Selected Answer:
C.
Outpost, battle, rearward
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Question 5
10 out of 10 points
Which of the following was a part of the German doctrine of defense?
Selected Answer:
A.
The defender must consider depth for all construction and positions.
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Question 6
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Which of these was NOT identified as a weakness of the attacker in the CBI?
Selected Answer:
B.
The attacker had mobile artillery at his disposal which meant the defender could not see his charge.
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Question 7
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During the years 1914-1917, which of the following was true regarding World War I artillery?
Selected Answer:
B.
Artillery provided the solution and the means to overcome the gridlock of trench warfare.
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1918: Key Tactical Lessons 1914-1917, page 31-03
Question 8
10 out of 10 points
Germany's storm battalion became famous under the control of which German military leader?
Selected Answer:
B.
Cpt. Willy Rohr
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Question 9
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Which of the following lessons was learned on the Western Front?
Selected Answer:
B.
If supported with a heavy enough artillery barrage, it was possible for a frontal assault
to break the enemy's frontline.
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Question 10
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In its most developed form, the elastic defense had designated counterattack forces in which zones?
Selected Answer:
B.
Throughout all zones
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H112
Question 1
10 out of 10 points
To the French, World War I demonstrated the power of the __________.
Selected Answer:
A.
Defense
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How were the Germans able to innovate with armor better than anyone else?
Selected Answer:
B.
By tolerating a high degree of debate within the officer corps about war, tactics, and operations
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According to the author, the processes of innovation that created armored forces in Britain, France, and Germany during the interwar period involved several peculiarities of which of the following?
Selected Answer:
B.
Personalities, production capacity, economic stability, and the military's influence on politicians.
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Incorrect. Please review: Reading, Armored Warfare: The British, French, and German experiences, page 8
Question 4
10 out of 10 points
What reasons contributed to the French failing to recognize the significance of tanks for aggressive offensive warfare?
Selected Answer:
C.
The officer corps failed to conduct a large-scale analysis of lessons learned from WWI; doctrine was focused on defensive operations dominated by artillery; senior army leaders
did not encourage subordinates to express any dissenting opinions on doctrinal development.
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Question 5
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Liddell Hart advocated the "limited liability" argument for the British army during the interwar period. What impact did this have on force and doctrine development?
Selected Answer:
B.
It convinced Neville Chamberlain to employ a limited number of military assets to the continent but did not provide sufficient time or funding for the army to develop the armored forces or the doctrine to support it.
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Incorrect. Please review: Lesson, Interwar Mechanization Development, page 31-08
Question 6
10 out of 10 points
Both Lutz and Guderian emphasized that Panzer units must include an integral force of which of the following?
Selected Answer:
A.
Motorized infantry, artillery, engineers, and signal troops as well as armor.
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Question 7
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How did interpretations of history by British, French, and German military leaders affect force and doctrine development during the interwar period?
Selected Answer:
C.
Each army shared similar experiences during World War I, but each arrived at different tactical and operational interpretations during the interwar period largely due to personalities, intellectual trends, societal influences, and the position of military organizations within society.
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What was the primary effect of the British army not having a coherent doctrine during WWI?
Selected Answer:
A.
The army and corps commanders, as well as smaller units, fought as independent entities.
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Question 9
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After establishing an early lead in the theory of mechanized warfare, why were the British unable to put theory into practice?
Selected Answer:
B.
Army leadership was unimaginative and displayed an unwillingness to address combined arms warfare.
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What characterized German doctrine for mechanized warfare in the 1930s?
Selected Answer:
B.
Mechanized assets concentrated in a limited number of divisions
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Question 1
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Which of the following was an important lesson learned from the 1939 Polish campaign?
Selected Answer:
C.
The distance and tempo of operations had decreased.
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Question 2
10 out of 10 points
After the invasion of Poland in 1939, the German army identified several areas that needed improvement. What was one of the significant contributors to these flaws?
Selected Answer:
B.
The rapid expansion of military in 1935 and the consequential inexperience of the junior and mid-level officers.
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Which of the following is one of the conclusions that can be made from this study of the invasion of France?
Selected Answer:
A.
The German surge of armored forces led to the climax of their operational freedom of action until Hitler begin to interfere with the control of military operations.
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Question 4
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Which of the following were of decisive importance for the success of Panzer Group Kleist's operation?
Selected Answer:
B.
Speed and surprise
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Question 5
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Which of the following was an assumption the Germans made before invading Russia in 1941?
Selected Answer:
A.
They believed that the Communist regime would collapse rapidly with large parts of the
population supporting or at least tolerating the German presence.
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Question 6
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With large numbers of infantry backed with plenty of artillery, the Polish of 1939 were well prepared for
which of the following?
Selected Answer:
B.
Refighting World War I
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Question 7
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The German army critically examined its experiences in the Polish Campaign and saw several flaws in
critical areas. Which of the following was one of those critical areas?
Selected Answer:
A.
Command and control
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Question 8
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Which of the following was a similarity the German army in 1939 had with the German army of 1918?
Selected Answer:
B.
The German army encouraged and expected decentralized command and control.
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Central to the French operational thinking was the bataille conduite, or methodical battle. What did this
operational thinking entail?
Selected Answer:
A.
Rigidly controlled operations in which units and weapons were carefully marshaled and then employed in combat
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Following the invasion of Poland in 1939 the German Army adopted several changes. Which of the following is an example of the reforms taken by the German Army?
Selected Answer:
B.
They added infantry to the panzer divisions.
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At the operational and strategic levels, Operation Barbarossa was far less than successful for what reasons?
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Germany lacked the manpower and equipment it needed for a sustained campaign.
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Question 2
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Which of the following is one of the conclusions that can be made from this study of the invasion of France?
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The German surge of armored forces led to the climax of their operational freedom of action until Hitler begin to interfere with the control of military operations.
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Question 3
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Which of the following was one of Adolf Hitler's reasons for attacking the Soviet Union?
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To expand Germany's population and economy eastward
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Which of the following were of decisive importance for the success of Panzer Group Kleist's operation?
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Speed and surprise
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Which of the following was one of the key operational and tactical factors in the German victory over France in 1940?
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The Germans struck in an unexpected spot
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In 1939, Stalin and Hitler negotiated the Ribbentrop-Molotov Non-Aggression Pact. What did Stalin hope to accomplish by signing this infamous agreement?
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He hoped to forestall possible German aggression against the Soviet Union and, while doing so, create a buffer zone by seizing eastern Poland and the Baltic States.
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Question 7
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Which of the following was an important lesson learned from the 1939 Polish campaign?
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The usage of combined arms was more important than ever but even more difficult to do.
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As the French developed their doctrine, they accepted a very high degree of rigidity within which of their systems?
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Command and Control
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The German army's handling of difficulties in the Polish Campaign was atypical. Which of the following is reflects what was unusual about how the German army handled this experience?
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Their willingness to accept problems, hoping they would be resolved in later campaigns
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Question 10
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With large numbers of infantry backed with plenty of artillery, the Polish of 1939 were well prepared for
which of the following?
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Refighting World War I
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Question 1
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Which of the following were of decisive importance for the success of Panzer Group Kleist's operation?
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B.
Speed and surprise
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Question 2
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What conclusions can be drawn from the invasion of France?
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Allies were only able to react to the operational challenge of German tanks only on a
tactical level
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Which of the following played a significant role in the fall of Poland in 1939?
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The force ratios were unfavorable for Poland.
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Why does Panzer Group Kleist represent a novelty in military history?
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It was the first time tanks were employed in an operational manner
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The French anticipated that the ___________________ drove the pace of operations both in 1918 and in the strategy, they used in 1939.
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Use of aircraft
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Question 6
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As the French developed their operational doctrine, they remained concerned primarily with the effects of __________.
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Firepower
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Question 7
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Which of the following was a critical error Poland's authoritarian government made in defending the country against Germany's attack?
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They directed the army to defend all along the borders - attempting to defend everything
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What did French doctrine call for if the enemy penetrated a stopping line?
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A process called colmater, by which a French commander would move reserves in front
of the attacking forces and gradually slow them down until they were halted.
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Question 9
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Following the invasion of Poland in 1939 the German Army adopted several changes. Which of the following is an example of the reforms taken by the German Army?
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They added infantry to the panzer divisions.
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Which of the following was a similarity the German army in 1939 had with the German army of 1918?
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The German army encouraged and expected decentralized command and control.
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