IBOLC Comprehensive Exam Questions
And Answers Graded A+ 2024/25.
Actions by friendly force - correct answer. Assault, attack by fire, breach, bypass,
clear, combat search and rescue, consolidation and reorganization, control,
disengagement, exfiltrate, follow and assume, follow and support, linkup, occupy,
reduce, retain, secure, seize, support by fire, suppress
Effects on enemy force - correct answer. Block, canalize, contain, defeat, destroy,
disrupt, fix, isolate, neutralize, penetrate, turn
Forms of attack - correct answer. Ambush, raid, feint, demonstration, spoiling attack,
exploitation, pursuit
Forms of maneuver - correct answer. Front attack, flank attack, infiltration,
penetration, turning movement, envelopment
Troop leading procedures - correct answer. 1. Receive the mission
2. Issue a warno
3. Make a tentative plan
4. Initiate movement
5. Conduct recon
6. Complete plan
7. Issue order
8. Supervise and refine
Rehearsals - correct answer. Backbrief, confirmation brief, supporting rehearsal, battle
drill/ SOP rehearsal/ combined arms rehearsals
Characteristics of the offense - correct answer. Surprise
Concentration
, Audacity
Tempo
Characteristics of the defense - correct answer. Preparation
Security
Disruption
Flexibility
Mass and concentration
Operation in depth
Maneuverability
Engagement area development - correct answer. 1. Identify enemy avenue of
approach
2. Identify enemy scheme of maneuver
3. Determine where to kill the enemy
4. Plan and integrate obstacles
5. Emplace weapon systems
6. Plans and integrate indirect fires
7. Conduct engagement area rehearsal
Characteristics of machine guns: GROUND - correct answer. Grazing Fire- cone of
fire is less than 1 meter off the ground. Maximum effective grazing fire is 600m
Plunging fire- when the danger space is within the beaten zone; loss in grazing fire at
any point along trajectory
Characteristics of machine guns: TARGET - correct answer. Frontal fire: long axis of
beaten zone is at a right angle to the front of a target
Flanking Fire: firing at the side of a target
Oblique Fire: long axis of beaten zone is at an angle other than a right angle to the front
of the target
enfilade fire: long axis of beaten zone is the long axis of the target (frontal or flanking)
Characteristics of machine guns: WEAPON - correct answer. Fixed fire: depth and
width of beaten zone covers the target
traversing fire: changes in width by left and right
Searching fire: changes in depth by elevation
traversing and searching: changes in width and depth
free gun: single point targets with dramatic changes in width and depth
