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| In APEX, what do branches and sequels allows planners to do? |
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| - Anticipate significant changes in key planning variables and outline associated assumptions and decision points |
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| Deployment planning begins during the _____, and continues through each step of the joint operation planning process. |
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| - first second, Mission analysis |
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| What is the primary goal of operational design? |
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| - Visualize the ultimate operational approach |
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| What APEX activity describes the operational environment, including threats to national security, and supports both deliberate planning and crisis action planning? |
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| The Joint Force Commander's Initial _____ is refined at the end of the mission analysis process. |
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| - Initial Intent Statement |
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| During _____, joint operations planning steps are compressed and blended together, and the commander's direction of the staff is continuous. |
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| APEX encompasses a number of elements, including three broad operational activities. These activities are: |
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| - situational awareness, planning, and execution |
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| The Joint Operational Planning Process, which is used during deliberate planning to produce both contingency and campaign plans, is comprised of the following steps: |
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| - Planning Initiation; Mission Analysis; Course of Action Development; COA Analysis and Wargaming; COA Comparison; COA Approval; and Plan or Order Development |
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| In the Joint Planning Process, _____ describes the situation, establishes command relationships, and identifies the mission and any planning constraints. |
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| What activity involves analysis of COAs from individual functional perspectives to determine each COA's supportability and coordinates results in a collaborative knowledge-based environment? |
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| What APEX function determines the final action(s) that should be taken within a completed plan? |
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| During Crisis Action Planning, COA _____ is an objective process where the staff considers COAs independently of one another, against a set of criteria established by the Joint Force Commander and staff. |
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| A Joint Force Command (JFC) headquarters usually focuses at what level of war? |
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| _____ emphasizes planning for branches to current operations. |
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| - Future operations plans |
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| The Joint Planning and Execution Community uses _____ to develop plans for a broad range of potential emergencies based on tasks identified in strategic documents. |
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| The supported commander's _____ gives the Service components, supporting commands, and agencies a detailed OPLAN, and it formally tasks those involved to prepare for the operation. |
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| In which area is a commander seeking an answer when he/she asks: "What is required to accomplish that sequence of actions within given or requested resources?" |
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