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6. The staff of a combined command will nor-
mally be composed entirely of officers from
a. one of the U.S. military services.
b. two of the U.S. military services.
c. the U.S. Navy, Army, and Air Force.
d. two or more nations.
7. General Greene believes there are an infinite
variety of human personality combinations
that can
a. always be successful if the commander-
staff team is willing to work hard.
b. result in a successful commander-staff
team.
c. be developed into a detailed list of quali-
ties that every staff officer should possess.
d. be developed by the commander which
will keep his staff together.
8. Which of the following was not an objec-
tive of the President in reorganizing for de-
fense in 1958?
a. To organize the fighting forces into opera-
tional commands that are unified and as-
signed a mission.
b. To provide command channels so that
orders will proceed directly to the unified
command from the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
c. To provide the Commander in Chief and
the Secretary of Defense with the neces-
sary professional assistance.
d. To clarify the position of the military de-
partment in the roles of management and
support.
9. In the Army, the staffs of battalions, brigades,
divisions, and corps are organized
a. on a geographical basis.
b. to meet the desires of the unit com-
mander.
to be responsive to the specific mission
of the unit.
u. in a standard pattern.
10. According to the lecture "Functions of Man-
agement," a manager must
a. develop a plan and stick to it.
b. use control methods that were proved
successful by other organizations.

c. be flexible.
d. assume people will do what the manager
desires.
11. In the lecture "Joint and Combined Staff
Duty," an officer working on a joint staff
should consider himself
a. an impartial representative of his own
service with a specialized service back-
ground.
b. an impartial representative of the De-
partment of Defense with a specialized
service background.
c. a specialized representative of his own
service with impartial background.
d. a representative of his service with pri-
mary loyalty to his service.
12. The J-3 Directorate of the Joint Staff is
organized along
a. geographic lines.
b. military department lines.
c. operational and support lines.
d. functional lines.
13. The Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
was created to
a. implement the general staff concept.
b. take from the Secretary duties primarily
of a civilian nature.
c. direct the operations of the fleet and pre-
pare plans for its use in war.
d. maintain readiness of the Navy for war
and to assume general direction of the
Navy Department.
14. The Director of the Joint Staff has assigned
his plans section the job of recommending
the types and quantity of forces to be in-
cluded in a contingency plan. This plan will
involve forces from the Army, Navy, and
Air Force. An Air Force member of the
Joint Plans Section is appointed as primary
action officer. He is expected to be able to
justify and defend the recommendations
a. submitted as they apply to Air Force
forces.
b. submitted.

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