F100 Force Management Exam With Complete Solutions

What is the Force Development Process? {Ans: The force development process consists of defining required military capabilities, designing force structures to provide these capabilities, and translating organizational concepts based on the threat, doctrine, technologies, materiel, manpower requirements, and limited resources into a trained and ready Army.}Why do 'faces' (Assigned) rarely match 'spaces' (Authorizations)? {Ans: Personnel available: Trainees, Transients, Holdees and Students (TTHS). Units above 100% fill. CSA Directed Fill MOS, rank, specialty mismatches.}Why are there Acquisition Categories (ACATs) and what are the implications of higher or lower categorization? {Ans: ACAT I: GO or SES PEO management, more resources, more oversight, more coordination, more interoperability requirements. ACAT II: Between ACAT I and III. ACAT III: Probable Product or Program Manager, fewer resources, less oversight, less coordination.}How might a Division fill equipment shortages for units in Mission module? {Ans: UERWG Equipping (vs Fielding) Rapid Equipping Force (REF) Army Prepositioned Stocks}What do the three 'requirements lanes' (urgent, emergent, deliberate) do for our Army? {Ans: Allows the JCIDS process the flexibility to react to urgent, time sensitive commander's capability gaps. (Examples: JUONS, ONS)}What does a Force Integration Functional Area (FIFA ) Analysis do for a proposed organizational change?