LESSON 2
PRACTICE EXERCISE
The following items will test your knowledge of the material covered in this lesson. There is only one correct
answer for each item. When you complete the exercise, check your answers with the answer key. If you answer
any items incorrectly, go back to the part of the lesson that contains the information involved and study again.
1. What does the flow of fuel requirements begin with?
A.
Satisfying the most forward needs first.
B.
Placing fuel in storage.
C.
The submission of fuel forecasts from consuming units.
D.
2. What is the function of the petroleum supply company in the corps area of the combat zone?
A. To receive, store, and issue bulk petroleum to divisional and nondivisional DS companies on a 24-
hour basis.
B. To provide transportation for bulk petroleum between GS and DS petroleum organizations.
C. To provide DS and GS petroleum in the corps and divisional areas.
D. To provide direct support petroleum supply to non-divisional units located in or passing through the
corps area.
3. Which of the following is a capability or responsibility of the Supply and Services Company DS of the
COSCOM support group?
A.
Can line haul 81,900 gallons of fuel each day.
B.
Has storage capacity of 300,000 gallons in the 5,000-gallon tanker trucks.
C.
Can operate two to four supply points at different locations.
D.
Assigned sixty 5,000-gallon tanker trucks.
4. By doctrine, the divisional area Supply Company provides what type of support?
A.
Fuel to attached elements.
B.
Division level supply and services.
C.
Brigade level support to all organic and attached elements of the brigade.
D.
Combat service support.
5. Where does the divisional area Combat Aviation Brigade receive fuel from?
A.
DISCOM.
B.
COSCOM.
C.
S&S.
D.
TPU.
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