MS 301, Training Management and the Warfighting Functions Revision Date: 31 March 2020

Lesson 11: Navigational Methods and Route Planning Lesson Assessment

MS301 L11
Navigational Methods and Route Planning
Lesson Assessment
MS 301, Training Management and the Warfighting Functions Revision Date: 31 March 2020
Lesson 11: Navigational Methods and Route Planning Lesson Assessment

Questions 1-8. Distinguish the characteristics between the two techniques of land navigation. Select the
best answer for each item by filling in the bubble.
Dead Terrain
Reckoning Association

1. This technique employs a pace count.

2. This technique is easy to teach and learn.

3. This technique can be far less time-consuming.

4. You can anticipate and correct errors quickly.

5. You rarely require the compass when using this technique

to navigate.

6. The biggest advantage of this technique is that it is best

applied at night.

7. A navigation technique in which you travel a set distance

along a set line.

8. This technique best suits situations when you are not

limited to a restricted route.

Questions 9-12. Match the navigational feature to the correct description. Draw a line from the item in
Column A that best matches the corresponding item in Column B.
Column A Column B

9. Handrails Prominent feature that alerts you to a change in direction or

signifies you have gone too far

10. Catching features Easily identifiable landmarks, commonly on or near the highest
points visible along the azimuth; they are selected as the march
progresses

11. Attack points Linear features such as roads or streams that run roughly
parallel to your direction of travel
MS 301, Training Management and the Warfighting Functions Revision Date: 31 March 2020
Lesson 11: Navigational Methods and Route Planning Lesson Assessment

12. Steering marks Permanent known landmarks, easily identified on the ground,
used as a final point of reference to locate your destination

Questions 13-16. On the map below, identify the location along the route (marked in red) where you
would see each of the navigational feature listed, 1). Mark the map, and then 2). Give a short
explanation why.
Navigational Feature
13. Handrail: (Mark location; Explain) ___________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
14. Catching Feature: (Mark location; Explain) ____________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
15. Steering Mark: (Mark location; Explain) ______________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
16. Attack point: (Mark location; Explain) ________________________________________________
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