According to FM 7-0 a ___________ is a platoon or lower collective task that is crucial to successful accomplishment of a TCB Mission Eseential Task (MET).

• A. Mission Task
• B. Administrative Task
• C. Battle Task
• D. Support Task

Answer: (C)

In FM 7-0, Mission Essential Tasks (METs) describe what a unit must be able to do to accomplish a given mission. A Battle Task is the platoon- or smaller-unit task that directly enables the MET; it is the concrete, actionable action you must perform on the battlefield to reach the MET’s objective. Because it represents a critical, executable action at the unit level, this type of task is essential to successful MET accomplishment.

Administrative tasks are non-operational tasks like paperwork. Mission tasks are higher-level objectives that drive a mission, not the specific platoon-level actions that enable the MET. Support tasks describe facilitating actions that assist operations but aren’t the direct, decisive actions that must occur to complete the MET.