Command And General Staff College (CGSC) F100 Practice Test

The idea in Force Management is to organize how the force is planned, built, and operated into four major domains: Capability Development, Force Development, Materiel Development, and Force Integration. Capability Development focuses on figuring out what the force must be able to do—identifying gaps, analyzing threats, and developing concepts and requirements to enable those capabilities. Force Development is about shaping the force itself—how units are organized, trained, and prepared to employ the capabilities. Materiel Development covers the life cycle of equipment and systems—design, procurement, fielding, and sustainment of the tools the force needs. Force Integration brings everything together—ensuring these capabilities and materiel work in concert across services, with appropriate doctrine, interoperability, and operational concepts. The correct option matches these four domains exactly. The other options mix in areas like Logistics, Personnel, Space Exploration, or International Diplomacy, which are not part of Force Management’s four domains.