170B Warrant Officer Basic Course (WOBC) Doctrine Practice Test

Information operations are governed by the Law of Armed Conflict. The best choice captures that IO must comply with LOAC and consciously limit harm to civilians while pursuing military objectives, applying the principles of necessity and proportionality and adhering to distinction and precautions in attack. This means IO activities must be conducted in a way that avoids civilian harm, only uses force or impact when necessary, and ensures any legitimate military objective is not outweighed by civilian or collateral damage. It also requires distinguishing between military targets and civilians and taking feasible steps to minimize harm. The other options miss essential LOAC obligations: aiming to maximize hits conflicts with LOAC protections; stating IO disregards civilian harm ignores civilian-protection rules; and claiming IO is exempt from LOAC denies that all armed actions must follow LOAC.