What are the two types of planning?

• A. Strategic Planning and Tactical Planning
• B. Operational Planning and Administrative Planning
• C. Contingency Planning and Execution Planning
• D. Logistics Planning and Intelligence Planning

Answer: (C)

Two fundamental planning activities focus on risk readiness and turning plans into action. Contingency planning is about foreseeing potential future events that could disrupt goals and creating fallback options, triggers, and resources to deploy those alternatives quickly. Execution planning concentrates on detailing how the plan will be carried out: who does what, in what order, with which resources, and within which timelines. Together, they cover preparing for uncertainty and making a plan happen, which is why this pairing fits the question.

The other pairings describe different aspects of planning rather than two distinct planning types. Strategic and Tactical planning refer to levels of planning (long-term direction versus specific actions), not the two categories in question. Operational and Administrative planning relate to different functional focuses, not a two-type framework. Logistics and Intelligence planning are domain-specific areas rather than generic planning types.