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WAPSWhat are the three phases to writing an effective bullet statement? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Phase 1: Extract the Facts
Phase 2: Build the Structure
Phase 3: Streamline the Final Product
What is the individual's responsibility when emailing supervisors? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Follow the chain of command
Who were the three enlisted Airmen to earn the United States' highest military
decoration, the medal of honor during the Vietnam war? - CORRECT
ANSWER-1) William Pitsenbarger, 1966
2) Richard L. Etchberger, 1968
3) John Levitow, 1969
Who became the second enlisted man to receive the Medal of Honor? -
CORRECT ANSWER-TSgt Forrest L. Vosler
Who was the final Medal of Honor awarded to posthumously by an enlisted man
in the European theater? - CORRECT ANSWER-SSgt Archibald Mathies
Who, while assigned as a pararescue crewmember to Detachment 6, 38th
Aerospace rescue and Revovery Squadron, distinguished himself by extreme
valor near Cam My, Republic of Vietnam on 11 April 1966? - CORRECT
ANSWER-A1C William Pitsenbarger
When rescue aircraft final arrived on 11 March 1968, who, as the Ground Radar
Superintendent, held off the enemy using an M-16 while directing airstrikes into
the area and exposed himself to heavy enemy fire to place three surviving
wounded comrades into rescue slings, then with remaining crew safely aboard,
finally climbed into an evacuation sling himself, only to be fatally wounded by
enemy ground fire as he was being raised into the aircraft? - CORRECT
ANSWER-CMSgt Richard L. Etchberger
Who, as a pararescueman, was awarded the Air Force Cross for providing
life-saving medical treatment to the wounded downed U.S. UH-60 helicopter
,crewmembers and aiding the casualties of a Ranger security element engaged in
an intense 18-hour firefight across an open four-way intersection in the streets of
Mogadishu? - CORRECT ANSWER-TSgt Timothy A. Wilkinson
The operational chain of command runs from the President to the SECDEF and
then to whom? - CORRECT ANSWER-The combatant commanders
Who provides the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff with written policy guidance to
prepare and review contingency plans? - CORRECT ANSWER-The Secretary of
Defense (SECDEF)
What should personnel do when a natural disaster threatens or an incident
affecting the base is imminent or in progress? - CORRECT ANSWER-Listen for a
3-5 minute steady or wavering siren
Keep the radio or TV on and listen for instructions from local authorities and
weather updates
Use the telephone for emergency calls only
What is among the emerging transnational threats? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Terrorist threat or use of CBRNE material
What is the definition of terrorism according to JP 1-02? - CORRECT
ANSWER-The calculated use of unlawful violence or threat to inculcate fear,
intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or societies in the pursuit of
goals that are generally political, religious, or ideological.
What exists to ensure use of force in an operation occurs according to national
policy goals, mission requirements and the rule of law? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Rules of Engagement
What are the ROE parameters set for? - CORRECT ANSWER-When, where,
how, why and against whom commanders and their Airmen may use force
Members who violate Prohibited Activities are subject to disciplinary action under
what article of the UCMJ? - CORRECT ANSWER-Article 92 of the UCMJ
, Which article does failure to obey lawful orders violate under the UCMJ? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Article 92
What could the change agent (leader) do if the change isn't going well during the
Change Stage? - CORRECT ANSWER-Go back to the unfreezing stage - it's
better to back up and regroup than to press on with a change that causes more
problems than it fixes
What is the final stage in Kurt Lewin's three-stage process model for change? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Refreezing - you must lock in (or refreeze) the desired
outcomes and the new norms so they become permanent
Senior enlisted leaders must become proficient organizational change managers.
What is the three stage process model for change proposed by social
psychologist Kurt Lewin? - CORRECT ANSWER-1) Unfreezing
2) Changing
3) Refreezing
What is organizational change? - CORRECT ANSWER-It is the adoption of a
new idea or behavior by an organization; establishing new norms
Regardless of what specifically needs to change, what is the FIRST step? -
CORRECT ANSWER-To recognize the need for change, a step that is far from
easy
What perception starts the momentum to begin unfreezing? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Change in appropriate when there is a perceived gap between what
the norms are and what they should be.
What is a deliberate management activity to prepare people for change? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Unfreezing
What is often the most neglected yet essential part of unfreezing? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Leaders create an environment where people feel the need for change
What is a key factor involving unfreezing? - CORRECT ANSWER-Making people
knowledgeable about the importance of a change and how it will affect their jobs
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