E-2 Multiple Choice (Chapters 10 - 18) Flashcards
Which statement about leadership is inaccurate
Successful leaders evaluate themselves to emphasize strengths and minimize weaknesses
Which statement is not good leaderships advice
If people demonstrate laziness, disinterest or inability to get the job done, encourage them to try again
Leadership and management are not the same thing. The three elements that help you understand the roles of each do not include
Counseling preferences
Which statement about the roles of leadership and management is false
Leaders organize people, managers align them
____ is a characteristic of managers, not leaders, according to Professor Robert White, Indiana University
Ensuring that org objectives are achieved even if they disagree with them
Which statement about Org situations is false
A peacetime force cannot survive with good management at all levels and good leadership concentrated at the top
Which of the four categories of leadership qualities includes trust, loyalty and integrity
Values
Reliability, even in small things such as punctuality and prompt attention to correspondence, translates into which leadership values
Trust
Leaders demonstrate ____ through humility, commitment and even occasionally getting their hands dirty alongside their subordinates
Credibility
____ is helping people believe they can accomplish their goals in anticipation of a better future as a result of their own efforts
Vision
Which is an inaccurate statement about vision
A common leadership error is to become preoccupied with the future at he expense of the present
Consensus represents what the group as a whole wants. Which statement about its potential pitfalls is true
Leaders do not seek consensus, they build it
Tough minded ____ is the best quality a leader can demonstrate when coping with change
Optimism
Who said “The power of excellence is overwhelming. It is always in demand and nobody cares about its color”
General Daniel Chappie James
_____ leadership development is one of the most important responsibilities of every AF leader
Airman
Leaders do not coach Airmen by
Focusing on their strengths
To be effective counselors, leaders must demonstrate respect for AMN, self awareness, cultural awareness, empathy and ___
Credibility
The two major categories of developmental counseling are event oriented counseling and
Performance and professional growth counseling
Which counseling approach emphasizes the Amns planning and decision making responsibilities
Combined
Which counseling approach encourages maturity, open communication and develops personal responsibility but requires the greatest counselor skills
Non directive
Be ____ when conducting a counseling session and take advantage of naturally occurring events to provide Airmen with feedback
Flexible
A leaders skills in ____ are most important when leveraging diversity
Personal relations
At which level is strategic leadership mainly direct and face to face
Tactical
Which component is the foundation of strategic leadership
Core values
Which is not one of the three types of strategic leadership competencies
Technological
The people/Team strategic leadership competency
Tailors resources to organizations and programs
Strategic leaders shape climate and culture through coaching, mentoring, education, personal example and
Vision
Communication
Policy
Under the MGIB reduces pay program, individuals receive 100 less pay per month for the first 12 months and may elect and additional ____ contribution to add up to 5400 to their total benefit package
600 bucks
In service use of the MGIB is permitted after ___ years of continuous active duty
Two years
Which of the following statements about the Post 9 11 GI bill is false
The decision to move to this program is revocable
By doing well on the DANTES and CLEP, individual may earn up tot ____ semester hours of free college credit
60 Semester hours
Where is the resident campus for the AFI masters degree programs located
Wright Patterson AFB, OH
To be nominated for the AFIT program, you must have completed 7 skill level upgrade along with what other requirements
Have a CCAF degree and a BA degree from a regionally accredited institution
Must be serving in an AFSC approved for program participation
Bea able to obtain three years retainability from the projected AFI graduation date
Is you are approved for the AECP how long can you remain on active duty to study at a civilian educational institution
36 months
SOAR program members receive a 2 to 4 year tuition and fees scholarship up to _____ per year, an annual textbook allowance and a monthly nontaxable stipend
15,000
Upon grad and completion of the program an AFROTC cadet students are commissioned as second LTs and returned to active duty for at least four years, typically with ___ days of commissioning
60 days
Resource Management system elements include the execution plan and management and accounting systems. Which is another RMS element
Participatory and committee management
Resource Management teams
Resource management training
In resource management system who reviews, validated and balances the execution plan to ensure successful financial management
Commanders
In resource management system, who supports the Org mission and the AF by providing sound financial management and advice to the commander and staff
Comptrollers
In resource management system who plans, directs and coordinates subordinate organizations activities
Responsibility center managers
In resource Management system who regulates the consumption of work hours, supplies, services and equipment and shifts resources to or from various production tasks to ensure the proper mix
Cost center managers
Who determines program priorities and ensures effective allocation of resources in resource management systems
Financial Management Board
In resource management system, who manages commodities and resources integral to the operating activities of the base or unit and provides technical guidance to base activities on how to use their primary responsibility resources
Financial working group
Supply ____ is the effort to conserve, protect, operate and maintain available government systems supplies equipment and real property in the best condition, in constant readiness and in the absolute minimum quantity required
Discipline
Who investigates criminal allegations of fraud, was and abuse
AF OSI
The AF and DoD establish and maintain an Environmental Management System per EO _____, Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy and transportation Management
EO 13423
What is step 1 of the Environmental Management Systems Continual improvement cycle
Plan
Which is not an element of the plan step in the Environmental Management system (EMS) continual improvement cycle
Roles and responsibilities
What must be done when step 4 of the EMS continual improvement cycle is complete
You must begin again at step 1
What programs are related to the EMS
Noise, Natural resources and cultural resources
Storm water, safety and Energy
Green procured, pest management and recycling
What is not a key action the AF environmental management system required installation/MAJCOM organization to perform
Accurately maintain property records to reflect current inventory and condition of property
What AFI governs the AF Inspector general s Unite Effectiveness, Inspection Programs
AFI 32-6001
The AF uses the AF corporate structure to implement plan, programming, budgeting and execution (PPBE). This structure increases management effectiveness by applying judgment and ____ to programs, resource limitations and other program adjustments
Experience
The four interrelated and overlapping phases of the plan, programming, budgeting and execution (PPBE) process include planning, programming, budging and ____
Execution
Within the concept of plan, programming, budgeting and execution (PPBE), ____ provides a program objective the AF can use to measure program execution success
Planning
Which statement about the plan, programming, budgeting and execution (PPBE) process is inaccurate
Budgeting matches available fiscal, manpower and material resources against validated requirements
Initial program costs are established during which plan, programming, budgeting and execution (PPBE) phase
Programming
Are policies and guidance addressed, and initial program costs established during in preparing the Budget Estimate Submission of the plan, programming, budgeting and execution (PPBE) process T/F
False
Are thoughtful and accurate SNCO estimates on the national level extremely important in reflecting overall AF needs T/F
False
SNCOS must ensure resources that appear to be cost free are used in the most cost effective manner. Assets may appear to be cost free if you do not
Control the determination of these resources
Control the allocation of these resources
Have the authority to change the mix of the total resources allocated
Who selects the resource management team members for each responsibility center visit
Base comptroller
Which statement about the AFEMS is false
It is not used to report capitalized assets depreciation
ROS are used to research and investigate the loss, damage, destruction or theft of government property. Which publication identifies how to process an ROS
AFMAN 23-220
Who is usually responsible for initiating a ROS
The org possessing the lost or damaged property
Must an ROS investigating official obtain oral statements from those interviewed T/F
False
MAJCOM and installation commanders are not responsible for___
Planning and programming all operations and Mx (O&M) funded unspecified major military construction
In facility management ____ refers to the identification of facility work to satisfy recurring and future mission requirements
Planning
The bas civil engineer uses annual space utilization surveys and biennial commanders facility assessments to identify facility requirements. The other three methods include
Asset management Plans
Environmental compliance status assessments
User or occupant identified requirements
When programming facility requirements, work authorization, approval levels and fund sources vary with
Work classification
The three classifications of real property mx work do not include
Demolition
O & M appropriation funded unspecified minor military construction projects may not normally exceed ____
$750,000
Active component facility projects intended solely to correct a deficiency that is life, health or safety threatening may not exceed ____
$1.5M
Congressional notification is required when facility projects solely to correct a life, health or safety threatening deficiency cost more then $750,000. Who’s prior approval is required
Assistant Secretary of the AF, Installations (SAF/IEI)
To improve energy efficiency, the reduction goal for facility energy intensity is ___% annually through he end of FY 15, relative to AF energy use in FY03
3%
the Greenhouse gases reduction goal aims to reduce emissions in absolute terms by FY ___, relative to a 2008 baseline
FY20
What percentage of existing facility inventory must incorporate sustainable practices by the end of FY15
15%
All new construction facilities with major renovations must become net zero energy facility’s by
2030
Petroleum consumption is to be reduced by 2% annually, and alternative fuels is to be increase by ___% annually through the end of FY20
10%
The Energy Policy act of 2005 established that ____% of electrical consumption be generated by renewable resources from FY10 through FY12, and ____% thereafter
5%, 7.5%
Electronic products procured must be at least ____% compliant with electronic product environmental assessment tool standard
95%
The reduction goal for potable water consumption intensity, beginning in FY08 is ____% annually through the end of FY 20
20%
Compliance with energy management policy is assessed by measuring ___ energy and facility energy
Mobility energy
What two communication tools build credibility and trust with your audience
Support and logic