E-3 Multiple Choice Flashcards
Which statement regarding DOD employees and military members is false in regards to multiple jobs
They may never receive payment from sources other than the US for performing official services or duties
Knowing soliciting, accepting or failing to report or deposit gifts from foreign governments valued in excess of 305 without congressional approval may result in
Civil action by the US Attorney General
Failure to report gifts from foreign governments valued in excess of 305 within 60 days to the AFPC may result in a penalty of up to retail value of the gift plus ____
$5,000
All states must allow you to register and vote absentee in state elections T/F
False
What are part of the overall purpose of the AF Inspection System (AFIS)
Enabling and strengthening commanders effectiveness and efficiency
Motivating and promoting military discipline
Improving unit performance and management excellence
Who reports on AF organization s readiness , economy, efficiency and stat of discipline to the SECAF and the CSAF
The Inspector General (TIG)
Who appoints an IG to set up an inspection program, consistent with MAJCOM mission requirements, that assesses unit effectiveness, surety and other elements
Each MAJCOM commander and Wing Commander
Under the commanders inspection program the Wing IG is responsible to
Validate and verify commander self assessments
Who uses the information provided by the commanders inspection program to assess risk, identify areas of improvement, determine root cause and focus limited resources
The Wing Commander, subordinate commanders and wing airmen
The commanders inspection program produces two components : The ___- and the wings inspection program
Self Assessment program
The self-assessment program and the Wings Inspection Program provide critical data to leadership about what six things
Adequacy of policy, training, manpower, funds, equipment and facilities
The five inspection elements are the self assessment program, management internal control tools, unit effectiveness inspection rating, self assessment communicator and ___
IGs evaluation management system
What does the IG team chief use to determine a rating on the five tier scale
Observations, interviews, audits and task evaluations
What authority do Gatekeepers have
Authority to approve or disapprove inspections or inspection type activities on behalf of the commander
Gatekeepers lack the authority to approve the TJAG article 6 inspections that the TAG directed audits. What to other inspections or inspection type activities they cannot approve
TAG directed AFI/SECAF/IG inspections and inspection type activities conducted by properly authorized DoD or their US government (USG) agencies
Who publishes the Inspector General Brief, AF recurring publication 90-1, providing authorities guidance and information to commanders IG, inspectors and AF supervisors and leaders at all levels of command
Air Force Inspection Agency (AFIA)
Articles published in The inspector General Brief, AF Recurring Publication 90-1, should not relate to
How other bases scored on IG inspections
The AF adopted Full Range Leadership Development (FRLD) to meet the need for highly effective Amn with their ___ and capability to operate through a spectrum of leadership styles
Flexibility
Full range leadership requires todays leaders to consider the follower and each situation and be willing to
Identify improvement areas in ones self, followers and workplace
The full range leadership development (FRLD) model includes ___ leadership behaviors
Five
Why is management by exception Passive somewhat more effective than the Laissez-Faire leadership behavior
It hold subordinates accountable
Using ____ transformational leaders nurture followers by acting as mentors or coaches
Individualized consideration
Transformational leaders use which of the 4 Is to simulate and encourage creativity and independent thinking
Intellectual Stimulation
Using ____ transformational leaders articulate and optimistic vision of the future that helps elevate followers level of achievement
Inspirational motivation
When speaking to an audience remember
Your voice carries further when the room is empty rather than full
What is the rule about spoken communication
A key rule about length is to keep it short and sweet
How much of our meaning maybe be communicated nonverbally
More then Half
Accuracy, brevity and clarity are the three qualities of every good
Briefing
Which quality distinguishes the briefing form other types of speaking
Brevity
A presentation at a commanders call is an example of which type of formal speech
Informative
During the listening process
Appropriate listening behaviors in one situation may be inappropriate in another
In which type of listening is the listeners primary concern understanding information exactly as it is transmitted
Informative
Which is a way to improve your informative listening skills
Respond and ask appropriate question to clarify and confirm
Critical listening is the sum of Critical Thinking and ____
Informative listening
In which situation would you use empathetic listening
During mentoring and non punitive counseling sessions
Three or more people usually sit on the board and ask all candidates the same question during a selection panel interview T/F
False
When thinking about and writing down your strengths and weakness before a job interview what should you do
Develop examples that highlight your skills
What is the most important step in the job search process
The job interview
What three essential elements are contained in response
Notification, response and protective actions
Military justice is a relatively new concept originating in the 19th Century T/F
False
What is the historical foundation fo the US military law and criminal justice system
The British Articles of War
The us military justice system remained substantially unchanged until what war
WWII
In what year did Congress enact the UCMJ, which applies to all branches of service and provides substantial procedural guarantees of an open and fair military justice process
1950
The UCMJ established the ___ as the first level of appeal in the military justice system
AF, Army, Navy and Coast Guard Boards of Review
The military justice act of ___ created the position of military judge an authorized trial by military judge alone
1963
In appropriate cases, direct appeal to the US supreme Court from the Court of Military Appeals without the need to first pursue an appeal through civilian appellate courts is provide by
The military justice Act of 1983
____ provision in the US constitution grant powers to the legislative and executive branches that provide the legal foundation for our military justice system
Two provisions
What pat of the US constitution grants military related power to congress
Article I, Section 8
Who has the constitutional power to declare war
Congress Only
Presidential powers do not include ___-
Providing and maintaining a Navy
Which power is granted to the president by the Constitution
Commander in Chief of the US armed forces and the militia when called in to federal service
Who established the MCM in 1951 to implement the UCMJ
President Harry S Truman
Cadets, aviation cadets and midshipmen are not subject tot eh UCMJ T/F
False
Only the SECAF may approve prosecutions by both a state court and a court marital for the same act when justice and discipline may not be served in any other way T/F
True
Each commander in the chain of command has ___ discretion to dispose of offenses within the limits of his or her authority
Independent, yet overlapping
A commander may not dispose of a case by Offering the member judicial punishment
under Article 15 , UCMJ
Who must make the decision to refer a case to trial
Convening Authorities
Selected from highly qualified, experienced judge advocates, a ____ presides over each open session of the court marital
Military Trial Judge
Who reviews the accused case of legal errors and may dismiss the case, reduce the sentence or order a rehearing
The AF court of Criminal Appeals (AFCCA)
All dismissal sentences for an AF officer or cadet must be approved prior to execution by ___
The SECAF or appointed designee
Who must approve all death sentence’s resulting from court martial before an individual can be put to death
The president
The severity of an absence offense is determined by the circumstances under which it occurs and ___
The intent of the accused
Which UCMJ article address accused where the member fails to go to the appointed place of duty, is absent from the unit, abandons watch or guard
Article 86
Absence from the unit, Org, or other place of duty is a common AWOL charge. The maximum punishment varies with the
Duration of absence
Which article of the UCMJ states that a member who, through neglect or design, misses the movement of a ship, Aircraft or unit has committed an offense
Article 87
Which article of the UCMJ covers the making and signing of false official statements and document
Article 107
The general article ____ UCMJ addresses unspecified offenses punishable because of their effect on the us armed forces
Article 134
Disorders and neglects prejudicial to good order and discipline in Article 134, do not include
Pandering and Indecent exposure
Which charges should not be punished under article 134, UCMJ
Violations of local law that don’t tend to discredit the Armed forces
Which article of the UCMJ deals with misbehavior before the enemy
Article 99
When charged with running away before the enemy, the term Enemy is restricted to the enemy government or its armed forces under Article 99, UCMJ T/F
False
Which article of the UCMJ deals with an accused who secures favorable treatment to the detriment of to the prisoners and also prohibits maltreatment of a OW by a person in a position of authority
Article 105
It is not necessary that the accused knew the person against whom the acts or words were directed was a superior commissioned officer T/F
False
Which article of the UCMJ deals with disrespect toward a known superior commissioned officers
Article 89
NCOs are protected from disrespect under what article
Article 91, UCMJ
Which article of the UCMJ deals with assaulting a known superior commissioned officer
Article 90 (1)
According to article 90, Assaults and batteries are prohibited against superior commissioned officers who are not executing their duties at the moment T/F
False
Article ____ UCMJ prohibits the intentional or willful disobedience of the lawful orders of a superior officer
Article 90 (2)
The secretary of a military department may publish general orders or regulations T/F
False
What individuals have the authority to issue general orders
The President
The SecDef
An officer with General Court Martial Jurisdiction
“_____inefficiency” is inefficiency for which there is no reasonable or just excuse
Culpable
A lawful order is not required to be what
General as to time and place
Annual military pay raises are set by
Congress and the President
The rate of your Bas pay depends on your what
Grade and length of military service
Your pay date is not negatively adjusted if you
Take Advance leave
What is your LES form number
DFAS Form 702
Most junior grade enlisted members assigned to single type government quarters at their permanent duty station do not what
Automatically receive reimbursement for missed meals
Members without dependents residing in single type government quarters qualify for BAH Differential T/F
False
What are members without dependents residing in government single type quarters usually entitled
Partial Basic Allowance for Housing
What type of Basic Allowance for Housing may members living in single type government quarters who pay court ordered child support qualify for
Basic Allowance for Housing Differential
The monthly OHA is the ret, not including a utility/recurring maintenance allowance T/F
False
The Clothing Replacement allowance Basic is preliminary replacement allowance paid to military members between the ___ and ____ month of active duty
6th and 36th
The clothing replacement allowance Standard automatically replaces CRA Basic after ___ months of active duty
36 months
Which allowance is paid to member if traveling of dependents is not authorized at government expense and the depends do not live in the vicinity of a members permanent duty station
Family Separation Allowance (FSA)-Restricted (FSA-R)
Family separation allowance serving on ships (FSA-S) applies to members serving on ships away from the homeport continuously for more then ___ days
30 days
Special and incentive pays include what
Hazardous duty, imminent danger and special duty assignment pay
Enlisted Flying duty and hardship duty pay location
Enlistment and Reenlistment bonuses
Allowances considered nontaxable on 9 Sep ___ remain nontaxable
1986
Service member Group Life Insurance is a Involuntary payroll deduction T/F
False
How much is the Max monthly deduction from a regular enlisted members pay to support the US soldiers and Amns home and the navel a home
$1
What is the maximum number of discretionary payroll allotments
Six
Insurance premiums is an example of a discretionary allotment T/F
True
To allow for sufficient processing time, allotments should be request about ___ days before the desired start month
30 days
SGLI automatically gives eligible members life insurance coverage when on active duty or active duty for training for an ordered period of more than ___ days
30
What is the usual cutoff date to determine pay received on the next payday
Around the 6th for mid month and the 20th of end of month
Non cash partial payments made via EFT are deposited in o the members financial intuition usually within ___ to ___ business days
Two to three
To receive PCS advance pay ___ and below must have their immediate commanders approval
A1C
Which PCS allowance is payable to members without dependent if they are not assigned permanent government quarters at their new PDS
Dislocation allowance (DLA)
Which allowance is paid to a member arriving or departing a PCS at a location outside the conus to help defray the added living expense while occupying temporary lodging for PCS
TLA
What is the PCS weight allowance when shipping unaccompanied baggage via expedited commercial air
1,000 lbs
Personal phone calls and laundry or dry cleaning are reimbursable TDY expenses T/F
False
What form is used for a TDY travel voucher
DD Form 1351-2
When can you file a interment travel voucher for TDYs
TDYS for 45 days or more
Who manages the DOD travel card program within their hierarchy
Agency Program Coordinators (APC)
When using the GTC, do0 not obtain ATM cash advances more than ___ workdays before scheduled travel
3 Workdays
A late fee per billing cycle may be assessed for individual billed GTC charges that are ___ days past the closing date of the account statement on which they first appeared
75 days
When will delinquent GTC debts be turned over to a collection agency
210 days delinquent
A members consent is not required for the AF to collect debts owed to the federal government or government instrumentalist. Generally if the debt exceeds ___ however, the individual must be given due process.
$100
How can you request relieve from valid debts to the federal government
Apply for a waiver or remission
In 2014, the TSP annual limit became ___ for deferred and ROTH contributions
$17,500
As of 2014, the TSP annual limits is up to ____ for total combined deferred/exempt traditional ROTH contributions
$52,000
If already contributing from basic pay, members may choose to contribute up to ____ percent of special and incentive pays and bonuses to their Thrift Savings Plan accounts
100 Percent
What does the Military health system do
Develop and promote health awareness issues to educate customers
Provide Health services
Improves the means and methods for maintaining the health of the beneficiary population
The _____ mission, vision and overall strategy focus DoD resources on providing a highly ready system of health to support the nations military mission and all uniformed service personnel, retires and their families
Military Health Systems
The ___ is a joint Combat support agency that supports the military medical services and manages the execution of health policy
Defense health Agency
The AF medical series vision is to ensure its patients are the healthiest and highest performing segment of the US by ____
2025
Each Tricare prime enrollee is assigned a primary care manger who does what
Provides routine, non emergency and urgent health care
Coordinates with the regional Tricare contractor to find specialists in the network
Submits referrals for specialty care and files claims on the enrollees behalf
Tricare overseas program ___ offers prime coverage to active duty service members permanently assigned to designated remote locations, and their eligible command sponsored family members
Prime Remote
Which statement about TRICARE standard and extra is inaccurate
It is a fee for service plan available to all active duty beneficiaries
The Tricare reserve select plan is a premium based health plan available for purchase worldwide. Which program does it not offer
Tricare Young Adult
Winch is not true about Tricare Young Adult
Tricare young adult includes medical and dental coverage, but excludes pharmacy benefits
The AF Anti terrorism program dos not seek to deter or blunt terrorist attacks by
Training civilian first responders
Give ___ training and excursive the same emphasis as combat task training
Antiterrorism
What do random anti Terrorism Measures hinder by introducing uncertainty to an installati9ons overall force protection program
Accurate Terrorist Surveillance attempts
Prior to OS commercial travel, received an AOR specific threat briefing within three months of travel from who
Antiterrorism Officer
Security Officer
Appropriate counterintelligence or security organization
____ is the act of obtaining, delivering, transmitting, communication or receiving information about the national defines with intent or reason to believe the information may be used against the US or to the advantage of any foreign nation
Espionage
Regarding Human Intelligence, define debriefing
Questioning cooperating human sources consistent with applicable law
You must report HUMINT or CI contact to the AF OSI within ___ days
30 days
By formal agreement, members of the armed services must report information pertaining to the protection of the President of the united State tot eh __-
Secret Service
The US secret service protects who
Former Presidents and their spouses
Vising foreign heads of state
The president elect and vice president elect
All former US presidents who served before ___ along with their spouses received Secret service protection for their lifetimes
1 Jan 1997
Report US Citizens characterized by emotional instability, violent anti US sentiment or a propensity toward violence who have only indicated a desire to renounce the US government to the AF OSI T/F
False
From lowest to highest, what are the three commitment levels in contemporary motivation
Membership, performance, involvement
Identifying and evaluating organizational norms will result in a ___ score
Morale
Which behaviors, sentiments and interactions often have a greater influence on organization life than required behavior
Emergent
Emergent organizational behavior is determined largely by formation of ___ behavioral norms
Working Group
Negative leadership norms cause supervisor to assume more active roles, like policing and monitoring T/F
False
Norms should be measured to develop a normative ____ a statement of organizational strengths and weaknesses on a behavioral level
Outline
Transactional Analysis is a theory of ____
Personality
Which of the following is a defining principle of transactional analysis
Time Structuring
Strokes
Life positions
Ego states tend to be more permanent than life positions T/F
False
The adult ego state is a way of feeling, acting and believing that is rather ___
Objective
When does the adult ego state develop
later then that of the parent or child
A healthy individual maintains a balance among the three ego states. What is domination by one of the ego states known as
Contamination
What is Life Position
Results from our experiences expressing needs and the responses we receive
I don’t have value; you don’t have value. Translate this into a life position
I’m ok, your ok
In transaction analysis a transition contains a ___ and a response
Stimulus
In a __- transaction the response is not appropriate or expected
Crossed
As long as transactions remain ___ communication continues
Complementary
What type of transactions are barriers to effective communication and negatively impact motivation
Crossed
Which is not a type of time structuring
Education
As a method of time structuring, ____ inhibits full productivity and prevent people and organization from achieving their objectives
Games
Which are the life position of the supervisors and subordinate in the theory X management style
Supervisor=OK; Subordinate = not OK
The participative management style is also known a the
Theory Y
In the theory Y management style, both supervisor and subordinate operate in the ____ ego state
Adult
In the ____ management style, the supervisor may be conformable in the parent ego stat, but the subordinate may not enjoy the child state
Theory X
Effective supervises focus on ___- subordinates behavior as a means for improving the organizational climate and increasing productivity
Modifying
It is a systematic, two way discussion between supervisor and subordinate to performance counsel T/F
True
The key to supervisory success is the ability and willingness to ___ effectively
Communicate
Supportive feedback is used to alter a behavior that is considered effective and appropriate T/F
False
“I’m pleased to see your work is improving” is an example of a general feedback statement T/F
True
If a subordinate is to learn from and respond to feedback he or she must see it in terms of ___ effects
Observable
To be acceptable to the subordinate, feedback must be what
Nonthreatening
After corrective feedback is understood and acknowledged, the supervisor can what
Is free to change the subject so the subordinates negative feelings last no longer than necessary
Alternating the types of feedback will seem more genuine T/F
True
How many major principals govern the use of feedback
Two
What is the first principle governing the use of feedback
I cant tell you how you are and you cant tell me what I see
It is never necessary to apologize for giving corrective feedback T/F
False
Feedback requires ___ from both the supervisor and the subordinate
Action
Feedback supports growth, means that subordinate are able to ___ themselves and grow if they pay attention to feedback from others
Stretch
Once the supervisor selects a feedback strategy, he or she should keep three rules in mind. What is the first rule
Be clear about what you want in items of specific, identifiable outcomes for yourself, the subordinate and the organization
Develop a plan to deal with the issues is a step of the supportive feedback strategy T/F
False
What is the final step in the supportive feedback strategy
Thank the subordinate for the good performance
Using the corrective feedback strategy, which step does the supervisor take once he or she has described the event in a behavior terms and explained the effect
Ask what happened
