PDG Flashcards
The Chairman, CJCS normally manages the Joint Staff through whom?
Director of the Joint Staff
Approx. ___ aircraft and a full complement of conventional weapons are under USAFE-AFAFRICA
217
Who may read performance evals?
Only persons within the agency who have a proper need to know
The in-system supplemental action is typically processed on a ____ basis.
monthly
Constraint consideration is ___ for project management.
crucial
The ultimate goal of project management planning is to achieve the project objective in the most ___ manner
logical, sensible
- 5 Principles of effective communication?
Focused, Organized, Clear, Understanding, Supported
*Seven steps for effective communication?
Analyze purpose and audience, Research your topic, Support your ideas, Organize and outline, Draft, Edit, Fight for feedback and get approval
Which LOAC principle Justifies the use of all measures needed to defeat the enemy as quickly and efficiently as possible?
Military Necessity
The level of knowledge members need depends on ?
how likely they are to be captured, their exposure to sensitive information, and how useful or valuable a captor considers them to be.
Air Force Mission Directive (AFMD) __ delineates missions and clarifies assigned duties applicable to AFDW in both its worldwide Air Force role and its JTF-NCR Air Force Service Component role.
13
___ Total Force members make up ACC’s workforce.
94,000
Who is the selective reenlistment appeal authority for first term airmen and career airmen who will complete at least 20 years of total Regular Air Force federal military service on their current expiration of term of service?
Their respective group commander
The zone c selective retention bonus applies to airmen reenlisting between the 10th and __ year of total regular AF federal military service
14th
In team building, creating trust among team members requires a desire to achieve established objectives. What two other qualities are required to create trust?
Professional behavior and working relationships
Which counseling approach encourages maturity and open communication , but may take too much time in some situations?
Combined
Accuracy, Brevity and Clarity are three qualities of every good ___
Briefing
Which article of the code of conduct states, I am an American, fighting in the forces which guard my country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense.
Article 1
Who is responsible for engaging in oceanic research of the high seas and in waters subject to US Jurisdiction
The US Coast Guard
Once assigned to a unified command, a force usually cannot be transferred except by authority of the ___?
SECDEF
Which Air Staff office is identified with the A6 symbol code?
Communications
Which administrative level of command is directly under a MAJCOM, providing intermediate level operational leadership and supervision?
Numbered Air Force (NAF)
Elements are subdivisions of flights. Typically, flights are broken up into ___ evenly distributed elements, when necessary.
3 or 4
The initial ACA is the only feedback required for which ranks?
CMSgt and Col
AF Form ____, Letter of Evaluation, is a Multipurpose evaluation form.
77
Which program does the AF use to manage the reenlistment of first term airmen, according to skill, to prevent surpluses and shortages?
Career Job Reservation Program
Which AFI contains info about commander’s responsibilities?
AFI 1-2, Commander’s Responsibilities
Step 2 of the practical problem-solving method breaks down the problem and identifies ____?
Performance gaps
Who created the Chief of Staff, USAF Professional Reading Program in 1996 to develop a common frame of reference among AF members so that they become better, more effective advocates of airpower?
General Fogleman
Having an _____ perspective in strategic communication empowers Air Force leaders to inform and appropriately influence key audiences
enterprise
When was the order of the sword adopted?
1967
Department of the AF (DAF) is comprised of what 3 major entities?
Secretariat, Air Staff, Space Staff
A ___ is directly subordinate to the CSAF and has admin and org responsibilities similar to a MAJCOM but performs a mission that doesn’t fit into one.
Direct Reporting Unit (DRU)
In step 3 of the practical problem solving method, improvement targets help define the ___ levels required to achieve the desired end state.
Performance
Which step of the practical problem solving method involves reviews and progress checks, updated regularly on all tasks?
Step 2: break down the problem and identify performance gaps
Using ___, transformational leaders display charisma, act as positive role models and walk the walk to represent the organization’s values, beliefs and purpose.
Idealized influence
Air Force communication ___ provides the tools to articulate the global vigilance, global reach and global power of the future.
Waypoints
Generally, critical listening is the sum of critical thinking and ___
Informative listening
Which letter in DOTMLPF represents all the stuff necessary to equip the forces?
M
Which form of harassment encompasses illegal, impermissible or hostile action taken as a result of making or being suspected of making a protected communication or reporting a criminal offense?
Retaliation
The purpose of the Equal Opportunity complaint ___ process is to determine whether a formal military complaint or hotline is supported by a preponderance of evidence.
Clarification
___ factors related to suicide include social support, a sense of belonging and a culture that promotes and protects responsible help-seeking behavior.
Protective
Considering honorable characteristics in the AF, which form of courage means doing what’s right even at the risk of your career?
Personal courage
All ACA sessions must be conducted within the first ___ of when supervision begins.
60 days
Whose purpose is to communicate timely, accurate and useful information about AF activities to the DoD, the AF, and both domestic and international audiences?
Public Affairs operations
Which level of the Vroom-Yetton-Jago decision making model can result in an adequate but not optimal decision?
Level IV(4), Facilitate consensus
___ are what makes an operations security indicator identifiable or cause it to stand out.
Signatures
The Geneva Conventions of 1949 consist of __ separate international treaties that aim to protect those taking no active part in hostilities, including military forces members who have laid down their arms and those combatants placed out of the fight.
4
What is not a tier of the officer force structure?
Command Grade Officer
The __ Retraining Advisory is a living document found on myPers and a key tool for advising members of retraining opportunities.
Online
Setting high, attainable __ provides opportunities for continual growth, as well as guidance and feedback.
Standards
Which leadership attribute includes trust, loyalty and integrity?
Values
AMC encompasses nearly ___ total force members?
133,700
Who provides third-party certification and evaluation of progress in the training program?
Task certifier
When problems arise during organizational change, what action should the change agent consider?
Readdressing unfreezing techniques
Which counseling approach works best for correcting simple problems, making on the spot corrections and correcting aspects of duty performance?
Directive
Which core principle of communication involves properly formulating and articulating your message, as well as getting to the point?
Clear
Who does the mnemonic DOTMLPF best serve when considering certain issues prior to undertaking new efforts?
Staff planners
What is not one of the civilian auxillaries of the US armed forces?
Peace Corps
For the Craftsman 7-skill level, airmen in retraining status (Training status code ___) are subject to the same training requirements as standard upgrade trainees.
G
During which step of the practical problem solving method do you strive to create process improvement changes that are sustainable, repeatable and move the organization closer to the ideal state?
Step 5: Develop countermeasures
To be effective, organizational change efforts must include some redesign and/or coordination on how many interrelated fronts?
5
Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) members serve as advisors to the President, SecDef and National Security Council. They are not responsible for
Assigning military missions to unified commands.
The AF and SF provide the Nation with all of the following except
Global Strategy
USAFRICOM is responsible for military relations will all of the following except
Parts of northern Africa
Which Air Staff office is identified by the A10 symbol code?
Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration (as designated by the Air Force)
When Joint Force HQ-NCR transitions to the Joint Task Force NCR, the ___ activates and becomes the Air Force Service Component of JTF-NCR
320th Air Expeditionary Wing (320 AEW)
What kind of command consists (in whole or in part) of strategic, tactical, space or defense forces, or of flying forces directly supporting such forces?
Operational
PACAF has approx. ____ military and civilian personnel in nine strategic locations and numerous smaller facilities primarily in Hawaii, Alaska, Japan, Guam, and the Republic of Korea.
46,000 Personnel
Which MAJCOM was established on 17 Feb 1997?
AFRC
The strategic vision leadership skill level focuses on
The effects an Airman can have across the Air Force and the DoD
____(what rank) are experienced operational leaders who are skilled at merging the talents, skills and resources of their teams with other organizations.
SMSgts
What training document is approved by the Air Force Career Field Manager for a particular job type or duty position within an AFS?
Air Force Job Qualification Standard (AFJQS)
Second-term and career Airmen with less than 19 years of Total Active Federal Military Service (TAFMS) receive selective reenlistment consideration when they are within ____ months of their original expiration of term of service.
13 months
When constrained AFSCs are implemented, AFPC issues Career Job Reservation (CJR) quotas on a ___ basis.
Fiscal year
The Zone A Selective Retention Bonus (SRB) applies to Airmen reenlisting between ___ months and six years Total Active Federal Military Service (TAFMS)
17 months
The DoD sets promotion quotas for the top grades, based on FY end strength and affected by funding limits, regulatory limits and the number of projected vacancies in specific grades.
Five
Promotions for ____ personnel are based on a combination of position vacancy, TIG, TIS, Fitness and completion of appropriate PME.
ARC
Which organizational structure is best for addressing a temporary need within an organization, is often short-lived and maintains the overall structure of the organization?
Matrix Structure
The change process model proposed by social psychologist ___ recommends that leaders view change as a three-stage process.
Kurt Lewin
What is the organizational change agent’s role in the changing stage?
To monitor the change as it occurs and its effects on personnel
Continuous Improvement (CI) is a hallmark of highly successful organizations, an Airman leadership quality and is a major graded area in the Air Force Inspection System (AFI ___, The Air Force Inspection System).
AFI 90-201
Which Continuous Improvement (CI) methodology focuses on workflow, customer value and eliminating process waste?
Lean
According to Warren G Bennis, PH.D., leadership behaviors include all of the following except
Maintaining
Which leadership trait is developed over time, through effort and ambition, and must be coupled with competence for it to be effective?
Character
Like motivation, empowered ___ requires a joint effort between leaders and the individuals they lead.
Followership
Article III of the Code of Conduct does not include which statement?
“If in command, I will never surrender the members of my command while they still have the means to resist.”
Retaliation is prohibited by Article ___, UCMJ
132
Who penned the US Air Force song, which was unanimously selected by the Air Corps after reviewing over 700 compositions?
Robert Crawford
According to AFI ___, Protocol, when the Air Force Song is played, Airmen will stand at attention, but are allowed to sing the lyrics. During official events, the official party may move to depart after the playing of the first verse.
AFI 34-1201
Which US flag measures 5’ x 9’6”?
All-Purpose (all-WX) storm flag
Considering honorable characteristics in the Air Force, which form of courage means doing what’s right even at the risk of your career?
Personal courage
General T. Michael Moseley, ___ CSAF, gave the Airman’s Creed to the Air Force in 2007.
18th
The ACA is designed to increase Airmen interaction and ___ at all levels, provide Airmen an opportunity to discuss personal and professional goals, and assist Airmen in achieving those goals.
Support
___ are responsible for developing a tracking mechanism for ACAs and ensuring they are conducted properly.
Unit Commanders
Who is responsible for monitoring personnel to ensure ACAs are conducted as required?
Rater’s Raters
Which branch of the US Armed Forces is responsible for preparing the land forces necessary to effectively prosecute war, and for expanding peacetime components to meet the needs of war?
Army
Which branch of the US Armed Forces includes all military aviation forces (combat and service) not otherwise specifically assigned?
Air Force
A unified combatant command has a broad, continuing mission with forces drawn from two or more military departments. All units assigned to them remain under the combatant command authority of whom?
Unified Combatant Commander (CCDR)
What statement about ACAs is inaccurate?
Specific negative comments should be avoided at all costs.
Which section of the ACA worksheet must the ratee complete on their own?
Section III
After the initial feedback for AB, Amn or A1C with less than ____ months of Total Active Federal Military Service, a midterm ACA session is conducted every 180 days until the rater writes a performance report or a change of reporting official occurs.
20 months
When must all CMSgt-selects sign an AF Form 63 or a Statement of Understanding?
Withing 10 duty days after selections are confirmed.
Who provides each member eligible for promotion with access to WAPS CDCs?
Barnes Center for Enlisted Education (BCEE), Air Force Career Development Academy
Which letter in DOTMLPF represents the availability of qualified people for peacetime, wartime and various contingency operations?
P - Personnel
As a supervisor, when communicating with Airmen, which type of information is required for personnel to perform their very best?
Constuctive, comprehensible, accurate
What is the foundation of all public communications, both in terms of credibility and capability?
Truth
What are operations security indicators?
Friendly, detectable actions and open-source information that can be interpreted or pieced together by an adversary to derive critical information.
____ is any action designed to incite DoD military or civilian personnel to violate laws, lawful orders or regulations, or disrupt military activities with the intent to interfere with or impair the loyalty, morale or discipline of US Armed Forces.
Subversion
Which individual, in the course of his or her Air Force duties, is not authorized access to someone’s UIF
A Chaplain
The Air Force Medical Service’s Vision is to ensure its patients are the healthiest and highest-performing segment of the US by ____
2025
What does the sphere within the star in the Air Force Symbol represent?
The globe
The US flag should be displayed in the open on buildings and stationary flagstaffs when?
From sunrise to sunset
Considering the order of precedence, which of the seven flags would be displayed on the far right of the group (the observer’s left) in the position of honor?
National Guard
When you accompany or join a person senior to you, what position should you always take?
To the Senior’s left
Title___, CFR, Part 2365, Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch, sets forth the basic ethical principles and guidelines that government employees must follow.
Title 5
There are over ___ million regular force members, 826,000 national guard and reserve members and 742,000 civillian personnel in the DoD.
1.3 million
Who is appointed by the Chariman , CJCS to serve as the advisor to the CJCS and SecDef?
Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman (SEAC)
Once assigned to a unified combatant command, a force usually cannot be transferred except by authority of the___?
SecDef
Which Air Staff symbol code identified the Intelligence, Survelliance and Reconnaissance (ISR) office?
A2
Approximately ___ aircraft and a full complement of conventional weapons are under US Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa’s (USAFE-AFAFRICA) control?
217
AFRC provides approx ___ percent of the total force for about ___ percent of the manpower budget.
20; 5
Airmen should ensure they receive at least ___ days’ access to study materials prior to WAPS testing?
60 days
Which component of a strategic thinking midnset involves a willingness and tendency to adjust one’s understanding, opinions or approach as conditions change or new information is presented?
Intellectual flexibility
