STAR Board Flashcards by Nathan Sedano

Command Team

What are the characerisitcs of Army Profession?

Trust, Honorable service, Military expertise, Stewardship, Esprit de corps.

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What is trust?

Trust is the foundation of the Army’s relationship with the American people.

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What is Honorable Service?

Army professionals serve honorable by obeying the laws of the Nation and all legal orders.

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What is Military Exoertise?

Military expertice is the ethical is the design, generation, support, and application of landpower, and the associated capabilities essemtia to accoplishing missions.

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What is Stewardship?

Stewardship is the responsibility of Soilders and Army civilians to strengthen the Army as a profession.

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What is espirit de Corps?

Denotes the Army’s winning spirit - a collective ethos of camaraderie, mutual trust, and cohesive teamwork.

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What is Reveille?

Reveille is the bugle call played to signal the troops to awaken for morning roll call and coincides with the raising of the national Color.

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What is Taps bugle call used for?

“Taps” is played on some military insillations late in the evening as it signals “lights out”.

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What does SHARP stand for?

Sexual Harassment Assult Response and Prevention.

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What are two types of SHARP offenses?

Sexual harassment and sexual assult

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What is Army policy on SHARP?

It does not tolerate or condone sexual harassment, sexual assult, or associated realiatory behavior.

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What are the two types of SHARP reports?

Restricted and unrestricted

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What is discrimination?

When somone, or a group of people, is harassed, intimiated, insulted, humiliated, or is treated less favorably than another person or group.

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List types of discrimination?

Race, color, sex (include gender identity), national origin, religon, or sexual orientation.

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What are types of equal oportunity complaints?

Informal and formal

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What are the types formations?

U-formation, Line, Circular, Extended rectangle

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What are rest positions given at halt?

Parade rest, stand at ease, at ease, rest

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What was the first Cheif of the Engineers?

Louis Duportail

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When was the office of the Cheif of the Engineer established?

16 June 1775

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When and where was the Engineer Corps established?

16 March 1802 at West Point, NY

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Name some of the famous engineer porjects?

The Washington Monument, The hoover dam, The panama canal

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What is Army’s Mission?

To deploy, fight, and win our Nation’s wars by providing ready, prompt, and sustained land dominance.

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What is the Army’s motto?

This we’ll defend

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Drill Sergent Question (WTBD)

What does SALUTE stand for?

Size, activity, location, unit, time, equipment

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When would you use SALUTE?

When you see suspected enemy befor they see you.

What does GOTWA stand for?

Where you are going, others you are taking with you, time to be expected gone, what to do if you do not come back on time, actions on if you recieve contact, actions on if they recive contact.

What does TIC stand for?

Troops in conacts

What does TCCC stand for?

Tactical combat casualty care

What are the three levels of care?

Care under fire, tactical field care, tactical evacuation care.

What does AVPU stand for?

Alert, verbal, pain, unresponsive

What is line 4 in the 9 MEDEVAC?

Special equipment required

What does CCP stand for?

Casualty collection point

What security must be emplaced when crossing a linear danger area?

Near side and far side security

Who is the only one in the formation allowed to classify a Linear Dange Area?

The person in charge of the formation (PL, PSG, SQL, TL)

What is the rule of thumb when clearing the objective?

Clear from the 6 to the 3 to the 9 by way of the 12

Who do you place at the 6 o'clock apex when clearing the objective?

The WSL (weapons squad leader and or weapons team leader)

What are the functions of each Squad and or Team?

3 SQD (Security, assult, support by fire) 4 SQD (security, assult, assult 2, support by fire)

When moving in a squad column fire team wedge what are the techniques used?

Traveling, traveling overwatch, bounding overwatch

When i straveling overwatch used in a squa column fire team wedge?

When contact is possile

What are the two different bounding techniques?

Alternate and seccessive

When receving contact what is the first thing you must do?

Assume prone unsupported and return fire

What does the last man say when passing the last man of the "L"?

"Last man; LOA)

What does LOA stand for?

Limit of Advance

What are the five major terrain features?

Hill, valley, ridge, saddle, deppression

What are the minor terrain features found on a map?

Draw, cliff, spur

What are the two supplemental terrain features?

Fill, cut

What is the first thing you do when you read a map?

Orient you map

What is the rule of thumb when reading a map?

Right and up

# Instructor (Course) Questions What are the major components for light framing?

Floor, wall, roof, stairs

What is the lowest member of the frame and support the floor joists?

Box sill

The components of a box sill are?

Sill plate, header joist

How are floor joist with a crown installed?

Crown up

What are th different girder types?

Built-up or laminated, solid, steel

How much clearance are on each side of girders to allair circulation and evaporation?

1/2"

How is plywood installedin reference to the floor joist?

Perpendicular

What is installed after the walls have been erected, squared and plumb?

Upper top plate

What is a let-in?

Studs are notched to let in braces

What is a cut-in

Cut in an angle and inserted between stud in a diagonal progression from top plae to sole plate

What is the first measurementfrom the outside corner should be?

15-1/4"

What supports the header and runs from the bottom of the header to the sole plate?

Trimmer studs

What type of roof has a minimum slope of 1/4" per foot of run?

Flat room

What type of truss is the simplest to construct & consist of only top & bottom cords, vertical center post?

King post

What is the usual spacing for trusses?

24" on center

What type of truss is most widely used in light frame construction & provide a uniform load carrying capacity?

W-type

Name the 4 component of trusses?

Top cord, bottom cord, web member, gussets

What are the stair components?

Tread, riser, stringer/carriage, nailing block, kick plate, railing

For stairs what is the name if the board that is stepped on?

Tread

What are the railing parts?

Newel post, handrail, baluster

What is the vertical member that is placed between two treads?

Riser

# The The procedures where the thickness of the tread is subtraced from the first unit of rise is called what?

Dropping the stringer