Test Prep

Question 1

Explain the purpose of evaluations in the context of learning

Answer 1

Evaluation is an attempt to check whether each student fulfilled the learning objectives

Question 2

Give several examples of how Cadets are evaluated

Answer 2

Students maybe evaluated formally or informally and in a number of ways including: written tests, oral quizzes, participation in classroom discussions, etc.

Question 3

Define the term personality

Answer 3

Personally is the sum of thoughts feelings and behaviors that make someone unique

Question 4

Describe ways that nurture influences personality

Answer 4

People are shaped by their environment

Question 5

Explain why the nature VS. nurture debate is relevant to leaders

Answer 5

Leaders can not change human nature, but they can have an effect on the environment of others

Question 6

Describe Birth order theory

Answer 6

Birth order theory contends that a person’s rank within their family can have an effect on their personality and intelligence

Question 7

Explain why charisma can help a leader succeed

Answer 7

Having a strong charisma can make a leader appear heroic and Larger than Life and therefore incredibly effective. Leaders who have strong charisma find it easy to recruit new followers and their followers will work longer and harder for the cause

Question 8

Explain pitfalls leaders can face by relying too much on charisma

Answer 8

Strong charisma can be counter productive as it surrounds the leader with followers that are only too willing to flatter the leader and sweep problems under the rug

Question 9

Explain the function of a learning objective

Answer 9

A learning objective describes what a student should know, feel or be able to do at the end of the lesson

Question 10

Describe several practical methods of creative thinking

Answer 10

Brainstorming, mind mapping, the five ways reversal, headlines of the future, flowcharts multi voting, gradual voting, and weighted pros and cons

Question 11

Give examples of outstanding creative thinking

Answer 11

Apollo 13, D-day

Question 12

Give examples of how majorities can discourage creativity

Answer 12

Our respect for majority rule can discourage people from expressing unpopular ideas that can run contrary to the majoritys opinion

Question 13

Discuss why creative leaders do not always win

Answer 13

Even of you develop the habit or thinking creativity there is no guarantee that your ideas will be welcomed

Question 14

Discuss why creative leaders do not always win

Answer 14

Even of you develop the habit or thinking creativity there is no guarantee that your ideas will be welcomed

Question 15

Explain what creative thinking means in your own words

Answer 15

Creative thinking is concentration plus imagination

Question 16

What is the definition of False Dilemma fallacy

Answer 16

Slippery slope

Question 17

What is the definition of the Straw man fallacy

Answer 17

Begging the question/circular reasoning

Question 18

What is the definition of the red herring fallacy

Answer 18

Weak analogy

Question 19

Define the Post Hoc fallacy

Answer 19

Appeal to tradition

Question 20

Define the ad hominen fallacy

Answer 20

Appeal to authority

Question 21

Explain 4 different models of thinking

Answer 21

Big picture thinking, focused thinking, realistic thinking, shared thinking

Question 22

Describe the 7 universal intellectual standards

Answer 22

Clarity, accuracy, precision, relevance,depth breath, and logic

Question 23

Define the term critical thinking

Answer 23

Critical thinking is self guided, self disciplined thinking which attempts to reason at the highest level of quality in a fair minded way

Question 24

Defend the claim that critical thinking has a direct impact on a leaders effectiveness

Answer 24

Leadership requires careful study and reflection and therefore critical thinking

Question 25

Describe the “LEAD” model

Answer 25

Lead with a clear purpose. Empower to participate. Aim for consensus. Direct the team.

Question 26

Describe the 4 arenas of the Johari window

Answer 26

The public, blind, private, and the unknown arena

Question 27

What are the 4 stages of tuckmans model of team dynamics

Answer 27

Forming, storming, norming, performing

Question 28

Identify the three levels of leadership skill

Answer 28

Personal, team, and institutional

Question 29

Describe different methods of teaching

Answer 29

Lecture, guided discussion, demonstration, performance, experimental simulation

Question 30

Identify the three levels at which leadership is practiced

Answer 30

Strategic, operational, and tactical

Question 31

What are the duties common to NCOs

Answer 31

1. Focus on short term needs of individual cadets and small team. 2. Ensure people comply with policies, rules, and standards. 3. Train people to do their jobs. 4. Fulfill the goals of the team carry out activity plans, and develop a sense of teamwork. 5. NCOs jet the job done.

Question 32

Describe ways that nature influences personality

Answer 32

DNA determinate a great deal about who we are

Question 33

Define charisma

Answer 33

Charisma that special aspect of personality that makes someone truly unique

Question 34

What are the duties common to officers

Answer 34

1. Focus on long-term needs of the whole team or team of teams. 2. Establish politics rules and standards. 3. Assign people to the right jobs. 4. Set teams for teams. Plan activities and organize a team of leaders 5. Create the conditions necessary for the team to succeed

Question 35

Defend the idea that leading volunteers is more challenging the leading paid employees

Answer 35

There’s a greater need to meet people’s needs and to lead with a shared purpose in mind, in a volunteer organization

Question 36

Defend the idea that leaders need to be professionals

Answer 36

Meters must be professionals because they have special skills, interests of the Community First and hold themselves and their peers to an ethical code

Question 37

What is professionalism

Answer 37

Professionals must have a habit of putting the communities interests above their own, they have special skills and hold themselves and their peers to an ethical code

Question 38

What is professionalism

Answer 38

Professionals must have a habit of putting the communities interests above their own, they have special skills and hold themselves and their peers to an ethical code

Question 39

Explain what a standard is

Answer 39

A standard is about established requirement a principle by which something can be judged

Question 40

Describe the challenges of transitioning from airmen to NCO

Answer 40

It involves transitioning from one who was cared for now caring for others and the one who was taught to the one who teaches