The NCO Guide / History of the NCO (FM 7-22.7)

Question 1

What do Soldiers depend on from an NCO?

Answer 1

A: your guidance, training and leadership.

Question 2

Para 1-0 Who usually cuts the cake during Army ceremonies?

Answer 2

A: The Oldest and Youngest Soldier in the Unit

Question 3

Para 1-0 What has been the Key to the Army’s success?

Answer 3

A: our flexibility and willingness to change, to meet the world as it is.

Question 4

Para 1-1 Throughout the history of the U.S. Army the NCO has been there doing what?

Answer 4

A: leading soldiers in battle and training them in peacetime, leading by example and always, always out front.

Question 5

Para 1-2 When was the Army and the NCO corps born?

Answer 5

A: 14 June 1775; With the birth of The Continental Army.

Question 6

Para 1-3 Who standardized the duties and responsibilities of the NCO Corps?

Answer 6

A: Inspector General Friedrich von Steuben.

Question 7

Para 1-3 How long was the Blue Book the primary regulation for the Army?

Answer 7

A: 30 Years.

Question 8

Para 1-11 What lesson was learned from the Civil War?

Answer 8

A: That It was necessary to destroy the enemy’s will and capacity to resist through military, economic and
political means.

Question 9

Para 1-31 What grades and ranks were added to the Army in 1958?

Answer 9

A: E8 & E9 and the Ranks of corporal, sergeant, staff sergeant, sergeant first class, master sergeant and sergeant
major.

Question 10

Para 1-34 When did the Sergeants Major Course first began?

Answer 10

A: in January 1973.

Question 11

Para 1-50 Why are the Army Values so important?

Answer 11

A: They are important because they define character traits that help develop and maintain discipline.

Question 12

Para 1-51 Why should you stand by your soldiers’ honest mistakes?

Answer 12

A: They can’t learn without them.

Question 13

Para 1-52 What do the Duties of an NCO require?

Answer 13

A: a willingness to accept full responsibility for your actions and for your soldiers’ performance.

Question 14

Para 1-59 What are the three pillars of Development?

Answer 14

A: 1. Institutional Training.
2. Operational Assignments.
3. Self- Development.

Question 15

Para 2-1 What is one of the most important leadership situations you’ll face as an NCO?

Answer 15

A: Assuming a leadership position.

Question 16

Para 2-6 What is Duty?

Answer 16

A: A duty is something you must do by virtue of your position and is a legal or moral obligation.

Question 17

Para 2-14 What is responsibility?

Answer 17

A: being accountable for what you do or fail to do.

Question 18

What is Command Authority?

Answer 18

A: the authority leaders have over soldiers by virtue of rank or assignment.

Question 19

Para 2-25 What if a Soldier refuses a correction, saying you don’t have the authority to tell him what to
do because he’s not in your NCO support channel?

Answer 19

A: They are wrong, General Military Authority gives you that Authority and you have a Duty to enforce it.

Question 20

Para 2-32 Why do we have inspections?

Answer 20

A: the Army has found that some soldiers, if allowed to, will become careless and lax in the performance of minor
barrack duties in their unit. They become accustomed to conditions in their immediate surroundings and overlook
minor deficiencies

Question 21

Para 2-33 Who should inspect their soldiers daily and should regularly check soldiers’ rooms in the
barracks?

Answer 21

A: First Line Leaders.

Question 22

Para 2-35 What is one of the most effective administrative corrective measures?

Answer 22

A: On-the-Spot Corrections.