af nco academy Flashcards

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1. Which level of enlisted professional military education is NCOA?
2. How many classroom instruction hours and academic days comprise the resident NCOA course?
3. With which college is the resident NCOA course affiliated?
4. At which levels of warfare must NCOA graduates demonstrate thinking and communication skills to solve problems?
5. What cumulative score must a student achieve after completing all assignments to complete NCOA?
6. Which students receive peer stratification points, and what percentage of the overall graduation awards score does stratification represent?
7. How many graded assignments must NCOA students complete, and how are they divided between written and speaking assignments?
8. What must a group brief during Part 2 of the Problem Solving Group Assignment, and who must present?
9. Which NCOA award is identified as the highest honor?
10. A student scores below 70 percent on an assignment. For which three awards is that student ineligible?
11. What NCO responsibility must students examine in the Mission Command lesson?
12. What must students identify and describe in the Followership lesson?
13. What must students understand and explain in the Trust lesson?
14. What must students explain and define in the Critical Thinking lesson?
15. At the national level, how does joint planning connect military power to national strategy?
16. When translating strategic guidance into a joint plan, what do ways, means, and ends represent?
17. By law, who exclusively directs the Joint Staff?
18. Does the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff's senior rank authorize military command over the Joint Chiefs or the U.S. Armed Forces?
19. An Air Force unit is attached to a unified combatant command. Who holds combatant command authority, and who holds administrative control?
20. Which document assigns combatant commands their missions, responsibilities, and geographic areas of responsibility?
21. Which level of Air Force doctrine states the fundamental and enduring beliefs guiding the use, presentation, and organization of forces?
22. Which level of Air Force doctrine applies basic doctrinal principles to military actions and describes detailed force organization?
23. An NCO needs guidance on employing specific Air Force assets together to accomplish detailed objectives. Which doctrine level addresses this requirement?
24. Which command-and-control approach empowers subordinate decision-making to achieve flexibility, initiative, and responsiveness within the commander's intent?
25. Through which three elements do Airmen execute mission command?
26. A commander delegates authority so subordinates can exercise disciplined initiative and exploit fleeting opportunities. Which element of mission command does this demonstrate?
27. Which principle ensures concentration and priority of airpower effort under one responsible commander pursuing common objectives?
28. Which principle requires balancing security, military operations, and national objectives to prevent unnecessary force?
29. Which principle of joint operations focuses on maintaining legal and moral authority?
30. An NCO supports a joint planning staff developing courses of action. What five criteria must every course of action meet?
31. How do managers and leaders differ in their focus on resources and organizational direction?
32. A Technical Sergeant organizes a project, assigns qualified personnel, and establishes monitoring systems. How should leadership support these management actions?
33. An NCO wants to reduce resistance to a new work-center process while building ownership. What approach should the NCO use?
34. Why is coerced compliance not recommended when an NCO implements organizational change?
35. To establish the trust required for effective teamwork, in what two qualities of their teammates must Airmen have mutual confidence?
36. How should an NCO ensure dialogue and feedback are exchanged among team members?
37. A team discourages honest, open sharing. What effects should its NCOIC anticipate?
38. Before using collaboration to resolve a team disagreement, what conditions must an NCO secure from all participants?
39. At a minimum, what mentoring topics must a supervisor discuss during performance feedback sessions?
40. A mentor actively listens to a protégé's questions and provides useful, timely answers. Which element of the mentoring process is being demonstrated?
41. A Technical Sergeant connects a protégé with people who can offer additional guidance, resources, and opportunities. Which mentoring element does this demonstrate?
42. An NCO identifies an event requiring counseling. How soon should the counseling occur?
43. An NCO must conduct an unplanned counseling conversation. What four basic components should structure the session?
44. What dual responsibility must effective leaders accept in relation to learning, teaching, and followership?
45. An NCO equates accountability primarily with punishment. What organizational focus should replace that view?
46. How should an NCO practice transparency when making decisions that affect the work center?
47. What readiness responsibility do NCOs have for themselves and their subordinates?
48. Which enlisted grade often serves as a unit's technical experts?
49. Through which selection process should Master Sergeants consider broadening opportunities?
50. What responsibilities do SNCOs have toward junior enlisted Airmen and NCOs under their charge?
51. What is the NCO Academy's mission concerning leadership and management in complex environments?
52. Which course represents the capstone and pinnacle level of enlisted PME?
53. A flight's planning team pressures members to agree unanimously at the expense of critical thinking. What decision-making problem is occurring?
54. Why can exposing a decision-making group to an opposing view improve its decisions?
55. During a decision-making meeting, what distinguishes constructive cognitive conflict from affective conflict?
56. When evaluating information for a decision, what does the CRAAP acronym stand for?
57. An NCO asks a team to brainstorm multiple varied solutions to a maintenance problem. Which type of thinking is the team using?
58. After identifying several possible solutions, an NCO seeks the correct or best possible solution. Which type of thinking is being applied?
59. Under the Osborn-Parnes principle of deferred judgment, when should a team evaluate its ideas?
60. Which Osborn-Parnes stage uses a list of selected criteria to choose the best solution?
61. Which Osborn-Parnes stage involves gaining acceptance, developing an action plan, and implementing the solution?
62. A flight chief gathers input from the group and then personally makes the decision. Which Vroom-Yetton-Jago decision-making level does this represent?

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