Here is a collection of all of the army board questions from the board questions podcast. We recommend studying individual topics found on your MOI, but we've provided a complete list here for those that prefer to study that way.
NCO Common Core Competencies
NCO Common Core Competencies
Promotion Board Question
Serves as a key enlisted member of staff elements at battalion or higher levels.
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M240
M240
Promotion Board Question
100 rounds per minute.
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Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Promotion Board Question
Position, natural point of aim, sight alignment/picture, and hold.
The Army
The Army
Promotion Board Question
The application of combat power in time and space to defeat enemy ground forces.
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SHARP
SHARP
Promotion Board Question
Sexual Harassment Assault Response and Prevention.
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Operations
Operations
Promotion Board Question
The synchronized and simultaneous application of arms to achieve an effect greater than if each element was used separately or sequentially.
Wear & Appearance
Wear & Appearance
Promotion Board Question
In cars, indoors (unless directed), and if it’s unsafe while driving military vehicles.
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Army Leadership
Army Leadership
Promotion Board Question
To prepare them for the battlefield, so that those soldiers make it back home.
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Mk 19
Mk 19
Promotion Board Question
77.6 pounds without the feed throat; 78.0 pounds with the feed throat.
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Land Nav
Land Nav
Promotion Board Question
A stretched-out groove in the land, usually formed by streams or rivers.
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SHARP
SHARP
Promotion Board Question
It focuses on supporting victim recovery with trauma-informed care, minimizing secondary victimization, and ensuring safety.
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Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Promotion Board Question
Follow-through, recoil management, call the shot, and evaluate.
Holistic Health & Fitness
Holistic Health & Fitness
Promotion Board Question
Fat, slow, weak, and underfilled soldiers don't fight as hard. Soldiers need to ensure they have enough food and the right kinds of food to maximize performance.
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Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Promotion Board Question
Slap the magazine, pull the charging handle, observe the ejection of a round or cartridge, release the charging handle without riding it forward, tap the forward assist, squeeze the trigger.
NCO Development
NCO Development
Promotion Board Question
Enlisted Soldiers disenrolled for misconduct should be returned to their unit for appropriate administrative or disciplinary action under Army policy.
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Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Promotion Board Question
The physics of what happens to a round after it touches a target and tears through it, deflects off of it, or flattens against it.
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Land Nav
Land Nav
Promotion Board Question
Latitude measures north and south, longitude measures east and west.
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First Aid
First Aid
Promotion Board Question
Care rendered while under effective hostile fire, with limited aid.
Training (Units & Developing Leaders)
Training (Units & Developing Leaders)
Promotion Board Question
Training that takes place in units.
Army Retention
Army Retention
Promotion Board Question
A Soldier must be at least 18 and cannot serve beyond the age of 60.
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First Aid
First Aid
Promotion Board Question
Position the casualty on the ground, ask the casualty if they have an epipen nearby, and send a runner to get the epipen and medical help. Open the airway if necessary, and administer the epipen as soon as possible. Evacuate the casualty, even if an epipen is administered, as the casualty still needs additional medical attention.
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Army History
Army History
Promotion Board Question
The Articles of Confederation
Army Retention
Army Retention
Promotion Board Question
Failing standards in performance, conduct, medical, fitness, or administrative requirements.
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Army Leadership
Army Leadership
Promotion Board Question
To assume greater responsibility and increase expertise.
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Land Nav
Land Nav
Promotion Board Question
U or V shapes pointing uphill.
The Army
The Army
Promotion Board Question
Loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity, and personal courage.
Wear & Appearance
Wear & Appearance
Promotion Board Question
Tattoos that show hate or support for hate groups.
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First Aid
First Aid
Promotion Board Question
A physiological response to major injury; can be identified by Pale, cold, clammy skin. Shallow, rapid breathing. and Difficulty breathing.
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Operations
Operations
Promotion Board Question
Operations to defeat or destroy enemy forces and gain control of terrain, resources, and population centers.
Army Emergency Relief
Army Emergency Relief
Promotion Board Question
To provide emergency financial assistance to Soldiers and their Families in time of distress.
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Humvees
Humvees
Promotion Board Question
Turn the knob on the Handbrake Lever
NCO Common Core Competencies
NCO Common Core Competencies
Promotion Board Question
The senior NCO in the command at battalion and higher levels.
Army Emergency Relief
Army Emergency Relief
Promotion Board Question
After duty hours when more than 50 miles from a military installation.
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Operations
Operations
Promotion Board Question
Command and control, movement and maneuver, intelligence, fires, sustainment, and protection.
Wear & Appearance
Wear & Appearance
Promotion Board Question
Combat, PT, hospital, kitchen, field, or other work uniforms.
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Army Leadership
Army Leadership
Promotion Board Question
Company commanders and below.
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Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Promotion Board Question
The physics of what happens to a round as it flies through the air, from leaving the barrel until it touches the target.
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Sponsorship
Sponsorship
Promotion Board Question
Sponsorship provided to Family members during a Soldier’s deployment.
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Army Leadership
Army Leadership
Promotion Board Question
Do what is right, legally and morally.
Military Justice
Military Justice
Promotion Board Question
Conduct that violates the UCMJ or regulations.
Army Substance Abuse Program
Army Substance Abuse Program
Promotion Board Question
The Limited Use Policy protects certain information, such as self-referrals or command-directed test results, from being used in UCMJ or court-martial proceedings.
Wear & Appearance
Wear & Appearance
Promotion Board Question
To make sure Soldiers have what they need, wear only approved items, and buy from approved sources.
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Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Promotion Board Question
An eye-safe laser that is used to boresight optics, iron sights, and aiming lasers.
Equal Opportunity
Equal Opportunity
Promotion Board Question
Equal Opportunity Advisor (BDE and higher).
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Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Promotion Board Question
Because the line of sight is a straight line, and the arc that the bullet travels intersects that line twice.
Suicide Prevention
Suicide Prevention
Promotion Board Question
To minimize suicidal behavior by reducing risk and strengthening the Army community.
Training (Units & Developing Leaders)
Training (Units & Developing Leaders)
Promotion Board Question
Integrated training environment.
NCO Common Core Competencies
NCO Common Core Competencies
Promotion Board Question
Ensuring soldiers are ready to fight and win wars.
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Army Leadership
Army Leadership
Promotion Board Question
An attribute is a characteristic of the leader, a part of who they are. A competency is what the leader is good at doing, a skill.
Military Justice
Military Justice
Promotion Board Question
A commander in the grade of major or above.
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First Aid
First Aid
Promotion Board Question
Emergency treatment applied to one’s self
Drill & Ceremony
Drill & Ceremony
Promotion Board Question
You pivot on the balls of both feet.
NCO Development
NCO Development
Promotion Board Question
Trainer, mentor, advisor, and communicator.
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M2 .50 Cal
M2 .50 Cal
Promotion Board Question
The barrel assembly, the backplate assembly, the drive spring assembly, the bolt assembly, the barrel extension assembly.
The Army
The Army
Promotion Board Question
It has the capacity to sustain operations over time and absorb losses.
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Army Leadership
Army Leadership
Promotion Board Question
A deep understand of why something is important.
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First Aid
First Aid
Promotion Board Question
Patient nationality and status.
Drill & Ceremony
Drill & Ceremony
Promotion Board Question
The command is given as either foot strikes the ground.
Suicide Prevention
Suicide Prevention
Promotion Board Question
Chaplains, Chaplain Assistants, Counselors, Family Advocacy Program Workers, Army Emergency Relief Workers, Emergency Room Medical Technicians, and Medical Health Professionals
Suicide Prevention
Suicide Prevention
Promotion Board Question
Prevention, intervention, and postvention.
Enlisted Promotions & Reductions
Enlisted Promotions & Reductions
Promotion Board Question
Accomplishments, demonstrated capacity for leadership, and marked potential .
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Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Promotion Board Question
Remove the magazine, clear the weapon, confirm the chamber area is clear, secure a new loaded magazine into the magazine well, and chamber and lock a round.
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Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Promotion Board Question
Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight
Holistic Health & Fitness
Holistic Health & Fitness
Promotion Board Question
Bend and reach, Rear lunge, Rower, Squat-bender, Windmill, Forward lunge, Prone row, Bent-leg body twist, and Pushup.
Army Body Composition
Army Body Composition
Promotion Board Question
Army Body Composition Program.
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Army Leadership
Army Leadership
Promotion Board Question
The leader, the led, and the situation.
Training (Units & Developing Leaders)
Training (Units & Developing Leaders)
Promotion Board Question
Self-led training such as college, independent study, and JKO courses.
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Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Promotion Board Question
The head is the smallest body part, and is the most frequently moved part of the body, making it difficult to hit.
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