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Mk 19

Mk 19

Promotion Board Question

What is the muzzle velocity of MK 19 ammunition?

About 241 meters per second for common 40-mm high-velocity rounds (for example target practice and several service rounds).

Land Nav

Land Nav

Promotion Board Question

How does arctic terrain affect navigation?

Snow and ice can obscure features; magnetic compasses may be unreliable

Land Nav

Land Nav

Promotion Board Question

What are index contour lines?

Contour lines that are thick and numbered to show the exact elevation at that level. Typically every 5th line will be indexed.

First Aid

First Aid

Promotion Board Question

What is self aid?

Emergency treatment applied to one’s self

Army Retention

Army Retention

Promotion Board Question

Can a Soldier request separation if a bar is imposed?

Yes, a Soldier may request separation if barred from continued service.

First Aid

First Aid

Promotion Board Question

What are the steps of Tactical Evacuation Care?

Gather info needed to call up a 9-Line, call up the 9-Line, and transport the casualty to the pickup site.

Army Leadership

Army Leadership

Promotion Board Question

What are the four requirements of presence?

Military and professional bearing, fitness, confidence, and resilience.

Counseling

Counseling

Promotion Board Question

What are the four stages of the counseling process?

1. Identify the need for counseling 2. Prepare the counseling session 3. Conduct the counseling 4. Follow-up

Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship

Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship

Promotion Board Question

What is zeroing?

Zeroing is aligning the sight of the weapon with the weapon’s barrel.

First Aid

First Aid

Promotion Board Question

How do you perform abdominal thrusts?

Stand behind casualty, wrap your arms around their waist, make a fist with one hand, place the thumb side of the fist against the abdomen above the naval, grasp fist with your other hand, and give quick backward and upward thrusts.

Army Leadership

Army Leadership

Promotion Board Question

What are the Army Values?

Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity, Personal Courage.

Operations

Operations

Promotion Board Question

What does METT-C stand for?

Mission, enemy, terrain, troops, time, and civil considerations.

NCO Common Core Competencies

NCO Common Core Competencies

Promotion Board Question

What are the 6 leadership styles?

Authoritative, Affiliative, Democratic, Coaching, Pacesetting, and Coercive.

Humvees

Humvees

Promotion Board Question

What is the difference between climbing and traversing a side slope?

Climbing involves going uphill head-on so that the front of the vehicle is a different elevation than the back. Traversing a side slope involves moving sideways along a slope so that driver's side of the vehicle is a different elevation than the passenger's.

Army Leadership

Army Leadership

Promotion Board Question

What is cultural/geopolitical knowledge?

Knowledge about the areas in which they expect to accomplish the mission.

Army Community Service

Army Community Service

Promotion Board Question

What financial readiness services are offered by ACS?

ACS provides budget counseling, debt liquidation assistance, and consumer affairs education.

Land Nav

Land Nav

Promotion Board Question

What is a saddle?

A dip or low point between two areas of higher ground.

Army Body Composition

Army Body Composition

Promotion Board Question

What actions must be taken if a Soldier fails the ABCP?

Commanders will initiate separation, bar to continued service, or involuntary transfer to the Individual Ready Reserve.

First Aid

First Aid

Promotion Board Question

When should you apply a pressure dressing to control bleeding?

If direct pressure is insufficient to control the bleeding, but the bleeding is not spurting.

The Army

The Army

Promotion Board Question

What is meant by the Army’s role to shape?

Shaping operational environments allows combatant commanders to reassure partners and deter aggression while establishing conditions that support the potential employment of joint forces.

Land Nav

Land Nav

Promotion Board Question

What is the Mercator Projection?

The flattened 2-D image of the world used by most maps.

Enlisted Promotions & Reductions

Enlisted Promotions & Reductions

Promotion Board Question

What is the secondary zone?

A period of time where soldiers are only eligible for promotion if they are clearly ahead of their peers.

First Aid

First Aid

Promotion Board Question

How do you do mouth to nose rescue breathing?

Maintain the chin-lift while pinching the nostrils closed, take a regular breath and make an airtight seal around the casualty's nose with your mouth, give a slow breath into the casualty's nose, watching for the chest to rise. If it does, break the seal and allow the air to escape, and repeat.

First Aid

First Aid

Promotion Board Question

What are the eight steps for evaluating a casualty?

Responsiveness, Breathing, Pulse, Bleeding, Shock, Fractures, Burns, and Head injury.

Army Leadership

Army Leadership

Promotion Board Question

What are the 9 ways to influence someone?

Pressure. Legitimating. Exchange. Personal appeals. Collaboration. Rational persuasion. Apprising. Inspirational appeals. Participation.

NCO Common Core Competencies

NCO Common Core Competencies

Promotion Board Question

What are Implied duties?

Those that improve the quality of the job and help keep the unit functioning at an optimum level.

Land Nav

Land Nav

Promotion Board Question

What is a map's legend?

A section of the map that explains the symbols on the map.

MATVs

MATVs

Promotion Board Question

The MATV has 4 12-volt batteries. What are they each used for?

2 are for cranking power, and 2 are for on-board military equipment.

Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship

Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship

Promotion Board Question

How do you precisely calculate the mean point of impact?

Add together the horizontal distance of all 5 shots and divide it by 5. Then do the same with the vertical distance from the center.

Army Leadership

Army Leadership

Promotion Board Question

What are some high-risk behaviors leaders need to watch out for?

Driving under the influence, failing to wear proper protective equipment, criminal activity, or illegal use of drugs.

Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship

Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship

Promotion Board Question

What are terminal ballistics?

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.

Holistic Health & Fitness

Holistic Health & Fitness

Promotion Board Question

What are the five H2F domains?

Physical readiness, mental readiness, nutritional readiness, sleep readiness, and spiritual readiness.

Army Leadership

Army Leadership

Promotion Board Question

What is tactical knowledge?

The fundamentals of their duty position related to warfighting, tactics, techniques, and procedures.

The Army

The Army

Promotion Board Question

What are the Army’s two core competencies?

Prompt and sustained land combat, and combined arms operations.

First Aid

First Aid

Promotion Board Question

How do you treat trench foot?

Remove wet or constrictive clothing, gently wash and dry area, elevate the affected limb, cover it with loose and dry clothing. Do not pop blisters, apply lotions or creams, massage the area, expose it to heat, or allow the soldier to walk. Seek medical attention.

First Aid

First Aid

Promotion Board Question

What is chilblain?

A non-freezing cold-weather injury, common with 1 to 5 hours of exposure to temperatures from 32 degrees of 50 degrees, and causes lesions that are swollen, tender, itchy and painful.

Sergeant Audie Murphy Questions

Sergeant Audie Murphy Questions

Promotion Board Question

Why did Audie Murphy take Placidyl?

To help him sleep (he struggled with PTSD, insomnia, and depression, making sleep difficult).

Equal Opportunity

Equal Opportunity

Promotion Board Question

What is the purpose of the EO program?

EO Program formulates, directs, and sustains a comprehensive effort to maximize human potential and to ensure fair treatment for all persons based solely on merit, fitness, and capability in support of readiness.

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