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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

What is the role of the Sergeant Major of the Army (SMA)?

Serves as the senior enlisted adviser and consultant to the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Staff of the Army.

Equal Opportunity

Equal Opportunity

Promotion Board Question

Can EO complaints be anonymous?

Yes, but the commander must decide if enough information exists to proceed.

Land Nav

Land Nav

Promotion Board Question

What is a hill?

An area of high ground. From a hilltop, the ground slopes down in all directions.

Army Emergency Relief

Army Emergency Relief

Promotion Board Question

What is the purpose of the AER program?

To provide emergency financial assistance to Soldiers and their Families in time of distress.

Drill & Ceremony

Drill & Ceremony

Promotion Board Question

What is the primary purpose of drill?

To enable a commander or noncommissioned officer to move their unit from one place to another in an orderly manner.

Army Substance Abuse Program

Army Substance Abuse Program

Promotion Board Question

What are high-risk indicators that leaders should watch for?

High-risk indicators include changes in behavior, poor duty performance, legal issues, frequent absences, mood swings, financial trouble, and signs of intoxication.

Mk 19

Mk 19

Promotion Board Question

What are the major assemblies of the MK 19?

Bolt and backplate assembly, receiver assembly, feed slide assembly and tray, top cover assembly, feed throat assembly, and sear assembly.

First Aid

First Aid

Promotion Board Question

How do you do mouth to mouth rescue breathing?

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

Army Substance Abuse Program

Army Substance Abuse Program

Promotion Board Question

When does the limited use policy not protect a Soldier?

The Limited Use Policy does not apply when a Soldier is identified through investigation, apprehension, inspection testing, or voluntary consent testing.

SHARP

SHARP

Promotion Board Question

What are the three echelons of sexual assault victim advocates (VAs) in a Garrison Environment?

1. The installation sexual assault response coordinator (SARC) 2. Installation victim advocates (IVA) 3. Unit victim advocates (UVAs).

Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship

Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship

Promotion Board Question

How can a soldier decrease their wobble area?

By creating a stable firing position, breath control, muscle relaxation, and proper grip.

NCO Development

NCO Development

Promotion Board Question

What will a successful NCODP prepare NCOs to perform?

Effective small-unit leadership, training of Soldiers, and accomplishment of unit missions.

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.

Drill & Ceremony

Drill & Ceremony

Promotion Board Question

What is normal interval?

Normal interval is measured by the Soldier on the right holding their left arm shoulder high, fingers and thumb extended and joined, with the tip of the middle finger touching the right shoulder of the Soldier to their left.

NCO Development

NCO Development

Promotion Board Question

What are the three categories for NCOES deferment?

Deferments are categorized by proponent-defined reasons aligned to operational requirements, medical or administrative conditions, and validation by the proponent or command authority.

NCO Common Core Competencies

NCO Common Core Competencies

Promotion Board Question

What is Training Management?

NCOs are directly responsible for training individual Soldiers, crews, and small teams.

NCO Development

NCO Development

Promotion Board Question

Explain the ends, ways, means concept of leader development.

Ends are the desired leader outcomes; ways are how the Army achieves them; means are the resources of will, time, people, and funding.

Army Leadership

Army Leadership

Promotion Board Question

What does Loyalty mean according to ADP 6-22?

Bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States, the Army, your unit and other Soldiers.

Army Leadership

Army Leadership

Promotion Board Question

What is confidence?

The projection of your belief in your ability to accomplish the mission and retain composure and demonstrate calm through steady control over emotion.

Pistols

Pistols

Promotion Board Question

How do you ensure you have a proper sight picture?

The dots on the rear and front sight posts are aligned in a straight line.

Sponsorship

Sponsorship

Promotion Board Question

What is S-Gate?

The TASP module in the Army Career Tracker (ACT) that standardizes sponsorship across the Army.

First Aid

First Aid

Promotion Board Question

What are the different types of manual carriers?

Fireman's carry, the neck drag, the cradle-drop drag, and the litter.

Equal Opportunity

Equal Opportunity

Promotion Board Question

According to AR 600-20 Chapter 6, what is Religion?

A personal set or institutional system of spiritual beliefs, practices, or moral codes that may or may not involve belief in a deity.

Holistic Health & Fitness

Holistic Health & Fitness

Promotion Board Question

What is Spiritual Readiness?

The ability to maintain one’s core beliefs, values, and sense of purpose, especially in the face of adversity or moral challenges.

Military Justice

Military Justice

Promotion Board Question

What is clear injustice?

A punishment that has resulted in manifest unfairness.

NCO Common Core Competencies

NCO Common Core Competencies

Promotion Board Question

What are the NCO common core competencies?

Readiness, Leadership, Training Management, Communication, Operations, and Program Management.

Counseling

Counseling

Promotion Board Question

What is performance counseling?

Performance counseling is the review of a subordinate's duty performance during a specified period.

The Army

The Army

Promotion Board Question

What does Title 10, U.S. Code (USC) establish?

It establishes the Army’s role to conduct prompt and sustained combat on land.

Code of Conduct & SERE

Code of Conduct & SERE

Promotion Board Question

What is the 3rd Article of the Code of Conduct?

If I am captured, I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and aid others to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy.

Land Nav

Land Nav

Promotion Board Question

What is dead reckoning?

Navigating by calculating distance and direction from a known point.

NCO Development

NCO Development

Promotion Board Question

What are some examples of institutional training contributions for Soldiers throughout their careers?

Resident PME, functional courses, advanced civil schooling, fellowships, and credentialing opportunities.

Land Nav

Land Nav

Promotion Board Question

What are the Colors of a Military Map and What do they Represent?

Black signifies man made features such as buildings and roads. Blue signifies water. Green signifies dense vegetation. Brown signifies relief features and elevation. Red signifies cultural features like cities, forts, and boundaries. On red-light maps, red and brown are combined.

The Army

The Army

Promotion Board Question

What is force tailoring?

The Army provides tailored force packages to provide required capabilities.

Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship

Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship

Promotion Board Question

What is a stove pipe?

When either a feeding cartridge or an expended cartridge case is pushed sideways and lodges itself between the face of the bolt and the ejection port.

Army Leadership

Army Leadership

Promotion Board Question

What should your first step be when encountering resistance from those you lead?

Ensure you understand the nature of the relationship and reasons for opposition or non-compliance.

Army Substance Abuse Program

Army Substance Abuse Program

Promotion Board Question

What impact does substance abuse have on a Soldier's security clearance?

Substance abuse may result in the suspension, denial, or revocation of a Soldier’s security clearance.

M2 .50 Cal

M2 .50 Cal

Promotion Board Question

Describe the M2.

Belt-fed, recoil-operated, air-cooled, crew-served machine gun.

Equal Opportunity

Equal Opportunity

Promotion Board Question

What is Equal Opportunity?

The right of all persons to participate in, and benefit from, programs and activities for which they are qualified.

Army Leadership

Army Leadership

Promotion Board Question

What does it mean to lead?

Provide purpose, direction, and motivation; build trust; provide an example; and communicate.

Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship

Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship

Promotion Board Question

What is a bolt override?

When the bolt fails to push a new cartridge out of the magazine during feeding or chambering, causing the bolt to ride on top of the cartridge.

NCO Common Core Competencies

NCO Common Core Competencies

Promotion Board Question

What is the role of the Sergeant (SGT)?

Leads teams as part of a squad, crew, or section and is the first line of the NCO Support Channel.

Operations

Operations

Promotion Board Question

What is the textbook definition of combined arms?

The synchronized and simultaneous application of arms to achieve an effect greater than if each element was used separately or sequentially.

M240

M240

Promotion Board Question

What are the major components of the M240B?

Barrel assembly, buffer assembly, bolt and operating rod assembly, driving spring rod assembly, trigger housing assembly, cover assembly, feed tray, and receiver assembly.

The Army

The Army

Promotion Board Question

What are the Army’s 10 decisive landpower missions?

Counter terrorism and irregular warfare, deter and defeat aggression, project power despite anti-access and area denial challenges, counter weapons of mass destruction, operate effectively in cyberspace and space, maintain a safe and secure nuclear deterrent, defend the homeland and provide support to civil authorities, provide a stabilizing presence, conduct stability and counterinsurgency operations, and conduct humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

Training (Units & Developing Leaders)

Training (Units & Developing Leaders)

Promotion Board Question

Why does the Army train?

To fight and win to preserve the peace and to decisively defeat enemies. Another answer is to fight and win the nation's wars.

First Aid

First Aid

Promotion Board Question

At what point should you begin Tactical Evacuation Care

If on your own, once Tactical Field Care is complete. However, if you have a battle-buddy available, have them begin as soon as the enemy is neutralized.

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