NCOA EXAMINATION SET QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
RATED A+
✔✔What are the three levels of cognitive domain - ✔✔1. Knowledge - remember, recall,
theory states that a person's ability to lead depends on his or her intellect, self-
confidence, determination, integrity, and social skills - ✔✔Trait (yet even leaders who
have the same traits act differently)
✔✔The ___ leadership theory believes that pairing a leader to a specific situation is the
most effective method because leaders cannot adjust their behaviors - ✔✔Contingency
✔✔The ___ leadership theory emphasizes that leaders must develop specialized
relationships with each of their followers instead of treating all their followers the same
way. - ✔✔Leadership-Member Exchange
✔✔The Full Range Leadership Development (FRLD) has behaviors from effective to
ineffective and passive to active - ✔✔Leadership style
✔✔Laissez-Faire leadership behavior - ✔✔View the development of their subordinates
as someone else's problem and demonstrate laziness. Fail to respond urgently to
critical situations, remain indifferent toward important issues, and are hesitant to make
decisions (Passive and ineffective)
✔✔The leadership behavior that is passive - ✔✔Management by Exception- Passive
-"if it isn't broke, don't fix it"
-Leadership still holds people accountable if they fail to meet standards of performance
or things go wrong
-Develops social loafing and free riding
✔✔The leadership behavior that is active - ✔✔Management by Exception-Active
-Active supervision
-Keeps people in control, monitoring through forced compliance of rules, regulations
-Followers appreciate this behavior as it reduces uncertainties regarding their purpose
✔✔Argues that followers and leaders are drawn to their roles, and achieve success in
those roles by virtue of personality types - ✔✔Psychodynamic Theory
✔✔Leaders who are emotionally intelligent and can solve problems successfully -
✔✔Skills Theory
✔✔Two types of leadership: task or production and people or relationship oriented
leadership - ✔✔Style Theory
✔✔Trailblazers creating conditions for subordinate success - ✔✔Path-Goal Theory
, ✔✔Effective leaders are true to themselves and others and adhere to strong morals and
values - ✔✔Authentic Leadership Theory
✔✔Reward provided for positive behavior - ✔✔Transactional Leadership
✔✔Difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivations - ✔✔Intrinsic- results to
internal factors that can be controlled (effort put in)
Extrinsic - Performance of an activity in order to attain an outcome
✔✔Most active and effective form of leadership behavior - ✔✔Transformational
Leadership
✔✔Where leaders promote positive and meaningful changes in followers by acting as a
coach and a mentor - ✔✔Transformational Leadership
✔✔The followers of transformational leadership exhibit what - ✔✔-More trust loyalty and
respect toward their leader and are willing to work harder for them
-Transformational leaders offers followers a vision and inspires them to complete their
mission
-Promote positive and meaningful changes in people
✔✔MSgt Miller says "TSgt, I know you have a strong work ethic and you tend to set
aside your self-interests for the good of the group, however how do you get your team
to perform at such high levels so consistently?" Tsgt replies, "I always provide them with
a clear direction and emphasize that what they are doing is important to the unit and the
mission. I listen to their concerns and I seek and value their input." This scenario BEST
illustrates ___ and its impact on NCO effectiveness. - ✔✔Transformational Leadership
✔✔TSgt, the academy's newest instructor meets with MSgt to begin training. MSgt
says, Tsgt I have prepared an intensive training process that requires you to teach at
least 19 lessons during your first class and all 30 lessons during the following class."
After TSgt instructs each lesson, Msgt discusses Tsgts' performance and provides
advice. At the graduation, Msgt says to Tsgt, "Congratulations on achieving your goal!
For all your hard work, I plan to submit you for Instructor of the Quarter. MSgt use of
____, will most likely ___ TSgt effectiveness. - ✔✔Transactional Leadership; enhance
✔✔AFI 36-2618 - ✔✔Enlisted Force Structure
✔✔Tenacity to push through self-discipline, self-control, hardiness of spirit despite
physical and mental hardships, moral, and physical courage - ✔✔Warrior Ethos
✔✔Resiliency - ✔✔Airmen's ability to withstand, recover and/or grow
RATED A+
✔✔What are the three levels of cognitive domain - ✔✔1. Knowledge - remember, recall,
theory states that a person's ability to lead depends on his or her intellect, self-
confidence, determination, integrity, and social skills - ✔✔Trait (yet even leaders who
have the same traits act differently)
✔✔The ___ leadership theory believes that pairing a leader to a specific situation is the
most effective method because leaders cannot adjust their behaviors - ✔✔Contingency
✔✔The ___ leadership theory emphasizes that leaders must develop specialized
relationships with each of their followers instead of treating all their followers the same
way. - ✔✔Leadership-Member Exchange
✔✔The Full Range Leadership Development (FRLD) has behaviors from effective to
ineffective and passive to active - ✔✔Leadership style
✔✔Laissez-Faire leadership behavior - ✔✔View the development of their subordinates
as someone else's problem and demonstrate laziness. Fail to respond urgently to
critical situations, remain indifferent toward important issues, and are hesitant to make
decisions (Passive and ineffective)
✔✔The leadership behavior that is passive - ✔✔Management by Exception- Passive
-"if it isn't broke, don't fix it"
-Leadership still holds people accountable if they fail to meet standards of performance
or things go wrong
-Develops social loafing and free riding
✔✔The leadership behavior that is active - ✔✔Management by Exception-Active
-Active supervision
-Keeps people in control, monitoring through forced compliance of rules, regulations
-Followers appreciate this behavior as it reduces uncertainties regarding their purpose
✔✔Argues that followers and leaders are drawn to their roles, and achieve success in
those roles by virtue of personality types - ✔✔Psychodynamic Theory
✔✔Leaders who are emotionally intelligent and can solve problems successfully -
✔✔Skills Theory
✔✔Two types of leadership: task or production and people or relationship oriented
leadership - ✔✔Style Theory
✔✔Trailblazers creating conditions for subordinate success - ✔✔Path-Goal Theory
, ✔✔Effective leaders are true to themselves and others and adhere to strong morals and
values - ✔✔Authentic Leadership Theory
✔✔Reward provided for positive behavior - ✔✔Transactional Leadership
✔✔Difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivations - ✔✔Intrinsic- results to
internal factors that can be controlled (effort put in)
Extrinsic - Performance of an activity in order to attain an outcome
✔✔Most active and effective form of leadership behavior - ✔✔Transformational
Leadership
✔✔Where leaders promote positive and meaningful changes in followers by acting as a
coach and a mentor - ✔✔Transformational Leadership
✔✔The followers of transformational leadership exhibit what - ✔✔-More trust loyalty and
respect toward their leader and are willing to work harder for them
-Transformational leaders offers followers a vision and inspires them to complete their
mission
-Promote positive and meaningful changes in people
✔✔MSgt Miller says "TSgt, I know you have a strong work ethic and you tend to set
aside your self-interests for the good of the group, however how do you get your team
to perform at such high levels so consistently?" Tsgt replies, "I always provide them with
a clear direction and emphasize that what they are doing is important to the unit and the
mission. I listen to their concerns and I seek and value their input." This scenario BEST
illustrates ___ and its impact on NCO effectiveness. - ✔✔Transformational Leadership
✔✔TSgt, the academy's newest instructor meets with MSgt to begin training. MSgt
says, Tsgt I have prepared an intensive training process that requires you to teach at
least 19 lessons during your first class and all 30 lessons during the following class."
After TSgt instructs each lesson, Msgt discusses Tsgts' performance and provides
advice. At the graduation, Msgt says to Tsgt, "Congratulations on achieving your goal!
For all your hard work, I plan to submit you for Instructor of the Quarter. MSgt use of
____, will most likely ___ TSgt effectiveness. - ✔✔Transactional Leadership; enhance
✔✔AFI 36-2618 - ✔✔Enlisted Force Structure
✔✔Tenacity to push through self-discipline, self-control, hardiness of spirit despite
physical and mental hardships, moral, and physical courage - ✔✔Warrior Ethos
✔✔Resiliency - ✔✔Airmen's ability to withstand, recover and/or grow
