Harassment DEOMI UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Harassment - CORRECT ANSWER - is behavior that is unwelcome or offensive to a
reasonable person, whether oral, written, or physical, that creates an intimidating, hostile, or
offensive environment
Types of Harassment - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Can occur through electronic
communications, including social media, other forms of communication, and in person.
2. Includes offensive jokes, epithets, ridicule or mockery, insults or put-downs, displays of
offensive objects or imagery, stereotyping, intimidating acts, veiled threats of violence,
threatening or provoking remarks, racial or other slurs, derogatory remarks about a person's
accent, or displays of racially offensive symbols.
3. Activities or actions undertaken for a proper military or governmental purpose, such as combat
survival training, are not considered harassment.
Discriminatory Harassment - CORRECT ANSWER - A form of harassment that is
unwelcome conduct based on race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity), National
origin, or sexual orientation
Sexual Harassment - CORRECT ANSWER - Conduct that involves unwelcome sexual
advances, requests for sexual favors, and deliberate or repeated offensive comments or gestures
of a sexual nature
Bullying - CORRECT ANSWER - A form of harassment that includes acts of aggression
by Service members or DoD civilian employees, with a nexus to Military Service, with the intent
of harming a Service member either physically or psychologically, without a proper military or
other governmental purpose
Hazing - CORRECT ANSWER - A form of harassment that includes conduct through
which Service members or DoD employees, without a proper military or other governmental
purpose but with a nexus to military Service, physically or psychologically injures or creates a
risk of physical or psychological injury to Service members for the purpose of initiation into,
admission into, affiliation with, change in status or position within, or as a condition for
, continued membership in any military or DoD civilian organization. Hazing can be conducted
through, the use of electronic devices or communications and by other means including social
media as well as in person.
Retaliation - CORRECT ANSWER - Retaliation encompasses illegal, impermissible, or
hostile actions taken by a Service member's chain of command, peers, or coworkers as a result of
making or being suspected of making a protected communication in accordance with DoDD
7050.06, Military Whistleblower Protection. Retaliation for reporting a criminal offense can
occur in several ways, including reprisal. Investigation of complaints of non-criminal retaliatory
actions other than reprisal will be processed consistent with Service-specific regulations.
Additional retaliatory behaviors include ostracism, maltreatment, and criminal acts for a
retaliatory purpose in connection with an alleged sex-related offense or sexual harassment; or for
performance of duties concerning an alleged sex-related offense or sexual harassment.
Reprisal - CORRECT ANSWER - Taking or threatening to take an unfavorable personnel
action, or withholding or threatening to withhold a favorable personnel action, for making,
preparing to make, or being perceived as making or preparing to make a protected
communication.
Behavioral Elements Associated with Harassment - CORRECT ANSWER - Elements -
Any conduct whereby a Service member or DoD employee who
a. knowingly, recklessly, or intentionally;
b. without proper authority;
c. with a nexus to military service; and
d. engages in conduct that is unwelcome or offensive to a reasonable person.
Behavioral Elements Associated with Discriminatory Harassment - CORRECT
ANSWER - Elements - Any conduct whereby a Service Member or DoD employee
a. knowingly, recklessly, or intentionally;
b. without proper authority;
c. with a nexus to military service; and
d. engages in conduct that is adversely or differently based on race, color, national origin,
religion, sex (including gender identity), or sexual orientation.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Harassment - CORRECT ANSWER - is behavior that is unwelcome or offensive to a
reasonable person, whether oral, written, or physical, that creates an intimidating, hostile, or
offensive environment
Types of Harassment - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Can occur through electronic
communications, including social media, other forms of communication, and in person.
2. Includes offensive jokes, epithets, ridicule or mockery, insults or put-downs, displays of
offensive objects or imagery, stereotyping, intimidating acts, veiled threats of violence,
threatening or provoking remarks, racial or other slurs, derogatory remarks about a person's
accent, or displays of racially offensive symbols.
3. Activities or actions undertaken for a proper military or governmental purpose, such as combat
survival training, are not considered harassment.
Discriminatory Harassment - CORRECT ANSWER - A form of harassment that is
unwelcome conduct based on race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity), National
origin, or sexual orientation
Sexual Harassment - CORRECT ANSWER - Conduct that involves unwelcome sexual
advances, requests for sexual favors, and deliberate or repeated offensive comments or gestures
of a sexual nature
Bullying - CORRECT ANSWER - A form of harassment that includes acts of aggression
by Service members or DoD civilian employees, with a nexus to Military Service, with the intent
of harming a Service member either physically or psychologically, without a proper military or
other governmental purpose
Hazing - CORRECT ANSWER - A form of harassment that includes conduct through
which Service members or DoD employees, without a proper military or other governmental
purpose but with a nexus to military Service, physically or psychologically injures or creates a
risk of physical or psychological injury to Service members for the purpose of initiation into,
admission into, affiliation with, change in status or position within, or as a condition for
, continued membership in any military or DoD civilian organization. Hazing can be conducted
through, the use of electronic devices or communications and by other means including social
media as well as in person.
Retaliation - CORRECT ANSWER - Retaliation encompasses illegal, impermissible, or
hostile actions taken by a Service member's chain of command, peers, or coworkers as a result of
making or being suspected of making a protected communication in accordance with DoDD
7050.06, Military Whistleblower Protection. Retaliation for reporting a criminal offense can
occur in several ways, including reprisal. Investigation of complaints of non-criminal retaliatory
actions other than reprisal will be processed consistent with Service-specific regulations.
Additional retaliatory behaviors include ostracism, maltreatment, and criminal acts for a
retaliatory purpose in connection with an alleged sex-related offense or sexual harassment; or for
performance of duties concerning an alleged sex-related offense or sexual harassment.
Reprisal - CORRECT ANSWER - Taking or threatening to take an unfavorable personnel
action, or withholding or threatening to withhold a favorable personnel action, for making,
preparing to make, or being perceived as making or preparing to make a protected
communication.
Behavioral Elements Associated with Harassment - CORRECT ANSWER - Elements -
Any conduct whereby a Service member or DoD employee who
a. knowingly, recklessly, or intentionally;
b. without proper authority;
c. with a nexus to military service; and
d. engages in conduct that is unwelcome or offensive to a reasonable person.
Behavioral Elements Associated with Discriminatory Harassment - CORRECT
ANSWER - Elements - Any conduct whereby a Service Member or DoD employee
a. knowingly, recklessly, or intentionally;
b. without proper authority;
c. with a nexus to military service; and
d. engages in conduct that is adversely or differently based on race, color, national origin,
religion, sex (including gender identity), or sexual orientation.
