AMEDD BOLC MIDTERM EXAM 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES|ALREADY GRADED A
The AMEDD views threats from what two perspectives? - CORRECT ANSWER
General threat and health threat
What is a health threat? - CORRECT ANSWER composite of ongoing potential
enemy actions; adverse environmental, occupational, and geographic and
meteorological conditions, endemic diseases, CBRN, etc
What is health Service Support (HSS)? - CORRECT ANSWER All support and
services performed, provided, and arranged by the AMEDD to promote, improve,
conserve, or restore the mental and physical well being of personnel in the Army.
Anything that helps improve the physical and mental state of people in the Army.
What are the 3 components of Health Service Support? - CORRECT ANSWER
Casualty Care: treatment, hospitalization, dental, neuropsych, and lab services
Medical evacuation: medical regulating and en route care
Medical logistics: all subcomponents and services
What is Force Health Protection (FHP)? - CORRECT ANSWER Measures to
promote, improve, or conserve the mental and physical well-being of Soldiers.
What is involved in Force Health Protection? - CORRECT ANSWER -Preventative
medicine
-Veterinary services, food inspection, zoonotic disease prevention
-Combat operational stress control (COSC)
-Dental services (preventative)
-Lab services and support
What is the Army health System? - CORRECT ANSWER All encompassing term
to describe both the HSS and FHP aspects of AMEDD support.
,What are the 3 parts of Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TC3)? - CORRECT
ANSWER Care Under Fire
Tactical Field Care
Tactical Evacuation
What are the 6 principles of the Army health System? - CORRECT ANSWER 1.
Conformity
2. Proximity
3. Flexibility
4. Mobility
5. Continuity
6. Control
What are Roles 1, 2 3 and 4? - CORRECT ANSWER Role 1: BN aid station and
below
-Immediate life saving measures
Role 2: Medical company
-X-ray, lab, dental, patient hold, pharmacy, advanced trauma
Role 3: Field hospital
-Resuscitation, wound surgery, postoperative treatment
Role 4: Definitive Care
-Full spectrum of definitive medical care
Is sequential evacuation necessary? (Role 1 > Role 2 > Role 3 > Role 4) -
CORRECT ANSWER No. For example you can go from Role 1 to Role 3
What is the role of the command surgeon? - CORRECT ANSWER Special staff
officer that plans and monitors execution of the AHS mission
Ensures all Medical Functions and operational planning factors are planned and
synchronized in operation plans and orders
Not a commander. May recommend policy/procedures but can't give orders
except through unit plans and orders
What are the primary tasks of mission command functions? - CORRECT ANSWER
Mission command
Communications and computers
Task organization
,Medical intelligence
Technical supervision
Regional focus
What are the 3 mission command organizations? - CORRECT ANSWER Medical
command (Deployment support)- medical force provider
Medical brigade (Support)-provide mission command of all attached/assigned AHS
units
Medical Battalion (Multifunctional)-provide mission command, administrative
assistance, logistical support, and technical supervision capability
What are the responsibilities of the medical commander? - CORRECT ANSWER
Exercises mission command (authority and direction) over his subordinate
medical resources
What are the responsibilities of the command surgeon? - CORRECT ANSWER At
all levels of command, a command surgeon is designated. This AMEDD officer is a
special staff officer charged with planning for and executing the AHS mission
What are the responsibilities of the line commander? - CORRECT ANSWER The
commander ensures health promotion program. This encompasses the assets of
educational, environmental, and AHS support services
What is the Law of Land Warfare inspired by? What does it do? - CORRECT
ANSWER The desire to diminish the evils of war
-Protects combatants and noncombatants from unnecessary suffering
-Safeguards certain fundamental human rights of persons who fall into the hands
of the enemy, particularly detainees/enemy prisoners of war, the wounded and
sick, and civilians
-Facilitates the restoration of peace
What are possible operation variables? (Known as PMESII-PT) - CORRECT
ANSWER Political
Military
Economic
Social
Infrastructure
Information
, Physical environment
Time
Name the possible mission variables. (Known as METT-TC) - CORRECT ANSWER
Mission
Enemy
Terrain and weather
Troops and support available
Time available
Civil considerations
What is task organization? - CORRECT ANSWER A tool used by commanders to
tailor their forces to specific mission requirements. Task-organization is a
temporary grouping of forces designed to accomplish a particular mission
What are the four supporting tasks to decisive operations? - CORRECT ANSWER
Offensive tasks
Defensive tasks
Stability tasks
Defense support of civil authorities
What is counseling? - CORRECT ANSWER The process used by leaders to
review with a subordinate their demonstrated performance and potential
What are the 3 types of counseling? - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Event- for specific
event/situation, and precede or follow events like a school or duty performance
2. Performance-review of duty performance over certain period
3. Professional growth-planning for accomplishment of goals
What are the approaches to counseling? - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Nondirective
approach- •Leaders use experiences, insight and judgment to assist subordinates
in developing solutions, explain expectations
2. Directive approach- •Leader does most of the talking and tells subordinate
what to do and when to do it. Works best to correct simple problems
3. Combined approach- •Leader uses techniques from both approaches, adjusting
them to fit what's best for the subordinate. Emphasize planning and decision
making
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the Nondirective approach? -
CORRECT ANSWER Pros:
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES|ALREADY GRADED A
The AMEDD views threats from what two perspectives? - CORRECT ANSWER
General threat and health threat
What is a health threat? - CORRECT ANSWER composite of ongoing potential
enemy actions; adverse environmental, occupational, and geographic and
meteorological conditions, endemic diseases, CBRN, etc
What is health Service Support (HSS)? - CORRECT ANSWER All support and
services performed, provided, and arranged by the AMEDD to promote, improve,
conserve, or restore the mental and physical well being of personnel in the Army.
Anything that helps improve the physical and mental state of people in the Army.
What are the 3 components of Health Service Support? - CORRECT ANSWER
Casualty Care: treatment, hospitalization, dental, neuropsych, and lab services
Medical evacuation: medical regulating and en route care
Medical logistics: all subcomponents and services
What is Force Health Protection (FHP)? - CORRECT ANSWER Measures to
promote, improve, or conserve the mental and physical well-being of Soldiers.
What is involved in Force Health Protection? - CORRECT ANSWER -Preventative
medicine
-Veterinary services, food inspection, zoonotic disease prevention
-Combat operational stress control (COSC)
-Dental services (preventative)
-Lab services and support
What is the Army health System? - CORRECT ANSWER All encompassing term
to describe both the HSS and FHP aspects of AMEDD support.
,What are the 3 parts of Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TC3)? - CORRECT
ANSWER Care Under Fire
Tactical Field Care
Tactical Evacuation
What are the 6 principles of the Army health System? - CORRECT ANSWER 1.
Conformity
2. Proximity
3. Flexibility
4. Mobility
5. Continuity
6. Control
What are Roles 1, 2 3 and 4? - CORRECT ANSWER Role 1: BN aid station and
below
-Immediate life saving measures
Role 2: Medical company
-X-ray, lab, dental, patient hold, pharmacy, advanced trauma
Role 3: Field hospital
-Resuscitation, wound surgery, postoperative treatment
Role 4: Definitive Care
-Full spectrum of definitive medical care
Is sequential evacuation necessary? (Role 1 > Role 2 > Role 3 > Role 4) -
CORRECT ANSWER No. For example you can go from Role 1 to Role 3
What is the role of the command surgeon? - CORRECT ANSWER Special staff
officer that plans and monitors execution of the AHS mission
Ensures all Medical Functions and operational planning factors are planned and
synchronized in operation plans and orders
Not a commander. May recommend policy/procedures but can't give orders
except through unit plans and orders
What are the primary tasks of mission command functions? - CORRECT ANSWER
Mission command
Communications and computers
Task organization
,Medical intelligence
Technical supervision
Regional focus
What are the 3 mission command organizations? - CORRECT ANSWER Medical
command (Deployment support)- medical force provider
Medical brigade (Support)-provide mission command of all attached/assigned AHS
units
Medical Battalion (Multifunctional)-provide mission command, administrative
assistance, logistical support, and technical supervision capability
What are the responsibilities of the medical commander? - CORRECT ANSWER
Exercises mission command (authority and direction) over his subordinate
medical resources
What are the responsibilities of the command surgeon? - CORRECT ANSWER At
all levels of command, a command surgeon is designated. This AMEDD officer is a
special staff officer charged with planning for and executing the AHS mission
What are the responsibilities of the line commander? - CORRECT ANSWER The
commander ensures health promotion program. This encompasses the assets of
educational, environmental, and AHS support services
What is the Law of Land Warfare inspired by? What does it do? - CORRECT
ANSWER The desire to diminish the evils of war
-Protects combatants and noncombatants from unnecessary suffering
-Safeguards certain fundamental human rights of persons who fall into the hands
of the enemy, particularly detainees/enemy prisoners of war, the wounded and
sick, and civilians
-Facilitates the restoration of peace
What are possible operation variables? (Known as PMESII-PT) - CORRECT
ANSWER Political
Military
Economic
Social
Infrastructure
Information
, Physical environment
Time
Name the possible mission variables. (Known as METT-TC) - CORRECT ANSWER
Mission
Enemy
Terrain and weather
Troops and support available
Time available
Civil considerations
What is task organization? - CORRECT ANSWER A tool used by commanders to
tailor their forces to specific mission requirements. Task-organization is a
temporary grouping of forces designed to accomplish a particular mission
What are the four supporting tasks to decisive operations? - CORRECT ANSWER
Offensive tasks
Defensive tasks
Stability tasks
Defense support of civil authorities
What is counseling? - CORRECT ANSWER The process used by leaders to
review with a subordinate their demonstrated performance and potential
What are the 3 types of counseling? - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Event- for specific
event/situation, and precede or follow events like a school or duty performance
2. Performance-review of duty performance over certain period
3. Professional growth-planning for accomplishment of goals
What are the approaches to counseling? - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Nondirective
approach- •Leaders use experiences, insight and judgment to assist subordinates
in developing solutions, explain expectations
2. Directive approach- •Leader does most of the talking and tells subordinate
what to do and when to do it. Works best to correct simple problems
3. Combined approach- •Leader uses techniques from both approaches, adjusting
them to fit what's best for the subordinate. Emphasize planning and decision
making
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the Nondirective approach? -
CORRECT ANSWER Pros:
