ARMY BOARD EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
What does ADP 6-0 cover? - Answer- Mission Command
What ADP covers mission command? - Answer- ADP 6-0
What is a team? - Answer- A team is a group of individuals or organizations that
works together towards a common goal.
How do staff members assist the Commander? - Answer- staff assist the
commander in the details of planning, preparing, executing, and assessing by
conducting the operations process.
What are the principles that the commander is guided by using the mission
command philosophy? - Answer- 1. Build cohesive teams through mutual trust.
2. Create shared understanding.
3. Provide a clear commanders intent.
4. Exercise disciplined initiative.
5. Use mission orders.
6. Accept prudent risk.
Under the "Nature of Operations" what are military operations? - Answer- Human
endeavors that are contests if wills characterized by continuous and mutual
adaptation by all participants.
What are the five systems included in the mission command system? - Answer- 1.
Personnel
2. Networks
3. Information systems
4. Processes and procedures
What allows for integration and synchronization of armed forces throughout the
conduct of unified land operations? - Answer- Using the mission command
philosophy and warfighting functions together.
What is mission command? - Answer- Mission Command is the exercise of authority
and direction by the commander using mission orders to enable disciplined initiative
within the commanders intent to empower agile and adaptive leaders in the conduct
of operations.
What 3 ideas does mission command doctrine incorporate? - Answer- The exercise
of mission command, the mission command philosophy, and the mission command
warfighting function.
, What does the exercise of mission command refer to? - Answer- An overarching
idea that unifies the mission command philosophy of command and the mission
command warfighting function - a flexible grouping of tasks and systems.
What should commanders provide subordinates during mission command? -
Answer- Their intent, the purpose of the operation, the key tasks, the desired end
state, and resources.
What are the six principles of mission command? - Answer- 1. Build cohesive teams
through mutual trust.
2. Create shared understanding.
3. Provide a clear commanders intent.
4. Exercise disciplined initiative.
5. Use mission orders.
6. Accept prudent risk.
What is mutual trust? - Answer- Shared confidence among commanders,
subordinates, and partners.
How is trust gained or lost? - Answer- Through everyday actions more than grand or
occasional gestures.
Where does mutual trust come from? - Answer- Recognition that obstacles,
adversity, and fear can be mastered through discipline and teamwork
What is ADP 3-0? - Answer- Unified Land Operations
What is unified land operations? - Answer- The army's basic warfighting doctrine and
is the Army's contribution to unified action and is an intellectual outgrowth of both
previous operations doctrine and recent combat experience
Short term goals - Answer- Make sergeat
Attend advanced leadership course
Acquire 24 credit hours in college courses
Long term goals - Answer- Earn a bachelors in pharmaceuticals
Retire from the army with a minimum of 20 years service
why do you think you should be a leader? - Answer- I believe I should be a leader
because I constantly work to improve myself, not just in key leadership attributes, but
in anyway that I can to better guide soldiers through any obstacles they may find. I
enjoy and take the time to teach soldiers the skills necessary to become better self
sustaining allowing more fluent executions of mission orders, and most importantly, i
learn from my seniors, peers, and subordinates so I might better support them and
they can better support me through consistent and candid communication.
What are Unified Action Partners? - Answer- Those military forces, government and
nongovernment organizations, and elements of the private sector with whom Army
forces plan, coordinate, synchronize, and integrate during the conduct of operations.
ANSWERS
What does ADP 6-0 cover? - Answer- Mission Command
What ADP covers mission command? - Answer- ADP 6-0
What is a team? - Answer- A team is a group of individuals or organizations that
works together towards a common goal.
How do staff members assist the Commander? - Answer- staff assist the
commander in the details of planning, preparing, executing, and assessing by
conducting the operations process.
What are the principles that the commander is guided by using the mission
command philosophy? - Answer- 1. Build cohesive teams through mutual trust.
2. Create shared understanding.
3. Provide a clear commanders intent.
4. Exercise disciplined initiative.
5. Use mission orders.
6. Accept prudent risk.
Under the "Nature of Operations" what are military operations? - Answer- Human
endeavors that are contests if wills characterized by continuous and mutual
adaptation by all participants.
What are the five systems included in the mission command system? - Answer- 1.
Personnel
2. Networks
3. Information systems
4. Processes and procedures
What allows for integration and synchronization of armed forces throughout the
conduct of unified land operations? - Answer- Using the mission command
philosophy and warfighting functions together.
What is mission command? - Answer- Mission Command is the exercise of authority
and direction by the commander using mission orders to enable disciplined initiative
within the commanders intent to empower agile and adaptive leaders in the conduct
of operations.
What 3 ideas does mission command doctrine incorporate? - Answer- The exercise
of mission command, the mission command philosophy, and the mission command
warfighting function.
, What does the exercise of mission command refer to? - Answer- An overarching
idea that unifies the mission command philosophy of command and the mission
command warfighting function - a flexible grouping of tasks and systems.
What should commanders provide subordinates during mission command? -
Answer- Their intent, the purpose of the operation, the key tasks, the desired end
state, and resources.
What are the six principles of mission command? - Answer- 1. Build cohesive teams
through mutual trust.
2. Create shared understanding.
3. Provide a clear commanders intent.
4. Exercise disciplined initiative.
5. Use mission orders.
6. Accept prudent risk.
What is mutual trust? - Answer- Shared confidence among commanders,
subordinates, and partners.
How is trust gained or lost? - Answer- Through everyday actions more than grand or
occasional gestures.
Where does mutual trust come from? - Answer- Recognition that obstacles,
adversity, and fear can be mastered through discipline and teamwork
What is ADP 3-0? - Answer- Unified Land Operations
What is unified land operations? - Answer- The army's basic warfighting doctrine and
is the Army's contribution to unified action and is an intellectual outgrowth of both
previous operations doctrine and recent combat experience
Short term goals - Answer- Make sergeat
Attend advanced leadership course
Acquire 24 credit hours in college courses
Long term goals - Answer- Earn a bachelors in pharmaceuticals
Retire from the army with a minimum of 20 years service
why do you think you should be a leader? - Answer- I believe I should be a leader
because I constantly work to improve myself, not just in key leadership attributes, but
in anyway that I can to better guide soldiers through any obstacles they may find. I
enjoy and take the time to teach soldiers the skills necessary to become better self
sustaining allowing more fluent executions of mission orders, and most importantly, i
learn from my seniors, peers, and subordinates so I might better support them and
they can better support me through consistent and candid communication.
What are Unified Action Partners? - Answer- Those military forces, government and
nongovernment organizations, and elements of the private sector with whom Army
forces plan, coordinate, synchronize, and integrate during the conduct of operations.
