ARMY PROMOTION BOARD COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔WHA IS THE PURPOSE OF THE SECONDARY ZONE? - ✔✔SECONDARY ZONE
PROVIDES INCENTIVES TO THOSE WHO STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE AND
WHOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS DEMONSTRATED CAPACITY FOR LEADERSHIP,
AND MARKED POTENTIAL PROMOTION AHEAD OF THEIR PEERS.
✔✔WHAT IS DONE FOR SOLDIERS E-4 AND BELOW WHO MEET PROMOTION
ELIGIBILITY WITHOUT WAIVERS, BUT ARE NOT RECOMMENDED FOR
PROMOTION? - ✔✔SOLDIER IS COUNSELED, COUNSELING NEEDS TO BE
FOCUSED ON AREAS WHERE THE SOLDIER NEEDS TO IMPROVE
✔✔WHAT ARE FIVE WAYS A SOLDIER CAN BE IDENTIFIED AS HAVING A
SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUE? - ✔✔1. VOLUNTARY
2. COMMANDER/ SUPERVISOR
3. BIOCHEMICAL (DRUG TEST)
4. MEDICAL IDENTIFICATION
5. INVESTIGATION OR APPREHENSION
✔✔WHAT DOES ASAP STAND FOR? - ✔✔ARMY SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM
✔✔CAN SOLDIER ENROLLED IN ASAP REENLIST? - ✔✔NO!
✔✔WILL SOLDIERS WHO ARE COMMAND REFERRED TO ASAP BE FLAGGED? -
✔✔YES UNDR AR 600-8-2 (FLAGS)
✔✔WHAT IS GENERAL ORDER NUMBER ONE? - ✔✔I WILL GUARD EVERYTHING
WITHIN THE LIMITS OF MY POST AND QUIT MY POST ONLY WHEN PROPERLY
RELIEVED.
✔✔WHAT IS GENERAL ORDER NUMBER THREE? - ✔✔I WILL REPORT
VIOLATIONS OF MY SPECIAL ORDRS, EMERGENCIES, AND ANYTHING NOT
COVERED IN MY INSTRUCTIONS TO THE COMMANDER OF THE RELIEF.
✔✔ALL ASAP REFERRALS ARE ACCOMPLISHED BY USING WHAT FORM? -
✔✔DA-8003
✔✔WHAT IS GENERAL ORDER NUMBER TWO? - ✔✔I WILL OBEY MY SPECIAL
ORDERS AND PERFORM ALL MY DUTIES IN A MILITARY MANNER.
✔✔IF CIRCUMSTANCE PREVENT THE WEIGHING OF SOLDIERS IMMEDIATELY
FOLLOWING THE APFT, WHEN CAN THEY WEIGHTED? - ✔✔WITHIN 30 DAYS OF
APFT
, ✔✔WHAT IS A TAPE TEST? - ✔✔METHOD OF DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF
BODY FAT ON A SOLDIER.
✔✔HOW OFTEN SHOULD A SOLDIER BE WEIGHTED? - ✔✔EVERY SIX MONTHS
OR AFTER EVERY APFT
✔✔CAN A SOLDIER WHO HAS BEEN FLAGGED OFR BEING OVERWEIGHT OR AN
APFT FAILURE RECEIVE AN AWARD? - ✔✔A SOLDIER BEING FLAGGED FOR
WEIGHT CANNOT RECEIVE AN AWARD, BUT A SOLDIER BEING FLAGGED FOR
APFT CAN RECEIVE AN AWARD.
✔✔WHAT IS A DA 3355? - ✔✔PROMOTION POINT WORKSHEET
✔✔WHAT ARE THE THREE TYPES OF PROMOTION POINT WORKSHEETS? -
✔✔1. INTIAL
2. REEVALUATION
3. RECOMPUTATION
✔✔WHAT ARE TWO TYPES OF PROMOTION POINT REEVALUATIONS? - ✔✔1.
ADMINISTRATIVE
2. TOTAL
✔✔WHAT IS THE TIS AND TIG REQUIREMENTS FOR PROMOTION TO SGT? -
✔✔PRIMARY ZONE
TIS: 36 MONTHS TIG: 8 MONTHS
SECONDARY ZONE
TIS: 18 MONTHS TIG: 4 MONTHS
✔✔WHAT ARE THE THREE LEVELS OF PROMOTION? - ✔✔1. UNIT LEVEL
2. SEMI-CENTRALIZED
3. DA CENTRALIZED
✔✔WHAT FM COVERS TRAINING THE FORCE? - ✔✔FM 7-0
✔✔Define Leadership. - ✔✔Leadership is influencing people by providing purpose,
direction, and motivation while operating to accomplish the mission and improving the
organization.
✔✔What is purpose? - ✔✔Purpose gives subordinates the reason to act in order to
achieve a desired outcome.
2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔WHA IS THE PURPOSE OF THE SECONDARY ZONE? - ✔✔SECONDARY ZONE
PROVIDES INCENTIVES TO THOSE WHO STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE AND
WHOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS DEMONSTRATED CAPACITY FOR LEADERSHIP,
AND MARKED POTENTIAL PROMOTION AHEAD OF THEIR PEERS.
✔✔WHAT IS DONE FOR SOLDIERS E-4 AND BELOW WHO MEET PROMOTION
ELIGIBILITY WITHOUT WAIVERS, BUT ARE NOT RECOMMENDED FOR
PROMOTION? - ✔✔SOLDIER IS COUNSELED, COUNSELING NEEDS TO BE
FOCUSED ON AREAS WHERE THE SOLDIER NEEDS TO IMPROVE
✔✔WHAT ARE FIVE WAYS A SOLDIER CAN BE IDENTIFIED AS HAVING A
SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUE? - ✔✔1. VOLUNTARY
2. COMMANDER/ SUPERVISOR
3. BIOCHEMICAL (DRUG TEST)
4. MEDICAL IDENTIFICATION
5. INVESTIGATION OR APPREHENSION
✔✔WHAT DOES ASAP STAND FOR? - ✔✔ARMY SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM
✔✔CAN SOLDIER ENROLLED IN ASAP REENLIST? - ✔✔NO!
✔✔WILL SOLDIERS WHO ARE COMMAND REFERRED TO ASAP BE FLAGGED? -
✔✔YES UNDR AR 600-8-2 (FLAGS)
✔✔WHAT IS GENERAL ORDER NUMBER ONE? - ✔✔I WILL GUARD EVERYTHING
WITHIN THE LIMITS OF MY POST AND QUIT MY POST ONLY WHEN PROPERLY
RELIEVED.
✔✔WHAT IS GENERAL ORDER NUMBER THREE? - ✔✔I WILL REPORT
VIOLATIONS OF MY SPECIAL ORDRS, EMERGENCIES, AND ANYTHING NOT
COVERED IN MY INSTRUCTIONS TO THE COMMANDER OF THE RELIEF.
✔✔ALL ASAP REFERRALS ARE ACCOMPLISHED BY USING WHAT FORM? -
✔✔DA-8003
✔✔WHAT IS GENERAL ORDER NUMBER TWO? - ✔✔I WILL OBEY MY SPECIAL
ORDERS AND PERFORM ALL MY DUTIES IN A MILITARY MANNER.
✔✔IF CIRCUMSTANCE PREVENT THE WEIGHING OF SOLDIERS IMMEDIATELY
FOLLOWING THE APFT, WHEN CAN THEY WEIGHTED? - ✔✔WITHIN 30 DAYS OF
APFT
, ✔✔WHAT IS A TAPE TEST? - ✔✔METHOD OF DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF
BODY FAT ON A SOLDIER.
✔✔HOW OFTEN SHOULD A SOLDIER BE WEIGHTED? - ✔✔EVERY SIX MONTHS
OR AFTER EVERY APFT
✔✔CAN A SOLDIER WHO HAS BEEN FLAGGED OFR BEING OVERWEIGHT OR AN
APFT FAILURE RECEIVE AN AWARD? - ✔✔A SOLDIER BEING FLAGGED FOR
WEIGHT CANNOT RECEIVE AN AWARD, BUT A SOLDIER BEING FLAGGED FOR
APFT CAN RECEIVE AN AWARD.
✔✔WHAT IS A DA 3355? - ✔✔PROMOTION POINT WORKSHEET
✔✔WHAT ARE THE THREE TYPES OF PROMOTION POINT WORKSHEETS? -
✔✔1. INTIAL
2. REEVALUATION
3. RECOMPUTATION
✔✔WHAT ARE TWO TYPES OF PROMOTION POINT REEVALUATIONS? - ✔✔1.
ADMINISTRATIVE
2. TOTAL
✔✔WHAT IS THE TIS AND TIG REQUIREMENTS FOR PROMOTION TO SGT? -
✔✔PRIMARY ZONE
TIS: 36 MONTHS TIG: 8 MONTHS
SECONDARY ZONE
TIS: 18 MONTHS TIG: 4 MONTHS
✔✔WHAT ARE THE THREE LEVELS OF PROMOTION? - ✔✔1. UNIT LEVEL
2. SEMI-CENTRALIZED
3. DA CENTRALIZED
✔✔WHAT FM COVERS TRAINING THE FORCE? - ✔✔FM 7-0
✔✔Define Leadership. - ✔✔Leadership is influencing people by providing purpose,
direction, and motivation while operating to accomplish the mission and improving the
organization.
✔✔What is purpose? - ✔✔Purpose gives subordinates the reason to act in order to
achieve a desired outcome.
