Air Force NCOA EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

Air Force NCOA EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

Explain the behavior model - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a person feels a
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need and sets a goal to fulfill that need. The person then acts in a way
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that will accomplish the goal. The behavior will provide feedback to help
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the person determine if the goal is being met or not.
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How do coping behaviors impact you as a leader? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-it will better prepare you to deal with the successes and | | | | | | | | | | |



failures of your subordinates.
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Explaine the role of learning in behavior. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Learning is the process that conditions us to a given situation or process
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a given set of information in a certain way.
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Differences between Herberg's and McClelland's moticational theory. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Herzbergs - asserts that job satisfaction and
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dissent is caused by different work related factors called hygienes.
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Vroom's Expectancy Theory - How does motivation occur? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-occurs because a person assigns meaning or value to what | | | | | | | | |



they see or perceive as a realistic outcome based on their behavior.
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,How do aspirations fit into the behavior process? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Aspirations are a motivational force that play a role in our | | | | | | | | | | |



long term goals and have an interactive relationship...
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Explain the role of personality in the behavior process. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Personality motivates us and impacts how we are typically | | | | | | | |



going to resend to any given situation.
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How would a poor self-concept in your subordinate make it more
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challenging for you as a supervisor? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-it results in
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persons not believing that they are capable or important.
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Difference between self efficacy and locus of control? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-self efficacy refers to the degree of control people feel | | | | | | | | | |



that have in a given situation.
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locus of control relates to whether people feel the outcomes of their
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behavior are truly a result of their action. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-...
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Describe the role of values as a behavior influence. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-We use values to make pass judgment and make | | | | | | | | |



decisions. We use values to access the action of others, develope
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positions on issues and avoid certain tasks.
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,Define team. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-as a group organized to work
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together


Define group dynamics. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-as ongoing process
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involving interaction of interaction of individuals within a team to
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achieve the desired objective.
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How are team goals developed? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-through a
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group process of team interaction and agreement (working together)
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What must a team do to be effective, and how is the effectiveness
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measured? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-team members must actively
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participate, provide feedback and partake in the decision making
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process. Measured by observing leadership being shared, conflict
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addressed, resources maximized and creativity encouraged. (Input from
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all)


As a supervisor, what techniques would you use to get your
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subordinates to perceive themselves as team members? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Communicating effectively, convey goals as team goals, | | | | | | |



each team member knowing where and how they contribute.
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, Define task elements? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-are those actions
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associated with accomplishing the team's specific task, solving a
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problem or accomplishing a goal.| | | |




List the categories of non-task elements. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-they
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fall into three categories, personal identity in the team, relationships
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among team members, and identification within the organization.
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What efforts is necessary in team building? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The
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effort in which a team studies its own process of working together and
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acts to create a climate that encourages and values the contributions of
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team members.
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Name the most important responsibility of a leader and how is it
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accomplished? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-is to develope an exciting vision
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for the team to achieve. This can be accomplished though the
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cooperation of the team members. | | | |




Team members must do what in order to accomplish desired results? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-must build commitment, trust, and support for
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one another.
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One important attribute is necessary for long-term goals. What is this
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attribute? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Patience | | |