ARMY MRT CORRECT TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Types of Mental Games - ✔✔Math Games, Alphabet Games, Category Games,
Army alphabet, Lyrics, Positive Imagery
✔✔Mental Games Key Principles - ✔✔PRACTICE: These techniques require practice in
order to derive full benefit
DOUBLE UP: Mental Games can be used in conjunction with other skills in the program
✔✔When do you use mental games? - ✔✔When you need a temporary fix when your
thoughts are distracting you from an immediate goal or task
✔✔RTR - ✔✔The MRT skill that shuts down counterproductive thinking to enable
greater concentration on the task at hand.
✔✔What core competency does RTR build? - ✔✔Optimism
✔✔Is RTR an internal skill? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔Real-Time Resilience - ✔✔RTR is the skill of fighting back against the
counterproductive thoughts AS SOON AS THEY OCCUR to remain task focused and
motivated. It involves proving your thoughts false with evidence, thinking optimistically,
and putting the situation in perspective
✔✔Common Pitfalls of RTR - ✔✔Dismissing the grain of truth
Minimizing the situation
Rationalizing or excusing one's contribution to a problem
✔✔Weak Responses of RTR - ✔✔Responses that are vague or lack concrete data
✔✔RTR Sentence Starters - ✔✔1) That's not completely true because (EVIDENCE)
, 2) A more optimistic way of seeing this is (OPTIMISM)
3) The most likely implication is (PIIP)
✔✔RTR Key Principles - ✔✔Accuracy over speed: focus on accuracy and passing the
gut test, not speed
Practice: RTR takes ongoing practice
Learning curve: Pitfalls are common and part of the learning process
Do-overs: When you hear a Pitfall, pause and generate a stronger response
Optimism: Optimism is the primary target of RTR
✔✔Identify Character Strengths in Self and Others - ✔✔By knowing and using your C.S
and the C.S of others you can increase energy, motivation, and success and strengthen
your effectiveness
✔✔Character Strengths are the Be in the... - ✔✔Be..Know..Do Model
✔✔What is the shadow side of C.S? - ✔✔Overusing the CS
Using a CS in the wrong context or at the wrong time
Valuing the CS to the point of devaluing the CS of others
Using the CS in a way that is not attuned to others
✔✔Identify C.S. in Self and Others Key Principles - ✔✔Know Your Strengths: knowing
your CS is as important as knowing your weaknesses
All 24 Won't Be Signature: some CS come more easily to you than others
Non-signature CS: Some situations require that you pull on your CS that are not
signature
Shadow Side: Each CS has a shadow side that can get you in trouble or limit you.
✔✔How to identify a signature character strength? - ✔✔1) It true to you
2) It leaves you feeling energized
3) Motivation to use
✔✔C.S.: Challenges and Leadership - ✔✔The MRT skill where you use your C.S. to
overcome challenges, increase team effectiveness, and strengthen your leadership
✔✔C.S.: Challenges and Leadership KEY POINTS - ✔✔Useful in challenges: use CS to
successfully overcome challenges
Useful as a leader: CS will make you more effective
Useful as a team: increase effectiveness of the team
✔✔Assertive Communication - ✔✔The MRT skill that is used when you want to address
a problem or an issue in a way that respects the other person and strengthens the
relationship
✔✔What core competency does Assertive Communication build? - ✔✔connection
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Types of Mental Games - ✔✔Math Games, Alphabet Games, Category Games,
Army alphabet, Lyrics, Positive Imagery
✔✔Mental Games Key Principles - ✔✔PRACTICE: These techniques require practice in
order to derive full benefit
DOUBLE UP: Mental Games can be used in conjunction with other skills in the program
✔✔When do you use mental games? - ✔✔When you need a temporary fix when your
thoughts are distracting you from an immediate goal or task
✔✔RTR - ✔✔The MRT skill that shuts down counterproductive thinking to enable
greater concentration on the task at hand.
✔✔What core competency does RTR build? - ✔✔Optimism
✔✔Is RTR an internal skill? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔Real-Time Resilience - ✔✔RTR is the skill of fighting back against the
counterproductive thoughts AS SOON AS THEY OCCUR to remain task focused and
motivated. It involves proving your thoughts false with evidence, thinking optimistically,
and putting the situation in perspective
✔✔Common Pitfalls of RTR - ✔✔Dismissing the grain of truth
Minimizing the situation
Rationalizing or excusing one's contribution to a problem
✔✔Weak Responses of RTR - ✔✔Responses that are vague or lack concrete data
✔✔RTR Sentence Starters - ✔✔1) That's not completely true because (EVIDENCE)
, 2) A more optimistic way of seeing this is (OPTIMISM)
3) The most likely implication is (PIIP)
✔✔RTR Key Principles - ✔✔Accuracy over speed: focus on accuracy and passing the
gut test, not speed
Practice: RTR takes ongoing practice
Learning curve: Pitfalls are common and part of the learning process
Do-overs: When you hear a Pitfall, pause and generate a stronger response
Optimism: Optimism is the primary target of RTR
✔✔Identify Character Strengths in Self and Others - ✔✔By knowing and using your C.S
and the C.S of others you can increase energy, motivation, and success and strengthen
your effectiveness
✔✔Character Strengths are the Be in the... - ✔✔Be..Know..Do Model
✔✔What is the shadow side of C.S? - ✔✔Overusing the CS
Using a CS in the wrong context or at the wrong time
Valuing the CS to the point of devaluing the CS of others
Using the CS in a way that is not attuned to others
✔✔Identify C.S. in Self and Others Key Principles - ✔✔Know Your Strengths: knowing
your CS is as important as knowing your weaknesses
All 24 Won't Be Signature: some CS come more easily to you than others
Non-signature CS: Some situations require that you pull on your CS that are not
signature
Shadow Side: Each CS has a shadow side that can get you in trouble or limit you.
✔✔How to identify a signature character strength? - ✔✔1) It true to you
2) It leaves you feeling energized
3) Motivation to use
✔✔C.S.: Challenges and Leadership - ✔✔The MRT skill where you use your C.S. to
overcome challenges, increase team effectiveness, and strengthen your leadership
✔✔C.S.: Challenges and Leadership KEY POINTS - ✔✔Useful in challenges: use CS to
successfully overcome challenges
Useful as a leader: CS will make you more effective
Useful as a team: increase effectiveness of the team
✔✔Assertive Communication - ✔✔The MRT skill that is used when you want to address
a problem or an issue in a way that respects the other person and strengthens the
relationship
✔✔What core competency does Assertive Communication build? - ✔✔connection
