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SERE 100.2 LEVEL A SERE PRE-TEST WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
DETAILED RATIONALES GRADED A+
SERE 100.2 Level A SERE Pre-Test
SECTION 1: CODE OF CONDUCT
Questions 1–40
1. What does the acronym SERE stand for?
A) Search, Evacuation, Recovery, and Extraction
B) Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape
C) Safety, Evasion, Recovery, and Escape
D) Survival, Evasion, Recovery, and Extraction
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: SERE stands for Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape. These are the four core
components of the SERE training program, which prepares military and DoD personnel for
situations where they may become isolated or captured .
2. Which of the following is NOT one of the four core components of SERE?
A) Survival
B) Evasion
C) Exploration
D) Resistance
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The four core components of SERE are Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape.
"Exploration" is not a component of SERE training .
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3. What is the primary purpose of SERE training?
A) To teach combat tactics and offensive operations
B) To prepare personnel to survive, evade, resist, and escape
C) To improve physical fitness and endurance
D) To train personnel in intelligence gathering
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: SERE training focuses on survival in hostile environments, evasion of capture,
resistance during captivity, and escape if possible. The primary goal is to prepare personnel to
survive, evade, resist, and escape in isolation or captivity situations .
4. The Code of Conduct is your moral guide from isolation to captivity resolution.
A) True
B) False
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The Code of Conduct serves as a moral guide for military members when isolated or
held against their will by entities hostile to the U.S. It describes basic responsibilities and
obligations from isolation to captivity resolution .
5. The Code of Conduct is a ____________ for military members when isolated or held against
their will by entities hostile to the U.S.
A) legal document
B) moral guide
C) tactical manual
D) medical directive
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The Code of Conduct is a moral guide for military members when isolated or held
against their will. It provides ethical guidance for behavior in captivity and isolation situations .
6. To which article of the Code of Conduct does the following statement refer? "If captured I
will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and aid others
to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy."
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A) Article I
B) Article II
C) Article III
D) Article IV
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Article III of the Code of Conduct addresses the duty to resist and escape if captured.
It states that captured personnel will continue to resist by all means available, make every effort
to escape, aid others to escape, and accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy .
7. Identify elements of Article I of the Code of Conduct. (Select all that apply)
A) Military members are never authorized to surrender
B) During military operations outside declared hostilities you may delay contact with local
authorities
C) If captured I will continue to resist by all means available
D) I will make every effort to escape and aid others to escape
Correct Answer: A, B
Rationale: Article I of the Code of Conduct states that military members are never authorized to
surrender and that during military operations outside declared hostilities, you may delay
contact with local authorities . Options C and D belong to Article III.
8. Identify elements of Article II of the Code of Conduct. (Select all that apply)
A) During military operations outside declared hostilities you may delay contact with local
authorities
B) Military members are never authorized to surrender
C) If captured I will continue to resist by all means available
D) I will make every effort to escape and aid others to escape
Correct Answer: A, B
Rationale: Article II of the Code of Conduct includes the elements that military members are
never authorized to surrender and that during military operations outside declared hostilities,
you may delay contact with local authorities .
9. According to the Code of Conduct, what is the first article that addresses your basic
obligations as a member of the military?
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A) Article 1 covers survival techniques in hostile environments
B) Article 1 establishes your duty to support fellow captives through mutual assistance
C) Article 1 states that you will make every effort to escape and aid others to do so
D) Article 1 specifies that you will not disclose information beyond name, rank, and service
number
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Article 1 of the Code of Conduct is the foundational article that establishes the core
principle that military members should provide only name, rank, service number, and date of
birth if captured. This information is considered the minimum required by international law
(Geneva Convention) .
10. To which article of the Code of Conduct does the following statement refer? "When
questioned, should I become a prisoner of war, I am required to give name, rank, service
number and date of birth. I will evade answering further questions to the utmost of my
ability. I will make no oral or written statements disloyal to my country and its allies or
harmful to their cause."
A) Article I
B) Article III
C) Article IV
D) Article V
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Article V of the Code of Conduct addresses the requirement to provide name, rank,
service number, and date of birth when questioned, while evading further questions and
making no disloyal statements .
11. The Code of Conduct is a for military members when isolated or held against their will by
entities hostile to the U.S.
A) legal document
B) moral guide
C) tactical manual
D) medical directive
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The Code of Conduct is a moral guide for military members when isolated or held
against their will. It provides ethical guidance for behavior in captivity and isolation situations .
SERE 100.2 LEVEL A SERE PRE-TEST WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
DETAILED RATIONALES GRADED A+
SERE 100.2 Level A SERE Pre-Test
SECTION 1: CODE OF CONDUCT
Questions 1–40
1. What does the acronym SERE stand for?
A) Search, Evacuation, Recovery, and Extraction
B) Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape
C) Safety, Evasion, Recovery, and Escape
D) Survival, Evasion, Recovery, and Extraction
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: SERE stands for Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape. These are the four core
components of the SERE training program, which prepares military and DoD personnel for
situations where they may become isolated or captured .
2. Which of the following is NOT one of the four core components of SERE?
A) Survival
B) Evasion
C) Exploration
D) Resistance
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The four core components of SERE are Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape.
"Exploration" is not a component of SERE training .
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3. What is the primary purpose of SERE training?
A) To teach combat tactics and offensive operations
B) To prepare personnel to survive, evade, resist, and escape
C) To improve physical fitness and endurance
D) To train personnel in intelligence gathering
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: SERE training focuses on survival in hostile environments, evasion of capture,
resistance during captivity, and escape if possible. The primary goal is to prepare personnel to
survive, evade, resist, and escape in isolation or captivity situations .
4. The Code of Conduct is your moral guide from isolation to captivity resolution.
A) True
B) False
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The Code of Conduct serves as a moral guide for military members when isolated or
held against their will by entities hostile to the U.S. It describes basic responsibilities and
obligations from isolation to captivity resolution .
5. The Code of Conduct is a ____________ for military members when isolated or held against
their will by entities hostile to the U.S.
A) legal document
B) moral guide
C) tactical manual
D) medical directive
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The Code of Conduct is a moral guide for military members when isolated or held
against their will. It provides ethical guidance for behavior in captivity and isolation situations .
6. To which article of the Code of Conduct does the following statement refer? "If captured I
will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and aid others
to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy."
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A) Article I
B) Article II
C) Article III
D) Article IV
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Article III of the Code of Conduct addresses the duty to resist and escape if captured.
It states that captured personnel will continue to resist by all means available, make every effort
to escape, aid others to escape, and accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy .
7. Identify elements of Article I of the Code of Conduct. (Select all that apply)
A) Military members are never authorized to surrender
B) During military operations outside declared hostilities you may delay contact with local
authorities
C) If captured I will continue to resist by all means available
D) I will make every effort to escape and aid others to escape
Correct Answer: A, B
Rationale: Article I of the Code of Conduct states that military members are never authorized to
surrender and that during military operations outside declared hostilities, you may delay
contact with local authorities . Options C and D belong to Article III.
8. Identify elements of Article II of the Code of Conduct. (Select all that apply)
A) During military operations outside declared hostilities you may delay contact with local
authorities
B) Military members are never authorized to surrender
C) If captured I will continue to resist by all means available
D) I will make every effort to escape and aid others to escape
Correct Answer: A, B
Rationale: Article II of the Code of Conduct includes the elements that military members are
never authorized to surrender and that during military operations outside declared hostilities,
you may delay contact with local authorities .
9. According to the Code of Conduct, what is the first article that addresses your basic
obligations as a member of the military?
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A) Article 1 covers survival techniques in hostile environments
B) Article 1 establishes your duty to support fellow captives through mutual assistance
C) Article 1 states that you will make every effort to escape and aid others to do so
D) Article 1 specifies that you will not disclose information beyond name, rank, and service
number
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Article 1 of the Code of Conduct is the foundational article that establishes the core
principle that military members should provide only name, rank, service number, and date of
birth if captured. This information is considered the minimum required by international law
(Geneva Convention) .
10. To which article of the Code of Conduct does the following statement refer? "When
questioned, should I become a prisoner of war, I am required to give name, rank, service
number and date of birth. I will evade answering further questions to the utmost of my
ability. I will make no oral or written statements disloyal to my country and its allies or
harmful to their cause."
A) Article I
B) Article III
C) Article IV
D) Article V
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Article V of the Code of Conduct addresses the requirement to provide name, rank,
service number, and date of birth when questioned, while evading further questions and
making no disloyal statements .
11. The Code of Conduct is a for military members when isolated or held against their will by
entities hostile to the U.S.
A) legal document
B) moral guide
C) tactical manual
D) medical directive
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The Code of Conduct is a moral guide for military members when isolated or held
against their will. It provides ethical guidance for behavior in captivity and isolation situations .
