Questions and CORRECT Answers
If someone asked you about what you expect to get out of Army JROTC, which one of the
following responses would you use to best inform them about the mission and purpose of
JROTC? - CORRECT ANSWER - "We expect to develop our personal growth skills as we
participate in a variety of experiences and leadership situations to help us be better citizens.
That's the mission of JROTC."
A friend of yours tells you that citizenship can't be developed in a classroom. She believes that
people learn citizenship skills from their families. Which of the following answers would you
use to best demonstrate your citizenship skills, and to best explain how Army JROTC develops
citizenship? - CORRECT ANSWER - "Families can set the foundation for good citizenship,
but Army JROTC helps promote it further through projects outside of the home."
Leadership Theory and Application lessons teach Cadets the BE, KNOW, and DO of leadership.
A friend of yours said that she understood the BE and DO parts, but wasn't sure about the
KNOW. Which of the following would be a good example to illustrate what KNOW means? -
CORRECT ANSWER - A Cadet demonstrates a performance task.
The JROTC Instructor asked your friend what he knew about Army JROTC. He replied that he
had heard both good and bad things about it. He also said that he thought it would be a good
place to learn leadership, but that he was sure he wasn't going to like some of the challenges. The
instructor smiled because she liked his answer, then she thanked your friend for his candor. Your
friend didn't know what that meant, so the instructor asked you if you knew. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Candor means fairness, openness, and frankness.
What is the mission of Army JROTC? - CORRECT ANSWER - To motivate young people to
be better citizens.
In your LET texts, what will Leadership Theory and Application teach you? - CORRECT
ANSWER - How to influence others while you are leading them.
How to be a leader.
What you do while you are leading.
, "A program that teaches high school students the values of good citizenship while giving them an
introduction to the US Army." - CORRECT ANSWER - JROTC
"A specific job given to a person or group of persons to accomplish." - CORRECT
ANSWER - mission
"A high school student enrolled in the leadership and citizenship activities through JROTC." -
CORRECT ANSWER - Cadet
"Being the only one of its kind." - CORRECT ANSWER - unique
"Provide a need or a purpose that causes a person to want to do something." - CORRECT
ANSWER - motivate
"To arouse the interest of one's actions or efforts; to stimulate; the quality of requiring full use of
one's abilities, energy, and resources; to demand identification from someone before they are
allowed to enter or pass." - CORRECT ANSWER - challenges
"Favorable or advantageous circumstances or a combination of circumstances." - CORRECT
ANSWER - opportunities
Arrange the following sentences in order to best explain the evolution of Army JROTC into what
it is today. - CORRECT ANSWER - The ancient Greeks, the Romans, the Japanese, and
feudal Europeans all had their own schools for military education.
Captain Alden Partridge founded the American Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy, now
known as Norwich University, in Norwich, Vermont in 1819.
Captain Partridge's idea of combining drill practice and physical conditioning, language
training, mathematics, law, and military history was so successful that it quickly spread to other
schools.
Congress passed the National Defense Act and created ROTC and JROTC "To motivate young
people to be better citizens."