CIVIL AIR PATROL BILLY MITCHELL
LEADERSHIP TEST QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Define the term, "stressor." - Answer-Anything that causes stress is called a stressor.
Describe everyday occurrences that can produce stress. - Answer-•Arguing with a
friend
• Moving to a new city
• Being picked-on at school
• Breaking up with a girlfriend or boyfriend • Being around a drug user
• Being upset with your parents
• Worrying about your personal appearance
• Getting glasses or braces
• Coping with the death of a pet, friend, or relative
Explain why young people are more prone to stress than adults. - Answer-Young
people are more prone to stress than adults for several reasons. 19 First, just
growing up and discovering who you are is stressful. Second, because young people
lack the experience adults have amassed, they do not always realize that ups and
downs are a normal part of life. Third, a teen's social world is less stable than an
adult's.
Define the term, "resilience." - Answer-Resilience is the ability to bounce back and
recover from adversity
Describe each of the 7 steps used in managing stress. - Answer-- Try to Resolve the
Problem. People who try to fix their problems tend to be emotionally healthier.
- Avoid Things That Bring You Down
- Let Some Things Go
- Exercise. Exercise is the most important part of a plan to manage stress
- Relax. By practicing relaxation techniques, you can fool your body such that stress
hormones stop firing and a relaxed feeling takes over.
- Eat Well. Good nutrition is an important part of any healthy lifestyle.
- Sleep Well. teens require 9 to 10 hours of sleep per night
Describe the consequences of not being able to cope with stress in a positive way. -
Answer-People who lack coping skills lose their battles with stress. As a result, they
are more apt to turn to drugs, believing that getting high will help them escape from
stress, despite the obvious facts on how drugs ruin lives. Second, people who lack
coping skills can find themselves in a pattern of failure. Stress affects their mood,
which frustrates their ability to succeed in everyday life, and then those failures
produce more stress.
Why is it important for leaders to have coping skills? - Answer-Coping skills are
especially important for leaders. As a leader, your ability to exert self-control is
,always on display. If your team believes you cannot manage your own stress, they
will lose faith in your ability to lead.
Why do individuals form teams? - Answer-They form teams in the hope that
Together Everyone Achieves More.
Define the term "team." - Answer-A team is a collection of individuals who are
committed to working together to achieve a common goal.
Defend the idea that diversity makes a team stronger. - Answer-Great teams use
individuals' special skills to their advantage. One person's strength helps overcome
another person's weakness.
Explain how team members look to one another for leadership. - Answer-By being so
committed to working together, team members often look to one another-not just to
their boss-for leadership.
Describe why team spirit affects the team's ability to perform. - Answer-A sense of
team spirit is important because it builds trust, making team members eager to
cooperate and not afraid of making compromises as they work together.
Define the term "synergy." - Answer-The idea that by working together they can
achieve more than each individual could on their own
Identify the 4 characteristics of good team players. - Answer-- Self-Discipline.
- Selflessness.
- Enthusiasm.
- Loyalty
Explain why team members must possess self discipline - Answer-Effective team
members possess a self-discipline that makes them dependable. They have the
discipline to follow directions. They come to the
Defend the idea that teamwork requires sacrifice. - Answer-Teamwork always
requires sacrifice. A willingness to put the team's needs ahead of your own is the
price of admission onto any great team.
Explain why an team member's enthusiasm can affect the team. - Answer-If one
member of the team has a positive attitude, that sunny outlook will spread to the
other members of the team. Enthusiasm is contagious.
Discuss what the term "loyalty" means in the context of teamwork. - Answer-A team
member must be loyal - faithful to the people on the team, supportive of its leader,
and committed to the team's mission
Define the term "mentor." - Answer-A mentor is a close, trusted, experienced
advisor.
Identify 5 ways that mentors help cadets. - Answer-- Mentors Are Your Role Models.
- Mentors Challenge You.
,- Mentors Are Your Friends.
- Mentors Are Your Guides to CAP.
- Mentors Are Your Tutors.
Defend the idea that cadets can benefit from mentoring. - Answer-A mentor does not
formally grade you or tell you what to do, but they will offer feedback so you can
improve your leadership skills.
Describe what a person needs to do to become "mentor-ready." - Answer-- First, you
need to be eager to learn.
- Second, mentoring works best if you are humble
- Finally, you need to be ambitious
What does humble mean? - Answer-Free from pride and arrogance.
Define "listening." - Answer-It is the process of receiving, deciphering, and
responding to spoken and non-verbal messages
What is a leader who cannot communicate well? - Answer-Useless
What is the most neglected communication skill? - Answer-Listening
Compare listening to hearing. - Answer-Listeners do not merely hear sounds, they
focus on meaning.
Identify reasons why people might not listen well. - Answer-- Thinking about what to
say next. Having one mouth and two ears, we should spend twice as much time
listening as we do talking
- Hearing what we expect to hear
- Not paying attention
- Being prejudiced
What percentage of a leader's day is spent communicating? - Answer-70%
Describe ways you can become an active listener. - Answer-- Prepare. when the
speaker's mouth opens, close yours and open your ears.
- Adjust to the situation. Be aware of factors that affect your ability to concentrate
and work to overcome them.
- Focus on key points. . Listen to everything the speaker says, but focus on their key
points
- Pay attention to verbal & non-verbal cues. Their facial expressions and gestures
(non-verbal cues) add meaning to the words they say.
- Think in context.
- Take notes. The purpose of note-taking is to summarize the speaker's main points,
not to capture every word the speaker said.
- Confirm the message. Respond to the speaker in a way that reflects your best
understanding of their message.
, Identify the main goal of communications. - Answer-The main goal of
communications is not just to receive sounds (as in hearing), or to merely see words
(as in reading), but to share meaning.
Describe why feedback is important in the communications process. - Answer-
Feedback takes place when you return to the speaker a portion of the message they
sent to you.
Identify and describe 3 levels of questions. - Answer-- Knowledge questions ask
"What?"
- Understanding questions ask "Why?"
- Synthesis questions ask "How?"
Defend the idea that leaders should be lifelong readers. - Answer-"Man's flight
through life is sustained by the power of his knowledge." One of the best ways to
gain knowledge and develop leadership skill is to read widely.
Define the concept, "critical reading." - Answer-Critical reading, the process of
examining, analyzing and evaluating the writer's message
Identify and describe the steps in the SQ3R method. - Answer-1. Survey. Before you
actually read, pre-read or survey the text. Gather as much information about it as
you can.
2. Question. Turn the title, chapter headings, and subheadings into questions.
3. Read. Successful readers read with a pencil in hand and annotate.
4. Recall. Once you finish reading, immediately try to recall what you have read.
5. Review. The review phase is when you look over your questions, annotations,
notes, and the text itself to keep the learning fresh in your mind.
State the Air Force's definition of leadership. - Answer-The Air Force defines
leadership as "the art and science of influencing and directing people to accomplish
the assigned mission."
"THE ART AND SCIENCE..." - Answer-Leadership is an art because it requires
imagination and creative skill. Leadership is also a science because it is an
academic subject requiring careful study, observation, and experimentation.
"... OF INFLUENCING AND DIRECTING PEOPLE..." - Answer-A leader works with
people. Leaders find a way to affect people, to get them to do something
"...TO ACCOMPLISH THE ASSIGNED MISSION." - Answer-The mission is the
reason why the team exists. Among the leader's many responsibilities,
accomplishing the mission is the most important.
In broad terms, what can a mission be defined as? - Answer-The team's long term
goal.
Identify three components most definitions of leadership have in common. - Answer-
Most experts include in their definition of "leadership" three components: the leader,
the follower(s), and the goal
LEADERSHIP TEST QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Define the term, "stressor." - Answer-Anything that causes stress is called a stressor.
Describe everyday occurrences that can produce stress. - Answer-•Arguing with a
friend
• Moving to a new city
• Being picked-on at school
• Breaking up with a girlfriend or boyfriend • Being around a drug user
• Being upset with your parents
• Worrying about your personal appearance
• Getting glasses or braces
• Coping with the death of a pet, friend, or relative
Explain why young people are more prone to stress than adults. - Answer-Young
people are more prone to stress than adults for several reasons. 19 First, just
growing up and discovering who you are is stressful. Second, because young people
lack the experience adults have amassed, they do not always realize that ups and
downs are a normal part of life. Third, a teen's social world is less stable than an
adult's.
Define the term, "resilience." - Answer-Resilience is the ability to bounce back and
recover from adversity
Describe each of the 7 steps used in managing stress. - Answer-- Try to Resolve the
Problem. People who try to fix their problems tend to be emotionally healthier.
- Avoid Things That Bring You Down
- Let Some Things Go
- Exercise. Exercise is the most important part of a plan to manage stress
- Relax. By practicing relaxation techniques, you can fool your body such that stress
hormones stop firing and a relaxed feeling takes over.
- Eat Well. Good nutrition is an important part of any healthy lifestyle.
- Sleep Well. teens require 9 to 10 hours of sleep per night
Describe the consequences of not being able to cope with stress in a positive way. -
Answer-People who lack coping skills lose their battles with stress. As a result, they
are more apt to turn to drugs, believing that getting high will help them escape from
stress, despite the obvious facts on how drugs ruin lives. Second, people who lack
coping skills can find themselves in a pattern of failure. Stress affects their mood,
which frustrates their ability to succeed in everyday life, and then those failures
produce more stress.
Why is it important for leaders to have coping skills? - Answer-Coping skills are
especially important for leaders. As a leader, your ability to exert self-control is
,always on display. If your team believes you cannot manage your own stress, they
will lose faith in your ability to lead.
Why do individuals form teams? - Answer-They form teams in the hope that
Together Everyone Achieves More.
Define the term "team." - Answer-A team is a collection of individuals who are
committed to working together to achieve a common goal.
Defend the idea that diversity makes a team stronger. - Answer-Great teams use
individuals' special skills to their advantage. One person's strength helps overcome
another person's weakness.
Explain how team members look to one another for leadership. - Answer-By being so
committed to working together, team members often look to one another-not just to
their boss-for leadership.
Describe why team spirit affects the team's ability to perform. - Answer-A sense of
team spirit is important because it builds trust, making team members eager to
cooperate and not afraid of making compromises as they work together.
Define the term "synergy." - Answer-The idea that by working together they can
achieve more than each individual could on their own
Identify the 4 characteristics of good team players. - Answer-- Self-Discipline.
- Selflessness.
- Enthusiasm.
- Loyalty
Explain why team members must possess self discipline - Answer-Effective team
members possess a self-discipline that makes them dependable. They have the
discipline to follow directions. They come to the
Defend the idea that teamwork requires sacrifice. - Answer-Teamwork always
requires sacrifice. A willingness to put the team's needs ahead of your own is the
price of admission onto any great team.
Explain why an team member's enthusiasm can affect the team. - Answer-If one
member of the team has a positive attitude, that sunny outlook will spread to the
other members of the team. Enthusiasm is contagious.
Discuss what the term "loyalty" means in the context of teamwork. - Answer-A team
member must be loyal - faithful to the people on the team, supportive of its leader,
and committed to the team's mission
Define the term "mentor." - Answer-A mentor is a close, trusted, experienced
advisor.
Identify 5 ways that mentors help cadets. - Answer-- Mentors Are Your Role Models.
- Mentors Challenge You.
,- Mentors Are Your Friends.
- Mentors Are Your Guides to CAP.
- Mentors Are Your Tutors.
Defend the idea that cadets can benefit from mentoring. - Answer-A mentor does not
formally grade you or tell you what to do, but they will offer feedback so you can
improve your leadership skills.
Describe what a person needs to do to become "mentor-ready." - Answer-- First, you
need to be eager to learn.
- Second, mentoring works best if you are humble
- Finally, you need to be ambitious
What does humble mean? - Answer-Free from pride and arrogance.
Define "listening." - Answer-It is the process of receiving, deciphering, and
responding to spoken and non-verbal messages
What is a leader who cannot communicate well? - Answer-Useless
What is the most neglected communication skill? - Answer-Listening
Compare listening to hearing. - Answer-Listeners do not merely hear sounds, they
focus on meaning.
Identify reasons why people might not listen well. - Answer-- Thinking about what to
say next. Having one mouth and two ears, we should spend twice as much time
listening as we do talking
- Hearing what we expect to hear
- Not paying attention
- Being prejudiced
What percentage of a leader's day is spent communicating? - Answer-70%
Describe ways you can become an active listener. - Answer-- Prepare. when the
speaker's mouth opens, close yours and open your ears.
- Adjust to the situation. Be aware of factors that affect your ability to concentrate
and work to overcome them.
- Focus on key points. . Listen to everything the speaker says, but focus on their key
points
- Pay attention to verbal & non-verbal cues. Their facial expressions and gestures
(non-verbal cues) add meaning to the words they say.
- Think in context.
- Take notes. The purpose of note-taking is to summarize the speaker's main points,
not to capture every word the speaker said.
- Confirm the message. Respond to the speaker in a way that reflects your best
understanding of their message.
, Identify the main goal of communications. - Answer-The main goal of
communications is not just to receive sounds (as in hearing), or to merely see words
(as in reading), but to share meaning.
Describe why feedback is important in the communications process. - Answer-
Feedback takes place when you return to the speaker a portion of the message they
sent to you.
Identify and describe 3 levels of questions. - Answer-- Knowledge questions ask
"What?"
- Understanding questions ask "Why?"
- Synthesis questions ask "How?"
Defend the idea that leaders should be lifelong readers. - Answer-"Man's flight
through life is sustained by the power of his knowledge." One of the best ways to
gain knowledge and develop leadership skill is to read widely.
Define the concept, "critical reading." - Answer-Critical reading, the process of
examining, analyzing and evaluating the writer's message
Identify and describe the steps in the SQ3R method. - Answer-1. Survey. Before you
actually read, pre-read or survey the text. Gather as much information about it as
you can.
2. Question. Turn the title, chapter headings, and subheadings into questions.
3. Read. Successful readers read with a pencil in hand and annotate.
4. Recall. Once you finish reading, immediately try to recall what you have read.
5. Review. The review phase is when you look over your questions, annotations,
notes, and the text itself to keep the learning fresh in your mind.
State the Air Force's definition of leadership. - Answer-The Air Force defines
leadership as "the art and science of influencing and directing people to accomplish
the assigned mission."
"THE ART AND SCIENCE..." - Answer-Leadership is an art because it requires
imagination and creative skill. Leadership is also a science because it is an
academic subject requiring careful study, observation, and experimentation.
"... OF INFLUENCING AND DIRECTING PEOPLE..." - Answer-A leader works with
people. Leaders find a way to affect people, to get them to do something
"...TO ACCOMPLISH THE ASSIGNED MISSION." - Answer-The mission is the
reason why the team exists. Among the leader's many responsibilities,
accomplishing the mission is the most important.
In broad terms, what can a mission be defined as? - Answer-The team's long term
goal.
Identify three components most definitions of leadership have in common. - Answer-
Most experts include in their definition of "leadership" three components: the leader,
the follower(s), and the goal
