NCOA 2024/2025 Exam Questions and
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Strategic Communication - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔engage key audiences to
influence
Team Mission - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔task/purpose that clearly indicates the
action to be taken
Team Roles: F - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔flexor - adapt style to fit needs of team, fill
in gaps in teams
Team Roles: C - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Creator - generates ideas; "Orange"
Team Roles: A - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Advancer - Promotes ideas; "Blue"
Team Roles: R - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Refiner - Analyzes ideas; "Green"
Team Roles: E - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Executor - Implements ideas; "Gold"
P.E.P. Cycle - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Panic - Can't come up with ideas, Elation -
Came up with an Idea, Panic - The idea won't work
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,"Z" process - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Creator - Advancer - Refiner - Creator -
Advancer - Refiner - Executor
5 C's of a Team - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Community, Cooperation, Coordination,
Coaching, Communication
5 Common Dysfunctions of a Team - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Absence of Trust,
Fear of Conflict, Lack of Commitment, Avoidance of accountability,
inattention to results
Stages of Team Development - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Forming, Storming,
Norming, Performing, Adjourning/Transforming
Forming Stage - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔cautious, polite, introductions/socials; no
productivity or conflict
Storming Stage - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔high conflict, members try to accept/agree
on team goals; some productivity
Norming Stage - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔acceptance, cooperation, and
collaboration; high productivity
Performing Stage - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔high morale, loyalty, creativity, and
productivity
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,Adjourning/Transforming - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔team disbands once goal is
reached, or shifts to new mission
5 Essential Qualities of Effective Followership - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Self-
management, commitment, competence, integrity, initiative
Feedback - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔SOLICITED response to an inquiry
Advice - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔UNSOLICITED offer as a guide to action
DAC - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Diagnose, Adapt, Communicate
Diagnose - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Diagnose status of people and environment
Adapt - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔adjust leadership style based on what you
diagnosed
Communicate - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔listen explain, justify, sell ideas, provide
feedback, take feedback
Developmental Needs of Airmen - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Aspirations, Personality,
Self-Concept, Self -Efficacy & Locus of Control, Attitudes & Values
Position Power - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Coercive, Connection, Reward, Legitimate
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, Coercive Power - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔position power; ability to punish for not
performing
Connection Power - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔position power; perceived association
with people of influence; who you know
Reward Power - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔position power; pat on back, formal
presentation of reward
Legitimate Power - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔position power; title, role or position
within organization; only power that does not increase or decrease with use
Personal Power - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Referent, Information, Expert
Referent Power - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔personal power; likeability, charismatic,
inspirational
Information Power - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔personal power; access to data and
information that is important
Expert Power - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔personal power; education, experience, job
knowledge
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Strategic Communication - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔engage key audiences to
influence
Team Mission - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔task/purpose that clearly indicates the
action to be taken
Team Roles: F - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔flexor - adapt style to fit needs of team, fill
in gaps in teams
Team Roles: C - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Creator - generates ideas; "Orange"
Team Roles: A - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Advancer - Promotes ideas; "Blue"
Team Roles: R - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Refiner - Analyzes ideas; "Green"
Team Roles: E - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Executor - Implements ideas; "Gold"
P.E.P. Cycle - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Panic - Can't come up with ideas, Elation -
Came up with an Idea, Panic - The idea won't work
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,"Z" process - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Creator - Advancer - Refiner - Creator -
Advancer - Refiner - Executor
5 C's of a Team - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Community, Cooperation, Coordination,
Coaching, Communication
5 Common Dysfunctions of a Team - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Absence of Trust,
Fear of Conflict, Lack of Commitment, Avoidance of accountability,
inattention to results
Stages of Team Development - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Forming, Storming,
Norming, Performing, Adjourning/Transforming
Forming Stage - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔cautious, polite, introductions/socials; no
productivity or conflict
Storming Stage - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔high conflict, members try to accept/agree
on team goals; some productivity
Norming Stage - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔acceptance, cooperation, and
collaboration; high productivity
Performing Stage - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔high morale, loyalty, creativity, and
productivity
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,Adjourning/Transforming - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔team disbands once goal is
reached, or shifts to new mission
5 Essential Qualities of Effective Followership - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Self-
management, commitment, competence, integrity, initiative
Feedback - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔SOLICITED response to an inquiry
Advice - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔UNSOLICITED offer as a guide to action
DAC - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Diagnose, Adapt, Communicate
Diagnose - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Diagnose status of people and environment
Adapt - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔adjust leadership style based on what you
diagnosed
Communicate - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔listen explain, justify, sell ideas, provide
feedback, take feedback
Developmental Needs of Airmen - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Aspirations, Personality,
Self-Concept, Self -Efficacy & Locus of Control, Attitudes & Values
Position Power - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Coercive, Connection, Reward, Legitimate
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, Coercive Power - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔position power; ability to punish for not
performing
Connection Power - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔position power; perceived association
with people of influence; who you know
Reward Power - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔position power; pat on back, formal
presentation of reward
Legitimate Power - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔position power; title, role or position
within organization; only power that does not increase or decrease with use
Personal Power - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Referent, Information, Expert
Referent Power - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔personal power; likeability, charismatic,
inspirational
Information Power - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔personal power; access to data and
information that is important
Expert Power - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔personal power; education, experience, job
knowledge
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