Military Board (Army) UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What does AR 600-20 cover? - CORRECT ANSWER - The Army Command Policy
(AR 600-20)
What chapter covers the EO Program in AR 600-20? - CORRECT ANSWER - Chapter 6,
(AR 600-20)
What does Ch 6 of AR 600-20 Cover? - CORRECT ANSWER - The Army's EO Program
What is the purpose of the EO Program? - CORRECT ANSWER - to ensure fair treatment
for all persons based solely on merit, fitness and capability in support of readiness.
What is the EO policy based on? - CORRECT ANSWER - Fairness, justice and equity
Who is responsible for maintaing a positive EO climate in the unit? - CORRECT
ANSWER - The Commander
What are the goals of the EO program? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Provide EO for
military personnel and Family members, both on and off post and within the limits of the laws
and localities, states and host nations.
2. Create and sustain effective units by eliminating discriminatory behaviors or practices that
undermine teamwork,
When does the Army's EO policy apply? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Applies both on and
off post, during dury and non-duty hours.
2. Applies to working, living and recreational environments.
,What is discrimination? - CORRECT ANSWER - Any action that unlawfully or unjustly
results in unequal treatment of persons or groups based on race, color, gender, national origin or
religion.
What is Disparaging Terms? - CORRECT ANSWER - Terms used to degrade or connote
negative statements pertaining to race, color, gender, national origin or religion. This includes
verbal statements, printed material, visual material, signs, symbols, posters or insignia.
What is Equal Opportunity? - CORRECT ANSWER - The right of all persons to
participate in and benefit from programs and activities for which they are qualified. (AR 600-20
Para 6-2)
How should Soldiers be evaluated? - CORRECT ANSWER - Individual merit, fitness, and
capability.
regardless of race, color, sex, national origin, or religion.
What is gender discrimination? - CORRECT ANSWER - Action taken by an individual to
deprive a person of a right because of their gender. (AR 600-20 Para 6-2)
What is National Origin? - CORRECT ANSWER - An individual's place of origin or that
of an individual's ancestors; a person who has the physical, cultural, or linguistic characterics of
a national group. (AR 600-20 Para 6-2)
What is race? - CORRECT ANSWER - A division of human beings identified by the
possession of traits transmissible by descent and that is sufficient to characterize persons
possessing these traits as a distinctive human genotype. (AR 600-20 Para 6-2)
What Army Regulation prescribes the policies for completing evaluation reports that support the
Evaluation Reporting System (ERS)? - CORRECT ANSWER - AR 623-3
What DA Pamphlet prescribes the procedures for completing evaluation reports that support the
Evaluation Reporting System (ERS)? - CORRECT ANSWER - DA Pam 623-3
,What does the Evaluation Reporting System (ERS) identify? - CORRECT ANSWER -
The ERS identifies officers and non-commissioned officers who are best qualified for promotion
and assignments to positions of higher responsibility. ERS also identifies Soldiers who should be
kept on active duty, those who should be retained in grade, and those who should be eliminated.
Under the ERS a Soldier is evaluated on performance and potential. In this system, what three
kinds of evaluations are given? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Duty evaluations. Either the
DA Form 67-9 or DA Form 2166-8 is used for these evaluations.
2. School evaluations. Either the DA Form 1059 and DA Form 1059-1 is used for these
evaluations.
3. DA evaluations. Selection boards and personnel management systems are used for these
evaluations. Duty and school evaluations are single time-and-place evaluations and are used to
make DA evaluations. DA evaluations cover the entire career of an officer and non-
commissioned officer.
DA evaluations focus on an individual Soldier's potential. They are judgments on their ability to
perform at current and higher grades, and they are also made to judge whether an officer or NCO
should be retained and given greater responsibility in their present grade. In making DA
evaluations, what three factors are considered? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Army
requirements for leaders: officers and non-commissioned officers frequently change. At times,
the Army has a need for leaders with certain backgrounds, experience, and expertise. The size of
the Army leader corps by law in terms of strength by grade. Army needs limit the number of
selections and assignments that can be made. Thus, a leader's potential is partially determined by
how they compare with their peers.
2. Duty performance. Performance of duty is an extremely important factor in determining a
leader's potential. Duty performance is judged by how well a Soldier performs their assigned
tasks and how well they meet Army professional values uniquely established for each respective
corps.
3. Leader qualifications. It must be considered in order to meet Army needs for outstanding
leaders of troop or technical units, supporting staff managers, and technical specialists. One
consideration in determining qualifications is the different skills and backgrounds required by
different specialties. Another consideration is a Soldier's individual progress through specialist
fields to positions of greater responsibility. In addition, their length of service, civil schooling,
military schooling, or other unique skills required by the Army are considered.
, What is the basic structure of the ERS? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Allows the rater to
give shape and direction to the rated officer or non-commissioned officer's performance.
2. Provides a chain-of-command evaluation of a Soldier's performance and potential.
3. Allows the entire evaluation reporting process to be reviewed.
What is the ERS Process designed to do? - CORRECT ANSWER - -Set objectives for the
rated Soldier that supports the organization's overall achievement of the mission.
-Review the rated Soldier's objectives, special duties, assigned tasks, or special areas of emphasis
and update them to meet current needs.
-Promote performance-related counseling to develop subordinates and better accomplish the
organization's mission.
-Evaluate the rated leader's performance.
-Assess the rated leader's potential.
-Ensure a review of the entire process.
-Non-commissioned officer's organizational rating chain use DA Form 2166-8; and DA Form
2166-8-1.
What will a rating chain for an NCO consist of? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Rated NCO
2. Rater
3. Senior Rater
4. Reviewer
Can an NCO that is on a recommended list for promotion or frocked to one of the top three NCO
grades (first sergeant (1SG), SGM, or CSM) and is serving in an authorized position for the new
grade, rate any NCO under their supervision, if after the rater's promotion he/she will be senior
in pay grade or date of rank to the rated NCO? - CORRECT ANSWER - Yes
(AR 623-3 May -5 / PDF 20)
What is an NCOER? - CORRECT ANSWER - Rating chain members use the DA Form
2166-8 (NCOER) to provide DA with performance and potential assessments of each rated
NCO. The DA Form 2166-8 also provides evaluation information to ensure that sound personnel
management decisions can be made andthat an NCO's potential can be fully developed.
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What does AR 600-20 cover? - CORRECT ANSWER - The Army Command Policy
(AR 600-20)
What chapter covers the EO Program in AR 600-20? - CORRECT ANSWER - Chapter 6,
(AR 600-20)
What does Ch 6 of AR 600-20 Cover? - CORRECT ANSWER - The Army's EO Program
What is the purpose of the EO Program? - CORRECT ANSWER - to ensure fair treatment
for all persons based solely on merit, fitness and capability in support of readiness.
What is the EO policy based on? - CORRECT ANSWER - Fairness, justice and equity
Who is responsible for maintaing a positive EO climate in the unit? - CORRECT
ANSWER - The Commander
What are the goals of the EO program? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Provide EO for
military personnel and Family members, both on and off post and within the limits of the laws
and localities, states and host nations.
2. Create and sustain effective units by eliminating discriminatory behaviors or practices that
undermine teamwork,
When does the Army's EO policy apply? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Applies both on and
off post, during dury and non-duty hours.
2. Applies to working, living and recreational environments.
,What is discrimination? - CORRECT ANSWER - Any action that unlawfully or unjustly
results in unequal treatment of persons or groups based on race, color, gender, national origin or
religion.
What is Disparaging Terms? - CORRECT ANSWER - Terms used to degrade or connote
negative statements pertaining to race, color, gender, national origin or religion. This includes
verbal statements, printed material, visual material, signs, symbols, posters or insignia.
What is Equal Opportunity? - CORRECT ANSWER - The right of all persons to
participate in and benefit from programs and activities for which they are qualified. (AR 600-20
Para 6-2)
How should Soldiers be evaluated? - CORRECT ANSWER - Individual merit, fitness, and
capability.
regardless of race, color, sex, national origin, or religion.
What is gender discrimination? - CORRECT ANSWER - Action taken by an individual to
deprive a person of a right because of their gender. (AR 600-20 Para 6-2)
What is National Origin? - CORRECT ANSWER - An individual's place of origin or that
of an individual's ancestors; a person who has the physical, cultural, or linguistic characterics of
a national group. (AR 600-20 Para 6-2)
What is race? - CORRECT ANSWER - A division of human beings identified by the
possession of traits transmissible by descent and that is sufficient to characterize persons
possessing these traits as a distinctive human genotype. (AR 600-20 Para 6-2)
What Army Regulation prescribes the policies for completing evaluation reports that support the
Evaluation Reporting System (ERS)? - CORRECT ANSWER - AR 623-3
What DA Pamphlet prescribes the procedures for completing evaluation reports that support the
Evaluation Reporting System (ERS)? - CORRECT ANSWER - DA Pam 623-3
,What does the Evaluation Reporting System (ERS) identify? - CORRECT ANSWER -
The ERS identifies officers and non-commissioned officers who are best qualified for promotion
and assignments to positions of higher responsibility. ERS also identifies Soldiers who should be
kept on active duty, those who should be retained in grade, and those who should be eliminated.
Under the ERS a Soldier is evaluated on performance and potential. In this system, what three
kinds of evaluations are given? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Duty evaluations. Either the
DA Form 67-9 or DA Form 2166-8 is used for these evaluations.
2. School evaluations. Either the DA Form 1059 and DA Form 1059-1 is used for these
evaluations.
3. DA evaluations. Selection boards and personnel management systems are used for these
evaluations. Duty and school evaluations are single time-and-place evaluations and are used to
make DA evaluations. DA evaluations cover the entire career of an officer and non-
commissioned officer.
DA evaluations focus on an individual Soldier's potential. They are judgments on their ability to
perform at current and higher grades, and they are also made to judge whether an officer or NCO
should be retained and given greater responsibility in their present grade. In making DA
evaluations, what three factors are considered? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Army
requirements for leaders: officers and non-commissioned officers frequently change. At times,
the Army has a need for leaders with certain backgrounds, experience, and expertise. The size of
the Army leader corps by law in terms of strength by grade. Army needs limit the number of
selections and assignments that can be made. Thus, a leader's potential is partially determined by
how they compare with their peers.
2. Duty performance. Performance of duty is an extremely important factor in determining a
leader's potential. Duty performance is judged by how well a Soldier performs their assigned
tasks and how well they meet Army professional values uniquely established for each respective
corps.
3. Leader qualifications. It must be considered in order to meet Army needs for outstanding
leaders of troop or technical units, supporting staff managers, and technical specialists. One
consideration in determining qualifications is the different skills and backgrounds required by
different specialties. Another consideration is a Soldier's individual progress through specialist
fields to positions of greater responsibility. In addition, their length of service, civil schooling,
military schooling, or other unique skills required by the Army are considered.
, What is the basic structure of the ERS? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Allows the rater to
give shape and direction to the rated officer or non-commissioned officer's performance.
2. Provides a chain-of-command evaluation of a Soldier's performance and potential.
3. Allows the entire evaluation reporting process to be reviewed.
What is the ERS Process designed to do? - CORRECT ANSWER - -Set objectives for the
rated Soldier that supports the organization's overall achievement of the mission.
-Review the rated Soldier's objectives, special duties, assigned tasks, or special areas of emphasis
and update them to meet current needs.
-Promote performance-related counseling to develop subordinates and better accomplish the
organization's mission.
-Evaluate the rated leader's performance.
-Assess the rated leader's potential.
-Ensure a review of the entire process.
-Non-commissioned officer's organizational rating chain use DA Form 2166-8; and DA Form
2166-8-1.
What will a rating chain for an NCO consist of? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Rated NCO
2. Rater
3. Senior Rater
4. Reviewer
Can an NCO that is on a recommended list for promotion or frocked to one of the top three NCO
grades (first sergeant (1SG), SGM, or CSM) and is serving in an authorized position for the new
grade, rate any NCO under their supervision, if after the rater's promotion he/she will be senior
in pay grade or date of rank to the rated NCO? - CORRECT ANSWER - Yes
(AR 623-3 May -5 / PDF 20)
What is an NCOER? - CORRECT ANSWER - Rating chain members use the DA Form
2166-8 (NCOER) to provide DA with performance and potential assessments of each rated
NCO. The DA Form 2166-8 also provides evaluation information to ensure that sound personnel
management decisions can be made andthat an NCO's potential can be fully developed.
