WAPS Exam Practice Questions with Correct
Answers Provided
What are the three phases to writing an effective bullet statement? - Answer Phase 1: Extract the Facts
Phase 2: Build the Structure
Phase 3: Streamline the Final Product
What is the individual's responsibility when emailing supervisors? - Answer Follow the chain of
command
Who were the three enlisted Airmen to earn the United States' highest military decoration, the medal of
honor during the Vietnam war? - Answer 1) William Pitsenbarger, 1966
2) Richard L. Etchberger, 1968
3) John Levitow, 1969
Who became the second enlisted man to receive the Medal of Honor? - Answer TSgt Forrest L. Vosler
Who was the final Medal of Honor awarded to posthumously by an enlisted man in the European
theater? - Answer SSgt Archibald Mathies
Who, while assigned as a pararescue crewmember to Detachment 6, 38th Aerospace rescue and
Revovery Squadron, distinguished himself by extreme valor near Cam My, Republic of Vietnam on 11
April 1966? - Answer A1C William Pitsenbarger
When rescue aircraft final arrived on 11 March 1968, who, as the Ground Radar Superintendent, held off
the enemy using an M-16 while directing airstrikes into the area and exposed himself to heavy enemy
fire to place three surviving wounded comrades into rescue slings, then with remaining crew safely
aboard, finally climbed into an evacuation sling himself, only to be fatally wounded by enemy ground
fire as he was being raised into the aircraft? - Answer CMSgt Richard L. Etchberger
Who, as a pararescueman, was awarded the Air Force Cross for providing life-saving medical treatment
to the wounded downed U.S. UH-60 helicopter crewmembers and aiding the casualties of a Ranger
,security element engaged in an intense 18-hour firefight across an open four-way intersection in the
streets of Mogadishu? - Answer TSgt Timothy A. Wilkinson
The operational chain of command runs from the President to the SECDEF and then to whom? - Answer
The combatant commanders
Who provides the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff with written policy guidance to prepare and review
contingency plans? - Answer The Secretary of Defense (SECDEF)
What should personnel do when a natural disaster threatens or an incident affecting the base is
imminent or in progress? - Answer Listen for a 3-5 minute steady or wavering siren
Keep the radio or TV on and listen for instructions from local authorities and weather updates
Use the telephone for emergency calls only
What is among the emerging transnational threats? - Answer Terrorist threat or use of CBRNE material
What is the definition of terrorism according to JP 1-02? - Answer The calculated use of unlawful
violence or threat to inculcate fear, intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or societies in the
pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, or ideological.
What exists to ensure use of force in an operation occurs according to national policy goals, mission
requirements and the rule of law? - Answer Rules of Engagement
What are the ROE parameters set for? - Answer When, where, how, why and against whom
commanders and their Airmen may use force
Members who violate Prohibited Activities are subject to disciplinary action under what article of the
UCMJ? - Answer Article 92 of the UCMJ
Which article does failure to obey lawful orders violate under the UCMJ? - Answer Article 92
, What could the change agent (leader) do if the change isn't going well during the Change Stage? -
Answer Go back to the unfreezing stage - it's better to back up and regroup than to press on with a
change that causes more problems than it fixes
What is the final stage in Kurt Lewin's three-stage process model for change? - Answer Refreezing - you
must lock in (or refreeze) the desired outcomes and the new norms so they become permanent
Senior enlisted leaders must become proficient organizational change managers. What is the three stage
process model for change proposed by social psychologist Kurt Lewin? - Answer 1) Unfreezing
2) Changing
3) Refreezing
What is organizational change? - Answer It is the adoption of a new idea or behavior by an organization;
establishing new norms
Regardless of what specifically needs to change, what is the FIRST step? - Answer To recognize the need
for change, a step that is far from easy
What perception starts the momentum to begin unfreezing? - Answer Change in appropriate when
there is a perceived gap between what the norms are and what they should be.
What is a deliberate management activity to prepare people for change? - Answer Unfreezing
What is often the most neglected yet essential part of unfreezing? - Answer Leaders create an
environment where people feel the need for change
What is a key factor involving unfreezing? - Answer Making people knowledgeable about the importance
of a change and how it will affect their jobs
What is the most underreported violent crime in the military and American society? - Answer Sexual
Assault
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What are the three phases to writing an effective bullet statement? - Answer Phase 1: Extract the Facts
Phase 2: Build the Structure
Phase 3: Streamline the Final Product
What is the individual's responsibility when emailing supervisors? - Answer Follow the chain of
command
Who were the three enlisted Airmen to earn the United States' highest military decoration, the medal of
honor during the Vietnam war? - Answer 1) William Pitsenbarger, 1966
2) Richard L. Etchberger, 1968
3) John Levitow, 1969
Who became the second enlisted man to receive the Medal of Honor? - Answer TSgt Forrest L. Vosler
Who was the final Medal of Honor awarded to posthumously by an enlisted man in the European
theater? - Answer SSgt Archibald Mathies
Who, while assigned as a pararescue crewmember to Detachment 6, 38th Aerospace rescue and
Revovery Squadron, distinguished himself by extreme valor near Cam My, Republic of Vietnam on 11
April 1966? - Answer A1C William Pitsenbarger
When rescue aircraft final arrived on 11 March 1968, who, as the Ground Radar Superintendent, held off
the enemy using an M-16 while directing airstrikes into the area and exposed himself to heavy enemy
fire to place three surviving wounded comrades into rescue slings, then with remaining crew safely
aboard, finally climbed into an evacuation sling himself, only to be fatally wounded by enemy ground
fire as he was being raised into the aircraft? - Answer CMSgt Richard L. Etchberger
Who, as a pararescueman, was awarded the Air Force Cross for providing life-saving medical treatment
to the wounded downed U.S. UH-60 helicopter crewmembers and aiding the casualties of a Ranger
,security element engaged in an intense 18-hour firefight across an open four-way intersection in the
streets of Mogadishu? - Answer TSgt Timothy A. Wilkinson
The operational chain of command runs from the President to the SECDEF and then to whom? - Answer
The combatant commanders
Who provides the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff with written policy guidance to prepare and review
contingency plans? - Answer The Secretary of Defense (SECDEF)
What should personnel do when a natural disaster threatens or an incident affecting the base is
imminent or in progress? - Answer Listen for a 3-5 minute steady or wavering siren
Keep the radio or TV on and listen for instructions from local authorities and weather updates
Use the telephone for emergency calls only
What is among the emerging transnational threats? - Answer Terrorist threat or use of CBRNE material
What is the definition of terrorism according to JP 1-02? - Answer The calculated use of unlawful
violence or threat to inculcate fear, intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or societies in the
pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, or ideological.
What exists to ensure use of force in an operation occurs according to national policy goals, mission
requirements and the rule of law? - Answer Rules of Engagement
What are the ROE parameters set for? - Answer When, where, how, why and against whom
commanders and their Airmen may use force
Members who violate Prohibited Activities are subject to disciplinary action under what article of the
UCMJ? - Answer Article 92 of the UCMJ
Which article does failure to obey lawful orders violate under the UCMJ? - Answer Article 92
, What could the change agent (leader) do if the change isn't going well during the Change Stage? -
Answer Go back to the unfreezing stage - it's better to back up and regroup than to press on with a
change that causes more problems than it fixes
What is the final stage in Kurt Lewin's three-stage process model for change? - Answer Refreezing - you
must lock in (or refreeze) the desired outcomes and the new norms so they become permanent
Senior enlisted leaders must become proficient organizational change managers. What is the three stage
process model for change proposed by social psychologist Kurt Lewin? - Answer 1) Unfreezing
2) Changing
3) Refreezing
What is organizational change? - Answer It is the adoption of a new idea or behavior by an organization;
establishing new norms
Regardless of what specifically needs to change, what is the FIRST step? - Answer To recognize the need
for change, a step that is far from easy
What perception starts the momentum to begin unfreezing? - Answer Change in appropriate when
there is a perceived gap between what the norms are and what they should be.
What is a deliberate management activity to prepare people for change? - Answer Unfreezing
What is often the most neglected yet essential part of unfreezing? - Answer Leaders create an
environment where people feel the need for change
What is a key factor involving unfreezing? - Answer Making people knowledgeable about the importance
of a change and how it will affect their jobs
What is the most underreported violent crime in the military and American society? - Answer Sexual
Assault
