WAPS Exam Questions with Verified Correct
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What are the three phases to writing an effective bullet statement?
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?
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?
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?
TSgt Forrest L. Vosler
Who was the final Medal of Honor awarded to posthumously by an enlisted man in the
European theater?
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?
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?
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?
TSgt Timothy A. Wilkinson
The operational chain of command runs from the President to the SECDEF and then to
whom?
The combatant commanders
Who provides the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff with written policy guidance to
prepare and review contingency plans?
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?
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?
Terrorist threat or use of CBRNE material
What is the definition of terrorism according to JP 1-02?
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?
Rules of Engagement
What are the ROE parameters set for?
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?
Article 92 of the UCMJ
Which article does failure to obey lawful orders violate under the UCMJ?
Article 92
What could the change agent (leader) do if the change isn't going well during the
Change Stage?
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?
Answers
What are the three phases to writing an effective bullet statement?
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?
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?
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?
TSgt Forrest L. Vosler
Who was the final Medal of Honor awarded to posthumously by an enlisted man in the
European theater?
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?
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?
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?
TSgt Timothy A. Wilkinson
The operational chain of command runs from the President to the SECDEF and then to
whom?
The combatant commanders
Who provides the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff with written policy guidance to
prepare and review contingency plans?
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?
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?
Terrorist threat or use of CBRNE material
What is the definition of terrorism according to JP 1-02?
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?
Rules of Engagement
What are the ROE parameters set for?
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?
Article 92 of the UCMJ
Which article does failure to obey lawful orders violate under the UCMJ?
Article 92
What could the change agent (leader) do if the change isn't going well during the
Change Stage?
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?
