OCS EXAM 5 CERTIFICATION PREPARATION
GUIDE
◉ What are the three types of Leader Development?
Answer: Operational
Institutional
Self-Development
◉ Of the aspects of leader development, which is considered the
most powerful and direct?
Answer: Experience
◉ What is the responsibility of the Commander in Training
Management?
Answer: Commanders are responsible for ensuring their units are
capable of performing their missions. They cannot delegate this
responsibility and are directly responsible, and accountable, for all
aspects of unit training.
◉ Commanders conduct training through the activities of:
Answer: Understanding
Visualizing
, Describing
Directing
Leading
Assessing
◉ (T/F) "Train as you fight" means replicating as closely as possible
real world conditions when conducting training?
Answer: True
◉ What is the METL?
Answer: Mission Essential Task List. A tailored group of mission-
essential tasks.
◉ What is a MET?
Answer: Mission Essential Task. A collective task on which an
organization trains to be proficient in its designed capabilities or
assigned mission.
◉ What is a Battle Task?
Answer: A battle task is a platoon or lower echelon collective task
that is crucial to the successful accomplishment of a CO METL
◉ What are the three kinds of loss?
GUIDE
◉ What are the three types of Leader Development?
Answer: Operational
Institutional
Self-Development
◉ Of the aspects of leader development, which is considered the
most powerful and direct?
Answer: Experience
◉ What is the responsibility of the Commander in Training
Management?
Answer: Commanders are responsible for ensuring their units are
capable of performing their missions. They cannot delegate this
responsibility and are directly responsible, and accountable, for all
aspects of unit training.
◉ Commanders conduct training through the activities of:
Answer: Understanding
Visualizing
, Describing
Directing
Leading
Assessing
◉ (T/F) "Train as you fight" means replicating as closely as possible
real world conditions when conducting training?
Answer: True
◉ What is the METL?
Answer: Mission Essential Task List. A tailored group of mission-
essential tasks.
◉ What is a MET?
Answer: Mission Essential Task. A collective task on which an
organization trains to be proficient in its designed capabilities or
assigned mission.
◉ What is a Battle Task?
Answer: A battle task is a platoon or lower echelon collective task
that is crucial to the successful accomplishment of a CO METL
◉ What are the three kinds of loss?
