WAPS 2026 Exam Question Set - Practice-Ready Answer Guide

WAPS 2026 Exam Question Set - Practice-Ready Answer Guide 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 propo