NCOA TEST REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS WITH WELL ELABORATED RATIONALES EXPLANATIONS NCOA TEST 1 PREP (NEW!!)

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Thisgdocumentgcontainsgaggreatgdealgofgexpectationsgandgservesgasgagfoundationalgdocumentgforgall

EPMEgcurricula.



ThegstatementgabovegBESTgidentifiesg________.



a.gAirgForcegCoregValues

b.gThegEnlistedgForcegStructure

c.gInstitutionalgCompetenciesgDevelopmentgandgManagementgcorrectganswerCORRECTgANSWER:gC

RATIONALE:

a.gINCORRECT:gAccordinggtogthegAirgForcegRequirementsgsection,gthegcoregvaluesgaregethical

andgmoralgobligationsgofgAirgForcegemployees,gprovidesgthegfoundationgforgprofessionalgcharacter,

andgguidesgAirmen'sgpersonalgandgprofessionalgconduct.gTheregisgnogevidencegofgthe

coregvaluesgingthegstatement.gSeegrationalegforgcorrectgresponsegforgadditionalginformation.

b.gINCORRECT:gAccordinggtogthegAirgForcegRequirementsgsection,gthegpurposegofgthegEnlisted

ForcegStructuregisgtogensuregthatgallgenlistedgAirmengunderstandgwhatgthegAirgForcegexpects

fromgthemgatgeachgrank.gTheregisgnogevidencegofgthegEnlistedgForcegStructuregingthegstatement.

Seegrationalegforgcorrectgresponsegforgadditionalginformation.

c.gCORRECT:gAccordinggtogthegAirgForcegRequirementsgsection,gonegdocument,gAFMAN

36-2647,gInstitutionalgCompetenciesgDevelopmentgandgManagement,gcontainsgaggreatgdeal

ofgexpectationsgingrelationgtogthegInstitutionalgCompetenciesgandgservesgasgagfoundational

documentgforgallgEPMEgcurricula.



TSgtgBrowninggjustgpassedghergfinalgNCOgDLCgsummativegevaluation.gShegdecidesgtogreviewghergtest

resultsgandgthinksgaboutghowgshegisggoinggtogusegthisgtogimprovegherself.gShegalsogthinksgaboutghow

shegcangusegtheginformationgsheglearnedginghergworkgcenter.

,TSgtgBrowning'sgactionsgBESTgillustratesg___________________.

a.glifelongglearning

b.gtesting

c.gtakinggnotesgcorrectganswerCORRECTgANSWER:gA

RATIONALE:

a.gCORRECT:gAccordinggtogthegKeysgtogSuccessfulgLearninggsection,gLifelonggLearninggisgnot

makinggyourgprimarygconcerngagtestgscore,gbutgrathergfocusgongbecominggagmoregeffective

leadergbygdoinggyourgbestgtogcomprehendglessongconceptsgandgprinciples.gWithgthis

ingmind,ganalyzegyourgtestgresultsg(reviewsghergtestgresults)gandgusegtheginformationgto

improveg(thinksgaboutghowgshegisggoinggtogusegthisgtogimprovegherself).gYourgtrueggoal

shouldgbegtogapplygtheginformationgafterggraduationg(Shegalsogthinksgaboutghowgsheguse

theginformationgsheglearnedginghergworkgcenter).gGraduationgshouldgnotgmarkgthegendgof

yourglearning,gbutgrathergthegcontinuationgofgyourgexperiencegasgagleader,gmanager,gand

NCO.

b.gINCORRECT:gTSgtgBrowningghasgalreadygpassedghergfinalgNCOgDLCgsummativegevaluation.

TheregisgnogevidencegingthegscenariogthatgTSgtgBrowninggisgpreparinggforgagtestgwhich

accordinggtogthegKeysgtogSuccessfulgLearninggsection,gincludesgbeinggsystematicgingyour

studying,gcheckinggnotesgforgaccuracy,gbuildinggagrealisticgschedule,getc.gSeegrationalegfor

correctgresponsegforgadditionalginformation.

c.gINCORRECT:gTheregisgnogevidencegingthegscenariogthatgTSgtgBrowninggisgtakinggnotesgwhich

accordinggtogthegKeysgtogSuccessfulgLearninggsection,gitgisgparamountgthatgyougdevelopgagsolid

methodgforgtakinggnotesgasgyougreadgthroughgthegchapters.gMethodsginclude:gbegprepared

togtakegnotes,glookgatgthegoverview/outlinegincludinggmaingideas,gwatchgforgtransitions-identify

topicgsentences,getc.gSeegrationalegforgcorrectgresponsegforgadditionalginformation.



WhilegpreparinggforghisgfirstgNCOgDLCgsummativegevaluationgTSgtgHendersongsetgupghisggoalsgingorder

ofgimportance.gWhengitgwasgtimegtogstudy,ghegdidn'tgputgitgoffgtogaglatergtimegorgday.gThroughoutghis

preparationghegmaintainedghisgdrivegtogpassgthegevaluation.gAftergtesting,ghegwasginformedgthatghe

passedgwithgag90%.

,ThegscenariogabovegBESTgillustratesg_________________gandgtheirgimpactgongNCOgeffectiveness.

a.gbenefitsgofgtimegmanagement

b.gself-discipline

c.gstudyinggcorrectganswerCORRECTgANSWER:gA

RATIONALE:

a.gCORRECT:gAccordinggtogthegTimegManagementgsection,gthegbenefitsgofgtimegmanagement

helpsgtogmaintaingmotivationg(maintainedghisgdrive)gwhilegavoidinggprocrastination

(hegdidn'tgputgitgoffgtogaglatergtimegorgday).gThegsecretgtogsuccessfulgtimegmanagementgis

acknowledging,gsettinggup,gandgprioritizingggoalsg(setgupghisggoalsgingordergofgimportance)

thatgwork.gThroughgthegusegofgtimegmanagementgTSgtgHendersongreceivedgag90%gongthe

evaluation.

b.gINCORRECT:gAlthoughgTSgtgHendersongappearsgtogbegmotivatedgingthegscenario,gtheregis

nogadditionalgevidencegofgself-discipline.gAccordinggtogthegTimegManagementgsection,gto

completegthisgdistanceglearninggcoursegsuccessfullygandgwithingthegtimegconstraints,gyou'll

needgtogdrawgupongyourgpowergofgself-discipline.gThegindependencegyoughavegwithgdistance

learninggmeansgtheregaregnogface-to-facegmeetingsgwithganginstructorgorgfellowgclassmates

andgtherefore,gnogconstantgremindersgofgassignmentsgorgdeadlines.gSeegrationalegforgcorrect

responsegforgadditionalginformation.

c.gINCORRECT:gTSgtgHendersongisgpreparinggforghisgsummativegevaluationgandgknowsgwhengitgis

timegtogstudy;ghowever,gtheregisgnogadditionalgevidencegofgTSgtgHendersongstudying.

AccordinggtogthegKeysgtogSuccessfulgLeaninggsection,geffectivegreadinggandgnotegtakinggare

keys,gbutgtoglearngeffectively,gyougwillghavegtogstudygyourgreadinggassignmentsgandgnotes.

Yourgreadinggassignmentsgaregdesignedgtoggivegyougknowledge-levelgbackgroundgmaterialgon

thegcoursegsubjects.gThegreadinggassignmentgisgagbuildinggblock.gThegprogressgchecks,gself-reflection/

learninggopportunities,gscenarios,gandgcasegstudyganalysisgwillgexpandgabovegand

beyondgthegreadinggassignment.gSeegrationalegforgcorrectgresponsegforgadditional

information.



Whilegpreparinggtogpromotiongtest,gTSgtgMillergputsgthegmaterialgintoghisgowngwords.gHegthinks

, aboutgthegbestgwaygforghimgtogunderstandgandgretaingtheginformation.

ThegscenariogabovegBESTgidentifiesg_________________.

a.ginterpretation

b.gtranslation

c.gknowledgegcorrectganswerCORRECTgRESPONSE:gB

RATIONALE:

a.gINCORRECT:gTheregisgnogevidencegofginterpretationgingthegscenario.gAccordinggtogthegLevels

ofgLearninggsection,ginterpretationgisgfocusedgongre-ordering,grearranging,gorgformulatingga

newgviewgofgthegmaterialgandgseeinggrelationshipsgbetweengvariousgaspectsgofgthegmaterial.

Seegrationalegforgcorrectgresponsegforgadditionalginformation.

b.gCORRECT:gAccordinggtogthegLevelsgofgLearninggSection,gtranslationgisgfocusedgongrestatinggor

paraphrasinggthegconcept,gprinciple,ggeneralization,gorgtheorygintogyourgowngwordsg(putsgthe

materialgintoghisgowngwords).gThisgmeansgyougmustgbegablegtogthinkgpastgthegexactgwaygyou

seegthegmaterialgingthegreadinggandgstartgtogformulategitgintogthegbestgwaygforgyougtogunderstand

itgandgstoregitgintogyourgmemoryg(thinksgaboutgthegbestgwaygforghimgtogunderstandgand

retaingtheginformation).

c.gINCORRECT:gThegscenariogisgreferinggtogagsub-levelgofgthegcomprehensionglevelgofglearning.

KnowledgegisgthegfirstglevelgwhichgaccordinggtogthegLevelsgofgLearninggsectiongrequiresgyougto

keep,gremember,grecall,glabel,grecognize,gandgrepeatginformationgyou'vegeithergheardgorgread.

Seegrationalegforgcorrectgresponsegforgadditionalginformation.



Oncegyougknowgwhatgthegconceptgis,gyoughavegtogfiguregoutgwhethergthegbehaviorgwasgrightgor

wrong.

ThegstatementgabovegBESTgidentifiesgtheg________gstepgofgthegEPMEgStructuredgThinkinggProcess.

a.gdifferentiate

b.gdetermine

c.gidentifygcorrectganswerCORRECTgANSWER:gA

RATIONALE:

a.gCORRECT:gAccordinggtogthegIntroductiongtogthegIDDPgStructuredgThinkinggProcess,gdifferentiating