Staff Sergeant Promotion Board Exam Questions with Correct Answers
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Staff Sergeant Promotion Board Exam Questions with Correct Answers
Define base element. - Answer-The element of which a movement is planned
When marching troops at Close Interval, what is the command given to get the unit back to Normal Interval? - Answer-"Extend, March"
What are the three m...
Staff Sergeant Promotion Board Exam
Questions with Correct Answers
Define base element. - Answer-The element of which a movement is planned
When marching troops at Close Interval, what is the command given to get the unit back
to Normal Interval? - Answer-"Extend, March"
What are the three methods used to teach drill? - Answer-Talk through the methods
By the number
Step by step
What is the proper sleeve length of uniform coats and jackets for both male and female
personnel? - Answer-One inch below the bottom of the wrist bone
What type of jewelry may be worn around the neck while uniform? - Answer-Only a
purely religious medal on a chain, provided neither the medal nor chain is exposed. Dog
tags (I.D. or medical warning tags) are also authorized.
When are you authorized to wear headgear indoors? - Answer-When under arms (i.e. a
member of a Color guard Team presenting Colors for an official ceremony)
Can awards and decorations of other branches of the service be worn on the uniform? -
Answer-Yes, providing the awards were provided on orders and entered in the official
personnel records.
Define shock. - Answer-The failure of the cardiovascular system to keep adequate
blood flowing to the vital organs of the body
What are the signs of a broken bone? - Answer-Tenderness over the injury
Unnatural shape or deformity
Swelling and discoloration
Bone that is visibly breaking the skin
What type of adverse heat injuries that may occur in extreme heat? - Answer-Heat
Cramps
Heat Exhaustion
Heat Stroke
What adverse cold weather injuries that may occur in extreme cold? - Answer-Trench
foot/Immersion foot
Frost bite
, Snow blindness
Hypothermia
Name the difference in the symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. - Answer-
Heat exhaustion: Profuse sweating, nausea, dizziness, weakness.
Heat stroke: No sweating, high body temperature, unconsciousness in some
cases.
Who can remove a tourniquet? - Answer-Only competent medical personnel
A six-digit gird coordinate will indicate a point on the map accurate to within how many
meters? - Answer-100 meters
How is the elevation on the top of an unmarked hill determined? - Answer-Add one-half
of the Contour Interval to the last (highest) contour line around the hill.
What are the three minor terrain features? - Answer-Draw
Spur
Cliff
What are the three Norths on a topographical map? - Answer-Magnetic North: The
direction in which the compass points (Illustrated by a half arrow on a map).
Grid North: The direction of the North/South grid lines (Illustrated by GN on a map).
True North:The direction of the North Pole (Illustrated by a star on a map).
What are the types of maps? - Answer-Planometrical maps (city or state road maps).
Topographical maps
Geographical maps
What is the definition of a citizen? - Answer-A person who is born in a country or
chooses to become a member of a country by law, and who owes allegiance to, and is
granted privileges by its government.
Describe the policy regarding the wear of rings while in uniform - Answer-No more than
two rings that is conservative in taste
What is the definition of a chain of command? - Answer-A succession of leaders
through which authority and commands passes from leader to subordinates;
communication travels both up and down the chain of command.
What is considered to be the most important of all military courtesies? - Answer-The
salute
What do the colors on the flag symbolize? - Answer-Red: Valor
White: Purity
Blue: Perseverance
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