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CAP General Knowledge Questions-1
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11/08/2009

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What are the three overlapping parts to followership?
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The job, the leader-follower relationship, and the responsibility to yourself.
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What is the key to learning the job?
Definition
Communication.
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What is the role of the non-commissioned officer?
Definition
To make the chain of command work.
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How many chains of command are there in the civil air patrol?
Definition
One.
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Who makes up the NCO support channel?
Definition
C/First sergeants, C/Flight sergeants, C/Element leaders.
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What are the three barriers to communication?
Definition
No common core of experience, misuse of abstractions, and confusion between the symbol and the thing being sybolized
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What traits are common to followership and leadership?
Definition
Loyalty, Integrity, and Self-discipline.
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Why does CAP have standards?
Definition
To provide specific guidelines on conduct, performance, and discipline.
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What are the three parts of a job?
Definition
Know what the job is, know how to do the job, do the job.
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What ribbon is associated with the third achievement?
Definition
The Mary Feik ribbon.
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What is the succession of commanding officers through which command is exercised?
Definition
The chain of command.
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Who normally acts as flight commander when the flight commander is absent?
Definition
The flight sergeant.
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What is the greatest barrier to communication?
Definition
No common core of experience.
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Waht are the three facts about the words that influence our language?
Definition
Complexity, change, and differences.
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What are the four tenents of leadership?
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Integrity, Discipline, Dedication, and Sensitivity
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On what date was the first airplane flight in history made?
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December 17, 1903
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Where did the first airplane flight take place?
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Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (Kill Devil Hilll, exact location)
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Which of the Wright brothers was elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans first?
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Orville Wright
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Why are two-valued terms misleading?
Definition
They over-simplify and hide possible alternative meanings.
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What are the two types of Aerospace Education?
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Internal and External
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What two things was the CAP Cadet Program derived from?
Definition
Ground school and military drill
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What is the Order of authority?
Definition
Chain of command
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Simple politeness, civility, respect, and personal recognition of the rights of others are examples of what?
Definition
Courtesy
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What is the difference between grade and rank?
Definition
Grade is a major step in the promotion structure and rank is grade adjusted for time.
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What is the CAP uniform manual?
Definition
CAPM 39-1
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What is the primary purpose of drill in CAP?
Definition
To learn teamwork
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What is the secondary purpose of drill in CAP?
Definition
To learn to follow
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What is the definition of drill in CAP?
Definition
The orderly movement of the flight from place to place or from one location to another.
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Who was CAP's first national commander?
Definition
Major General John Francis Curry, US Army Air Corps
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What is the Air Force Academy Honor Code?
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We will not lie, steal, or cheat, nor tolerate among us anyone who does. Furthermore, I resolve to do my duty and live honorably, so help me God.
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What grade and ribbon are associated with Achievement 4?
Definition
Cadet Tech Sergeant and Rickenbacker
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What does the guide do?
Definition
Sets the direction and cadence of the march.
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What are the ABCDs of leadership?
Definition
Abilities, behavior, characteristics, and dynamics
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The unit is a factor in leadership called what?
Definition
Dynamics
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What are two factors other than the leader that influence the exercise of leadership?
Definition
The unit and the mission
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What is your ultimate goal as a leader or follower?
Definition
Get the job done
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What three skills must you develop in order to accomplish your goals?
Definition
Technical skills, managerial skills, and human relations skills.
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Directing, inspecting, and continuously evaluating first-hand the specific activities of others is the definition of what?
Definition
Supervising
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Placing people so you can use as many of their abilities as possible is called what?
Definition
Homogeneous assignment
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A person's will to work is closely related to what?
Definition
Their skill
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You should avoid what kind of incentives?
Definition
Negative incentives
Term
How should you increase the ability to produce?
Definition
Training
Term
What word is defined as necessary to the mission of the organization?
Definition
Essential
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How many people you can effectively supervise at once is the definition of what?
Definition
Span of control
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How many people you can effectively supervise at once is the definition of what?
Definition
Span of control
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How many people you can effectively supervise at once is the definition of what?
Definition
Span of control
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What is delegation of authority?
Definition
You are holding other people accountable to see the job is done.
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What is hearing?
Definition
Being aware of sound striking our eardrum.
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What are the three basic elements of listening?
Definition
Attending, comprehending, and remembering
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In what two ways should you prepare yourself to listen?
Definition
Mentally and physically
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What are two ways to comprehend?
Definition
Receptive and reflective
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What is the most difficult task of listening?
Definition
Remembering what you heard
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