The following list of board questions are designed to be answered by E-2 Private Second Classes who have recently gotten to their first unit. They are randomly ordered, and cover a wide area of topics. Study these board questions if you are preparing to go to the soldier of the month board, or if you are preparing for your promotion board and want to make sure you have the basics down. These questions will help you understand what types of questions will be asked, and figure out what topics you need to study more.
Army Leadership
Army Leadership
Promotion Board Question
Command is the authority that a commander in the armed forces lawfully exercises over subordinates by virtue of rank or assignment.
SHARP
SHARP
Promotion Board Question
Criminal intentional sexual contact by force, threats, intimidation, abuse of authority, or without consent. Includes offenses like rape and aggravated sexual contact under the UCMJ.
Holistic Health & Fitness
Holistic Health & Fitness
Promotion Board Question
High-intensity activity for a short duration.
Land Nav
Land Nav
Promotion Board Question
The cover, base, and lens.
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Promotion Board Question
Approximately 1 inch.
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Promotion Board Question
Slap, pull, observe, release, tap, squeeze
First Aid
First Aid
Promotion Board Question
Suspected spinal injury.
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Promotion Board Question
Firing tight shot groups and placing those groups in the same location. Required before making accurate zeroing adjustments.
SHARP
SHARP
Promotion Board Question
The DoD Safe Helpline is a DoD resource providing crisis intervention and facilitating victim reporting by connecting callers to the nearest SARC and other resources. Soldiers should be made aware of it through marketing materials and other communications and outreach products and it should be posted on unit bulletin boards and social media sites, installation websites and media, and unit homepages.
Equal Opportunity
Equal Opportunity
Promotion Board Question
By ensuring a fair, respectful, and cohesive environment that enhances unit readiness and performance.
Land Nav
Land Nav
Promotion Board Question
A graphic scale is a ruler printed on the map that is used to convert distances on the map to actual ground distances.
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Promotion Board Question
Approximately 6 inches.
Land Nav
Land Nav
Promotion Board Question
Concentric circles.
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Promotion Board Question
SPORTS
Army Leadership
Army Leadership
Promotion Board Question
Leaders can mitigate resistance by anticipating what others value, their reactions to influence, their shared understanding of common goals, and their commitment to the general organization or the purpose of the mission and their trust in the organization and the leader.
SHARP
SHARP
Promotion Board Question
Quid pro quo and Hostile environment.
Army Leadership
Army Leadership
Promotion Board Question
Shared understanding of their professional identity, reasons why they serve, and ways they serve the American people. Motivation, discipline, striving for excellence, and good morale. A sense of accomplishment: “Duty Well-Performed!” Pride in honorable service defending the American people. Belonging to a cause greater than oneself: love of country, the Army Family, and preserving the peace. Living by the Army ethic.
Holistic Health & Fitness
Holistic Health & Fitness
Promotion Board Question
The functional application of strength and endurance.
Equal Opportunity
Equal Opportunity
Promotion Board Question
Race, Color, Sex (including gender identity), National Origin, Religion, and Sexual Orientation.
Holistic Health & Fitness
Holistic Health & Fitness
Promotion Board Question
Low-intensity activity for a long duration.
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Promotion Board Question
1 60th of a degree. It is used to measure adjustments in aim for the purposes of zeroing.
First Aid
First Aid
Promotion Board Question
Head tilt/chin lift method and Jaw thrust.
First Aid
First Aid
Promotion Board Question
TC 4-02.1
SHARP
SHARP
Promotion Board Question
Yes, at the request of the victim. Once converted, it cannot revert back.
SHARP
SHARP
Promotion Board Question
Prevention and response.
First Aid
First Aid
Promotion Board Question
Casualty collection point.
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Promotion Board Question
Back Up Iron Sights. To be used if the primary optic fails.
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Promotion Board Question
Zeroing is aligning the sight of the weapon with the weapon’s barrel.
Land Nav
Land Nav
Promotion Board Question
Right and Up.
Land Nav
Land Nav
Promotion Board Question
Destroy them, they are classified.
Holistic Health & Fitness
Holistic Health & Fitness
Promotion Board Question
The ability to physically engaged with and destroy the enemy.
Land Nav
Land Nav
Promotion Board Question
Centerfold and Compass-to-Cheek.
Army Leadership
Army Leadership
Promotion Board Question
They can, but these results are often short-term and do not lead to deep and lasting changes in the soldier.
Counseling
Counseling
Promotion Board Question
An IDP helps Soldiers and Army Civilians take control of their professional growth by setting goals, identifying areas for improvement, and planning steps to develop their skills for future leadership.
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Promotion Board Question
500 meters
Counseling
Counseling
Promotion Board Question
1. Open the session 2. Discuss the issues 3. Develop a plan of action 4. Record and close the session.
Counseling
Counseling
Promotion Board Question
Regular developmental counseling.
Army Leadership
Army Leadership
Promotion Board Question
A shared sense of purpose and mission. Pride in the teamwork that makes its members willing to sacrifice for one another. Perseverance through adversity and challenge. A professional organizational climate—upholding the Army ethic. Honoring organizational customs, courtesies, and traditions and legacies. Pride in the organization and its accomplishment. The sense of teamwork that makes its members willing to sacrifice for one another.
Counseling
Counseling
Promotion Board Question
An Individual Development Plan, or IDP.
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Promotion Board Question
Any failure of a weapon to complete its cycle of operation.
Land Nav
Land Nav
Promotion Board Question
U or V shapes pointing downhill.
Holistic Health & Fitness
Holistic Health & Fitness
Promotion Board Question
Agility, coordination, dynamic balance, kinesthesia, pace, perception, and reaction time.
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Promotion Board Question
Live fire exercise
Land Nav
Land Nav
Promotion Board Question
6400
Holistic Health & Fitness
Holistic Health & Fitness
Promotion Board Question
The ability to overcome resistance.
Land Nav
Land Nav
Promotion Board Question
A graphic representation of a portion of the earth’s surface drawn to scale, as seen from above.
First Aid
First Aid
Promotion Board Question
Open chest wounds to prevent air entry.
Equal Opportunity
Equal Opportunity
Promotion Board Question
To prevent, identify, and correct discrimination and harassment.
SHARP
SHARP
Promotion Board Question
Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature that affects work or creates a hostile environment.
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Rifle & Carbine Marksmanship
Promotion Board Question
Slap, rack, reassess. Slap the magazine, rack the charging handle, and refire.