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When pursuing the goal of becoming a leader, which of the following are the three steps a cadet should take? ✔✔Take responsibility for one's self,
Invest fully in the ethic of teamwork,
Learn how to communicate with other leaders
If you have taken ownership of the goals you have set, the decisions you've made, how you use your time and search for a role model to emulate you have shown ✔✔good self-management skills
What is the definition of a goal? ✔✔A dream with a deadline
In CAP, what do these action of a visionary leader describe? A dream with a deadline.
A clear and compelling description of what you want your life to look like at some point in the future.
A point you hope to reach at the end.
An explanation of how you will accomplish your goal.
All the actions you will take to achieve your goal ✔✔a "future picture?"
In the goal setting process, the best way to set goals is to ✔✔work back from the future.
Goals help you focus _______ ________ ________ on activities that propel you forward. ✔✔time, energy, talent
What three things do goals give you ✔✔a sense of mission, a rudder, meaningful purpose.
Ethical decision-making is based on ✔✔facts.
The goal of the brainstorming process is to build ✔✔a possible list of solutions
People who have a stake in the solution to a problem are called ✔✔stakeholders
By not responding to an incident of cheating in the first place, you've created another problem for yourself as people think you're a cheater, too. This is the ✔✔"ethical trap."
Fear of failure, uncertainty about what task to complete, facing unpleasant tasks, not knowing where to begin, a desire to work on tasks that are "more fun" are all thoughts and behaviors that lead to ✔✔procrastination
Thinking about how you will feel once you finished an unpleasant task, breaking down an enormous project in two parts that are manageable, knowing for certain what task to complete first are all thoughts and behaviors that ✔✔beat procrastination
Which tool would be best for keeping track of the appointments, deadlines and task completion. ✔✔Keep a calendar
Which tool would be best for enabling situational awareness for being on time? ✔✔Wear a watch
Which tool would be best for collecting ideas, recording assignments, making an outline of instructions? ✔✔Keep a notepad
Which tool would helps leaders to focus on tasks that are most important while setting aside tasks that are nice to do but are less pressing? ✔✔Create "do lists"
Which tool would helps leaders to know how time is spent so it can be managed better? ✔✔Make a time inventory
What label do efficiency experts give to prioritizing tasks based on categories ✔✔" Do Lists"
Stress is the body's response to ✔✔change
In times of danger, stress causes the body to produce this hormone. ✔✔Adrenaline
In a time of danger, stress gets your adrenaline going so you can move quickly to ✔✔dodge the harmful threat.
Having a little stress in your life can help you achieve more because it ✔✔energizes and pumps you up
As a leader, you need to manage and control ✔✔stress in your life.
By being so committed to working together, team members often look to one another - not just to their boss -. ✔✔for leadership
Effective team members possess a self-discipline that makes them. ✔✔dependable
Having the ability to follow directions indicates that you have which trait of a team member? ✔✔Self-discipline
This trait of a team player requires a commitment strong enough to hold the person to the team in good times and bad. ✔✔Loyalty
Being positive because you choose to is which trait of a team player? ✔✔Enthusiasm
This trait of a team player involves directing and controlling your own actions in a manner that makes you dependable. ✔✔Self-discipline
Being free from pride and arrogance means that you are ✔✔humble
Which of the following traits indicate that you are ready for a mentor relationship? ✔✔Being humble, being ambitious, being eager
A mentor helps you learn something that you would have learned ✔✔less well, more slowly, or not at all if left alone
A mentor does not formally grade you or tell you what to do, but will offer feedback so you can ✔✔improve your leadership skills
Mentors push you and stretch ✔✔your capabilities
Mentors teach and ✔✔provide feedback
What is the most misunderstood communication skill? ✔✔Listing
Listening is an important, but under-appreciated ✔✔art
When listening, we often hear what we expect to hear rather than ✔✔what the other person has said
In a world that is hyper-saturated with media, deep, genuine listening is impossible when the mind is ✔✔focusing on something other than the speakers message
Allowing long-held beliefs to tune out the speaker indicates that. ✔✔the listener is prejudiced
When speakers challenge us with ideas that are different than our beliefs, our prejudice might make us want to ✔✔tune out the speaker.
How much of their day do leaders spend time communicating? ✔✔70 percent
When seeking clarification from a speaker about his or her message which type question would be used to clarify basic knowledge? ✔✔Questions that ask "What"
When seeking clarification from a speaker about his or her message which type question would be used to understand the subject at a deeper level? ✔✔Questions that ask "Why"
When seeking clarification from a speaker about his or her message which type question would be used to explore one topic's relationship to another? ✔✔Questions that ask "How"
When asking questions to get clarification from a speaker about his or her message, what does this question seek to explore? What is the wingspan of the F-35? to clarify basic knowledge ✔✔basic data or facts
When asking question to get clarification from a speaker about his or her message, what does this question seek to explore? ✔✔Replace this phrase with a word or phase to the right
What is the definition of active listening? ✔✔to understand the subject at a deeper level?
When asking question to get clarification from a speaker about his or her message, what does this question seek to explore?
In what year did Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence? ✔✔to clarify basic knowledge
When asking question to get clarification from a speaker about his or her message, what does this question seek to explore?
Why is listening different from hearing? ✔✔to understand the subject at a deeper level?
When asking question to get clarification from a speaker about his or her message, what does this question seek to explore?
Why did Jefferson say certain rights are inalienable? ✔✔to understand the subject at a deeper level?
When asking question to get clarification from a speaker about his or her message, what does a knowledge question seek to explore? ✔✔Seeking basic facts and data that are stepping stones to higher levels of understanding
In the critical reading method referred to as SQ3R, what is the purpose of the survey step? ✔✔Gathering as much information as you can
In the critical reading method referred to as SQ3R, what is the purpose of the question step? ✔✔Decipher the author's emphasis and direction
In the critical reading method referred to as SQ3R, what is the purpose of annotating critical or explanatory notes in the margin? ✔✔Create and active relationship with the text.
In the critical reading method referred to as SQ3R, what is the purpose of the recall step? ✔✔Ensure that you truly understood what you read
In the critical reading method referred to as SQ3R, what is the purpose of the review step? ✔✔Keeping the material fresh in your mind
