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USAF Enlisted PDG
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05/17/2009

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For the most effective promotion studies, remember...
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success has more to do with determination and good study skills tah intellect
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What is the foundation of your study skills?
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Reading
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Which techniquie will help prevent vocalizing while reading?
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Think about key words, ideas, or images so you picture what is happening.
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What i sthe "S" stand for in the SQR3 research method?
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Survey
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What do you focus on during the first step of the SQR3 research method?
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The main ideas, as well as identifying sections taht you need to read more carefully.
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During the second step of the SQR3 research reading method, what should you ask yourself first?
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"What do I already know about the topic?"
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In the SQR3 research reading method, you....
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recite important points silently orout loud to improve your concentration during the recall step.
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How can you saty motivated while studying?
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Document your progress
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As a study stategy, you should.....
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create realistic short- and long- range goals with measurable steps.
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Th eMilitary Knowledge Testing Sytem(MKTS) Survey results are
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used by AFOMS to revise and update teh PDG, used by enlisted members as part of their study strategy, and used by AFOMS to develop enlisted promotion tests.
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The MKTS Survey asks selected enlisted members to rate each topic on a ____-point scale, ranging from extemely low need to extremely high need.
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9-point
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The MKTS Survey results...
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Are provided to the PDG managers and the subject matter experts who write promotion tests.
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What can you view at https://www.-r.omsq.af.mil/OA/oaproducts.htm?
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The active duty training extracts for each AF sepcialty code(AFSC) that guide development of Specialty Knowledge Tests(SKTs)
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What is teh best way to manage test anxiety?
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Be prapared
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Which is an effective test taking technique?
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Stop and take a few deep breaths or stretch if needed.
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An effective test taking technique is.....
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Jot down key ideas before you begin.
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Effective studying...
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requires time and patience, is learned by trial and error, and requires you to discover a strategy taht works for you.
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Cpl Edward Ward & Pvt Joseph Barrett learned to inflate & repair balloons @ Ft Wood on Bedloes Island(now called Libert Island) in NY Harbor in_______,beginning the story of today's AF.
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June 1907
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What was the 1st stage in the development of the US military's air arm?
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Aeronautical Division, US Army Signal Corps
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During which years(s) was the US military's air arm called the Army Air service?
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1918-1926
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When did the uS Army 1st use balloon detachments?
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During the Civil War
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Name the freelance civilian who recorded the 1st useful balloon reconnaissance mission fo rthe Army in 1861
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John La Mountain
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In August 1861, Thaddeus Lowe demonstrated that a balloon could effectively...
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direct artillery fire by telegraph.
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Whose balloon, Santiago, was used bythe Signal Corps during the Spanish American War?
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William Ivy Baldwin
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The Wright brothers 1st flew their heavier-than-air craft Kitty Hawk...
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NC 1903
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Where did the War Department send Ward & Barrett, assigned to the Signal Corps' small Aero Division, on July 2 1907?
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Balloon factory in NYC to be schooled in fabric handling, manufacturing buoyant gases and the inflation and control of balloons.
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Th enlisted crews of the Signal Corps' Aero Division never #ed more than a few hundred. In the decade before WWI, what entirely new skills did they learn?
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Keeping flimsy new airplanes flying as mechanicians.
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From the beginning, pilots were....
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mostly officers, with a few enlisted men.
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Who headed the new 3-person strong Aero Division of the US Army Signal Corps in 1907?
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Charles Chandler
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Who became the Army's 1st enlisted pilot?
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PFC Vernon Burge
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In Aug 1908, the Wright bros arrived @ Ft Myers w/ the US Army's 1st plane, Aeroplane No . why was this more than 4 yrs after the Wright Bros 1st successful flight?
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The govt refused to accept that man had flown in a heavier-than-air machine.
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What was the name of the Army's 1st dirigible?
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Dirigible No. 1
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Who died while testing Aeroplane No.1 @ Ft. Myers in Sept 1908, suspending further testing until the summer 1909, when the Signal corps formally accepted the airplane?
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Lt. Thomas E Selfridge
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Who was in charge of Aeroplane No.1 when part of the Aero Division of the US army Signal Corps arrived @ Ft. Sam Houston, TX in 1910?
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Lt. Benjamin D. Foulois
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@ Ft Sam houston, what did Pvt's Glenn Madole & Vernon Burge along w/ civilian mecahnic, build to improve the early fragile aircraft?
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Why was Scott AFB IL named in honor of Cpl Frank Scott?
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1dt enlisted person to die in military aircraft accident (mechanic)
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Name oldest AF squadron, activated on 5 March 1913?
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1st Aero Squadron
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Congress authorized the aviation section of the Signal Corps on 18 July 1914, consisting of how many officers and enlisted men?
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60 officers & 260 enlisted men
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What military rating did Congress create when it authorized the aviation section of the Signal Corps, calling for a 50% pay increase for enlisted men instructed in the art of flying while on flying status?
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Aviation mechanician
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In March 1916, what did President Woodrow Wilson order the 1st Aero Squadron to do?
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Help protect the border w/ Mexico & apprehend the rebel Pancho Villa
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What aircraft did the 1st Aero Sqaudron fly on reconnaissance flights & to deliver mail & dispatches while protecting the border with Mexico in 1916?
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Curtiss JN- "Jennies"
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The fruitless campaign against Pancho Villa (the Punitive Expedition) was recalled after ______months.
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11
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Although the 1st Aero Squadron's performance was admirable, the Punitive Expedition's demonstration of air power was disappointing. However, what valuable aviation lesson(s) was/were learned?
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The realities of aviation under field conditions,need for adequate maintenance, and the need for plenty of backup aircraft to rotate into service.
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Whose efforts helped pass the National defense Act of 3 June 1916,giving the Signal Corps authority to train more enlisted pilots?
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Gen Billy Mitchell
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By America'a entry into WW1, how many nonofficers were pilots?
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No more than a dozen.
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