U2C3L3 Taking Charge: Leadership Responsibilities Quiz

What are the main factors that will determine the morale of your team members and the degree they are willing to work as a team to accomplish your goals?

• Your reputation and planning skills

• Your appearance and intelligence

• Your actions and behavior

• Your age and actions

After your commander congratulated you, she said that she hopes you know the procedures for individual, squad, and platoon drill. She also suggested that you create a plan for developing responsibility and leadership for team leaders. You have just been promoted to which position?

• Squad Leader

• Platoon Sergeant

• Platoon Leader

• First Sergeant

Cadet Meyer was assigned as a squad leader. He knew the squad had some discipline problems before he became squad leader, so he developed a plan before he became squad leader and immediately put it into action.

Of the four steps leaders use to ensure a smooth and successful beginning, which one is he executing as he watches how his new squad reacts?

• Observe/Assess

• Plan

• Implement

• Follow-up/Evaluate

You just got promoted to squad leader for a squad in another platoon. It was a surprise because the previous squad leader got demoted that morning for poor performance. You don't know any of your new squad members.

What's the first thing you should do as you take over the squad?

• Make a plan.

• Observe the squad's performance.

• Find out why the previous squad leader got demoted.

• Evaluate the previous squad leader's plan before you implement yours.

Which of the following statements are responsibilities of a team leader?

• Be thoroughly familiar with individual and squad drill.

• Submit absentee reports to the platoon sergeant or platoon leader.

• Inspect team members during formations and class assemblies to ensure they know what is required of them.

• Organize and maintain an effective Chain of Command.

Which of the following statements is a responsibility of a squad leader?

• Develop responsibility and leadership in team leaders.

• Develop a spirit of teamwork within the platoon.

• Form the platoon when prescribed by the platoon leader.

• None of the choices

Choose the synonym for "implement."

• Cancel

• Fulfill

• Hinder

• Delay

Choose the synonym for "observe."

• Notice

• Ignore

• Disregard

• Overlook

Choose the synonym for "plan."

• Inaction

• Rest

• Idleness

• Proposal