JROTC Leadership Technology Exam

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

• Keep the company executive officer apprised of the status of the platoon at all times.

• Organize and maintain an effective chain of command and use it to accomplish tasks; work mainly through the platoon sergeant and squad leaders

• Know all Cadet regulations and ensure that members of the platoon also know and follow them.

• All of the choices

Which of the following statements is a responsibility of a platoon sergeant?

• Conduct inspections of the platoon at formations.

• Keep the company commander apprised of the status of the platoon at all times.

• Assume control of the platoon in the absence of the platoon leader.

• All of the choices

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

• Enforce all orders you receive from superiors without question.

• Develop teamwork so as to instill respect, obedience, and cooperation in the platoon.

• Share with your platoon sergeant complaints you may have about difficult orders.

• Develop a spirit of teamwork within the platoon.

Choose the definition for the word below.

"correction"

• To cancel

• To set right

• To hinder

• To delay

Choose the definition for the word below.

"supervise"

• Training that corrects, molds, or perfects moral character

• To cause to know something, or to know how

• To have the charge and direction of; to oversee

• To gather information for decision making

Leaders at all levels are expected to "Set the example" for their subordinates.

Which part of leadership best demonstrates this behavior?

• Coach

• Counselor

• Role model

• Teacher

Name the four basic movements in marching the platoon.

• Forward marching, columns, flanks, and rear marches

• Changing direction, marching to the flank, forming a file and re-forming, and forming a column of twos and re-forming

• Forming flanks, forming files, and forming a column of twos and re-forming

• Changing direction in quick time, mark time, double time, and halt

T or F: Platoons and squads execute the following drills in the same way: inclining around, marching to the flanks, and changing intervals in lines.

• False

• True

You were marching your platoon to the parade field to participate in a ceremony. When you got there, a display was set up at the entrance and it was only wide enough for two of your four squads to march through.

What command should you give to most efficiently get your platoon through the display and onto the parade field?

• Platoon, HALT. File from the right, MARCH.

• Mark-time, MARCH. Counter-column, MARCH.

• Platoon, HALT. Column of twos from the right, MARCH

• Mark-time, MARCH. Column of twos from the right, MARCH.

For in-ranks inspections, platoons increase the space between squads by giving the command to "Open ranks."

Select the option that best indicates how a platoon executes "Open ranks, MARCH."

• First squad takes 1 step forward; Second squad stays in place; Third squad takes 2 steps backwards; Fourth squad takes 4 steps backwards.

• First squad takes 2 steps forward; Second squad takes 1 step forward; Third squad stays in place; Fourth squad takes 2 steps backwards.

• First squad takes 3 steps forward; Second squad takes 2 steps forward; Third squad takes 1 step forward; Fourth squad stays in place.

• First squad takes 4 steps forward; Second squad takes 3 steps forward; Third squad takes 2 steps forward; Fourth squad takes 1 step forward.