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WorksheetsPA 7-level Mock Comprehensive Vol. 1 [UNIT 2]
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 4hrs 56mins
In reference to public affairs (PA) planning, the document PA creates to address an outcome other than the usual plan describes a/an
Communication plan (COMPLAN).
Operation plan (OPLAN).
Contingency plan.
PA annex.
An Annex F, which assigns public affairs responsibilities and identifies critical tasks, would be co-located with which document?
Operation Plan.
County Emergency response & Recovery Plan.
County Operational Area Emergency Operations Plan.
AFI 35-111, Public Affairs Contingency Operations and Wartime Readiness.
The FIRST considerations in public affairs (PA) planning process are the
public affairs guidance (PAG) and media interest.
commander's intent and desired end state.
situation and media interest.
PAG and commander's interest.
In what type of planning is a plan tailored to meet existing operation public affairs (PA) requirements or a new plan developed based upon available PA resources?
Crisis action.
Deliberate.
Mission.
Future.
What is the purpose of public involvement (PI) in environmental public affairs (PA)?
To care for and clean up the environment.
To protect the environment from future problems.
To inform a specific target audience about the policies, objectives, and laws of environmental PA.
To inform and involve a specific target audience during critical decision-making windows in various Air Force Environmental Safety and Occupational Health (ESOH) programs.
As a critical member of the Environmental Safety and Occupational Health (ESOH) management team, public affairs' (PA) specific roles and responsibilities include all of the following EXCEPT
being the Air Force point of contact for public and media queries.
preparing a comprehensive PA plan that may include public involvement (PI) efforts and supporting traditional products.
safeguarding pertinent information through command channels on environmental issues and community concerns.
keeping command audiences informed through command channels on environmental issues and community concerns.
Public affairs (PA) achieves environmental community relations requirements by
coordinating and conducting emerging environmental issues.
participating on a Restoration Advisory Board and being a member of the Environmental protection Committee or the Environmental Safety and Occupational Health (ESOH) committee.
developing an environmental speakers program, facilitating environmental educational outreach to local schools, and conducting tours focusing on the four pillars of the environmental program.
communicating success stories to external audiences, including the Defense Environmental Restoration Program Annual Report to Congress and the Secretary of the Air Force, Office of PA, and Environmental Programs Branch.
Which is NOT one of public affairs' (PA) four inherent responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)?
Be involved early and often.
Provide guidance and counsel.
Coordinate documents with various organizations.
Resolve PA issues during the post-planning stage.
What is the Environmental Impact Analysis Process (EIAP)?
A document that describes the four pillars of the Air Force environmental program and preserves and enhances the environment.
A federal law requiring agencies to analyze potential environmental impacts of major federal actions and alternatives.
A public document that helps determine the extent of environmental impacts of a project and the decision on whether or not those impacts are significant.
An analysis of the potential environmental impact of proposed actions and alternatives and use of that analysis in making decisions or recommendations on whether or how to proceed with action.
Which option identifies the MOST significant targets for cleanup action and serves as an information and management tool allowing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to decide which sites warrant detailed investigation to determine what response may be needed?
National Priorities List (NPL).
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
Installation restoration Program (IRP).
Environmental Impact Analysis Process (EIAP).
What is every base required to have if there is sufficient community interest in participating in the installation cleanup process?
Community Relations Plan (CRP).
Restoration Advisory Board (RAB).
Installation Restoration Program (IRP).
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ).
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) is a "cradle-to-grave" system of
proactive and dynamic management approaches to preventing pollution.
rules for installations that generate hazardous wastes in the fulfillment of mission requirements.
rules regarding the generation, transportation, treatment, disposal and cleanup of hazardous wastes.
terms, stages, and requirements of corrective actions similar to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), although specific requirements at each stage differ.
What is public affairs' (PA) role to the public regarding the release of information about toxic releases to the environment?
Notify the public of the Toxic release Inventory (TRI) reports and explain the significance of the data.
Release nothing until a request for information is submitted to the PA office.
Place a public notice stating the TRI report is filed at the Information Repository.
Release the TRI report only.
Promoting compatible land use development in high noise and accident potential zones and to promote public health and safety in areas adjacent to military installations is the purpose of the
base civil engineers.
air installation compatible use zone.
federal executive audiology council.
occupational safety and health administration.
To help maintain good media and community relations, public affairs (PA) answers to aircraft noise complaints should be
timely, responsive and factual.
documented, logged and tracked.
referred to other bases or commands immediately.
dismissed when locally assigned aircraft are not involved.
Which sections are the MOST CORRECT examples of sections found in a typical Public Affairs Guidance (PAG)?
Purpose, Public Affairs (PA) Posture, Themes and Messages, and Updates.
Background, PA Posture, Themes and Messages, and Questions and Answers.
Background, Themes and Messages, Media Opportunities, and Questions and Answers.
Purpose, PA Posture, Themes and Messages, and Questions and Answers.
The two types of public affairs (PA) communication planning common for PA activities are
strategic and tactical.
proactive and reactive.
offensive and defensive.
deliberate and crisis action.
In a crisis, public affairs (PA) disseminates what kind of information? Accurate,
timely and contingent.
timely and essential.
reasonable and essential.
reasonable and timely.
Public affairs' (PA) quick and appropriate crisis response actions are important because they
foster public support and trust.
test your readiness and skill level.
help prevent rumors and panic from starting.
maintain public support and ensure media queries are answered.
What do you prevent by proactively preparing your team to perform the crisis communication mission?
Extra work, frustration and potential reputation damage.
A back log of media queries.
The need to use checklists.
24-hour operations.
Reviewing your public affairs (PA) office crisis response plans can help you identify and correct all of the following opportunities for failure EXCEPT
NOT knowing how to reach higher headquarters.
setting up a media operations center (MOC).
securing transportation to an accident scene.
training inexperienced Airmen.
Which public affairs (PA) crash kit is MOST OFTEN used at the scene of an accident?
Crisis Action Team (CAT).
Emergency Operations Center (EOC).
Office.
On-call.
In which publication will you find the checklists that contain every task required by all emergency support functions (ESF) during a base incident?
Installation Emergency Management Plan (IEMP) 10-2.
Base Defense Operations Guide.
Air Force Pamphelt (AFPAM) 10-100.
National Incident Management Systems (NIMS).
As the public affairs (PA) representative working in THIS location during a crisis, you are responsible for writing all the news releases regarding the incident and clearing those releases through the emergency operation center (EOC) director and crisis action team (CAT) director/wing commander.
CAT.
EOC.
PA office.
On-scene.
During a crisis, which action is NOT a responsibility of the emergency operations center/public affairs (EOC/PA) representative?
Communicating with the EOC director.
Communicating with the PAO.
Talking to the on-scene PA.
Talking to news media.
Proper long-range planning refers to an examination of
cycles.
seasons.
current events.
Air Force priorities.
What guidance helps public affairs (PA) offices manage their honorary commanders program appropriately for their wing and their community?
Public Affairs Guidance (PAG).
Air Force Instruction (FI) 35-105.
AFI 34-272.
An operating instruction (OI).
Honorary commander terms of service are limited to
one year.
one to two years.
two to three years.
three years.
What source of money, if any, is MOST APPROPRIATE to use to pay for an honorary commander luncheon?
The honorary commander should pay for his lunch.
Operations Representation Funds (ORF).
Nonappropriated funds.
Appropriated funds.
Because of honorary commanders' position of influence in the community, the Air Force desires that they
get to know Airmen and their families through consistent use of base provisions that would otherwise be unauthorized.
understand the base transition assistance program which helps integrate separating members into the local community.
team with their base counterparts on entrepreneurial initiatives.
positively impact public support for the base.
Based on honorary commander nominee's guidelines, which community member is a GOOD honorary commander candidate?
A president of the local television cable company.
The public relations advisor to a local Congressman.
A local high school principal whose sister is a current honorary commander.
A federal judge.
The project officer for a Department of Defense (DOD) installation's airshow/open house is a senior-ranking Air Force member familiar with
the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the local community.
base operations and mass communication.
aircraft and flight line operations.
project management.
The designated Department of Defense (DOD) airshow/open house public affairs (PA) representative plays a vital communication role directed at
all PA communication tools and venues.
MAJCOM and higher headquarters.
command and external audiences.
airshow participants.
All of the following types of funding provide financing for an airshow/open house EXCEPT
morale welfare and recreation (MWR) funds.
commercial sponsorship.
nonappropriated funds.
appropriated funds.
Why do public affairs (PA) personnel train subject-matter experts (SME) to do a media interview?
Because SMEs need to know what questions will be asked, in advance of the interview.
To ensure the best spokesperson for the interview has been identified.
Because it enables a SME to speak to a reporter about ground rules.
To make an effort in mitigating communication risk.
How can you determine the extent of media training a subject-matter expert (SME) requires?
The reporter's confidence level in writing military stories.
The reporter's attitude about the topic.
The SME's attitude about the topic.
The nature of the story.
What can your subject-matter experts (SME) do during a news media interview to generate credibility and create a good working relationship with the media?
Expect the reporter to ask questions that are outside of his lane of expertise.
Answer all the reporter's questions to include those that are speculative.
Go into the interview with a positive attitude and factual information.
Talk casually with the reporter about various unclassified topic.
The four steps of developing your interview mission plan include defining your audience, defining what you want to achieve during the interview, building sound bites of key information and
defining your communication goal.
communicating the ground rules.
building your message.
knowing the issues.
In a media interview, a response to a question contains which elements?
An answer and a message.
A hook and a message.
A flag and an answer.
A bridge and a hook.
During a media interview, your message may be equally or more important than your answer because it
is a relevant bite of information people will remember.
is easy for you to use if you need to flag a difficult question.
gives you direct control over the material will use in his finished story.
guarantees direct attribution; something consumers of news consider most credible.
During a TV interview, you avoid ALL of the following EXCEPT
expressing the Air Force's interests and what it stands to gain.
using non-verbal gestures to quell your messages.
taking time to compose your response.
restating pessimistic messages.
What may be one of the BEST ways to provide subject matter experts (SME) with direct, instantaneous and useful feedback in preparation for an on-camera interview?
Audio record a practice interview.
Audio record an actual interview.
Video record a practice interview.
Video record an actual interview.
When conducting research before an interview, public affairs (PA) professionals do NOT analyze media products to determine if
a PA escort was at the interview.
facts and/or comments were presented out of context.
key information shared during the interview actually made it to publication.
the media generally covers stories in a positive, negative, or neutral manner.
After a news media interview, public affairs (PA) professionals should focus more effort on
preparing for the next interview.
participating in more interviews.
conducting an after-action review of the interview.
following up with news media about the publication date.
What organization manages the Air Force Public Web (AFPW) program, ensures all websites comply with U.S. law and enhances the content management system?
SAF/PA.
AFPAA.
MAJCOM/FOA/DRU.
Wing.
Approved exceptions to the official Air Force public website domain policy include all of the following except
http://www.af.mil.
http://www.afrotc.com.
http://www.goang.com.
http://www.airforce.com.
Why should content targeting COMMAND Air Force audiences be posted ONLY on the Air Force Portal website?
The information is NOT normally timely and or subject to Associated Press style making it inappropriate for posting to an Air Force Public website.
If information does NOT impact a broader spectrum other than a unit, or is NOT newsworthy, it should NOT be made public.
It contains terminology unique to the unit it is intended to inform.
All information meeting these criteria must be encrypted.
Who must be notified in the event of any public site defacement, website or social media?
Staff Judge Advocate and Air Force Office of Special Investigations.
MAJCOM/PA and Air Force Public Affairs Agency.
Wing commander and MAJCOM/PA.
PAO and wing commander.
