New Mexico Military Institute Drill Meet
Knowledge Questions
CHAIN OF COMMAND:
1. Who is the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces?
Answer: President Barack Obama
2. Who is the Secretary of Defense?
Answer: The Honorable Ashton Carter
3. Who is the Secretary of the Army?
Answer: The Honorable John McHugh
JROTC LET-1 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE:
1. What is the Mission statement of JROTC?
Answer: To motivate young people to be better citizens.
2. When did ROTC become recognized and who?
Answer: 1916 with the National Defense Act.
3. Define Leadership?
Answer: Is the ability to influence others to accomplish a mission in
the matter desired by providing Purpose, Direction, and Motivation.
4. Identify the Army 7 leadership values LDR SHIP?
Answer:
Loyalty,
Duty,
Respect,
Selfless Service,
Honor,
Integrity,
and Personal Courage.
CITIZENSHIP:
1. What are the first 10 Amendments to the U.S Constitution known as?
Answer: the Bill of Rights
2. Which amendment of the U.S Constitution grants the freedoms of
“Speech”, “Religion”, and “Assembly”?
Answer: The 1st Amendment
3. What are the two primary political parties?
Answer: The Republican and Democratic Parties
U.S. FLAG
1. What do the stripes on the U.S. flag represent?
Answer: The 13 Colonies
2. What is the national anthem of the United States?
Answer: The “Star-Spangled Banner”
3. How is the U.S. flag displayed on Memorial Day?
Answer: Half-staff until noon and then raises to full staff.
4. What day is known as Flag Day?
Answer: June 14th
5. How should you dispose of an U.S. flag that is no longer fit for display?
Answer: The U.S. flag should be destroyed in a dignified way,
preferably by burning in private.
Drill:
1. What is the number of the manual you use for drill and ceremonies?
Answer:
Army manual is TC 3-21.5
Air Force manual is AFMAN 36-2203
Navy & USMC manual is NAVMC 2691
2. What is interval?
Answer: The lateral space between the shoulders of members on the
same line.
3. What are the two prescribed formations for a squad/element?
Answer: Line and column
4. What are the two parts of an oral drill command?
Answer: Preparatory command and command of execution
5. What are supplementary commands?
Answer: Oral orders given by a subordinate leader that reinforces and
compliments a Commander’s orders.
HEALTH/FITNESS & FIRST AID:
1. What is the definition of First Aid?
Answer: The immediate care given to an injured or ill individual to
keep him or her alive or stop further damage until qualified medical
treatment can be administered.
2. What is the Heimlich maneuver used for?
Answer: To clear a blocked airway.
3. What is Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) used for?
Answer: To keep blood and oxygen flowing through a victim whose
heart and breathing have stopped.
4. What does CPR stand for?
Answer: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.
5. Blood that is bright red in color and shooting out in spurts is an indication
of what type of bleeding?
Answer: Arterial Bleeding
6. What is likely to happen to a person with a serious injury?
Answer: Go into shock
7. What is the Good Samaritan Law?
Answer: The Good Samaritan Law is designed to protect the rescuer
and encourage people to assist others in distress by granting them
immunity against lawsuits.
8. What are two benefits of exercise?
Answer:
a. Improves heart and lung function
b. Increases muscle strength, flexibility and endurance
c. Improves reaction time
d. Helps the body fight disease
e. Builds self-esteem and self-confidence
f. Reduces depression
g. Increases the ability to relax and sleep
9. What does the “A B C’s” of Life Saving stand for?
Answer: Open the Airway, Assess Breathing, and Assess Circulation
10 . What is the most serious type of heat injury?
Answer: Heat Stroke
11 . What is a stroke?
Answer: The blockage or rupture of a blood vessel in the brain
12 . What is a heart attack?
Answer: The death of part of the heart muscle, due to inadequate
supply of blood and oxygen.
13 . What is the most important action to take when treating a fracture?
Answer: Immobilize the injured bone to prevent further damage.
14 . What are the four ways to stop the bleeding?
Answer:
1. Pressure dressing
2. Elevation
3. Pressure points
4. Tourniquet
15 . Used to treat Bone, Joint, and Muscle Injuries what does the acronym
RICE stand for?
Answer:
1. Rest
2. Ice
3. Compression
4. Elevation
16 . Name the three types of poisonous venoms?
Answer:
1. Neurotoxins
2. Hemotoxins
3. Cardiotoxins