MASSACHUSETTS ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
PRACTICE PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● What is Risk management?. Answer: The process to identify, assess,
and control risks and make decisions that balance risk cost with mission
benefits
●● What are the 2 types of risk?. Answer: 1. Tactical
2. Accident
●● What is an Accident hazard?. Answer: Any operational risk outside
of Tactical risk. (I.E. Environmental)
●● What is a Tactical hazard?. Answer: Hazards that exist due to the
presence of the enemy.
●● What is a hazard?. Answer: condition with the potential to cause
injury, illness, or death of personnel; damage to or loss of equipment or
property; or mission degradation.
●● What are the 4 Risk levels?. Answer: (1) Low
(2) Medium
,(3) High
(4) Extremely High
●● What are the 5 Probability levels?. Answer: (1) Unlikely
(2) Seldom
(3) Occasional
(4) Likely
(5) Frequent
●● What are the 4 levels of Severity?. Answer: (1) Negligible
(2) Moderate
(3) Critical
(4) Catastrophic
●● Army leader responsibilities for Risk Management are to:. Answer:
(1) Enforce mission essential tasks are preformed to standard. Adopt an
incremental approach in planning and executing training.
(2) Ensure all personnel are trained and competent in the integration of
Risk Management.
(3) Implement and maintain the controls selected by the commander and
assess their effectiveness.
,(4) Apply and promote Risk Management integration into all activities
of the operations process.
●● What are the 8 steps of Troop Leading Procedures?. Answer: (1)
Receive the mission
(2) Issue a warning Order
(3) Make a tentative plan
(4) Initiate movement
(5) Conduct reconnaissance
(6) Complete the plan
(7) Issue the order
(8) Supervise and refine the plan.
●● What is Commander's intent?. Answer: Clear and concise plan to
accomplish the Commander's desired end state for the mission.
●● What is Code of conduct?. Answer: A moral compass established to
assist military personnel in combat or captivity as a prisoner of war to
live up to the ideals in the DOD policy.
●● When was the Code of Conduct established?. Answer: By President
Eisenhower on 17 August, 1955
, ●● What is the oldest part of the army?. Answer: The national Guard.
●● When was the National Guard established?. Answer: In 1636 with
the Massachusetts Bay Colony's militia.
●● When did the Army begin?. Answer: June 14, 1775
●● Who was the 1st Commander in Chief of the Army?. Answer:
General George Washington
●● When was the declaration of independence signed?. Answer: July 4,
1776
●● Who gave the Army its first real training and when?. Answer:
Friedrich Von Steuben in 1778 at Valley Forge.
●● Prior to the Constitution, what document governed the country?.
Answer: The Articles of Confederation
●● Who was the author of The Army Regulations of 1821?. Answer:
General Winfield Scott
PRACTICE PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● What is Risk management?. Answer: The process to identify, assess,
and control risks and make decisions that balance risk cost with mission
benefits
●● What are the 2 types of risk?. Answer: 1. Tactical
2. Accident
●● What is an Accident hazard?. Answer: Any operational risk outside
of Tactical risk. (I.E. Environmental)
●● What is a Tactical hazard?. Answer: Hazards that exist due to the
presence of the enemy.
●● What is a hazard?. Answer: condition with the potential to cause
injury, illness, or death of personnel; damage to or loss of equipment or
property; or mission degradation.
●● What are the 4 Risk levels?. Answer: (1) Low
(2) Medium
,(3) High
(4) Extremely High
●● What are the 5 Probability levels?. Answer: (1) Unlikely
(2) Seldom
(3) Occasional
(4) Likely
(5) Frequent
●● What are the 4 levels of Severity?. Answer: (1) Negligible
(2) Moderate
(3) Critical
(4) Catastrophic
●● Army leader responsibilities for Risk Management are to:. Answer:
(1) Enforce mission essential tasks are preformed to standard. Adopt an
incremental approach in planning and executing training.
(2) Ensure all personnel are trained and competent in the integration of
Risk Management.
(3) Implement and maintain the controls selected by the commander and
assess their effectiveness.
,(4) Apply and promote Risk Management integration into all activities
of the operations process.
●● What are the 8 steps of Troop Leading Procedures?. Answer: (1)
Receive the mission
(2) Issue a warning Order
(3) Make a tentative plan
(4) Initiate movement
(5) Conduct reconnaissance
(6) Complete the plan
(7) Issue the order
(8) Supervise and refine the plan.
●● What is Commander's intent?. Answer: Clear and concise plan to
accomplish the Commander's desired end state for the mission.
●● What is Code of conduct?. Answer: A moral compass established to
assist military personnel in combat or captivity as a prisoner of war to
live up to the ideals in the DOD policy.
●● When was the Code of Conduct established?. Answer: By President
Eisenhower on 17 August, 1955
, ●● What is the oldest part of the army?. Answer: The national Guard.
●● When was the National Guard established?. Answer: In 1636 with
the Massachusetts Bay Colony's militia.
●● When did the Army begin?. Answer: June 14, 1775
●● Who was the 1st Commander in Chief of the Army?. Answer:
General George Washington
●● When was the declaration of independence signed?. Answer: July 4,
1776
●● Who gave the Army its first real training and when?. Answer:
Friedrich Von Steuben in 1778 at Valley Forge.
●● Prior to the Constitution, what document governed the country?.
Answer: The Articles of Confederation
●● Who was the author of The Army Regulations of 1821?. Answer:
General Winfield Scott
