TSGT PDG EXAM TEST PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔---------------continuously strive to develop as technicians, supervisors, leaders, and
mentors through professional development opportunities, including professional military
education. - ✔✔Technical Sergeant.
✔✔-----------------tier consists of the ranks: Master Sergeant, Senior Master Sergeant,
and Chief Master Sergeant. - ✔✔Senior Noncommissioned Officer Tier
✔✔--------------are technical experts, transitioning from first-line supervisors to leaders of
operational competence. - ✔✔Master Sergeants
✔✔This rank carries increased responsibilities for leadership, managerial, and team
building - ✔✔Master Sergeants
✔✔------------are experienced, operational leaders, skilled at merging team talents, skills,
and resources with other organizations. - ✔✔Senior Master Sergeant.
✔✔-------possess substantial operational and occupational experience and hold
strategic leadership positions with tremendous influence - ✔✔Chief Master Sergeant.
✔✔They are charged with mentoring and developing junior enlisted personnel and
influencing the professional development of company grade officers - ✔✔Chief Master
Sergeant.
✔✔The Air Force on-the-job training (---) provides personnel the opportunity to attain
knowledge and skill qualifications required to perform duties in their specialty. - ✔✔OJT
✔✔-----------,---------------,-------, and experience are integral parts of a unit's mission that
will ultimately lead to a successful career and contribute to a solid national defense. -
✔✔Effective training, knowledge, proficiency
✔✔An effective OJT program requires commander and supervisory involvement at ---
levels. - ✔✔all
✔✔While the -----------'s primary responsibility is to plan OJT that outlines specific short
term, mission-related goals for the trainee, overall success depends on the supervisor's
ability to advise and actively assist Airmen in reaching their long-range career
objectives. - ✔✔supervisor
✔✔The Air Force OJT program consists of three components: - ✔✔job knowledge, job
proficiency, and job experience.
,✔✔-------- is satisfied through a planned program of study involving Career
Development Courses (CDC) or technical references listed in the Career Field
Education and Training Plan (CFETP) or identified by the supervisor. - ✔✔Job
knowledge
✔✔----------- is hands-on training provided on the job, allowing the trainee to gain
proficiency in tasks performed in the work center. - ✔✔Job proficiency
✔✔----------- is gained during and after upgrade training to build confidence and
competence. - ✔✔Job experience
✔✔Airmen must complete an initial skills course for award of the --skill level. - ✔✔3
✔✔Award of the --skill level also requires completion of all mandatory requirements
listed in the Air Force Enlisted Classification Directory (AFECD). - ✔✔5
✔✔Award of the --skill level also requires completion of a --skill level craftsman course
(if career field requires it) and mandatory requirements listed in the AFECD - ✔✔7
✔✔For award of the --skill level, the member must be at least a Senior Master
Sergeant, meet mandatory requirements listed in the AFECD, be recommended by the
supervisor, and be approved by the commander. - ✔✔9
✔✔The unit training program is designed to ensure all Airmen receive: - ✔✔quality,
standardized, comprehensive training
✔✔The ----- is the focal point of the training program, while at the forefront, unit training
managers and supervisors work together to plan, conduct, and evaluate the trainees'
efforts to become qualified to perform in their Air Force specialty. - ✔✔trainee
✔✔The ----and --- of training greatly depends on the trainee's active participation and
understanding of the training program, as well as the relationship between the
supervisor, trainer, and trainee - ✔✔success and quality
✔✔Basic requirements of the unit training program state that newly assigned personnel
will be interviewed within 30 days (-- days for Air Reserve Component) to determine
training status and issue CDCs upon confirmation within the Course Development
Student Administration Record System. - ✔✔60
✔✔Work center training orientation will be conducted within -- days of assignment (120
days for Air Reserve Component); a comprehensive trainee orientation will be
conducted for trainees initially entering upgrade training within 60 days of assignment
,(90 days for Air Reserve Component); and a training progress review will be conducted
with the unit training manager, supervisor, and trainee at the 24th month of upgrade
training. - ✔✔60
✔✔------------ are the commander's key staff members responsible for overall
management of the training program. - ✔✔Unit training managers
✔✔--------------develop, manage, and conduct training in support of in-garrison and
expeditionary mission requirements; advise and assist commanders and unit personnel
in executing their training responsibilities; and conduct a staff assistance visit of the
unit's training program when requested by the unit commander. - ✔✔Training managers
✔✔In addition to unit training managers, ----------- have the single greatest impact on
mission accomplishment with regard to training. They must share their experiences and
expertise with trainees to meet mission requirements and ensure a quality training
program is provided. - ✔✔supervisors
✔✔The ------ (often the trainee's supervisor) is selected based on their experience and
their ability to provide instruction to the trainee - ✔✔trainer
✔✔------- responsibilities include planning, conducting, and documenting training;
preparing and using teaching outlines or task breakdowns; developing evaluation tools;
and briefing the trainee and supervisor on the training evaluation results. - ✔✔Trainer
✔✔--------------------- provide third-party certification and evaluation of progress in the
training program. - ✔✔Task certifiers
✔✔---- must be at least a Staff Sergeant with a 5-skill level or civilian equivalent,
complete the Air Force training course, and be capable of evaluating the task being
certified - ✔✔Certifiers
✔✔The -------, Individual Training Record, six-part folder (when required by the career
field manager), or approved electronic equivalent, is generated for all trainees entering
upgrade training for the first time. - ✔✔AF Form 623
✔✔----- maintain the training record, and ensure it is available to applicable personnel in
the chain of command, including the unit training manager, upon request. -
✔✔Supervisors
✔✔Use AF Form ----, On-the-Job Training Record Continuation Sheet, or automated
version, to document an individual's training progress. The form reflects status,
counseling, and breaks in training - ✔✔623A
, ✔✔The ----- is a comprehensive core document identifying life-cycle education and
training requirements, training support resources, core and home station training, and
deployment/unit type code task requirements for Air Force specialties. - ✔✔CFETP
✔✔CFETP Part --provides information necessary for overall management of the
specialty and is maintained as part of the work center master training plan. - ✔✔I
✔✔CFETP Part -- contains the specialty training standard identifying the duties, tasks,
and technical references to support training, core and home station training tasks,
deployment/unit type code tasks, and CDC requirements. - ✔✔II
✔✔The ----= is a training document approved by the career field manager for a
particular job type or duty position within an Air Force specialty. - ✔✔AFJQS
✔✔AF Form ---, Job Qualification Standard Continuation/Command JQS, is a
continuation of the CFETP Part II, or AFJQS. This form defines locally assigned duty
position, home station training, and deployment/unit type code requirements not
included in the CFETP, Part II. - ✔✔797
✔✔Evaluators use the AF Form ---,
Report of Task Evaluations, to conduct and document completion of task evaluations
during training staff assistance visits, when directed by the commander, or when task
certification requires validation. - ✔✔803
✔✔Supervisors use the AF Form ----, Special Task Certification and Recurring Training,
to document selected tasks requiring recurring training or evaluation. - ✔✔1098
✔✔--- work centers will have a master training plan established. - ✔✔All
✔✔The ------------- provides milestones for tasks and CDC completion, and prioritizes
deployment/unit type code, home station training, upgrade, and qualification tasks. -
✔✔master training plan
✔✔The ---- program is designed to balance the number of personnel in specific grades
and year groups of an Air Force specialty - ✔✔retraining
✔✔The ----- (LEAP), designed and managed by the Air Force Culture and Language
Center at Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, provides opportunities for
officers and enlisted Airmen in the general purpose force (GPF) who have outstanding
service records and possess some level of skill in a foreign language, as measured by
the Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT) or Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI). -
✔✔Language Enabled Airman Program
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔---------------continuously strive to develop as technicians, supervisors, leaders, and
mentors through professional development opportunities, including professional military
education. - ✔✔Technical Sergeant.
✔✔-----------------tier consists of the ranks: Master Sergeant, Senior Master Sergeant,
and Chief Master Sergeant. - ✔✔Senior Noncommissioned Officer Tier
✔✔--------------are technical experts, transitioning from first-line supervisors to leaders of
operational competence. - ✔✔Master Sergeants
✔✔This rank carries increased responsibilities for leadership, managerial, and team
building - ✔✔Master Sergeants
✔✔------------are experienced, operational leaders, skilled at merging team talents, skills,
and resources with other organizations. - ✔✔Senior Master Sergeant.
✔✔-------possess substantial operational and occupational experience and hold
strategic leadership positions with tremendous influence - ✔✔Chief Master Sergeant.
✔✔They are charged with mentoring and developing junior enlisted personnel and
influencing the professional development of company grade officers - ✔✔Chief Master
Sergeant.
✔✔The Air Force on-the-job training (---) provides personnel the opportunity to attain
knowledge and skill qualifications required to perform duties in their specialty. - ✔✔OJT
✔✔-----------,---------------,-------, and experience are integral parts of a unit's mission that
will ultimately lead to a successful career and contribute to a solid national defense. -
✔✔Effective training, knowledge, proficiency
✔✔An effective OJT program requires commander and supervisory involvement at ---
levels. - ✔✔all
✔✔While the -----------'s primary responsibility is to plan OJT that outlines specific short
term, mission-related goals for the trainee, overall success depends on the supervisor's
ability to advise and actively assist Airmen in reaching their long-range career
objectives. - ✔✔supervisor
✔✔The Air Force OJT program consists of three components: - ✔✔job knowledge, job
proficiency, and job experience.
,✔✔-------- is satisfied through a planned program of study involving Career
Development Courses (CDC) or technical references listed in the Career Field
Education and Training Plan (CFETP) or identified by the supervisor. - ✔✔Job
knowledge
✔✔----------- is hands-on training provided on the job, allowing the trainee to gain
proficiency in tasks performed in the work center. - ✔✔Job proficiency
✔✔----------- is gained during and after upgrade training to build confidence and
competence. - ✔✔Job experience
✔✔Airmen must complete an initial skills course for award of the --skill level. - ✔✔3
✔✔Award of the --skill level also requires completion of all mandatory requirements
listed in the Air Force Enlisted Classification Directory (AFECD). - ✔✔5
✔✔Award of the --skill level also requires completion of a --skill level craftsman course
(if career field requires it) and mandatory requirements listed in the AFECD - ✔✔7
✔✔For award of the --skill level, the member must be at least a Senior Master
Sergeant, meet mandatory requirements listed in the AFECD, be recommended by the
supervisor, and be approved by the commander. - ✔✔9
✔✔The unit training program is designed to ensure all Airmen receive: - ✔✔quality,
standardized, comprehensive training
✔✔The ----- is the focal point of the training program, while at the forefront, unit training
managers and supervisors work together to plan, conduct, and evaluate the trainees'
efforts to become qualified to perform in their Air Force specialty. - ✔✔trainee
✔✔The ----and --- of training greatly depends on the trainee's active participation and
understanding of the training program, as well as the relationship between the
supervisor, trainer, and trainee - ✔✔success and quality
✔✔Basic requirements of the unit training program state that newly assigned personnel
will be interviewed within 30 days (-- days for Air Reserve Component) to determine
training status and issue CDCs upon confirmation within the Course Development
Student Administration Record System. - ✔✔60
✔✔Work center training orientation will be conducted within -- days of assignment (120
days for Air Reserve Component); a comprehensive trainee orientation will be
conducted for trainees initially entering upgrade training within 60 days of assignment
,(90 days for Air Reserve Component); and a training progress review will be conducted
with the unit training manager, supervisor, and trainee at the 24th month of upgrade
training. - ✔✔60
✔✔------------ are the commander's key staff members responsible for overall
management of the training program. - ✔✔Unit training managers
✔✔--------------develop, manage, and conduct training in support of in-garrison and
expeditionary mission requirements; advise and assist commanders and unit personnel
in executing their training responsibilities; and conduct a staff assistance visit of the
unit's training program when requested by the unit commander. - ✔✔Training managers
✔✔In addition to unit training managers, ----------- have the single greatest impact on
mission accomplishment with regard to training. They must share their experiences and
expertise with trainees to meet mission requirements and ensure a quality training
program is provided. - ✔✔supervisors
✔✔The ------ (often the trainee's supervisor) is selected based on their experience and
their ability to provide instruction to the trainee - ✔✔trainer
✔✔------- responsibilities include planning, conducting, and documenting training;
preparing and using teaching outlines or task breakdowns; developing evaluation tools;
and briefing the trainee and supervisor on the training evaluation results. - ✔✔Trainer
✔✔--------------------- provide third-party certification and evaluation of progress in the
training program. - ✔✔Task certifiers
✔✔---- must be at least a Staff Sergeant with a 5-skill level or civilian equivalent,
complete the Air Force training course, and be capable of evaluating the task being
certified - ✔✔Certifiers
✔✔The -------, Individual Training Record, six-part folder (when required by the career
field manager), or approved electronic equivalent, is generated for all trainees entering
upgrade training for the first time. - ✔✔AF Form 623
✔✔----- maintain the training record, and ensure it is available to applicable personnel in
the chain of command, including the unit training manager, upon request. -
✔✔Supervisors
✔✔Use AF Form ----, On-the-Job Training Record Continuation Sheet, or automated
version, to document an individual's training progress. The form reflects status,
counseling, and breaks in training - ✔✔623A
, ✔✔The ----- is a comprehensive core document identifying life-cycle education and
training requirements, training support resources, core and home station training, and
deployment/unit type code task requirements for Air Force specialties. - ✔✔CFETP
✔✔CFETP Part --provides information necessary for overall management of the
specialty and is maintained as part of the work center master training plan. - ✔✔I
✔✔CFETP Part -- contains the specialty training standard identifying the duties, tasks,
and technical references to support training, core and home station training tasks,
deployment/unit type code tasks, and CDC requirements. - ✔✔II
✔✔The ----= is a training document approved by the career field manager for a
particular job type or duty position within an Air Force specialty. - ✔✔AFJQS
✔✔AF Form ---, Job Qualification Standard Continuation/Command JQS, is a
continuation of the CFETP Part II, or AFJQS. This form defines locally assigned duty
position, home station training, and deployment/unit type code requirements not
included in the CFETP, Part II. - ✔✔797
✔✔Evaluators use the AF Form ---,
Report of Task Evaluations, to conduct and document completion of task evaluations
during training staff assistance visits, when directed by the commander, or when task
certification requires validation. - ✔✔803
✔✔Supervisors use the AF Form ----, Special Task Certification and Recurring Training,
to document selected tasks requiring recurring training or evaluation. - ✔✔1098
✔✔--- work centers will have a master training plan established. - ✔✔All
✔✔The ------------- provides milestones for tasks and CDC completion, and prioritizes
deployment/unit type code, home station training, upgrade, and qualification tasks. -
✔✔master training plan
✔✔The ---- program is designed to balance the number of personnel in specific grades
and year groups of an Air Force specialty - ✔✔retraining
✔✔The ----- (LEAP), designed and managed by the Air Force Culture and Language
Center at Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, provides opportunities for
officers and enlisted Airmen in the general purpose force (GPF) who have outstanding
service records and possess some level of skill in a foreign language, as measured by
the Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT) or Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI). -
✔✔Language Enabled Airman Program
