TSGT PDG STUDY GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔The ---- retraining program is designed to retrain second-term and career Airmen
from overage Air Force specialties into shortage specialties to optimize the enlisted
force and to best meet current and future mission needs. - ✔✔NCO
✔✔The NCO retraining program consists of -----phases. - ✔✔two
✔✔The enlisted promotion system supports DoD Directive ------, Enlisted Personnel
Management System (EPMS), by providing visible, relatively stable career progression
opportunities; attracting, retaining, and motivating the kinds and numbers of people the
military needs; and ensuring a reasonably uniform application of the principle of equal
pay for equal work among the services. - ✔✔1304.20
✔✔AFI -------------------, Enlisted Airman Promotion/Demotion Programs, provides
detailed information regarding enlisted promotion systems. - ✔✔36-2502
✔✔Promotion ----- for Staff Sergeant through Chief Master Sergeant are tied to fiscal
year-end strength and are affected by funding limits, regulatory limits, and the number
of projected vacancies in specific grades - ✔✔quotas
✔✔Under the Airman ------------ Program, Airmen in the grade of Airman First Class may
compete for early advancement to Senior Airman if they meet the minimum eligibility
criteria. - ✔✔Below-the-Zone
✔✔The --------(STEP) Program is designed to meet those unique circumstances that, in
a commander's judgment, clearly warrant promotion. - ✔✔Stripes for Exceptional
Performers
✔✔The ---- Program is intended to promote Airmen for compelling, although perhaps
not quantifiable, reasons. - ✔✔STEP
✔✔NCOs and SNCOs compete for promotion and test under the ---------- (WAPS) in the
control Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC) held on the promotion eligibility cutoff date. -
✔✔Weighted Airman Promotion System
✔✔Promotion cycles also balance the promotion administrative workload and provide --
----------------- (PECD). - ✔✔promotion eligibility cutoff dates
✔✔Airman Basic may be promotion eligible to Airman at ----------- of time in grade. -
✔✔six months
,✔✔Airman may be promotion eligible to Airman First Class at ------------ of time in grade.
- ✔✔10 months
✔✔Airmen may be promotion eligible to Senior Airman upon completion of ------------ of
time in service and 20 months of time in grade or 28 months of time in grade (whichever
occurs first). - ✔✔36 months
✔✔Senior Airmen may be promotion eligible to Staff Sergeant upon completion of three
years of time in service and ------- of time in grade. - ✔✔six months
✔✔Staff Sergeants may be promotion eligible to Technical Sergeant upon completion of
five years of time in service and ----------- of time in grade. - ✔✔23 months
✔✔Technical Sergeants may be promotion eligible to Master Sergeant upon completion
of eight years of time in service and -------- of time in grade. - ✔✔24 months
✔✔Master Sergeants may be promotion eligible to Senior Master Sergeant upon
completion of 11 years of time in service and ----------- of time in grade. - ✔✔20 months
✔✔Senior Master Sergeants may be promotion eligible to Chief Master Sergeant upon
completion of 14 years of time in service and --------- of time in grade. - ✔✔21 months
✔✔Airmen may decline a promotion in writing by: - ✔✔submitting a letter to the military
personnel flight (MPF).
✔✔Preparing for promotion testing is an -------. - ✔✔individual responsibility
✔✔Airmen must use a self-initiated program of individual study and effort under the
Weighted Airman Promotion System (WAPS). Group study (two or more people) for the
purposes of enlisted promotion testing is ----------- - ✔✔strictly prohibited.
✔✔Conviction can result in a dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and
allowances, and confinement for up to two years. Information concerning enlisted
promotion test compromise is contained in AFI ----------, Air Force Military Personnel
Testing System. - ✔✔36-2605
✔✔The ---- for Enlisted Education, Air Force Career Development Academy is
responsible for providing promotion eligible members access to WAPS Career
Development Courses. - ✔✔Barnes Center
✔✔The ----------- (PECD) is used to determine Airman promotion eligibility as well as the
cutoff date that will determine when contents of the selection folder and information on
,promotion evaluation briefs must be updated and complete. - ✔✔promotion eligibility
cutoff date
✔✔The --------------- (DVR) is the document utilized for promotion consideration and is
the most important tool to review to ensure information on a promotion record is
complete. - ✔✔Data Verification Record
✔✔The -----------(PFE) measure military and supervisory knowledge required of Staff
Sergeants, Technical Sergeants, and Master Sergeants. - ✔✔Promotion Fitness
Examinations
✔✔----------------- (SKT) measure important job knowledge required in a particular
specialty. - ✔✔Specialty Knowledge Tests
✔✔Published annually on ---------, the Enlisted Promotions References and
Requirements Catalog (EPRRC), lists all enlisted promotion tests authorized for
administration and the study references associated with these tests. - ✔✔1 October
✔✔A minimum score of 40 points is required on a PFE. A minimum score of 40 points is
required on a SKT. A combined score of---- points is required. - ✔✔90
✔✔------is the process of organizing, planning, leading, and controlling resources within
an entity with the overall aim of achieving established goals. - ✔✔Organizational
management
✔✔Organizational management provides leaders the ability to: - ✔✔make decisions
and resolve issues effectively for the benefit of the organization and its employees.
✔✔-------- refers to thinking on both a large and small scale, long- and short-term in
order to identify and achieve desired goals. - ✔✔Strategic Thinking
✔✔A willingness and proclivity to adjust one's understanding, opinions, or approach
when conditions change or new information is presented. - ✔✔Intellectual Flexibility
✔✔Welcoming of information and opinion from a broad range of sources (individuals,
groups, disciplines of study, etc.). - ✔✔Intellectual Inclusiveness
✔✔Comfort level with being wrong or having an incomplete understanding,
accompanied by the tendency to check oneself, examining issues as if one's
understanding is wrong in some way. - ✔✔Intellectual Humility
✔✔In practice, strategic thinking consists of four main activities: - ✔✔scanning,
questioning, conceptualizing, and testing
, ✔✔------------------is the identification of emerging patterns in the environment. -
✔✔Scanning
✔✔------(asking questions of others and oneself) is needed to more fully understand an
issue from different perspectives - ✔✔Questioning
✔✔------------potential options is needed to identify possibilities for future direction. -
✔✔Conceptualizing
✔✔------------allows for informed speculation to anticipate the impact of a proposed
action on organizational performance. - ✔✔Testing
✔✔Goal setting is most likely to improve performance when goals are: - ✔✔Specific,
Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-bound (SMART).
✔✔----------------objectives/targets should answer who is involved, what is to be
accomplished, where it is to be done, when it is to be done, which requirements and
constraints exist, and why (purpose) the objective is being accomplished - ✔✔S -
Specific
✔✔-----------Establish criteria for measuring progress toward and attainment of each
objective/target/milestone until the desired objective is met. - ✔✔M - Measurable
✔✔-----Ensure applicable resources are available and objectives/tasks (within
acceptable levels of risk), are possible. - ✔✔A - Attainable
✔✔------Link to the mission, vision, and goals and ensure they are meaningful and
relevant to the user. - ✔✔R -Relevant
✔✔-------Provide date for completion. - ✔✔T - Time-Bound
✔✔Goals that are strictly focused on maximizing individual results ("-----" goals) may
backfire when collaboration is needed. - ✔✔egocentric
✔✔While goal setting can improve both individual and group performance,
interdependent work may require a focus on how individuals contribute to the group ("---
----" goals). - ✔✔groupcentric
✔✔---------------are the key to future viability and organizational growth in a continuous
learning environment. - ✔✔Human resources
SURE A+
✔✔The ---- retraining program is designed to retrain second-term and career Airmen
from overage Air Force specialties into shortage specialties to optimize the enlisted
force and to best meet current and future mission needs. - ✔✔NCO
✔✔The NCO retraining program consists of -----phases. - ✔✔two
✔✔The enlisted promotion system supports DoD Directive ------, Enlisted Personnel
Management System (EPMS), by providing visible, relatively stable career progression
opportunities; attracting, retaining, and motivating the kinds and numbers of people the
military needs; and ensuring a reasonably uniform application of the principle of equal
pay for equal work among the services. - ✔✔1304.20
✔✔AFI -------------------, Enlisted Airman Promotion/Demotion Programs, provides
detailed information regarding enlisted promotion systems. - ✔✔36-2502
✔✔Promotion ----- for Staff Sergeant through Chief Master Sergeant are tied to fiscal
year-end strength and are affected by funding limits, regulatory limits, and the number
of projected vacancies in specific grades - ✔✔quotas
✔✔Under the Airman ------------ Program, Airmen in the grade of Airman First Class may
compete for early advancement to Senior Airman if they meet the minimum eligibility
criteria. - ✔✔Below-the-Zone
✔✔The --------(STEP) Program is designed to meet those unique circumstances that, in
a commander's judgment, clearly warrant promotion. - ✔✔Stripes for Exceptional
Performers
✔✔The ---- Program is intended to promote Airmen for compelling, although perhaps
not quantifiable, reasons. - ✔✔STEP
✔✔NCOs and SNCOs compete for promotion and test under the ---------- (WAPS) in the
control Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC) held on the promotion eligibility cutoff date. -
✔✔Weighted Airman Promotion System
✔✔Promotion cycles also balance the promotion administrative workload and provide --
----------------- (PECD). - ✔✔promotion eligibility cutoff dates
✔✔Airman Basic may be promotion eligible to Airman at ----------- of time in grade. -
✔✔six months
,✔✔Airman may be promotion eligible to Airman First Class at ------------ of time in grade.
- ✔✔10 months
✔✔Airmen may be promotion eligible to Senior Airman upon completion of ------------ of
time in service and 20 months of time in grade or 28 months of time in grade (whichever
occurs first). - ✔✔36 months
✔✔Senior Airmen may be promotion eligible to Staff Sergeant upon completion of three
years of time in service and ------- of time in grade. - ✔✔six months
✔✔Staff Sergeants may be promotion eligible to Technical Sergeant upon completion of
five years of time in service and ----------- of time in grade. - ✔✔23 months
✔✔Technical Sergeants may be promotion eligible to Master Sergeant upon completion
of eight years of time in service and -------- of time in grade. - ✔✔24 months
✔✔Master Sergeants may be promotion eligible to Senior Master Sergeant upon
completion of 11 years of time in service and ----------- of time in grade. - ✔✔20 months
✔✔Senior Master Sergeants may be promotion eligible to Chief Master Sergeant upon
completion of 14 years of time in service and --------- of time in grade. - ✔✔21 months
✔✔Airmen may decline a promotion in writing by: - ✔✔submitting a letter to the military
personnel flight (MPF).
✔✔Preparing for promotion testing is an -------. - ✔✔individual responsibility
✔✔Airmen must use a self-initiated program of individual study and effort under the
Weighted Airman Promotion System (WAPS). Group study (two or more people) for the
purposes of enlisted promotion testing is ----------- - ✔✔strictly prohibited.
✔✔Conviction can result in a dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and
allowances, and confinement for up to two years. Information concerning enlisted
promotion test compromise is contained in AFI ----------, Air Force Military Personnel
Testing System. - ✔✔36-2605
✔✔The ---- for Enlisted Education, Air Force Career Development Academy is
responsible for providing promotion eligible members access to WAPS Career
Development Courses. - ✔✔Barnes Center
✔✔The ----------- (PECD) is used to determine Airman promotion eligibility as well as the
cutoff date that will determine when contents of the selection folder and information on
,promotion evaluation briefs must be updated and complete. - ✔✔promotion eligibility
cutoff date
✔✔The --------------- (DVR) is the document utilized for promotion consideration and is
the most important tool to review to ensure information on a promotion record is
complete. - ✔✔Data Verification Record
✔✔The -----------(PFE) measure military and supervisory knowledge required of Staff
Sergeants, Technical Sergeants, and Master Sergeants. - ✔✔Promotion Fitness
Examinations
✔✔----------------- (SKT) measure important job knowledge required in a particular
specialty. - ✔✔Specialty Knowledge Tests
✔✔Published annually on ---------, the Enlisted Promotions References and
Requirements Catalog (EPRRC), lists all enlisted promotion tests authorized for
administration and the study references associated with these tests. - ✔✔1 October
✔✔A minimum score of 40 points is required on a PFE. A minimum score of 40 points is
required on a SKT. A combined score of---- points is required. - ✔✔90
✔✔------is the process of organizing, planning, leading, and controlling resources within
an entity with the overall aim of achieving established goals. - ✔✔Organizational
management
✔✔Organizational management provides leaders the ability to: - ✔✔make decisions
and resolve issues effectively for the benefit of the organization and its employees.
✔✔-------- refers to thinking on both a large and small scale, long- and short-term in
order to identify and achieve desired goals. - ✔✔Strategic Thinking
✔✔A willingness and proclivity to adjust one's understanding, opinions, or approach
when conditions change or new information is presented. - ✔✔Intellectual Flexibility
✔✔Welcoming of information and opinion from a broad range of sources (individuals,
groups, disciplines of study, etc.). - ✔✔Intellectual Inclusiveness
✔✔Comfort level with being wrong or having an incomplete understanding,
accompanied by the tendency to check oneself, examining issues as if one's
understanding is wrong in some way. - ✔✔Intellectual Humility
✔✔In practice, strategic thinking consists of four main activities: - ✔✔scanning,
questioning, conceptualizing, and testing
, ✔✔------------------is the identification of emerging patterns in the environment. -
✔✔Scanning
✔✔------(asking questions of others and oneself) is needed to more fully understand an
issue from different perspectives - ✔✔Questioning
✔✔------------potential options is needed to identify possibilities for future direction. -
✔✔Conceptualizing
✔✔------------allows for informed speculation to anticipate the impact of a proposed
action on organizational performance. - ✔✔Testing
✔✔Goal setting is most likely to improve performance when goals are: - ✔✔Specific,
Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-bound (SMART).
✔✔----------------objectives/targets should answer who is involved, what is to be
accomplished, where it is to be done, when it is to be done, which requirements and
constraints exist, and why (purpose) the objective is being accomplished - ✔✔S -
Specific
✔✔-----------Establish criteria for measuring progress toward and attainment of each
objective/target/milestone until the desired objective is met. - ✔✔M - Measurable
✔✔-----Ensure applicable resources are available and objectives/tasks (within
acceptable levels of risk), are possible. - ✔✔A - Attainable
✔✔------Link to the mission, vision, and goals and ensure they are meaningful and
relevant to the user. - ✔✔R -Relevant
✔✔-------Provide date for completion. - ✔✔T - Time-Bound
✔✔Goals that are strictly focused on maximizing individual results ("-----" goals) may
backfire when collaboration is needed. - ✔✔egocentric
✔✔While goal setting can improve both individual and group performance,
interdependent work may require a focus on how individuals contribute to the group ("---
----" goals). - ✔✔groupcentric
✔✔---------------are the key to future viability and organizational growth in a continuous
learning environment. - ✔✔Human resources
