E-5 Promotion Study Guide

Front 1

What FM covers Physical Fitness Training?

Back 1

FM 21-20

Front 2

What does FITT stand for?

Back 2

Frequency, Intensity, Time, and Type (this acronym makes it easy to remember the key factors in the training program)

Front 3

What is Da Form 3349?

Back 3

Physical profile form

Front 4

What is the objective of physical fitness training?

Back 4

To enhance soldiers’ abilities to meet the physical demands of war.

Front 5

What are the three periods of a normal daily exercise routine?

Back 5

Warm-up
Conditioning
Cool-down

Front 6

What AR covers the Army Physical Fitness Program?

Back 6

AR 350-1 Chapter 1 Section 24

Front 7

How many scorers should be supplied for the APFT?

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A minimum of 1 per every 15 soldiers

Front 8

What is the DA form 705?

Back 8

Physical Readiness Test Scorecard

Front 9

Name the two physical fitness formations?

Back 9

Extended Rectangular
Circular

Front 10

What is the Field Manual for map reading and land navigation?

Back 10

FM 3-25.26

Front 11

What are the basic colors of a map, and what does each color represent?

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Black - Indicates cultural (man-made) features such as buildings and roads, surveyed spot elevations, and all labels.
Red-Brown - The colors red and brown are combined to identify cultural features, all relief features, non-surveyed spot elevations, and elevation, such as contour lines on red-light readable maps.
Blue - Identifies hydrography or water features such as lakes, swamps, rivers, and drainage.
Green - Identifies vegetation with military significance, such as woods, orchards, and vineyards.
Brown - Identifies all relief features and elevation, such as contours on older edition maps, and cultivated land on red-light readable maps.
Red - Classifies cultural features, such as populated areas, main roads, and boundaries, on older maps.
Other - Occasionally other colors may be used to show special information. These are indicated in the marginal information as a rule.

Front 12

What are military symbols?

Back 12

Figures used to represent types of military organizations, installations, and activities

Front 13

Where is the Legend of the map found?

Back 13

Lower left margin

Front 14

What are contour lines?

Back 14

Imaginary lines on the ground connecting equal elevation, they represent high and low ground What are 3 types of contour lines? elevation.

Front 15

How many Norths are there on a military map?

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Three;
True north
Magnetic north
Grid north

Front 16

What shape are the contour lines that indicate a hill?

Back 16

A hill is shown on a map by contour lines forming concentric circles. The inside of the smallest closed circle is the hilltop.

Front 17

What shape are the contour lines that indicate a saddle?

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A saddle is normally represented as an hourglass

Front 18

What shape are the contour lines that indicate a valley?

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Contour lines forming a valley are either U-shaped or V-shaped.

Front 19

What shape are the contour lines that indicate a Ridge?

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Contour lines forming a ridge tend to be U-shaped or V-shaped. The closed end of the contour line points away from high ground.

Front 20

What shape are the contour lines that indicate a depression?

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Usually only depressions that are equal to or greater than the contour interval will be shown. On maps, depressions are represented by closed contour lines that have tick marks pointing toward low ground.

Front 21

What shape are the contour lines that indicate a draw?

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The contour lines depicting a draw are U-shaped or V-shaped, pointing toward high ground.

Front 22

What shape are the contour lines that indicate a spur?

Back 22

Contour lines on a map depict a spur with the U or V pointing away from high ground.

Front 23

What shape are the contour lines that indicate a cliff?

Back 23

Cliffs are also shown by contour lines very close together and, in some instances, touching each other.

Front 24

What shape are the contour lines that indicate a cut?

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This contour line extends the length of the cut and has tick marks that extend from the cut line to the roadbed, if the map scale permits this level of detail.

Front 25

What shape are the contour lines that indicate a fill?

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This contour line extends the length of the filled area and has tick marks that point toward lower ground. If the map scale permits, the length of the fill tick marks are drawn to scale and extend from the base line of the fill symbol.

Front 26

What must be done to a map before it can be used?

Back 26

It must be oriented.

Front 27

What are 5 major terrain features found on a map?

Back 27

Hill
Ridge
Valley
Saddle
Depression

Front 28

What are the 3 minor terrain features found on a military map?

Back 28

Draw
Spur
Cliff

Front 29

What are the 2 supplementary terrain features found on a military map?

Back 29

Cut
Fill

Front 30

What is a map?

Back 30

A map is a graphic representation of a portion of the earth’s surface drawn to scale, as seen from above.

Front 31

What is an azimuth?

Back 31

A horizontal angle, measured in a clockwise manner from a north base line, expressing direction.

Front 32

What is vertical distance?

Back 32

The distance between the highest and lowest points measured.

Front 33

What is a contour interval?

Back 33

The vertical distance between adjacent contour lines on a map.

Front 34

What is the distance between grid lines on a combat map?

Back 34

1 kilometer or 1000 meters

Front 35

How many mils are there in a circle?

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6400 mils in 360 degrees

Front 36

Which north is used when using a military map?

Back 36

Magnetic north when using a compass, and grid north when using the map

Front 37

How would you hold a lensatic compass?

Back 37

Away from metal (weapons, electrical devices), level and firm

Front 38

Name two ways to hold a compass?

Back 38

Compass-to-Cheek Method
Center-Hold Method

Front 39

Are topographic symbols drawn to scale?

Back 39

No

Front 40

What do topographic symbols represent?

Back 40

Man-made and natural features

Front 41

In military symbols, what colors are used for a map overlay and what do they represent?

Back 41

Blue- Friendly forces
Red-Enemy forces
Black- boundaries
Yellow-contaminated area both friendly and enemy
Green- engineer obstacles, both friendly and enemy

Front 42

What is Back Azimuth?

Back 42

The opposite direction of an azimuth.

Front 43

How do you figure out a back azimuth?

Back 43

To obtain a back azimuth from an azimuth, add 180 degrees if the azimuth is 180 degrees or less; subtract 180 degrees if the azimuth is 180 degrees or more

Front 44

What is a declination diagram?

Back 44

Shows the angular relationship between the magnetic north, grid north and true north

Front 45

What is the general rule for reading military grid coordinates?

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Right and UP

Front 46

How many sights does a compass have?

Back 46

2

Front 47

What is a benchmark?

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A man-made marker showing points of elevation

Front 48

What are parallels of latitude?

Back 48

Measured distances going north or south of the equator

Front 49

What is an aerial photograph?

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An aerial photograph is any photograph taken from an airborne vehicle (aircraft, drones, balloons, satellites, and so forth)

Front 50

What does UTM stand for?

Back 50

Universal Transverse Mercator

Front 51

Name two ways to orient a map?

Back 51

Use a compass and terrain association

Front 52

What is the Field Manual for Operational Terms and Graphics?

Back 52

FM 1-02

Front 53

The arrow on a compass always points what direction?

Back 53

Magnetic north

Front 54

What does the term FLOT mean?

Back 54

Forward Line Of Troops

Front 55

What are the alternate colors on a map and what do they mean?

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Gray- alternate color for brown, Yellow- built up areas, and Pink- political boundaries

Front 56

What is longitude?

Back 56

Imaginary lines that run north to south originating in Greenwich, England and measured in degrees

Front 57

What s a topographic map?

Back 57

Portrays terrain and land forms in a measurable way as well as horizontal features of the positions represented

Front 58

Why is a map so important?

Back 58

When used correctly, a map can give you accurate distances, locations and heights, best routes key terrain features and cover and concealment information.

Front 59

If you find a symbol on a map that is unknown to you, where would you look?

Back 59

The marginal data, located on the outside lower portion of the map

Front 60

How many scales are there on a compass, what are they?

Back 60

There are two;

Degrees
Mils

Front 61

Name 3 field expedient methods of determining direction

Back 61

The shadow-tip method, the watch method, and the North Star method

Front 62

What is a contour level?

Back 62

It is the vertical distance between contour lines. The amount of the contour level is located in the Marginal Information on the map.

Front 63

The border line around the edge of the map is called the what?

Back 63

Neat Line

Front 64

You must find at least how many known locations on a map and the actual ground in order to plot your location accurately?

Back 64

At least 2

Front 65

What are the three main map sizes?

Back 65

Small
Medium
Large

Front 66

What are two methods of measuring an azimuth?

Back 66

Compass and a protractor

Front 67

How close will an eight-digit grid get you to your point?

Back 67

10 meters

Front 68

How close will a six-digit grid coordinate get you to your point?

Back 68

100 meters

Front 69

What would you use on a map to measure actual ground distance?

Back 69

The bar scale