army problem solving post test

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Unit 1 -- Problem Solving -- Post Test

6th - 8th grade.

20 questions

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If you are identifying the problem you are trying to solve, figuring out what your constraints are and determining what success will look like, what part of the problem solving process are you working on?

If you are brainstorming and researching possible solutions, comparing pros and cons and/or making a plan, what part of the problem solving process are you working on?

If you are attempting to put your plan into action, what part of the problem solving process are you working on?

If you are comparing your results to the goals you set, determining what you can learn to do better next time, and/or identifying new problems that were discovered, what part of the problem solving process are you working on?

My partner and I have determined that we must design a boat out of foil that holds as many pennies as possible without sinking. What part of the problem solving process am I working on?

My partner and I discuss what we think will be the best way to build our boat to hold many pennies and write down what we are going to do. What part of the problem solving process are we working on?

My partner and I build our boat and test to see how many pennies our boat will hold. What part of the problem solving process are we working on?

My partner and I looked at our results and determined what we could improve on our boat if we built another one. What part of the problem solving process are we working on?

If you were asked to solve a word search, organize party seats in a classroom, and plan a trip of your choice that could only last one school day. What would make solving the word search easier to solve than planning the trip?

The problem was already clearly defined in the crossword puzzle

Most people already knew how to do the crossword puzzle so it didn't take as much discussion and compromise to complete

There were more constraints to consider and goals to create and reach when planning the trip

All of the other choices are correct

What are the benefits of getting peer feedback on any plan developed when preparing to solve a problem? Select the answer that does not apply.

Another group might catch flaws in the logic of your plan

Another group might give you suggestions about a constraint you had not considered in your original plan

Another group will make you feel good by telling you what a great job you did

Another group may give you some suggestions on another approach for solving your problem in a way your group had not considered

What is a computer?

A machine that can solve informational problems

Anything that computes

A machine that can go on the internet

A machine that can solve any problem

Choose the answer below which is not a way input information into the computer?

tapping on a touch screen

seeing a picture on the screen

clicking on a mouse

typing on a keyboard

Which answer below is not output from a computer?

You tap on your touch screen

You type on a keyboard

Music comes out of your speakers

You click on the mouse

Which answer response is an example of information being processed in a computer?

Your Google Drive has documents

You tap on a button on your screen and your camera changes from pointing in front of you to selfie mode (facing you)

Using bullets to emphasize text

You see a picture on your screen

What answer choice below is not a general type of information does a computer store?

the date and time

photos / images

none of the above

all of the above

What does an algorithm have to do with processing?

Algorithms are the steps that would be converted into a program that a computer could use to process information, changing it from input to an output.

Algorithms are a series of steps

Algorithms are the steps that would be converted into a program that a computer could use to process information, changing it from output to input.

Algorithms have nothing to do with processing

A precise sequence of instructions for processes that can be executed by a computer is called a(n) ...

Which answer choice below does not tell us why is it important for a programmer to write out an algorithm before trying to program it?

The algorithm helps to make sure he/she doesn't miss any steps when coding the program

The algorithm can be used for debugging purposes if the programmer is having trouble finding the error in his or her code

The algorithm might help a programmer find errors in logic before the program even starts to be coded

It is not important for programmers to design algorithms before coding

Which of these is a problem that a computer CANNOT solve?

Getting rid of racism

Making a game for entertainment

Getting news out to the public quickly

Helping architects build models of new buildings

If I wanted to design an app for world peace, what problems could a computer help me to solve?

Stop a war that is currently happening

Make the leader of a country change his/her mind about going to war

Design an interactive map where people can see where war is taking place

Get rid of racism

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Army adds cognitive test to track new soldier brain health

The Army will begin conducting a cognitive assessment for a baseline measurement of brain health to measure the effects of any future trauma for all new soldiers at basic training and cadets before they are commissioned.

Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth referenced the new program, which will begin in June, during budget testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday.

Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, asked Wormuth what the service was doing to measure soldiers’ brain health following exposures to blasts citing the case of Sgt. 1st Class Robert Card , an Army reservist who killed 18 people in a mass shooting in Lewistown, Maine in October.

Card served as an instructor at an Army hand grenade training range. An autopsy of his brain showed evidence of Traumatic Brain Injury, an injury linked with concussions and blast exposure.

“We had a tragedy here in Lewiston, Maine last year and it turns out the fellow was a munitions test instructor, he experienced blast after blast after blast,” King said. “Analysis of his brain indicated it was severely damaged.”

Wormuth told the senator that the Army would begin cognitive assessments of all new soldiers entering basic training in June.

Lt. Col. Randy Ready, spokesman for the Army’s Center for Initial Military Training, told Army Times the service will use the Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics (ANAM) tool.

“All new soldiers going through basic training or One Unit Station Training (OSUT) will take the ANAM,” Ready wrote in an email response.

The ANAM assessment tool has been used on soldiers to measure pre- and post-deployment cognitive function since 2008 .

A soldier from the 501st Area Support Medical Company is shown patterned squares during the Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metric. (Army)

It’s a computer-based assessment that takes about 20 minutes to complete and records neurological activity, such as attention, concentration, reaction time, memory, processing speed, and decision-making.

The assessment is used to collect baseline information on performance that can be used by medical professionals if the individual later has an injury affecting attention, memory or thinking ability, according to Army program description information.

In one section, users observe a picture on a screen for three seconds before it disappears. Then two pictures display on the screen and the user picks which one matches the previous image, according to an Army release .

In another section, a sequence is shown and the user must then determine the missing item in a subsequent sequence.

The results are not compared to other individuals’ results and are protected health information, which becomes part of a soldier’s permanent medical record, according to program information.

“If a service member or civilian is exposed to a concussive event, like an explosion, motor vehicle accident or serious fall, resulting in trauma to the head, their health care provider can request the ANAM data which can be used to measure differences,” Donald R. Thomas, a health systems specialist who oversaw assessments, said in a 2018 release .

Testing will begin at the four Army training centers located at Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Fort Moore, Georgia; Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; and Fort Sill, Oklahoma in June.

The Army has approximately 101,700 trainees who go through basic training and OSUT annually.

A U.S. Army Cadet Command spokesman confirmed to Army Times that testing will begin for their cadets in June. A U.S. Military Academy at West Point spokeswoman said the assessments will be in place before the 2024-2025 academic school year.

The cadet command is on track to commission about 5,300 new second lieutenants this year. West Point brings in about 1,200 new cadets annually, officials said.

A bipartisan bill introduced on April 11 called the Blast Overpressure Safety Act would require all military branches to conduct a baseline cognitive assessment before recruits begin entry-level training.

Service members would then be tested at least once every three years, after deployment and when they begin out-processing from military service.

All troops would have a log for Traumatic Brain Injury diagnoses and blast exposure incidents, which mandates the services collect concussive-related injuries and any discharges that result from brain injuries.

The bill also calls on the services to lower the risk of blast exposure by revising high-risk training and operations and modifying weapons systems.

Wormuth also told Congress that the Army is looking at additional protective equipment, especially for instructors who are routinely exposed to blast pressure.

“We are looking into wearable gauges that would allow us to continually track what soldiers are being exposed to,” Wormuth said.

Brain trauma researchers visit soldiers from Wisconsin National Guard in April 2024 during training to discuss a planned study to measure blast exposure effects among soldiers. (Staff Sgt. Kati Volkman/Army)

On April 9, a team of Wisconsin National Guard surgeons and civilian researchers, including Dr. Walter Carr with the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, visited soldiers with the 120th Field Artillery Battalion and 105th Cavalry Squadron during training at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, according to an Army release .

Carr works at the institute’s Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Blast Induced Neurotrauma Branch.

His team observed the weapons firing to determine how they would be able to measure blast exposure and evaluate its effects on soldiers during routine training for a planned study.

Todd South has written about crime, courts, government and the military for multiple publications since 2004 and was named a 2014 Pulitzer finalist for a co-written project on witness intimidation. Todd is a Marine veteran of the Iraq War.

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