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Chapter 9: Enlisted Promotions - AFH 1
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enlisted promotion system - correct answer ✔✔What supports DoD Directive 1304.20, 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? DoD Directive 1304.20, Enlisted Personnel Management System (EPMS) - correct answer ✔✔The enlisted promotion system supports what, 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? AFI 36-2502, Enlisted Airman Promotion/Demotion - correct answer ✔✔What provides detailed information regarding enlisted promotion systems? Department of Defense - correct answer ✔✔Who limits the number of Airmen the Regular Air Force may have in the top five enlisted grades? SSgt CMSgt - correct answer ✔✔Promotion quotas for _________________________ thru ________________________ are tied to fiscal year-end strength and are affected by funding limits, regulatory limits, and the number of projected vacancies in specific grades. Title 10 United States Code, Armed Forces - correct answer ✔✔Public law, as outlined by what, limits the number of Airmen who may serve in the Regular Air Force in the top two enlisted grades? Public law - correct answer ✔✔What, as outlined by Title 10 United States Code, Armed Forces, limits the number of Airmen who may serve in the Regular Air Force in the top two enlisted grades?
1.25 - correct answer ✔✔The authorized average of enlisted members on Regular Air Force status in pay grades E-8 and E-9 in a fiscal year may not be more than ____________ percent and ____________ percent, respectively. Airman Below-the-Zone Promotion Program - correct answer ✔✔Under what program, Airmen in the grade of Airman First Class may compete for early advancement to Senior Airman if they meet the minimum eligibility criteria? six - correct answer ✔✔If promoted to Senior Airman below-the-zone, the promotion effective date is how many months before their fully qualified date? December March June September - correct answer ✔✔Airman are considered for below-the-zone promotion in the month (_______________________, ____________________________, ____________________, _____________________________) before the quarter (January - March, April - June, July - September, or October - December) that they are eligible. Stripes for Exceptional Performers (STEP) - correct answer ✔✔What program is designed to meet those unique circumstances that, in a commander's judgment, clearly warrant promotion? Stripes for Exceptional Performers (STEP) - correct answer ✔✔What program is intended to promote Airmen for compelling, although perhaps not quantifiable, reasons? Stripes for Exceptional Performers (STEP) - correct answer ✔✔Under what program, may commander at various organizational levels promote a limited number of exemplary performing Airmen with exceptional potential to the grades of SSgt through TSgt? 12 - correct answer ✔✔An individual may not receive more than one promotion under any combination of promotion programs within a ____________-month period.
in-system supplemental promotion process - correct answer ✔✔What action is typically processed on a monthly basis? SSgt SMSgt - correct answer ✔✔Eligible _______________ through _____________ whose weighable data changes in their promotion file compete monthly for promotion consideration. In-System Supplemental Promotion Process - correct answer ✔✔What applies to Airman who test after their initial selects have been made, such as deployed Airman, or anyone who was unable to test during their normal testing window? SNCO Supplemental Board - correct answer ✔✔What is for those members promotion-eligible to MSgt, SMSgt, or CMSgt? semiannual - correct answer ✔✔Supplemental evaluation boards are conducted on a ________________ basis. SNCO - correct answer ✔✔Who may request to meet the supplemental board if they believe they have a valid request? True - correct answer ✔✔(True/False) Supplemental promotion consideration may not be granted if an error or omission appeared on the data verification record or in the SNCO selection record located in the personnel records display application, and the individual did not take the necessary steps to correct the error prior to promotion selection or prior to the evaluation board. military personnel - correct answer ✔✔Fully documented supplemental consideration requests, to include proof of corrective or follow-up actions taken by the individual to correct the error, are submitted to whom in writing with the recommendation of the individual's unit commander? Air Force Personnel Center (AFPC) - correct answer ✔✔The military personnel section forwards the request to whom for final approval?
Air Force - correct answer ✔✔Who establishes promotion cycles to ensure timely periodic promotions and to permit accurate forecasting of vacancies? Promotion Eligibility Cutoff Dates (PECD) - correct answer ✔✔Promotion cycles also balance the promotion administrative workload and provide what? True - correct answer ✔✔(True/False) Factors for promotion eligibility may include; proper skill level, sufficient time in grade, sufficient time in service, commander recommendation, completion of enlisted professional military education (PME), completion of a college degree, cumulative years of enlisted service, and high year of tenure. Air Force Reserve - correct answer ✔✔Whose promotions are based on a combination of position vacancy, time-in-grade, time-in-service, fitness, and completion of appropriate professional military education? Airman First Class - correct answer ✔✔Airman may be promotion eligible to whom at 10 months of time in grade? Airman First Class - correct answer ✔✔Airman initially enlisting for a period of 6 years are promoted from Airman Basic to what upon completion of either technical training school or 20 weeks of technical training after graduation from BMT? Senior Airman - correct answer ✔✔Airmen may be promotion eligible to what rank upon completion of 36 months of time in service and 20 months of time in grade or 28 months of time in grade (whichever occurs first)? Senior Airman - correct answer ✔✔What rank has a required skill level of 3 in their primary Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC) Senior Airman - correct answer ✔✔What rank is in consideration for a one-time promotion consideration to advance six months earlier than basic promotion timelines?
7-level - correct answer ✔✔What is the required skill level in primary AFSC for Technical Sergeant? Master Sergeant - correct answer ✔✔Technical Sergeants may be promotion eligible to what upon completion of eight years of time in service and 24 months of time in grade? 8 24 - correct answer ✔✔Technical Sergeants may be promotion eligible to Master Sergeant upon completion of _______________ years of time in service and ______________ months of time in grade. 30 November - correct answer ✔✔The PECD for promotion to Master Sergeant is when? February - March - correct answer ✔✔What is the test cycle for Master Sergeant? 7-level - correct answer ✔✔What is the required skill level in the primary AFSC for Master Sergeant? Senior Master Sergeant - correct answer ✔✔Master Sergeants may be promotion eligible to what upon completion of 11 years of time in service and 20 months of time in grade? 11 20 - correct answer ✔✔Master Sergeants may be promotion eligible to Senior Master Sergeant upon completion of _______________ years of time in service and ____________ months of time in grade. September 30 - correct answer ✔✔The PECD for promotion to Senior Master Sergeant is when? December - correct answer ✔✔The test cycle for Senior Master Sergeant is when?
Chief Master Sergeant - correct answer ✔✔Senior Master Sergeants may be promotion eligible to what upon completion of 14 years of time in service and 21 months of time in grade? 14 21 - correct answer ✔✔Senior Master Sergeants may be promotion eligible to Chief Master Sergeant upon completion of _______________ years of time in service and _____________________ months of time in grade. 31 July - correct answer ✔✔The PECD for promotion to Chief Master Sergeant is when? September - correct answer ✔✔The test cycle for Chief Master Sergeant is when? 9-level - correct answer ✔✔What is the required skill level in primary AFSC for a Chief Master Sergeant? AF Form 63, Active Duty Service Commitment (ADSC) - correct answer ✔✔Selects to the grade of MSgt and SMSgt with more than 18 years Total Air Force Active Federal Military Service (TAFMS) by effective date of promotion will sign what form? Statement of Understanding - correct answer ✔✔Selects to grade of MSgt and SMSgt with more than 18 years Total Air Force Active Federal Military Service (TAFMS) by effective date of promotion will sign AF Form 63, Active Duty Service Commitment or what other form? 10 - correct answer ✔✔Selects to grade of MSgt and SMSgt with more than 18 years Total Air Force Active Federal Military Service (TAFMS) by effective date of promotion will sign AF Form 63, Active Duty Service Commitment or Statement of Understanding within ___________ duty days after selections are confirmed. TAFMS - correct answer ✔✔In addition, all CMSgt-selects, regardless of _____________, will sign an AF Form 63 or a Statement of Understanding within 10 duty days after selections are confirmed.
commander recommendation, failure to appear for scheduled testing without a valid reason, and absent without leave. False - correct answer ✔✔(True/False) When individuals are ineligible for promotion, they can test, can be considered if already tested, and the projected promotion, if already selected, will not be canceled. individual - correct answer ✔✔Preparing for promotion testing is an _____________________ responsibility. Enlisted Promotions References and Requirements Catalog (EPRRC) - correct answer ✔✔All promotion eligible individuals must know their eligibility status, maintain specialty and military qualifications, initiate a self-study plan, obtain all applicable study references as outlined in what? True - correct answer ✔✔(True/False) All promotion eligible individuals must ensure their selection folder is accurate if it will be reviewed by the central evaluation board, and be prepared to test on the beginning of the testing window. prior - correct answer ✔✔Members who will be unavailable during the entire testing cycle must be prepared to test _____________ to their departure, even if that is before the first day of the testing cycle. booklets - correct answer ✔✔Airmen may opt to test early provided the correct test _________________ are available. Weighted Airman Promotion System (WAPS) - correct answer ✔✔Airmen must use a self-initiated program of individual study and effort under what? prohibited - correct answer ✔✔Group study (two or more people) for the purposes of enlisted promotion testing is strictly ________________. Article 92 - correct answer ✔✔Enlisted personnel who violate these prohibitions are subject to prosecution under what Article of the UCMJ for violating a lawful general regulation?
False - correct answer ✔✔(True/False) Conviction cannot result in a dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement for up to two years. AFMAN 36-2664, Personnel Assessment Program - correct answer ✔✔Information concerning enlisted promotion test compromise is contained in what? Barnes Center for Enlisted Education, Air Force Career Development Academy - correct answer ✔✔What is responsible for providing promotion eligible members access to WAPS Career Development Courses? AFMAN 36-2664 - correct answer ✔✔According to what, promotion eligible Airmen must have access to reference materials at least 60 days before the scheduled test date? 60 - correct answer ✔✔According to AFMAN 36-2664, promotion eligible Airmen must have access to reference materials at least ___________ days before the scheduled test date. Promotion Eligibility Cutoff Date (PECD) - correct answer ✔✔What 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 (PECD) - correct answer ✔✔What is the date that promotion criteria is considered for promotion, such as the data provided on the Data Verification Brief, that is used to for promotion board evaluation consideration? True - correct answer ✔✔(True/False) As the Air Force continues to offer opportunities for career broadening and special duty assignments, it is important to mention that individuals with a reporting identifier or special duty identifier, designated as their control Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC) on the PECD, will compete within that reporting identifier or special duty identifier. Data Verification Record (DVR) - correct answer ✔✔What is a document utilized for promotion consideration and is the most important tool to review to ensure information on a promotion record is complete?
False - correct answer ✔✔(True/False) During test development, test development specialists do not provide psychometric and developmental expertise required to ensure the tests are credible, valid, and fair to all examinees. Promotion Fitness Examinations (PFE) - correct answer ✔✔What measures military and supervisory knowledge required for SSgt, TSgt, and MSgt? test development specialists - correct answer ✔✔For PFE, who selects Chief Master Sergeants based on Air Force demographics, extensive experience, and diverse major command representation to develop and validate question? Specialty Knowledge Test (SKT) - correct answer ✔✔What measures important job knowledge required in a particular specialty? Air Force career field manager (AFCFM) - correct answer ✔✔For SKTs, test development specialists work closely with whom to stay abreast of changes affecting career fields which may impact promotion test development? SNCOs - correct answer ✔✔Who, based on their specialties and job experiences, are selected to develop and validate SKT questions? CFETPs occupational analysis data experiences to ensure test content - correct answer ✔✔Resources used to develop SKTs include what? Enlisted Promotion References and Requirements Catalog (EPRRC) - correct answer ✔✔What lists all enlisted promotion tests authorized for administration and the study references associated with these tests? October 1 - correct answer ✔✔When is the EPPRC published annually? AFH 1, Airman - correct answer ✔✔The study references for the PFE are the grade- specific Enlisted Promotion Study Guides derived from what?
promotion tests - correct answer ✔✔What are administered to all Airmen competing for promotion to the grades of SSgt through CMSgt? True - correct answer ✔✔(True/False) Test administration procedures are standardized to ensure fairness for all members competing for promotion. Air Force Personnel Center - correct answer ✔✔All promotion tests are electronically scored where following thorough quality control steps to ensure accurate test results are recorded for each member? 40 points - correct answer ✔✔What is the minimum score required for PFE? 40 points - correct answer ✔✔What is the minimum score required for SKT? 90 points - correct answer ✔✔What is the combined minimum score required? 45 points - correct answer ✔✔For those testing PFE only, a minimum score of _________________ is required. AFI 36-2502, Enlisted Airmen Promotion/Demotion Programs - correct answer ✔✔The complete charts, to include exceptions and notes for calculating points and factors for promotion, are included in what AFI?
