Enlisted Promotions Flashcards
Which system provides visible, relatively stable career progression opportunities; attracts, retains, and motivates the kinds and numbers of people the military needs? It ensures a reasonably uniform application of the principle of equal pay for equal work among the services. (8.1)
Enlisted promotion system
Note: The enlisted promotion system supports DoD Directive 1304.20, Enlisted Personnel Management System (EPMS).
Which AFI provides detailed information regarding enlisted promotion systems? (8.1)
AFI 36-2502, Enlisted Airman Promotion/Demotion Programs
Who limits the number of Airmen the RegAF may have in the top five enlisted grades? (8.2)
Department of Defense
Whose promotion quotas are tied to fiscal year-end strength and are affected by funding limits, regulatory limits, and the number of projected vacancies in specific grades? (8.2)
Staff Sergeant through Chief Master Sergeant
Note: The Department of Defense limits the number of Airmen the regular Air Force may have in the top five enlisted grades. (8.2)
What limits, as outlined in Title 10 United States Code, Armed Forces, the number of Airmen who may serve in the RegAF in the top two enlisted grades? (8.2)
Public law
What percentages may the authorized average of enlisted members on RegAF status (other than for training) be in a fiscal year for pay grades E-8 and E-9? (8.2)
Not be more than 2.5 percent (E-8) and 1.25 percent (E-9)
Under the Airman Below-the-Zone Program, who may compete for early advancement to Senior Airman if they meet the minimum eligibility criteria? (8.3)
Airman First Class
If promoted to Senior Airman below-the-zone, when is the promotion effective date? (8.3)
Six months before their fully qualified date
When are Airmen considered for below-the-zone promotion? (8.3)
In the month (December, March, June, or September)
before the quarter (January - March, April - June, July - September, or October - December)
that they are eligible
Which program is designed to meet those unique circumstances that, in a commander’s judgment, clearly warrant promotion? (8.3)
Stripes for Exceptional Performers (STEP) Program
Which program is intended to promote Airmen for compelling, although perhaps not quantifiable, reasons? Isolated acts or specific achievements should not be the sole basis for promotion under this program. (8.3)
Stripes for Exceptional Performers (STEP) Program
Under the STEP Program, to what grades may commanders at various organizational levels promote a limited number of exemplary performing Airmen with exceptional potential? (8.3)
Staff Sergeant through Technical Sergeant
An individual may not receive more than one promotion under any combination of promotion programs within a 12-month period. What is the one exception to this? (8.3)
Senior Airmen must serve six months of time in grade before being promoted to Staff Sergeant
Where do NCOs and SNCOs compete for promotion and test? (8.3)
Under the Weighted Airman Promotion System (WAPS) in the control Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC) held on the promotion eligibility cutoff date
Promotion selectees are individuals with the highest scores in each AFSC, within the quota limitations. What happens if more than one individual has the same total score at the cutoff point? (8.3)
The USAF promotes everyone with that score
Which process occurs when eligible Staff Sergeants through Senior Master Sergeants, whose weighable data changes in their promotion file, compete monthly for promotion consideration? Its action is typically processed on a monthly basis. (8.3)
In-System Supplemental Promotion Process
Under what process do Airmen who test after initial selects have been made, such as deployed Airmen, or anyone who was unable to test during their normal testing window, compete for promotion consideration? (8.3)
In-System Supplemental Promotion Process
When are senior NCO supplemental evaluation boards conducted? (8.3)
Semiannual basis
True or False? With the exception of a missing static closeout date evaluation, there are no automatic approvals for supplemental board consideration when a record did not meet a previous board for which they were eligible. (8.3)
True
Why may supplemental promotion consideration 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? (8.3)
The individual did not take the necessary steps to correct the error prior to promotion selection or prior to the evaluation board
What are the testing responsibilities for all promotion eligible individuals? (8.10)
(1) Know their eligibility status
(2) Maintain specialty and military qualifications
(3) Initiate a self-study plan
(4) Obtain all applicable study references as outlined in the Enlisted Promotions References and Requirements Catalog (EPRRC)
(5) Ensure their selection folder is accurate if it will be reviewed by the central evaluation board
(6) Be prepared to test on the beginning of the testing window
When must members who will be unavailable during the entire testing cycle be prepared to test? (8.10)
Prior to their departure, even if that is before the first day of the testing cycle
Note: Preparing for promotion testing is an individual responsibility. The importance of individual responsibility cannot be overemphasized.
True or False? Airmen may opt to test early provided the correct test booklets are available. (8.10)
True
What prohibition protects the integrity of the promotion testing program by ensuring promotion test scores are a reflection of each member’s individual knowledge? It is strictly prohibited for the purposes of enlisted promotion testing. (8.11)
Group study (two or more people)
Note: Training designed to improve general military knowledge does not constitute group study as long as the intent of the training is not to study for promotion tests. Likewise, training to improve general study habits or test-taking skills is permissible if the training does not focus on preparing for promotion tests.
