Vol. 3 Unit 2: Self-Test Questions

409. 3. What are two instances when an RBL may be less than an approved minimum or fixed level?

(1) When there is an insufficient worldwide requirement to allocate to the minimum/fixed level. (2) When the base's minimum/fixed level is not registered in the D035 system.

414. 12. For BNR transactions, LP items will appear on the listing after how many days once the vendor bill is received and processed?

7 days.

411. 8. What series of requisition serial numbers are used for off-line requisitions?

9000-9899.

413. 6. How are supply difficulties reported?

AF Form 1667, message, or e-mail.

408. 6. Which form is used to request an ASL? How many copies are needed?

AF Form 1996. Two (2) copies.

408. 5. What type of ASL maintains an item's stockage position at a constant level?

Adjusted fixed level.

411. 4. What agencies are required to use MILSTRIP procedures?

All branches of the Service.

410. 1. On 22 June 12, your base reported it had three excess connector cables. You issued two of these before receiving disposition instructions. What occurs when the RDO is input?

An RDO denial (DIC B7*) is produced.

408. 8. How often are ASLs validated?

At least every two years.

411. 1. What are the two main types of requisitions?

Automatic and special.

414. 4. What are the two methods of releasing due-outs?

Automatically and forced.

407. 2. What term is used for the repair rate of the current and past four quarters?

Average PBR.

413. 1. What status types are generated by program control at base level?

Cancellation requests and follow-up.

412. 4. What status type has the worst effect on an account?

Cancellation.

408. 11. What action occurs during the validation of ASLs?

Complete line item review in which the requesting activity certifies that the requirement and authority for each level is still valid.

407. 3. What term defines the average quantity used daily?

DDR.

411. 5. Normally, in what format are requisitions submitted to the SOS?

DIC AO*.

409. 2. By what DIC are RBLs received at each base?

DIC XCA.

414. 7. What TRIC is used to process a due-out cancellation?

DOC.

414. 5. What three TRICs may be used to force release a due-out?

DOR, REC, TIN.

413. 5. What are supply difficulties?

Deficiencies resulting in a delay of item support that cannot be corrected locally and can ultimately affect the operational capability of the base or unit involved.

407. 4. What type of stock level is based on past demands from users?

Demand level.

414. 10. What action does the supply source take when they receive a cancellation request?

Either confirm the cancellation or furnish shipping status.

414. 9. What section must be notified of all cancellations of equipment due-outs?

Equipment Management.

411. 10. What combinations of codes determine the requisition priority to be used at the SOS?

FAD and UND.

413. 4. Within what period must ARC images be worked before another is output?

Five days.

413. 3. When 100-percent status is required for a priority 03 requisition, when is an in-line follow-up performed?

Four days after the requisition date.

410. 5. What is a transfer?

It is the movement of materiel to the DLADS.

410. 4. What RICs are used on lateral support shipments?

JLS or D**.

408. 7. What type detail is used to control and manage ASLs?

L type ASL details.

411. 2. What does the term MILSTRIP stand for?

MILSTRIPs.

408. 3. What type of ASL restricts stockage?

Maximum ASL.

408. 4. What type of ASL should you establish for seasonal items?

Maximum, type level D.

414. 3. How often are priority due-outs validated?

Monthly.

410. 2. What type of redistribution results from a local management decision?

Nondirected redistribution.

410. 3. What type of redistribution is a lateral support shipment?

Nondirected, special.

407. 5. What is the term for the average elapsed time, in days, between the initiation and receipt of stock replenishment requisitions?

O&ST.

414. 1. How often is a due-out review conducted?

On a daily basis for UND A and on a weekly basis for UND A and B due-outs.

412. 3. What are the different types of MILSTRIP status?

Positive supply status, cancellations, in transit/shipped, and exception/other.

408. 9. What product is used to review and validate ASLs?

Program R35.

411. 9. What is the purpose of UMMIPS?

Provides a standard method of ranking competing needs among activities to their overall importance.

411. 3. What is the purpose of MILSTRIP?

Provides a standard method of requisitioning supplies from the SOS.

409. 1. How often are RBLs updated?

Quarterly.

414. 2. Which listing may be used instead of the D18 in performance of due-out review?

R01.

407. 6. What term represents that number of units that must be stocked to meet demands during the repair cycle?

RCQ.

412. 5. What REX code is used to indicate a requisition was cancelled from the SOS?

REX 1.

407. 7. What term reflects the quantity that must be on hand to permit continuous operation during minor interruptions of normal replenishment?

SLQ.

413. 7. Processing supply difficulty reports must not take more than how many calendar days?

Seven.

414. 13. What is created whenever a referral order is honored, and credit is given to the shipping base?

Shipped not credited (SNC) details.

407. 1. What are the key responsibilities of stock control?

Stockage policy and managing requisitions.

412. 1. In what format is requisition status received

Supply or shipment (AE*/AS* or AU*).

414. 6. What TEX code is used in a DOR input to force release a due-out?

TEX 3.

414. 8. What does review code I indicate on a due-out cancellation input?

That stock control has reviewed the cancellation input.

408. 10. What action occurs during the review of an ASL?

The initiator confirms that the approved level is still required in the quantity described in the original justification.

411. 7. What is the key to achieving and maintaining a well-balanced stock position?

Timeliness in submission of stock replenishment requisitions.

410. 6. What are SEX codes used for?

To identify item records that require special shipping action, or to notify local management when shipping action has been taken.

408. 1. What type of minimum ASL has a reorder point one-third the ASL quantity?

Type level A.

408. 2. Which minimum ASLs are automatically deleted once the demand level equals or exceeds the total minimum level?

Type levels A and B.

411. 6. When does the materiel management system identify and requisition stock replenishment requirements?

When items have an asset position down to or below its ROL.

413. 2. When is follow-up action initiated?

When supply status information is overdue or the EDD has passed.

412. 2. What is the consequence of not processing status immediately?

You will create more work because of unnecessary follow-ups, receipt rejects, and incorrect cancellations and billings.

414. 11. What two cancellation status codes are assigned under program control?

ZC, ZD.