PMK-EE E5 Career Information

The primary manager of the Career Development Team (CDT) has what title or position?

Command career counselor

STA-21 applicants are required to have a recommendation endorsement from which of the following individuals?

Commanding Officer

All of the following are worth two points EXCEPT which one?

Commendation

What type of leave is considered nonchargeable to your leave account?

Convalescent

Extension requests should be executed in what specific monthly increment range?

1 to 23

Authority to upgrade a discharged is approved by what authority?

Board for Correction of Naval Records

Which of the following promotion recommendations, if any, are considered adverse?

Significant problems

What maximum amount of Servicemember's Group Life Insurance (SGLI) coverage is available to personnel?

$400,000

Zone C reenlistments are authorized between what (A) minimum number of years and what (B) maximum number of years of service?

(A) 10 (b) 14

A discharge rating must be what (a) minimum to what (b) maximum rating in order for the discharge to be classified as honorable?

(a) Good (b) Excellent

PO2 Smith's active duty service date is 25 FEB 2005. He should be involuntarily separated, if NOT advanced to the next paygrade, by what date?

25 Feb 2021

When a sailor wants to request Career Waypoints (C-WAY) access, they should submit which of the following OPNAV forms?

5239/14

Except early separation, in order to receive a discharge from the Navy at your EAOS, what total number of years of service are required to be completed?

8

A sailor reenlists for 4 years on 02 November 2017. On what date is the expiration of obligated service (EAOS)?

01 November 2021

What are the two annual advancement cycles for E4, E5, and E6?

1 January to 30 June and 1 July to 31 December

When making a request to remain in the Navy beyond HYT, you should use which of the following NAVPERS forms?

1306/7

The regulations for frocking enlisted sailors are outlined in what MILPERSMAN article?

1420-060

The Certificate of Appointment to Petty Officer First Class is located in what NAVPERS instruction?

1430/9

Career Development Boards interview personnel what minimum number of months prior to their expiration of active obligated service (EAOS) or projected rotation date?

15

During an advancement cycle, a candidate can use what maximum number of accrued PNA points?

15

The maximum C-WAY quota expiration date is described by which of the following statements?

16 months after the application date

On the enlisted advancement final multiple, Flag Letters of Commendations provide what total number of combined points?

2

Early promotes for each summary group are limited to what maximum percentage?

20%

The service of a veteran is considered broken when discharged for more than what minimum number of hours?

24

To apply for brig staff duty, you should have served what minimum number of months active duty after recruit training?

24

The Navy Enlisted Advancement System (NEAS) has what primary objective?

Administering the Navy-Wide Advancement Exam (NWAE)

Ratings that require a person to be a U.S. citizen are listed in which of the following publications?

Advancement manual

When a member is no longer qualified for advancement, the Commanding Officer/Officer in Charge can withdraw the advancement recommendation at which of the following points?

At any time

Information concerning the Navy advancement system is located in which of the below instructions?

BUPERSINST 1430.16

PO3 Thomas intends to re-enlist at his EAOS. Which of the following requests must be submitted?

C-WAY-REEN

A sailor should receive counseling on the Military Life Cycle at what event?

Career development board

What action constitutes a C-WAY quota utilization?

Changing SEAOS other than an OTT

Which of the following commissioning programs is a STA-21 program option?

Civil engineer corps

A sailor that came on active duty on January 23, 1999, and was advanced to Chief Petty Officer, can remain on active duty in their paygrade until what maximum date?

January 31, 2025

For all military services, the nontraditional education that takes place outside a formal classroom is administered by what activity?

Defense activity for non-traditional education

A periodic performance evaluation for a Petty Officer Third Class is due in what month?

June

Performance evaluations with a due date of 15 Jul should be submitted for what enlisted paygrades?

E1, E2, and E3

Sailors requesting in-rate reenlistment will be auto-approved provided there are no adverse community health conditions identified by which individual?

ECM

A sailor has been determined to be on an Unauthorized Absence (UA) for 31 days. What action, if any, occurs regarding his service member's Group Life Insurance (SGLI)?

Eligibility terminates

The inability to understand the technical language of your rate will lead to poor communication, and what other potential problem?

Failure to advance in your rate

A sailor who willfully commits any action resulting in attrition from a formal class "A" or "C" school is known as which of the following terms?

Fault of member

In the Final Multiple Score (FMS), Pass Not Advance (PNA) exam points are awarded for what maximum number of exam cycles?

Five

Which of the following is a service award that can be found in your service record?

Good conduct medal

For a sailor with a Significant Problems (SP) evaluation, how many subsequent graded evaluations, if any, must they have recommending them for promotion before they can execute an extension?

One

One of the Navy's key enlisted force shaping tools describes what program?

HYT

With regard to the STA-21 program, which of the following criteria is an eligibility requirement?

Having no record of DWI/DUI within the last 3 years of application due date

Under which of the following types of discharges is a service member entitled to federal benefits?

Honorable or General

Organizing, motivating, and developing other to accomplish goals can be found in what performance trait?

Leadership

Which of the following traits is an enlisted evaluation rating category?

Leadership

All E5 periodic evaluations are due in what month?

March

All of the following criteria are required to participate in the Navy-wide advancement examination, EXCEPT which one?

Meet a minimum performance mark average of 3.4

A member's extension request should be authorized by the current command as long as continued manning on-station will NOT cause an excess of filled billets within what specific area?

Members rating

For members selected for advancement, but who failed their most recent PFA, prior to the promotion cycle limiting date, they may attempt retest at what minimum interval?

Monthly

What page of your enlisted service record serves as the application for dependency allowances?

NAVPERS 1070/602

An "Agreement to extend enlistment" is the title of which of the following forms?

NAVPERS 1070/621

The Bureau of Naval Personnel Career Counselor Handbook is what instruction?

NAVPERS 15878L

The publishing of advancement exam bibliographies is the responsibility of what authority?

NETPDC

Official advancement handbooks are available from what official source?

Naval Education and Training Professional Development and Technology Center

To ease the relocation of Navy personnel and their families, what program was created by the Chief of Naval Operations?

Navy sponsor

Sailors applying for appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy are authorized to have what maximum number of children, if any?

None

PO3 Smith is eligible to take the PO2 advancement exam. The only evaluation he received in his current paygrade is a frocked evaluation. What, if anything, is required to occur to establish a PMA?

Nothing

Access to the C-WAY database requires completion of which of the following forms?

OPNAV 5239/14

The instructions to defer advancement or frocking of enlisted members who have failed their most recent PFA are outlined in what publication?

OPNAVINST 6110.1

Determination whether a sailor will advance in rate is ultimately decided by what factor?

Only if a vacancy exists

What type of discharge should be issued for matters relating to security or misconduct?

Other than honorable

Assisting a sailor by providing information and support to help while they are a guest in foreign lands describes which of the following programs?

Overseas duty support program

Single parents who cannot deploy may be discharged under which of the following discharge types?

Parenthood or Hardship

When submitting a statement to the record about your performance evaluation, what items should be included?

Pertinent facts

Undergraduate courses are available to Sailors aboard ship under what Navy Education Program?

Program for Afloat Education

The type of discharge a sailor receives is generally based upon what factor?

Reason for discharge

The qualifications and achievements block of an evaluation report should include which of the following entries?

Received letter of commendation during last eval cycle

Official Military Personnel Files are normally updated after which of the following member events?

Reenlistment

Upon completing 30 years of active duty service, you are qualified for which of the following categories of retirement?

Regular navy retired list

Performance of a person receiving a general discharge (under honorable conditions) is best described by which of the following phrases?

Satisfactory, but below Navy service standards

During a sailor's PCS process, the gaining command should assign him to which of these individuals?

Sponsor

A Sailor may not receive a Progressing (3.4) evaluation without receiving what promotion recommendation on his previous evaluation?

Significant problems

A sailor may re-enlist for what maximum number of years without exceeding HYT requirements?

Six

When writing an evaluation, you should use what starting date for the report?

The day following the end of the previous report

E1 through E3 personnel should receive a leadership trait under which, if any, of the following conditions?

Their abilities have been clearly demonstrated

A Good Conduct Medal is awarded after what prescribed number of years of good or honorable service?

Three

What is the purpose of the HYT program?

To balance the size of the Navy

What is the primary purpose of the Military Cash Awards program?

To find new ideas

What program entitles Sailors to receive financial assistance to attend college classes on a voluntary basis during off duty hours?

Tuition assistance

A statement to the record about your performance evaluation is limited to what total number of pages?

Two

On the performance evaluation, a 5.0 in any performance trait tells the individual they are performing at what pay grade?

Two paygrades above

The Seaman to Admiral (STA-21) Program is best defined in which of the following descriptions?

Undergraduate education and commissioning program

How long does a separation quota remain in C-WAY?

until the Sailor has effected separation, or the Sailor is reset