Block 7: Unit 1a
If a member has their paycheck going to a financial institution, the ADSN will always be what?
3800 which is the ADSN for DFAS.
The first three lines of every inquiry print are referred to as what?
A "header".
Which request will normally show you the least amount of information? Why?
A FID Request. Because you are only looking at one particular FID.
What is the one major difference between closed and open entries?
A closed entry will have a hyphen following the FID indicating that an entry was there at one time but no longer has an effect on a member's pay.
What will a Group/Category Request show?
A group of related information, such as entitlements, deductions, taxes, or allotments.
What does the central-site computer maintain and where is it located?
A master file on each Air Force member's pay account. At DFAS.
What do Open Entries usually contain?
A start or effective date codes to identify information and entitlement or deduction ammounts.
Where are categories listed?
AFMAN 65-116, Vol. 1, Chap. 5.
What are the directives used by the Air Force for DMJS guidance?
AFMAN 65-116, Vol. 1. DJMS-AC FSO Procedures.
MJ stands for what?
AFPC Match Flag Code.
What does the Air Force provide to all active duty members at teh end of each month?
An itemized statement of leave and earnings.
Where could you find all FIDs and categories?
Attachment 19 of AFMAN 65-116, Vol 1.
Within AFMAN 65-116, Vol. 1. DJMS-AC FSO Procedures, what lists the commands available on-line for DJMS?
Attachment 3.
All current month closed entries will contain what?
Both an EOD and ECD.
How could a technician determine a member's current leave balance?
By entering the appropriate codes on the JUMPS MMPA Inquiries screen.
How would you access the master file for a specific Air Force member's pay account?
By using DJMS and the command JJAA.
What does CMS stand for?
Case Management System.
SA stands for what?
Current status indicator.
Where are all Air Force pay accounts maintained at?
DFAS, with each base providing service to their personnel.
Who pre-established (created) table requests?
DFAS.
What is used to maintain military pay records?
DJMS.
TU stands for what?
Date of Separation (DOS).
What does DJMS stand for?
Defense Joint Military Pay System.
What does DMO stand for?
Defense MilPay Office.
A member's inquiry that is accessed by the 'JJAA' command would contain what?
Detailed data from a member's current-year pay records plus all previous years back to 1977.
The Entry Open and Entry Closed Data consists of how many positions identifying when an MMPA entry was originally created or closed?
Eleven.
The MMPA contains administrative data, entitlement data, deductions information and payment history. What are some examples of those?
Entitlements, Payments, Deductions, Statuses, Allotments, Leaves, Collections, History of the past 12 months.
Open entries are what?
Entries currently in effect on the MMPA.
What is a Closed Entry?
Entries that are no longer in effect on the MMPA.
TH stands for what?
Expiration Term of Service (ETS).
What are the types of requests?
FID Request, Group/Category Request, and Table Request.
Position 11 is what?
Flag (prior to mid-month flag 1 and after mid-month flag 2).
The MMPA is organized by categories called what?
Format IDs (FIDs).
What does the inquiry print contain?
Header information followed by the body of the print with Format Identification (FID) entries including open and/or closed entries.
What does the current status indicator tell you?
If the member is on-station (A), Absent Without Leave (AWOL) (J), Leave (B), etc.
What does IAS stand for?
Immediate Access Storage.
A FID Request gives you what?
Information pertaining to one particular FID.
When inquiring an MMPA, what is important to remember?
It is "view only".
What are the most common inquiries used in DJMS on a daily basis?
JJAA, JWMM.
Within a header, which line would the privacy act statement and a current MMPA as of date (YY/MM/DD) identifying how current the information is on the print be on?
Line 1.
Within a header, which line would the member's Social Security Number, the name identification, the paygrade, and the type of request be on?
Line 2.
Within a header, which line would the current processing month for DFAS and the FIDS be on?
Line 3.
What does MMPA stand for?
Master Military Pay Account.
LB stands for what?
Member's paying accounting and disbursing station number (ADSN).
LC stands for what?
Member's servicing ADSN.
TK stands for what?
Military Pay Date.
Chan changes be made to an MMPA from this system?
No.
SX stands for what?
Number of open statuses.
What is the command 'JJAA' used for?
On-line MMPA inquiries on individual members.
What doe JWMM allow?
On-line viewing of DJMS tables that show entitlement amounts, federal tax charts, and other pertinent information.
A Group/Category Request contains how many characters?
One.
Entries for FIDs will be interpreted in one of two ways. What are those?
Open or Closed.
Positions 9 and 10 are what?
Processing Month.
What is the member's servicing ADSN?
The ADSN of the base who maintains the MMPA.
What is one of the most important tools that the military pay technician has to verify and research a member's pay?
The MMPA.
Positions 1-6 are what?
The Processing Date.
Positions 7 and 8 are what?
The Update Cycle Number.
If a member is a local payee (not on direct deposit), the paying ADSN is what?
The base where the member is currently assigned.
In some cases, the first character of a FID identifies what?
The category.
What is DJMS based on?
The concept of a centralized pay system.
DJMS will provide information for what timeframe?
The current month as well as the prior 11 months.
What is the Military Pay Date?
The date for longevity increases.
What is the Date of Separation?
The date the member separates from the military.
What is the Expiration Term of Service?
The date the member's current enlistment ends. Normally the same as DOS.
If you need to make inquiries outside of IAS, you may request history MMPAs by changing what?
The entry on the DJMS inquiry screen.
When viewing a header, how many letters make up the name identification and what are they?
The first five letters of the last name.
MJ is normally blank unless what?
The member recently came on active duty.
The second character of a FID would identify what?
The specific entry.
A Table Request contains how many characters?
Three.
How may types of request are there?
Three.
True or False. All inquiries are shown within immediate access storage.
True.
FIDs are made up of how many characters and what may they be?
Two characters. Alpha, Numeric, or both.
A FID Request contains how many characters?
Two.
Close Entries will have an Entry Closed Data (ECD) field to indicate what?
When the entry was closed.
What will Entry Open Data (EOD) field identify?
When the latest change occurred.
When are Table Request inquiries used?
When you want to examine a member's MPAA due to a particular situation such as separation, retirement, new arrival on base, or a non-pay status situation.
Can a member be in more than one status?
Yes.
What are the steps for a Table Request?
You simply enter a "T" followed by the two-position table number.
