E-4 ADVANCEMENT QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.For E4 through E6 personnel, which of the following information is used in the
FMS computation? - ANSWERS✔-Service-in-paygrade
\.Commanding Officers are permitted to advance Sailors by using which of the
following programs? - ANSWERS✔-MAP
\.What specific information on the performance evaluation is used to compute a
Sailor's performance mark average? - ANSWERS✔-NOT trait average
\.For promotion to paygrades E4 through E6, the advancement-in-rate
examination score, performance evaluations, service in paygrade, awards, and
previous examination performances are factors of what system? - ANSWERS✔-
Final Multiple Score (FMS)
\.The most important recommendation for advancement eligibility resides with
which individual? - ANSWERS✔-Commanding Officer
\.In order to participate in the STA-21 program, you should meet which of the
following criteria? - ANSWERS✔-NOT have four or more years time-in-service
, \.As an opportunity to convert to a new rate, a Sailor in an overmanned rate
should use which of the following force shaping tools? - ANSWERS✔-C-WAY
\.When submitting a C-WAY application, during the first month of review, you are
eligible for which of the following options? - ANSWERS✔-In-rate, convert, or
SELRES
\.The Navy uses duty designation to identify commands for establishment of
sea/shore rotation. These designations are broken up between what total number
of duty types? - ANSWERS✔-Five
\.An E3 has automatic SGLI coverage in what amount, unless reduced or declined
by the member? - ANSWERS✔-$400,000
\.The official history of a person's Navy career is considered what record type? -
ANSWERS✔-Service record
\.When you have an unauthorized absence, you should find it recorded on what
NAVPERS document on your Navy Standard Integration Personnel System (NSIPS)
Electronic Service Record (ESR)? - ANSWERS✔-1070/606
\.If you need supervision, you always provide exceptional work with no rework
required, and you maximize your resources, you should get a 5.0 in what block of
the evaluation report? - ANSWERS✔-Quality of work