MMPA Exam UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ChM - What does MMPA stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Master Military Pay Account.
ChM - What is an MMPA? - CORRECT ANSWER A database file containing current and
historical pay data for a service member.
ChM - How many months of history does the MMPA maintain? - CORRECT ANSWER 11
months of pay and leave activity.
ChM - What is the primary purpose of the MMPA? - CORRECT ANSWER To record pay data
and provide an accurate subsidiary payroll ledger account for each member.
ChM - What are the six main groups in the MMPA? - CORRECT ANSWER Fixed, Variable
Open, Futures, Suspense, Leave and Earnings Statement, and Closed.
ChM - What is the Fixed Group in MMPA? - CORRECT ANSWER Contains data always
present or used consistently during daily update processing.
ChM - What is the Variable Open Group in MMPA? - CORRECT ANSWER Contains current
applicable entries that are not always present.
ChM - What is the Futures Group in MMPA? - CORRECT ANSWER Contains scheduled
future actions such as pending entitlements or stops.
ChM - What is the Suspense Group in MMPA? - CORRECT ANSWER Contains incomplete
actions awaiting additional input.
ChM - What is the Leave and Earnings Statement Group? - CORRECT ANSWER Stores
entries used to generate LES remarks.
, ChM - What is the Closed Group? - CORRECT ANSWER Contains stopped, changed, or
historical entries no longer active.
ChM - What are MMPA Categories? - CORRECT ANSWER Subdivisions grouping similar
entries, identified by the first letter of their Format Identifier (FID).
ChM - What does FID stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Format Identifier - a two-character
code identifying a specific item within a category.
ChM - What does DUI stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Data Use Identifier - a four-character
code that identifies a specific data field in an MMPA entry.
ChM - What does Entry-Open-DT (ENWD) show? - CORRECT ANSWER Date and code
when an entry was posted as open.
ChM - What does Entry-Clsd-DT (ENWE) show? - CORRECT ANSWER Date and code when
an entry was posted as closed.
ChM - What does Control Code (CONA) represent? - CORRECT ANSWER A numeric code
showing processing status (open, closed, corrected, suspended, etc.).
ChM - What does Control Code 0 mean? - CORRECT ANSWER Open entry in MMPA.
ChM - What does Control Code 1 mean? - CORRECT ANSWER Open MMPA entry
suspended for indebtedness.
ChM - What does Control Code 2 mean? - CORRECT ANSWER Closed entry that affects pay.
ChM - What does Control Code 6 mean? - CORRECT ANSWER Closed entry corrected for
audit purposes only.
ChM - What does SA stand for in the header? - CORRECT ANSWER Status code showing
whether member is available for duty.
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ChM - What does MMPA stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Master Military Pay Account.
ChM - What is an MMPA? - CORRECT ANSWER A database file containing current and
historical pay data for a service member.
ChM - How many months of history does the MMPA maintain? - CORRECT ANSWER 11
months of pay and leave activity.
ChM - What is the primary purpose of the MMPA? - CORRECT ANSWER To record pay data
and provide an accurate subsidiary payroll ledger account for each member.
ChM - What are the six main groups in the MMPA? - CORRECT ANSWER Fixed, Variable
Open, Futures, Suspense, Leave and Earnings Statement, and Closed.
ChM - What is the Fixed Group in MMPA? - CORRECT ANSWER Contains data always
present or used consistently during daily update processing.
ChM - What is the Variable Open Group in MMPA? - CORRECT ANSWER Contains current
applicable entries that are not always present.
ChM - What is the Futures Group in MMPA? - CORRECT ANSWER Contains scheduled
future actions such as pending entitlements or stops.
ChM - What is the Suspense Group in MMPA? - CORRECT ANSWER Contains incomplete
actions awaiting additional input.
ChM - What is the Leave and Earnings Statement Group? - CORRECT ANSWER Stores
entries used to generate LES remarks.
, ChM - What is the Closed Group? - CORRECT ANSWER Contains stopped, changed, or
historical entries no longer active.
ChM - What are MMPA Categories? - CORRECT ANSWER Subdivisions grouping similar
entries, identified by the first letter of their Format Identifier (FID).
ChM - What does FID stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Format Identifier - a two-character
code identifying a specific item within a category.
ChM - What does DUI stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Data Use Identifier - a four-character
code that identifies a specific data field in an MMPA entry.
ChM - What does Entry-Open-DT (ENWD) show? - CORRECT ANSWER Date and code
when an entry was posted as open.
ChM - What does Entry-Clsd-DT (ENWE) show? - CORRECT ANSWER Date and code when
an entry was posted as closed.
ChM - What does Control Code (CONA) represent? - CORRECT ANSWER A numeric code
showing processing status (open, closed, corrected, suspended, etc.).
ChM - What does Control Code 0 mean? - CORRECT ANSWER Open entry in MMPA.
ChM - What does Control Code 1 mean? - CORRECT ANSWER Open MMPA entry
suspended for indebtedness.
ChM - What does Control Code 2 mean? - CORRECT ANSWER Closed entry that affects pay.
ChM - What does Control Code 6 mean? - CORRECT ANSWER Closed entry corrected for
audit purposes only.
ChM - What does SA stand for in the header? - CORRECT ANSWER Status code showing
whether member is available for duty.
