IPPS-A Exam 1 Questions with Verified
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Approval Chain
Chain of Command A defined path of Approvers, Reviewers, Intermediate Approvers, or
Alternate Approvers (where needed).
Аpprover
Signatory A User gives the authority to approve transactions and submits them to the next
Signatory level of approval authority, a Reviewer or ad hoc. Approvers have the ability to
approve, deny with comments, or recycle.
Department of the Army
Company In IPPS-A, Company is the Department of the Army including all components:
Company Active Army, National Guard & Reserve Record
Delegate
Commander/Approver (Delegator) may designate (i.e., proxy) their approval Delegator
authority to another Member who acts as a Delegate or Proxy for the Approver.
Deny
The ability of the Approver to disapprove an action. The Deny action cancels the Deny
transaction and the Initiator is notified of the decision. Comments are required on a denied
transaction.
Department
Unit Identification identifies each Department of A six character alphanumeric code that
uniquely Defense entity. The first character is the Service Identifier (W= Army). The next
, Code (UIC) three characters indicate Parent Unit Designator (i.e.: Alphabetic indicates
MTOE units) and the last two are the descriptive designator (i.e.:A0 = Alpha Company).
Department Security Tree
Organizational The Department Security Tree is the security structure controlling system
Hierarchy for permissions. A department is a node on the department security tree. If a
Administrative user has access to a specific node, they will also have access to the node
Control below it in the tree structure.
Dual Persona User
Members who have two Common Access Cards (CAC). A Dual Persona User is a user that is
a current Army National Guard or Army Reserve Soldier and N/A is also either a
Government Civilian or Contractor with a POI record. These users will need an additional
record as a POI within IPPS-A in order to separate both their job status and functions within
IPPS-A. Example: M-Day Soldier works as a State Military Technician or Contractor.
Dual Role User
N/A A user who is an Army National Guard or Army Reserve Member with two job
functions (e.g., M-Day & FTM - Title 10/31), and one CAC. They will need their roles
separated by their job function when they login to IPPS-A. Example: M-Day Unit
Commander serving FTM in the State G1 office.
Effective Date
A method of dating information in IPPS-A and determines the start day of pay for grade
changes. In IPPS-A, Effective Date is used to represent Date of Rank/Grade, Date of
Appointment, Date of Transfer, Date of Hire or date a transaction was applied to a Member
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Approval Chain
Chain of Command A defined path of Approvers, Reviewers, Intermediate Approvers, or
Alternate Approvers (where needed).
Аpprover
Signatory A User gives the authority to approve transactions and submits them to the next
Signatory level of approval authority, a Reviewer or ad hoc. Approvers have the ability to
approve, deny with comments, or recycle.
Department of the Army
Company In IPPS-A, Company is the Department of the Army including all components:
Company Active Army, National Guard & Reserve Record
Delegate
Commander/Approver (Delegator) may designate (i.e., proxy) their approval Delegator
authority to another Member who acts as a Delegate or Proxy for the Approver.
Deny
The ability of the Approver to disapprove an action. The Deny action cancels the Deny
transaction and the Initiator is notified of the decision. Comments are required on a denied
transaction.
Department
Unit Identification identifies each Department of A six character alphanumeric code that
uniquely Defense entity. The first character is the Service Identifier (W= Army). The next
, Code (UIC) three characters indicate Parent Unit Designator (i.e.: Alphabetic indicates
MTOE units) and the last two are the descriptive designator (i.e.:A0 = Alpha Company).
Department Security Tree
Organizational The Department Security Tree is the security structure controlling system
Hierarchy for permissions. A department is a node on the department security tree. If a
Administrative user has access to a specific node, they will also have access to the node
Control below it in the tree structure.
Dual Persona User
Members who have two Common Access Cards (CAC). A Dual Persona User is a user that is
a current Army National Guard or Army Reserve Soldier and N/A is also either a
Government Civilian or Contractor with a POI record. These users will need an additional
record as a POI within IPPS-A in order to separate both their job status and functions within
IPPS-A. Example: M-Day Soldier works as a State Military Technician or Contractor.
Dual Role User
N/A A user who is an Army National Guard or Army Reserve Member with two job
functions (e.g., M-Day & FTM - Title 10/31), and one CAC. They will need their roles
separated by their job function when they login to IPPS-A. Example: M-Day Unit
Commander serving FTM in the State G1 office.
Effective Date
A method of dating information in IPPS-A and determines the start day of pay for grade
changes. In IPPS-A, Effective Date is used to represent Date of Rank/Grade, Date of
Appointment, Date of Transfer, Date of Hire or date a transaction was applied to a Member
