SSgt PDG Enlisted Promotions UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Which system provides visible, relatively stable career progression opportunities; attracts, retains
and motivates the kinds and numbers of people the military needs? It ensures a reasonably
uniform application of the principle of equal pay for equal work among the services. -
CORRECT ANSWER - Enlisted promotion system
Which AFI provides detailed information regarding enlisted promotion systems? - CORRECT
ANSWER - AFI 36-2502, Enlisted Airmen Promotion/Demotion Programs
Who limits the number of Airmen the regular Air Force may have in the top five enlisted grades?
- CORRECT ANSWER - DoD
Whose promotion quotas are tied to fiscal year-end strength and are affected by funding limits,
regulatory limits and the number of projected vacancies in specific grades? - CORRECT
ANSWER - SSgt through CMSgt
What limits, as outlined in Title 10 United States Code, Armed Forces, the number of Airmen
who may serve in the regular Air Force in the top two enlisted grades? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Public law
What percentages may the authorized average of enlisted members on regular Air Force status
(other than for training) be in a fiscal year for pay grades E-8 and E-9? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Not be more than 2.5 percent E-8 & E-9
Under the Airman BTZ Program, who may compete for early advancement to SrA if they meet
the minimum eligibility criteria? - CORRECT ANSWER - A1Cs
If promoted to SrA below-the-zone, when is the promotion effective date? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 6 months before their fully qualified date
, When are Airmen considered for BTZ promotion? - CORRECT ANSWER - In the month
(Dec, Mar, June or Sep) before the quarter (Jan-Mar, Apr-Jun, July-Sep or Oct-Dec) that they are
eligible
Which program is designed to meet those unique circumstances that, in a commander's
judgement, clearly warrant promotion? - CORRECT ANSWER - Stripes for Exceptional
Performers (STEP) Program
Which program is intended to promote Airmen for compelling, although perhaps not
quantifiable, reasons? Isolated acts or specific achievements should not be the sole basis for
promotion under this program. - CORRECT ANSWER - STEP promotion
Under the STEP Program, to what grades may commanders at various organizational levels
promote a limited number of exemplary performing Airmen with exceptional potential? -
CORRECT ANSWER - SSgt through TSgt
An individual may not receive more than one promotion under any combination of promotion
programs within a 12-month period. What is the one exception to this? - CORRECT
ANSWER - SrA must serve six months of time in grade before being promoted to SSgt
Where do Airmen compete for promotion and test? - CORRECT ANSWER - Under the
Weighted Airman Promotion System (WAPS) in the control AFSC held on the promotion
eligibility cutoff date
Promotion selectees are individuals with the highest scores in each AFSC, within the quota
limitations. What happens if more than one individual has the same total score at the cutoff
point? - CORRECT ANSWER - The Air Force promotes everyone with that score
Which process occurs when eligible SSgts through MSgts, whose weighable data changes in
their promotion file, compete monthly for promotion consideration? Its action is typically
processed on a monthly basis. - CORRECT ANSWER - In-System Supplemental
Promotion Process
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Which system provides visible, relatively stable career progression opportunities; attracts, retains
and motivates the kinds and numbers of people the military needs? It ensures a reasonably
uniform application of the principle of equal pay for equal work among the services. -
CORRECT ANSWER - Enlisted promotion system
Which AFI provides detailed information regarding enlisted promotion systems? - CORRECT
ANSWER - AFI 36-2502, Enlisted Airmen Promotion/Demotion Programs
Who limits the number of Airmen the regular Air Force may have in the top five enlisted grades?
- CORRECT ANSWER - DoD
Whose promotion quotas are tied to fiscal year-end strength and are affected by funding limits,
regulatory limits and the number of projected vacancies in specific grades? - CORRECT
ANSWER - SSgt through CMSgt
What limits, as outlined in Title 10 United States Code, Armed Forces, the number of Airmen
who may serve in the regular Air Force in the top two enlisted grades? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Public law
What percentages may the authorized average of enlisted members on regular Air Force status
(other than for training) be in a fiscal year for pay grades E-8 and E-9? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Not be more than 2.5 percent E-8 & E-9
Under the Airman BTZ Program, who may compete for early advancement to SrA if they meet
the minimum eligibility criteria? - CORRECT ANSWER - A1Cs
If promoted to SrA below-the-zone, when is the promotion effective date? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 6 months before their fully qualified date
, When are Airmen considered for BTZ promotion? - CORRECT ANSWER - In the month
(Dec, Mar, June or Sep) before the quarter (Jan-Mar, Apr-Jun, July-Sep or Oct-Dec) that they are
eligible
Which program is designed to meet those unique circumstances that, in a commander's
judgement, clearly warrant promotion? - CORRECT ANSWER - Stripes for Exceptional
Performers (STEP) Program
Which program is intended to promote Airmen for compelling, although perhaps not
quantifiable, reasons? Isolated acts or specific achievements should not be the sole basis for
promotion under this program. - CORRECT ANSWER - STEP promotion
Under the STEP Program, to what grades may commanders at various organizational levels
promote a limited number of exemplary performing Airmen with exceptional potential? -
CORRECT ANSWER - SSgt through TSgt
An individual may not receive more than one promotion under any combination of promotion
programs within a 12-month period. What is the one exception to this? - CORRECT
ANSWER - SrA must serve six months of time in grade before being promoted to SSgt
Where do Airmen compete for promotion and test? - CORRECT ANSWER - Under the
Weighted Airman Promotion System (WAPS) in the control AFSC held on the promotion
eligibility cutoff date
Promotion selectees are individuals with the highest scores in each AFSC, within the quota
limitations. What happens if more than one individual has the same total score at the cutoff
point? - CORRECT ANSWER - The Air Force promotes everyone with that score
Which process occurs when eligible SSgts through MSgts, whose weighable data changes in
their promotion file, compete monthly for promotion consideration? Its action is typically
processed on a monthly basis. - CORRECT ANSWER - In-System Supplemental
Promotion Process
