CPL-S COURSE ADMINISTRATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2025

CPL'S COURSE ADMINISTRATION QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2025

PromotionsN-NcorrectNanswer-
•ProficiencyNandNconductNmarksNareNusedNinNtheNcomputationNofNcompositeNscoresNofNlanceNcorporalsNa
ndNcorporals.NRegularNpromotionNtoNcorporalNandNsergeantNdependsNonNaNMarine'sNcompositeNscore.N


N




•TheNpromotionNsystemNupNtoNtheNrankNofNsergeantNisNdescribedNinNTheNPromotionNSystemNlessonNofNthis
Ncourse.




N




•TheNreferenceNisNMarineNCorpsNOrderNP1400.32D,NMarineNCorpsNPromotionNManual,NVolumeN2,NEnliste
dNPromotions,NalsoNknownNasNtheNPromotionNManual.



ReenlistmentsN-NcorrectNanswer-
•AllNMarinesNapplyingNforNreenlistmentNmustNhaveNaNminimumNproficiencyNandNconductNmarkNaverageNof
N4.0/4.0NduringNtheNcurrentNenlistmentNcontractNandNextensionsNtoNthatNcontract.




N




•TheNreferenceNisNMCON1040.31,NEnlistedNRetentionNandNCareerNDevelopmentNManual



CertainNDutyNAssignmentsN-NcorrectNanswer-
AsNspecialNdutyNandNindependentNdutyNassignmentsNinvolveNdemandingNdutiesNorNdutiesNwithNanNunusua
lNdegreeNofNresponsibility,NMarinesNmustNmeetNspecialNrequirementsNwhichNincludeNminimumNproficiency
NandNconductNmarks.




N

,•MarineNRecruiterNDuty:NCorporalsNapplyingNforNrecruitingNdutyNmustNhaveNaNminimumN4.6/4.6NProficien
cy/ConductNmarkNaverage.



•MarineNSecurityNGuardNDuty:NMarineNsecurityNguardNapplicantsNmustNhaveNaNminimumN4.2/4.2NProficie
ncy/ConductNmarkNaverage.



•IndependentNDuty:NMarinesNgoingNonNindependentNdutyNmustNhaveNaNminimumN4.4/4.4NProficiency/Co
nductNmarkNaverage.


N




TheNreferenceNisNMCONP1326.6D,NSelecting,NScreening,NandNPreparingNEnlistedNMarinesNforNSpecialNDutyN
AssignmentsNandNIndependentNDuties.



CharacterizationNatNDischargeN-NcorrectNanswer-
•HonorableNcharacterizationNofNserviceNisNtheNhighestNqualityNcharacterizationNandNisNappropriateNwhenNt
heNqualityNofNtheNMarine'sNserviceNhasNmetNtheNstandardsNofNacceptedNconductNandNperformanceNofNdut
yNforNmilitaryNpersonnel.NTherefore,NcharacterizationNwillNbeNhonorableNforNMarinesNwithNanNaverageNpro
ficiencyNmarkNofN3.0NorNhigherNandNaverageNconductNmarkNofN4.0NorNhigher.N


N




•ThisNisNimportantNasNaNlessNthanNhonorableNcharacterizationNmayNreduceNemploymentNopportunitiesNan
dNtheNbenefitsNreceivedNfromNVeteransNAffairsNafterNdischarge.


N




•TheNreferenceNisNMCON1900.16,NSeparationNandNRetirementNManual.



TheNpurposeNofNproficiencyN(pro)NandNconductN(con)N-NcorrectNanswer-
toNindicateNhowNproficientlyNindividualNMarinesNperformedNtheirNprimaryNduties,NandNhowNtheyNconduct
edNthemselvesNduringNtheNratingNperiod.

, RESPONSIBILITIESNofNNoncommissionedNOfficersN-NcorrectNanswer-
TheNresponsibilitiesNofNstaffNnoncommissionedNofficersN(SNCOs)NandNnoncommissionedNofficersN(NCOs)Ni
ncludeNtrainingNandNsupervisingNMarinesNinNtheNperformanceNofNtheirNduties.NThisNcloseNrelationshipNgive
sNNCOsNtheNabilityNtoNrecordNinformationNonNaNMarine'sNperformanceNandNtoNevaluateNtheirNperformance
NduringNtheNreportingNperiod.NNCOs'NresponsibilitiesNincludeNprovidingNaNfairNandNbalancedNrecommenda

tionNforNproNandNconNmarksNtoNtheNcommander.



RESPONSIBILITIESNofNCommandingNOfficersN-NcorrectNanswer-
heNcommandingNofficerNestablishesNunitNpoliciesNandNproceduresNforNrecommendingNandNassigningNprofi
ciencyNandNconductNmarks.NSinceNtheNcommandingNofficerNcannotNphysicallyNobserveNallNcorporalsNandNb
elowNonNaNdailyNbasis,NtheNcommanderNwillNrelyNonNSNCOsNandNNCOsNtoNevaluateNtheNperformanceNofNth
eirNMarinesNandNtoNsubmitNrecommendedNproficiencyNandNconductNmarks.NAlthoughNtheNcommanderNsh
ouldNreviewNandNconsiderNtheNrecommendedNmarks,NtheNcommanderNhasNsoleNresponsibilityNinNtheNassig
nmentNofNmarksNforNeachNMarine.NTheNcommandingNofficerNisNtheNdecidingNauthorityNandNisNresponsibleN
forNmaintainingNanNequitableNproficiencyNandNconductNperformanceNevaluationNsystemNforNMarinesNinNhi
s/herNcharge.



IRAMN-NcorrectNanswer-
providesNSNCOs,NNCOs,NandNcommandersNwithNtheNguidanceNnecessaryNtoNrecommendNandNassignNprofic
iencyNandNconductNmarks.NTheNIRAMNestablishesNguidelinesNtoNcreateNconsistencyNinNtheNevaluationNproc
ess,NmeasuringNspecificNfactorsNexpectedNofNallNMarines



OCCASIONSNTHATNREQUIRENMARKSN-NcorrectNanswer--TemporaryNdisabilityNretiredNlist

-discharge

-PromotionNtoNCplNorNSgt

-Reduction

-Desertion

-TADNcomplete

-PCS

-ServiceNschoolNcompletion

-Semi-anual

-annualN(R)

-ATN(R)

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