BLENDED RETIREMENT SYSTEM (BRS) FINANCIAL
COUNSELOR-EDUCATOR COURSE UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
FC/Es need to apply enhanced knowledge and skills to support mandated financial literacy touch points
with Service members. Those knowledge and skill areas include: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅pre/post-
deployment
transition to retirement
TSP vesting
promotion
When speaking with a Service member who is serving or had a contract to serve on and before
December 31, 2017, it would be correct to say that the member is ________ into the "High-3"
retirement system. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅grandfathered
The formula for retired pay under the BRS is _____ x years of service x the average of the highest 36
months of the Service member's basic pay. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅2.0%
Once made by the Service member, the decision to opt into the BRS is irrevocable. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅True
Under the BRS, new Accessions who join the service after December 31, 2017 and complete at least 2
YOS will be eligible for _____. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅matching Government contributions to a
TSP account
AC members who have completed fewer than _____ and Reserve Component (RC) members who have
fewer than _____ as of December 31, 2017, will have the opportunity to opt into the BRS. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅12 YOS, 4,320 retirement points
COUNSELOR-EDUCATOR COURSE UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
FC/Es need to apply enhanced knowledge and skills to support mandated financial literacy touch points
with Service members. Those knowledge and skill areas include: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅pre/post-
deployment
transition to retirement
TSP vesting
promotion
When speaking with a Service member who is serving or had a contract to serve on and before
December 31, 2017, it would be correct to say that the member is ________ into the "High-3"
retirement system. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅grandfathered
The formula for retired pay under the BRS is _____ x years of service x the average of the highest 36
months of the Service member's basic pay. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅2.0%
Once made by the Service member, the decision to opt into the BRS is irrevocable. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅True
Under the BRS, new Accessions who join the service after December 31, 2017 and complete at least 2
YOS will be eligible for _____. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅matching Government contributions to a
TSP account
AC members who have completed fewer than _____ and Reserve Component (RC) members who have
fewer than _____ as of December 31, 2017, will have the opportunity to opt into the BRS. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅12 YOS, 4,320 retirement points
