IPPS-A Exam UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Approval Chain - CORRECT ANSWER - Chain of Command A defined path of
Approvers, Reviewers, Intermediate Approvers, or Alternate Approvers (where needed).
Аpprover - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - Company In IPPS-A, Company is the
Department of the Army including all components: Company Active Army, National Guard &
Reserve Record
Delegate - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 record. The user can predate information to add historical data to the
system or postdate information in order to enter it before it goes into effect.
Escalate - CORRECT ANSWER - Used when an Intermediate Approver or Approver in
the approval chain has not responded to a transaction within a specified period of time.
Escalation allows the Intermediate Approver or an Approver to designate an alternate Approver
for further action.
Effective Date - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 record. The user can predate information to add historical data to the
system or postdate information in order to enter it before it goes into effect.
Home Department - CORRECT ANSWER - Used when an Intermediate Approver or
Approver in the approval chain has not responded to a transaction within a specified period of
time. Escalation allows the Intermediate Approver or an Approver to designate an alternate
Approver for further action.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Approval Chain - CORRECT ANSWER - Chain of Command A defined path of
Approvers, Reviewers, Intermediate Approvers, or Alternate Approvers (where needed).
Аpprover - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - Company In IPPS-A, Company is the
Department of the Army including all components: Company Active Army, National Guard &
Reserve Record
Delegate - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 record. The user can predate information to add historical data to the
system or postdate information in order to enter it before it goes into effect.
Escalate - CORRECT ANSWER - Used when an Intermediate Approver or Approver in
the approval chain has not responded to a transaction within a specified period of time.
Escalation allows the Intermediate Approver or an Approver to designate an alternate Approver
for further action.
Effective Date - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 record. The user can predate information to add historical data to the
system or postdate information in order to enter it before it goes into effect.
Home Department - CORRECT ANSWER - Used when an Intermediate Approver or
Approver in the approval chain has not responded to a transaction within a specified period of
time. Escalation allows the Intermediate Approver or an Approver to designate an alternate
Approver for further action.
