Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Reporting Senior - CORRECT ANSWER Commanding officers are reporting seniors by
virtue of their command authority.
Delegated Reporting Seniors - CORRECT ANSWER Delegation of reporting senior
authority is an actual tranfer of that authority, not just an authorization to sign "by direction."
Immediate Superiors in Command (ISICs) - CORRECT ANSWER Reporting seniors for
assigned commanding officers, and are authorized to assume the reporting senior authority of
subordinate commanding officer whose capacity to act as a reporting senior becomes impaired.
Enlisted Senior Rater - CORRECT ANSWER Chief petty officers (E7-E9) may act as
reporting seniors for members in the grades E4 and below only.
Raters and Senior Raters - CORRECT ANSWER Evaluation reports on E6 and below
require the signatures of a rater and senior rater as well as the reporting senior.
When is performance counseling provided? - CORRECT ANSWER Mid-point of periodic
repot cycle and when the report is signed.
Regualr Report - CORRECT ANSWER Day to day all naval service on active duty or
drilling reseve programs.
Concurrent Report - CORRECT ANSWER Provides a record of significant performance
while in an additional duty or temporary additional duty status.
Operational Commander Report - CORRECT ANSWER Optional. Submitted on COs and
OICs by operational commanders who are not their regular reporting seniors.
, Perfomance Information Memorandum (PIM) - CORRECT ANSWER Used to report
performance information to another command for consideration in a FITREP, CHEIFEVAL, or
EVAL. Used for duty lasting 3 months or less.
Administrative Blocks - CORRECT ANSWER Identify report, define the context in which
it was recieved, and makes it more informative for detailers and selection boards.
5.0 - CORRECT ANSWER Performance far above standards.
1.0 - CORRECT ANSWER Generally poor performance.
Negative Effects of "two-blocking" - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Reporting seniors average
trait grade will be available to detailers and selection boards for comparison purposes.
2. Makes it difficult for reporting seniors to allocate promotion recommendations if everyones
trait grades are the same.
Comments Block - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Based on verifiable facts.
2. Do not use:
Underlining
Boldface
Centering
Italics
Or other highlighting
Promotion Recommendation Summary Groups - CORRECT ANSWER Shall be
consistent with performance trait grades.
4.0 - CORRECT ANSWER Early promote