YNC Advancement Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
What is the most important advancement eligibility requirement ? - CORRECT
ANSWER CO/OIC recommendation
Can CO/OIC recommendation be delegated? - CORRECT ANSWER No
Can advancement be withheld for lack of observation? - CORRECT ANSWER No
TIR: E1-E2 & E2-E3 - CORRECT ANSWER 9 MOS
TIR: E3-E4 - CORRECT ANSWER 6 MOS
TIR: E4-E5 - CORRECT ANSWER 12 MOS
TIR: E5-E6, E6-E7, E7-E8, E8-E9 - CORRECT ANSWER 36 MOS (Except w/ EP
Waivers)
What pay grades are ineligible to participate in a NWAE or selection board upon receiving
Significant Problems or Progressing rating? - CORRECT ANSWER E7-E9
Path of Advancement (E1-E9) - CORRECT ANSWER Stipulated in NAVPERS 18068-
Manual of Navy Enlisted Manpower and Personnel Classification and Occupational
Standards
Personnel who have graduated from "A" school, receive their designations from whom? -
CORRECT ANSWER CO/ OIC of NETC
,PACT Personnel receive their designations from whom? - CORRECT ANSWER ECM
via CWAY
True/ False: Personnel in "A" school are eligible to participate in NWAE? - CORRECT
ANSWER False; eligibility will be gained upon graduation & administrative
conversions
What is required to change ratings via NWAE participation? - CORRECT
ANSWER BUPERS-32/352
What contains methods for changing one path of advancement to another? - CORRECT
ANSWER MILPERSMAN 1440-010 & MILPERSMAN 1160-090
For E4-E6 candidates in a rating requiring security clearance, when should favorable
investigation adjudication by DoDCAF (or interim by CO) be reflected in JPAS, in order to
take examination? - CORRECT ANSWER Prior to the first day of the month of the
NWAE
For E7-E9 candidates in a rating requiring security clearance, when should favorable
investigation adjudication by DoDCAF (or interim by CO) be reflected in JPAS, in order to
take examination? - CORRECT ANSWER Prior to board convening
What procedure must the CO follow in order to grant interim access? - CORRECT
ANSWER Section 9-4 of SECNAV M-5510.30 (Navy Personnel Security Program
Manual)
What types of temporary access can the CO grant ? - CORRECT ANSWER Top
Secret, Secret, & Confidential
True or False: The CO can grant temporary access for SCI? - CORRECT
ANSWER False; Temporary access for SCI may only be granted by DODCAF
What ratings participate in SCI NWAEs? - CORRECT ANSWER CTI, CTN, & CTR
, True or False: Immigrant aliens are permitted into any rating they qualify for? - CORRECT
ANSWER False; certain rates require access to classified materials only permitted to
citizens
Who determines which rates and ratings require access to classified information? -
CORRECT ANSWER BUPERS 32
Five years from the date of issuance, an instruction that has not been revised (as contrasted
with changed, such as a change transmittal as per subparagraph 8c), in the interim, requires
what? - CORRECT ANSWER revision or cancellation
If an instruction has not revised or canceled by the 5-year anniversary date, what action
should be taken? - CORRECT ANSWER The instruction will be automatically
canceled
If, by the 5-year anniversary date, an instruction is considered to be valid and current and a
revision is not required, at a minimum, what action should be taken? - CORRECT
ANSWER The instruction must be reissued under the next alphabetical suffix with a
new date and signature.
If an instruction is automatically canceled and its continued use is required, what action
should be taken? - CORRECT ANSWER The instrcution must be processed as a new
instruction with the next available point number.
(True or False) A change transmittals suffice as a revision and reissuance of a Navy
instruction. - CORRECT ANSWER False; Hence, the date of a change transmittal is
not considered the issuance date or revision date of an instruction; the date of the initial basic
version of an instruction is the actual issuance date.
(True or False) All Navy notices are self-cancelling and cannot be in effect for more than 1
year. - CORRECT ANSWER True; If a contingency has not been met within the
contingency period (no more than 1 year), a new notice with a new date and signature must
be reissued, or consider issuing an instruction instead.
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
What is the most important advancement eligibility requirement ? - CORRECT
ANSWER CO/OIC recommendation
Can CO/OIC recommendation be delegated? - CORRECT ANSWER No
Can advancement be withheld for lack of observation? - CORRECT ANSWER No
TIR: E1-E2 & E2-E3 - CORRECT ANSWER 9 MOS
TIR: E3-E4 - CORRECT ANSWER 6 MOS
TIR: E4-E5 - CORRECT ANSWER 12 MOS
TIR: E5-E6, E6-E7, E7-E8, E8-E9 - CORRECT ANSWER 36 MOS (Except w/ EP
Waivers)
What pay grades are ineligible to participate in a NWAE or selection board upon receiving
Significant Problems or Progressing rating? - CORRECT ANSWER E7-E9
Path of Advancement (E1-E9) - CORRECT ANSWER Stipulated in NAVPERS 18068-
Manual of Navy Enlisted Manpower and Personnel Classification and Occupational
Standards
Personnel who have graduated from "A" school, receive their designations from whom? -
CORRECT ANSWER CO/ OIC of NETC
,PACT Personnel receive their designations from whom? - CORRECT ANSWER ECM
via CWAY
True/ False: Personnel in "A" school are eligible to participate in NWAE? - CORRECT
ANSWER False; eligibility will be gained upon graduation & administrative
conversions
What is required to change ratings via NWAE participation? - CORRECT
ANSWER BUPERS-32/352
What contains methods for changing one path of advancement to another? - CORRECT
ANSWER MILPERSMAN 1440-010 & MILPERSMAN 1160-090
For E4-E6 candidates in a rating requiring security clearance, when should favorable
investigation adjudication by DoDCAF (or interim by CO) be reflected in JPAS, in order to
take examination? - CORRECT ANSWER Prior to the first day of the month of the
NWAE
For E7-E9 candidates in a rating requiring security clearance, when should favorable
investigation adjudication by DoDCAF (or interim by CO) be reflected in JPAS, in order to
take examination? - CORRECT ANSWER Prior to board convening
What procedure must the CO follow in order to grant interim access? - CORRECT
ANSWER Section 9-4 of SECNAV M-5510.30 (Navy Personnel Security Program
Manual)
What types of temporary access can the CO grant ? - CORRECT ANSWER Top
Secret, Secret, & Confidential
True or False: The CO can grant temporary access for SCI? - CORRECT
ANSWER False; Temporary access for SCI may only be granted by DODCAF
What ratings participate in SCI NWAEs? - CORRECT ANSWER CTI, CTN, & CTR
, True or False: Immigrant aliens are permitted into any rating they qualify for? - CORRECT
ANSWER False; certain rates require access to classified materials only permitted to
citizens
Who determines which rates and ratings require access to classified information? -
CORRECT ANSWER BUPERS 32
Five years from the date of issuance, an instruction that has not been revised (as contrasted
with changed, such as a change transmittal as per subparagraph 8c), in the interim, requires
what? - CORRECT ANSWER revision or cancellation
If an instruction has not revised or canceled by the 5-year anniversary date, what action
should be taken? - CORRECT ANSWER The instruction will be automatically
canceled
If, by the 5-year anniversary date, an instruction is considered to be valid and current and a
revision is not required, at a minimum, what action should be taken? - CORRECT
ANSWER The instruction must be reissued under the next alphabetical suffix with a
new date and signature.
If an instruction is automatically canceled and its continued use is required, what action
should be taken? - CORRECT ANSWER The instrcution must be processed as a new
instruction with the next available point number.
(True or False) A change transmittals suffice as a revision and reissuance of a Navy
instruction. - CORRECT ANSWER False; Hence, the date of a change transmittal is
not considered the issuance date or revision date of an instruction; the date of the initial basic
version of an instruction is the actual issuance date.
(True or False) All Navy notices are self-cancelling and cannot be in effect for more than 1
year. - CORRECT ANSWER True; If a contingency has not been met within the
contingency period (no more than 1 year), a new notice with a new date and signature must
be reissued, or consider issuing an instruction instead.
