Afi 36 2502

What supports DoD Directive 1304.20, Enlisted Personnel Management System (EPMS), by providing visible, relatively stable career progression opportunities; attracting, retaining, and motivating the kinds and numbers of people the military needs; and ensuring a reasonably uniform application of the principle of equal pay for equal work among the services?

The enlisted promotion system supports what, by providing visible, relatively stable career progression opportunities; attracting, retaining, and motivating the kinds and numbers of people the military needs; and ensuring a reasonably uniform application of the principle of equal pay for equal work among the services?

What provides detailed information regarding enlisted promotion systems?

Who limits the number of Airmen the Regular Air Force may have in the top five enlisted grades?

Promotion quotas for _________________________ thru ________________________ are tied to fiscal year-end strength and are affected by funding limits, regulatory limits, and the number of projected vacancies in specific grades.

Public law, as outlined by what, limits the number of Airmen who may serve in the Regular Air Force in the top two enlisted grades?

What, as outlined by Title 10 United States Code, Armed Forces, limits the number of Airmen who may serve in the Regular Air Force in the top two enlisted grades?

The authorized average of enlisted members on Regular Air Force status in pay grades E-8 and E-9 in a fiscal year may not be more than ____________ percent and ____________ percent, respectively.

Under what program, Airmen in the grade of Airman First Class may compete for early advancement to Senior Airman if they meet the minimum eligibility criteria?

If promoted to Senior Airman below-the-zone, the promotion effective date is how many months before their fully qualified date?

Airman are considered for below-the-zone promotion in the month (_______________________, ____________________________, ____________________, _____________________________) before the quarter (January - March, April - June, July - September, or October - December) that they are eligible.

Under what program, may commander at various organizational levels promote a limited number of exemplary performing Airmen with exceptional potential to the grades of SSgt through TSgt?

An individual may not receive more than one promotion under any combination of promotion programs within a ____________-month period.

How many months must a Senior Airman serve time in grade before being promoted to Staff Sergeant?

Airmen compete for promotion and test under what system in the control Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC) held on the promotion eligibility cutoff date?

What contains a wide range of Air Force knowledge, while the SKT covers AFSC broad technical knowledge?

The PFE contains a wide range of Air Force knowledge, while what covers AFSC broad technical knowledge?

Who are individuals with the highest scores in each AFSC, within the quota limitations?

(True/False) As the Air Force continues to offer opportunities for career broadening and special duty assignments, it is important to mention that individuals with a reporting identifier or special duty identifier, designated as their control Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC) on the PECD, will compete within that reporting identifier or special duty identifier.

Consideration for promotion to the grades of Master Sergeant, Senior Master Sergeant, and Chief Master Sergeant has how many phases?

What phase for consideration to SNCO consists of the WAPS?

What phase for consideration to SNCO consists of the central evaluation board held at Air Force Base Personnel Center?

What is determined for SNCOs by a combination of total points from Phase I and Phase II in each AFSC within the quota limitations?

What applies to Airman who test after their initial selects have been made, such as deployed Airman, or anyone who was unable to test during their normal testing window?

Eligible _______________ through _____________ whose weighable data changes in their promotion file compete monthly for promotion consideration.

What is for those members promotion-eligible to MSgt, SMSgt, or CMSgt?

Supplemental evaluation boards are conducted on a ________________ basis.

Who may request to meet the supplemental board if they believe they have a valid request?

Fully documented supplemental consideration requests, to include proof of corrective or follow-up actions taken by the individual to correct the error, are submitted to whom in writing with the recommendation of the individual's unit commander?

The military personnel section forwards the request to whom for final approval?

Who establishes promotion cycles to ensure timely periodic promotions and to permit accurate forecasting of vacancies?

Promotion cycles also balance the promotion administrative workload and provide what?

Whose promotions are based on a combination of position vacancy, time-in-grade, time-in-service, fitness, and completion of appropriate professional military education?

Airman initially enlisting for a period of 6 years are promoted from Airman Basic to what upon completion of either technical training school or 20 weeks of technical training after graduation from BMT?

Airmen may be promotion eligible to what rank upon completion of 36 months of time in service and 20 months of time in grade or 28 months of time in grade (whichever occurs first)?

Senior Airman may be promotion eligible to whom upon completion of three years of time in service and six months time in grade?

The PECD for promotion to Staff Sergeant is when?

What is the test cycle for Staff Sergeant?

What is the required skill level in primary AFSC for Staff Sergeant?

Staff Sergeants may be promotion eligible to what upon completion of 5 years of time in service and 23 months of time in grade?

Staff Sergeants may be promotion eligible to Technical Sergeant upon completion of _____________ years of time in service and _______________ months of time in grade.

Senior Airmen may be promotion eligible to Staff Sergeant upon completion of ____________ years of time in service and _________________ months of time in grade.

Airman may be promotion eligible to Senior Airman upon completion of _____________ months of time in service and ____________ months of time in grade or _______________ months of time in grade.

The PECD for promotion for a Technical Sergeant is when?

What is the test cycle for Technical Sergeant?

What is the required skill level in the primary AFSC for Master Sergeant?

Technical Sergeants may be promotion eligible to what upon completion of eight years of time in service and 24 months of time in grade?

Technical Sergeants may be promotion eligible to Master Sergeant upon completion of _______________ years of time in service and ______________ months of time in grade.

The PECD for promotion to Master Sergeant is when?

Master Sergeants may be promotion eligible to what upon completion of 11 years of time in service and 20 months of time in grade?

Master Sergeants may be promotion eligible to Senior Master Sergeant upon completion of _______________ years of time in service and ____________ months of time in grade.

The PECD for promotion to Senior Master Sergeant is when?

The test cycle for Senior Master Sergeant is when?

Who must acknowledge and obtain three years of service retainability and incur a three-year ADSC from the effective date of promotion to qualify for non-disability retirement?

Senior Master Sergeants may be promotion eligible to Chief Master Sergeant upon completion of _______________ years of time in service and _____________________ months of time in grade.

The PECD for promotion to Chief Master Sergeant is when?

The test cycle for Chief Master Sergeant is when?

What is the required skill level in primary AFSC for a Chief Master Sergeant?

What form will acknowledge that Master Sergeants-selects and Senior Master Sergeants-selects must obtain two years of service retainability and incur a two-year active duty service commitment (ADSC) from the effective date of promotion to qualify for non-disability retirement?

Selects to grade of MSgt and SMSgt with more than 18 years Total Air Force Active Federal Military Service (TAFMS) by effective date of promotion will sign AF Form 63, Active Duty Service Commitment or what other form?

Selects to grade of MSgt and SMSgt with more than 18 years Total Air Force Active Federal Military Service (TAFMS) by effective date of promotion will sign AF Form 63, Active Duty Service Commitment or Statement of Understanding within ___________ duty days after selections are confirmed.

In addition, all CMSgt-selects, regardless of _____________, will sign an AF Form 63 or a Statement of Understanding within 10 duty days after selections are confirmed.

Who assigns promotion sequence numbers to Airmen selected for promotion to Staff Sergeant through Chief Master Sergeant based on date of rank, TAFMS, and date of birth?

Supplemental selectees are assigned promotion sequence numbers of _____________ (increment previously announced) or ___________ (unannounced future increment)

If an error or omission is noted, the Airman must immediately contact his or her ____________________ _____________ _____________ for assistance.

When may an Airman decline a promotion?

(True/False) During test development, test development specialists do not provide psychometric and developmental expertise required to ensure the tests are credible, valid, and fair to all examinees.

Preparing for promotion testing is an _____________________ responsibility.

All promotion eligible individuals must know their eligibility status, maintain specialty and military qualifications, initiate a self-study plan, obtain all applicable study references as outlined in what?

Members who will be unavailable during the entire testing cycle must be prepared to test _____________ to their departure, even if that is before the first day of the testing cycle.

Airmen may opt to test early provided the correct test _________________ are available.

Group study (two or more people) for the purposes of enlisted promotion testing is strictly ________________.

Enlisted personnel who violate these prohibitions are subject to prosecution under what Article of the UCMJ for violating a lawful general regulation?

Information concerning enlisted promotion test compromise is contained in what?

What is responsible for providing promotion eligible members access to WAPS Career Development Courses?

According to what, promotion eligible Airmen must have access to reference materials at least 60 days before the scheduled test date?

According to AFMAN 36-2664, promotion eligible Airmen must have access to reference materials at least ___________ days before the scheduled test date.

What is used to determine Airman promotion eligibility as well as the cutoff date that will determine when contents of the selection folder and information on promotion evaluation briefs must be updated and complete?

What is a document utilized for promotion consideration and is the most important tool to review to ensure information on a promotion record is complete?

Who must review their DVR in the Automated Records Management System/Personnel Records Display Application (ARMS/PRDA)?

Airmen must review the DVR in what?

The military personnel flight will update what with the correct data and update the DVR on virtual military personnel flight?

What produces all Air Force enlisted promotion tests, which are written by Airmen for Airmen?

Who travels to work in-house with test development specialists and apply their knowledge and expertise to develop current, relevant, and accurate test questions for enlisted promotion testing?

At the beginning of a test development project, the most current tests are administered to the _____________________________________.

What measures military and supervisory knowledge required for SSgt, TSgt, and MSgt?

For PFE, who selects Chief Master Sergeants based on Air Force demographics, extensive experience, and diverse major command representation to develop and validate question?

What measures important job knowledge required in a particular specialty?

For SKTs, test development specialists work closely with whom to stay abreast of changes affecting career fields which may impact promotion test development?

Who, based on their specialties and job experiences, are selected to develop and validate SKT questions?

Resources used to develop SKTs include what?

What lists all enlisted promotion tests authorized for administration and the study references associated with these tests?

When is the EPPRC published annually?

The study references for the PFE are the grade-specific Enlisted Promotion Study Guides derived from what?

What are administered to all Airmen competing for promotion to the grades of SSgt through CMSgt?

What is the minimum score required for PFE?

What is the combined minimum score required?

For those testing PFE only, a minimum score of _________________ is required.

The complete charts, to include exceptions and notes for calculating points and factors for promotion, are included in what AFI?