Navy YN1 Advancement Exam Practice Test: Yeoman E-6 Questions

353 practice questions for the YN E-6 advancement exam: the command pay and personnel administrator (CPPA) program, PCS order delivery and detaching and reporting phrases, procedures for absentees and deserters, administrative separation policy, reasons for separation, entry-level and uncharacterized separations, notification and board procedures, the civilian clothing allowance, and the evaluation system: Not Observed reports, reports on Sailors at civilian or foreign activities, administrative changes and supplements, statements to the record, appeals (ISIC review, BCNR, Article 138) and flag officer FITREPs, adoption expense reimbursement, the Foreign Language Proficiency Bonus, and the JAGMAN appendix forms: letters of caution and instruction, NJP rights with and without the vessel exception, the NJP hearing and appeal rights, summary court-martial rights, immunity grants, victim jurisdiction preference and immediate discharge requests, and safeguarding classified information: access and need to know, emergency disclosure, Congress, GAO and researchers, cover sheets and end-of-day checks, work at home, working papers, reproduction, classified meetings, foreign government information and ACCM, plus emergency leave, the officer OMPF, house-hunting PTDY, PCS order execution, suspect rights warnings and search authorizations, hostile fire and imminent danger pay, and the family separation allowance. We wrote every one from the public references on the March 2027 YN bibliography, and each answer links the page it comes from. Practice tests are 50 questions; aim for 35.

The real test: Your Navy-wide advancement exam is drawn from your rate's bibliography and comes back as a standard score that counts toward your final multiple; the Navy publishes no pass mark. Our practice test is 50 of our own questions with a 70% target.

Here: 353 questions. Our own practice questions, written from public references on the Navy YN bibliography (MILPERSMAN articles, BUPERSINST 1610.10H, the DoD FMR, the JAGMAN and DoDM 5200.01 on the YN E-6 bibliography). Not Navy exam questions. Free.

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What's on the test

TopicIn the guide
Correspondence and records9
Legal: NJP, courts-martial and investigations58
Performance evaluations46
Security41
Travel, pay and personnel199

10 sample questions

  1. Who owns a member's personnel records?

    • A.The U.S. Government
    • B.NAVPERSCOM's records branch
    • C.The member
    • D.The member's command
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    A. The U.S. Government

    YN6-zpica · Correspondence and records · MILPERSMAN 1070-020 p. 1
  2. A Sailor hasn't been sighted by a responsible senior at muster. How are they reported?

    • A.As UA after 24 hours
    • B.As present until proven otherwise
    • C.As a deserter
    • D.As absent
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    D. As absent

    YN6-3h9qt · Legal: NJP, courts-martial and investigations · MILPERSMAN 1600-040 p. 1
  3. On a NOB EVAL, what may the comments in block 43 cover?

    • A.Administrative, schooling and training information
    • B.Adverse matter, with the member's statement
    • C.Only the reason the report was late, and nothing more
    • D.Trait grades and a promotion recommendation
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    A. Administrative, schooling and training information

    YN6-q9omh · Performance evaluations · BUPERSINST 1610.10H p. 91
  4. Besides a clearance and a need to know, what must a person sign before getting access to classified information?

    • A.SF 86, the Questionnaire for National Security Positions form
    • B.SF 701, the Activity Security Checklist
    • C.SF 312, the Classified Information Non-Disclosure Agreement
    • D.DD 254, the contract security specification
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    C. SF 312, the Classified Information Non-Disclosure Agreement

    YN6-i25sp · Security · DoDM 5200.01 Vol 3 p. 14
  5. A member gets message orders relayed by telegram. What do they write on it to get mileage paid?

    • A.ORIGINAL MESSAGE, signed by the OIC
    • B.CERTIFIED TRUE COPY, signed by the CO
    • C.ORDERS ACKNOWLEDGED, with the date and the member's DoD ID number
    • D.ORIGINAL ORDERS RECEIVED, with their signature
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    D. ORIGINAL ORDERS RECEIVED, with their signature

    YN6-gjztp · Travel, pay and personnel · MILPERSMAN 1320-306 p. 1
  6. If SECNAVINST 5211.5F and 5720.42G conflict on releasing record info, which applies?

    • A.BUPERSINST 1070.27E, the records instruction itself
    • B.SECNAVINST 5211.5F (Privacy Act)
    • C.SECNAVINST 5720.42G (FOIA)
    • D.Whichever is newer
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    B. SECNAVINST 5211.5F (Privacy Act)

    YN6-arvxn · Correspondence and records · MILPERSMAN 1070-020 p. 1
  7. Within how long of an absence must the command start actions like checking quarters, hospitals and police?

    • A.The first 72 hours
    • B.The first 30 days
    • C.The first 5 days
    • D.The first 24 hours
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    D. The first 24 hours

    YN6-1v65i · Legal: NJP, courts-martial and investigations · MILPERSMAN 1600-040 p. 1
  8. NOB reports suit TEMDU of up to how long, done purely for admin or training?

    • A.30 days
    • B.3 months
    • C.6 months
    • D.1 year
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    B. 3 months

    YN6-yoij3 · Performance evaluations · BUPERSINST 1610.10H p. 91
  9. Who has the final say on whether a prospective recipient needs access to a classified item?

    • A.The original classification authority
    • B.The person who has authorized possession of the information
    • C.The command security manager
    • D.The prospective recipient's commanding officer or OIC
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    B. The person who has authorized possession of the information

    YN6-i9ejn · Security · DoDM 5200.01 Vol 3 p. 14
  10. Who sets the exact detachment date within the month of detachment?

    • A.The PSD that processes the orders
    • B.The member's reporting senior
    • C.The gaining command
    • D.The detailer
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    B. The member's reporting senior

    YN6-i6kor · Travel, pay and personnel · MILPERSMAN 1320-306 p. 1
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