Navy YN2 Advancement Exam Practice Test: Yeoman E-5 Questions

1092 practice questions for the YN E-5 advancement exam: correspondence and directives, records, awards, evals, NJP and courts-martial, investigations, security, protocol, and travel and pay. 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: 1092 questions. Our own practice questions, written from public references on the Navy YN bibliography (SECNAV/OPNAV manuals and instructions, BUPERSINST 1610.10H, the MCM and JAGMAN, DoDM 5200.01, MILPERSMAN, the DoD FMR and the JTR on the YN bibliography). Not Navy exam questions. Free.

What's on the test

10 sample questions

1. In DON awards shorthand, "NC" is the:

   • A.Navy and Marine Corps Medal
   • B.Navy and Marine Corps Combat Action Commendation
   • C.Navy Cross
   • D.Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal
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   D. Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal

   YN5-1o32a · Awards · SECNAVINST 1650.1J p. 9

2. Correspondence files and most general files are cut off:

   • A.Every 6 months, at the end of March and September
   • B.Annually at the end of the fiscal year
   • C.When the drawer is full
   • D.Annually at the end of the calendar year
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   D. Annually at the end of the calendar year

   YN5-ch5nl · Correspondence and records · SECNAV M-5210.1 p. 20

3. A notice is a directive that:

   • A.Is one-time or brief, cancels itself, and has the same force as an instruction
   • B.Is used only for classified matters
   • C.Has less force than an instruction and binds only the issuing office's own staff
   • D.Stays in effect until canceled by name
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   A. Is one-time or brief, cancels itself, and has the same force as an instruction

   YN5-y830p · Directives · OPNAV M-5215.1 p. 20

4. A deserter who repents and returns promptly has:

   • A.A defense unless the member was apprehended
   • B.A defense if the member is back within 30 days
   • C.A complete defense to the desertion charge
   • D.No defense, but matter in extenuation
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   D. No defense, but matter in extenuation

   YN5-1x3hh · Legal: NJP, courts-martial and investigations · MCM 2024 p. 321

5. An enlisted OIC who is an E-9 may sign evaluations on:

   • A.E-6 and below
   • B.Any enlisted grade
   • C.E-4 and below
   • D.E-5 and below
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   D. E-5 and below

   YN5-1tx1y · Performance evaluations · BUPERSINST 1610.10H p. 63

6. The activity security manager (ASM) must be at least:

   • A.A GS-7 or above civilian
   • B.An officer, an E-7 or above, or a GS-11 or above civilian
   • C.An O-3 or above, or a GS-12 or above civilian
   • D.An E-5 or above
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   B. An officer, an E-7 or above, or a GS-11 or above civilian

   YN5-93hby · Security · SECNAVINST 5510.30C p. 15

7. On a formal invitation, the time is written:

   • A.In military time
   • B.In figures, with the day of the week abbreviated
   • C.In figures, e.g. "6:30 p.m."
   • D.In words, e.g. "at half past six o'clock"
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   D. In words, e.g. "at half past six o'clock"

   YN5-1y79v · Social usage and protocol · OPNAVINST 1710.12 p. 14

8. To take leave in a foreign country, does a Sailor need permission from NAVPERSCOM?

   • A.No; the CO can authorize foreign leave
   • B.Yes, for every country
   • C.Yes, through the fleet N1 office, in writing
   • D.Only for NATO countries
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   A. No; the CO can authorize foreign leave

   YN5-1voxx · Travel, pay and personnel · MILPERSMAN 1050-250 p. 1

9. "NX" is the abbreviation for the:

   • A.Navy Unit Commendation
   • B.Navy and Marine Corps Medal
   • C.Navy Cross
   • D.Navy Expeditionary Medal
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   C. Navy Cross

   YN5-fdguu · Awards · SECNAVINST 1650.1J p. 9

10. Files eligible for destruction at 3 months old should be cut off:

    • A.At the end of the calendar year
    • B.Every month
    • C.At the end of 3 months
    • D.At the end of the fiscal year
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    C. At the end of 3 months

    YN5-e7mb8 · Correspondence and records · SECNAV M-5210.1 p. 20

What the study guide does

• Short study rounds and flip cards.
• A practice test built like the real one: 50 questions, 35 to pass.
• Pass Meter: your chance of passing if you sat the test today, worked out from your own answers.
• An explanation for every answer.