E5 NAVY-WIDE ADVANCEMENT EXAM ON MARCH 10

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Thursday, more than 37,000 Active Duty, Full Time Support and Canvasser Recruiter E4s will take the Petty Officer Second Class advancement exam. The exam has 175 questions and is administered in a three-hour peirod. Answer sheets will be returned to the Navy Advancement Center for processing, and from that process each candidate will get an exam standard score (SS) which is a numerical representation of rating knowledge compared to peers taking the same exam. The SS is one element of the Final Multiple Score (FMS). The FMS is used to rank order candidates in each rating. Advancement opportunity is based on vacancies in each rating. Results will be released around Memorial Day. 

Scoring Percentage E4-E5:
PMA = Performance Mark Average 36%
SS = Standard Score 45%
ED = Education 2%
SIPG = Service in Paygrade 1%
PNA = Pass Not Advance 9%
AWD = Awards 6%
IA = Individual Augmentee 1%