Navy Advancement
Study Guide & Bupers News main goal is to assist you in
preparing for the Navy-wide advancement exam. The other goals are
to provide you tips, links to advancement material and Npc / Bupers
news related to enlisted sailors. Other areas of this study guide
include development, education and warfare material.
Preparing for
Advancement Studies
Preparing for the
advancement exam is the same as preparing for any other exam with
one difference - you are your own teacher. You must set up your own
study time and more important, you must gather your advancement
study material on your own. If you have ever looked at your bibs
you will know how difficult this can be. Hopefully, Navy
Advancement Study Guide & Bupers News will help you in this
area.
To prepare for your
exam you should first download your bibs. Bibs, short for
bibliography, are what you reference to study for the exam. Online
links to the bibs, and other important material, are located in the
left column of this page.
Next you will want
to gather all your Navy advancement material and enroll in your
NAVEDTRA courses at NETPDTC. When you enroll in the course a
printed copy will be sent to you. You can also download these
courses but its better to enroll and get the Navy credit. Links to
the Navy advancement courses are located in the left column.
There are several
sources you can use when gathering your advancement material that
your bib references. Please remember though that classified
material and other military pubs or manuals may not be available
for download. Some of this material may be available right at your
place of work or parent command if you are TAD.
NavyAdvancement.com
has available for you the bib reference page, PMK (Professional
Military Knowledge) page and rate specific page. Also available are
links to NKO (Navy Knowledge Online), Navy Personal Command (NPC)
and other external links that will assist you in studying for the
exam.
Understand the Enlisted Navy Exam
As an enlisted
sailor, knowing what to study is important! The enlisted exam has
200 questions; some are based on Navy Occupational Standards (Occ)
and others on Professional Military Knowledge (PMK). The
Occupational/ PMK question ratios are:
Exam Occ / PMK
E-7 - 100 / 100
E-6 - 115 / 85
E-5 - 135 / 65
E-4 - 150 / 50
The occupational
(your enlisted rate) questions will be first, with the PMK
questions following. The occupational standard questions will be
the same for all rates within pay grades. So that means that each
pay grade, regardless of rate, will have the same military
questions. Now that's some good gouge for study groups! The bibs
will continue to be exam specific.
Finally...
If you understand
what the exam consist of you have passed the second hardest hurdle
in taking the test. The hardest hurdle of course is to actually
study; if you have studied the correct material using all available
resources, taking the exam will perhaps be the easiest part of the
whole process!
The enlisted Navy
Advancement Center provides this very subtle note, which states:
"The exams differentiate among fully qualified candidates on the
basis of who has the most knowledge." To differentiate yourself you
should seek these other sources of knowledge during your
studies.