New Advancement Strategy Guides Now Online
Story Number: NNS040308-13
Release Date: 3/9/2004 3:16:00 AM
By Lt. Diane Mullens, Naval Education and Training Professional Development and Technology Center Public Affairs
PENSACOLA, Fla. (NNS) -- Sailors now have a one-stop shopping place to answer all their questions about Navy advancement tests and how to prepare for them.
Developed by the Naval Education and Training Professional Development and Technology Center (NETPDTC), the new Advancement Examination Strategy Guide (AESG) is now available on the Navy Advancement Center Web site at www.advancement.cnet.navy.mil.
“The AESG is a Web-based tool that provides Sailors insight into the advancement system, examination development and preparation strategies for the Sailors taking advancement tests,” said Capt. G.B. Dye, commanding officer of NETPDTC. “The Navy Advancement Center Web site also gives specific information for each rating with links to bibliographies and a master reference list with topics and sub-topics for each pay grade.”
AESGs have been created for several ratings: aerographers mate (AG), hospital corpsman (HM), information systems technician (IT), culinary specialists (CS, formerly mess management specialist, MS), and quartermaster (QM). These will eventually be followed by all other ratings, as well as one for professional military knowledge (PMK). A by-rating AESG development schedule is also posted on the Web site.
Each AESG contains five sections. The first three sections are the same for all ratings, and the last two are rating and pay grade specific.
Section one explains how the Navy Enlisted Advancement System (NEAS) works, including the Final Multiple Score (FMS), information on advancement quotas and Profile Sheets.
Section two explains how examinations are developed.
Section three provides Sailors with tips on preparing for the examination, from identifying and obtaining bibliography references, to development and execution of a successful study plan, including studying with shipmates and making the most out of on-the-job opportunities. This section also provides tips on what to expect on examination day and how to take the test.
Section four contains links to rating-specific bibliography, master reference lists for rating and PMK questions, and the master topic and subtopic list that provides the major subjects likely to be tested. This section includes a table that links the topic or subtopic to typical questions, and also provides immediate feedback that includes the reference from which that question was built.
Section five provides additional sample questions. While the exact questions are very unlikely to appear on the examination, they do provide Sailors with a gauge of the type of questions commonly asked.
“Understanding how the Navy advances its Sailors, how and what to study, and what to expect on advancement examinations will undoubtedly make Sailors much more competitive for advancement,” said Dye.
