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which of the following evaluations are utilized to compute pma

The question “which of the following evaluations are utilized to compute PMA” almost certainly refers to the U.S. Navy Performance Mark Average (PMA) used for enlisted advancement. In that context, PMA is computed only from specific enlisted performance evaluations in the member’s current paygrade , not from every eval they have ever received.

Because I do not see your actual answer choices (A, B, C, D, etc.), I’ll explain the rule so you can pick the correct option from your list.

What PMA Is Based On

In the Navy advancement system, PMA is calculated from:

  • Enlisted performance evaluations in your current paygrade only.
  • Specifically, PMA uses the Promotion Recommendation (Block 45) marks on those evaluations, converted to their numerical values, then averaged.

So, evals from lower paygrades (e.g., E3 when you are now E4) are not used in PMA for your current cycle.

How Evaluations Are Selected

For most advancement cycles:

  1. Only evaluations within the specified PMA computation window (for example, the past 36 months for certain paygrades) are used.
  1. Only evaluations in the same paygrade as the advancement exam (e.g., all E4 evals when you are competing for E5) are included.
  1. Each included evaluation’s Block 45 value is added together and divided by the number of those evaluations to get your PMA.

So if you had three E4 evals in the window with marks 3.8, 3.6, and 3.6, your PMA would be (3.8+3.6+3.6)/3(3.8+3.6+3.6)/3(3.8+3.6+3.6)/3.

How to Pick the Correct Option

Typical multiple‑choice wording you might see:

  • “Evaluations used to compute PMA are:
    • A) Evaluations submitted only to raise PMA
    • B) Evaluations in present paygrade within the PMA computation period
    • C) All evaluations, regardless of paygrade
    • D) Only your most recent evaluation”

Using the rules above, the correct choice will be the one that states something like:

Evaluations in the member’s current paygrade that fall within the prescribed PMA computation period.

Any option that says “all evaluations,” “evaluations from prior paygrades,” or “evals submitted just to raise PMA” would be incorrect. TL;DR:
PMA is computed using only those performance evaluations in your current paygrade that fall within the specified PMA computation window , using the Promotion Recommendation (Block 45) marks from those evals.