Which statement distinguishes the terms rating and rate?

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Which statement distinguishes the terms rating and rate?

The test is asking you to tell apart the Navy’s job field from the level you hold within that field. The rating is the job specialty you train for and perform, like Boatswain’s Mate or Electrician’s Mate. The rate is the pay-grade designation you hold within that rating—shown as Third Class, Second Class, First Class, often written in the shorthand as BM3, GM2, etc. So a sailor in the Boatswain’s Mate rating at Third Class is BM3, meaning the same job field but at the Third Class pay grade level. This shows how you can have the same rating at different rates as you advance. The other ideas aren’t right: rating isn’t the pay grade, rate isn’t about ship equipment, and they aren’t interchangeable.

The test is asking you to tell apart the Navy’s job field from the level you hold within that field. The rating is the job specialty you train for and perform, like Boatswain’s Mate or Electrician’s Mate. The rate is the pay-grade designation you hold within that rating—shown as Third Class, Second Class, First Class, often written in the shorthand as BM3, GM2, etc. So a sailor in the Boatswain’s Mate rating at Third Class is BM3, meaning the same job field but at the Third Class pay grade level. This shows how you can have the same rating at different rates as you advance. The other ideas aren’t right: rating isn’t the pay grade, rate isn’t about ship equipment, and they aren’t interchangeable.

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