Question

When Auditing a Certificate of Eligibles under Category Rating Procedures, you should first observe:

A. First: Disregard all eligibles who were legitimately removed from consideration;
Second: Within the highest quality category, observe if the order of selection is proper: any preference eligible (i.e., CP, CPS, XP, TP, or SSP) is selected; or If no preference eligible is available, any non-preference eligible is selected.

B. First: Within the highest quality category, observe any preference eligible (i.e., CP, CPS, XP, TP, or SSP) is selected; or If no preference eligible is available, any non-preference eligible is selected
Second: In the second highest category, disregard eligibles who were legitimately removed from consideration.

Answer 1

In auditing a Certificate of Eligibles, one should first disregard all eligibles who were rightly removed. Then, within the highest quality category, check if preference eligibles were properly selected or if no preference eligible is available, that a non-preference eligible was chosen.

Step-by-step explanation:

When auditing a Certificate of Eligibles under Category Rating Procedures, the proper steps to observe should be as follows:

1. Disregard all eligibles who were legitimately removed from consideration.
2. Within the highest quality category, verify if the order of selection is proper. Ensure that any preference eligible (i.e., CP, CPS, XP, TP, or SSP) is selected; or if no preference eligible is available, then any non-preference eligible is selected.

The initial step focuses on confirming that all individuals who are no longer under consideration were removed for legitimate, permissible reasons. The next step is to assess whether the selection process within the highest quality category adhered to the established procedures and that veterans' preference was correctly applied.