Provide an example of a Publication Number?

• A. AFMAN 11-421, 1.2.3
• B. DAFMAN 11-402, #.#.#.
• C. DoDFMR 7000.14R
• D. AFI 11-202

Answer: (B)

Publication numbers uniquely identify official Air Force and DoD documents, showing who issued the document and its numeric identifier. In the best example, the format starts with the issuing body (DAFMAN), then the manual number (11-402), and finally a placeholder for the exact part you’re citing (the #.#.#.). This demonstrates a clean publication-number pattern: the document type and number define the publication, while the trailing part indicates the specific section you’re referencing.

Other options may resemble references, but they don’t illustrate the publication-number format as clearly. One uses a section-like reference after a comma rather than part of the publication’s own number, and another includes a revision suffix after the number, which isn’t the base publication number itself.