1. Putting the ASVAB under a Microscope.

Question 1

What does ASVAB stands for? encode.

Answer 1

ASVAB stands for Armed Service Vocational Aptitude Battery.

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Question 2

What are the 5 different versions of the ASVAB?

Answer 2

1. Student
2. Enlistment
3. Enlistment Screening Test (EST)
4. Pre-screening, internet-delivered Computerized Adaptive Test (PiCAT)
5. Armed Forces Classification Test (AFCT)

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Question 3

What is the student version of ASVAB?

Answer 3

The student version of ASVAB is given to the juniors and seniors in high school. The primary purpose of the student version of ASVAB is to provide a tool for guidance counselors to use when recommending civilian career areas to high school students.

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Question 4

What is the enlistment version of ASVAB?

Answer 4

Having the purpose of identifying if a certain recruit is qualified and qualification for a certain job, enlistment version of ASVAB is given through a military recruiter at a Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) or at a satellite testing site. This enlistment version of ASVAB is usually formatted throughout computer or may be paper.

Question 5

What is the enlistment screening test (EST) version of ASVAB?

Answer 5

The EST version of ASVAB is given at the discretion of a military recruiter for a quick enlistment qualification screening. This format of EST is portrayed in a computer, and the purpose of EST is to be the tools for recruiting and screening military applicants. This test is used to help estimate an applicant’s probability of obtaining qualifying ASVAB scores.

Question 6

What is the Pre-screening, internet-delivered Computerized Adaptive Test (PiCAT)?

Answer 6

PiCAT is what you take online, on your own time after receiving access code from your recruiter. The PiCAT is formatted in computer, and is unproctored, full version of the ASVAB. You take it on your own time, but you must take a verification test at a MEPS to validate your score. The verification test typically takes 25 to 30 minutes to complete.

Question 7

What is the Armed Forces Classification Test (AFCT)?

Answer 7

This test is given at installation educational centers to people already in the military through the Defense Manpower Data Center. This is formatted in computer, and at some point, during your military career, you may want to retrain for a different job. If you need higher ASVAB scores to qualify for such retraining, or if you are a commissioned officer who wants to become a warrant officer, you can take the AFCT. The AFCT is essentially the same as the other versions of the ASVAB.

Question 8

What is the expansion of the abbreviated word, MEPS?

Answer 8

Military Entrance Processing Station

Question 9

What is the expansion of the abbreviated word, CAT-ASVAB?

Answer 9

Computerized-adaptive testing ASVAB.

Question 10

What does the vast majority of military applicants are processed through?

Answer 10

They are first processed through a MEPS, where they take CAT-ASVAB, undergo a physical exam, and run through a security screening, many times all in one trip.

Question 11

What are the MET sites?

Answer 11

MET (Mobile Examination Test) sites are located throughout the United States. Most MET sites use paper versions of the ASVAB test.

Question 12

What is the main order of the ASVAB Subtests?

Answer 12

1. General Science
2. Arithmetic reasoning
3. Word Knowledge
4. Paragraph Comprehension
5. Mathematics Knowledge
6. Electronics Information
7. Auto & Shop Information
8. Mechanical Comprehension
9. Assembling Objects

Question 13

What are the different kinds of scores in the ASVAB Test?

Answer 13

1. Raw score
2. Standard scores
3. Percentile score
4. Composite score (line scores)

Question 14

What is a raw score?

Answer 14

A raw score is the total number of points you receive on each subtest of the ASVAB. Although you don’t see your raw scores on the ASVAB score cards, they’re used to calculate the other scores.

You can’t use the practice tests in this book (or any other ASVAB study guide) to calculate your probable ASVAB score. ASVAB scores are calculated by using raw scores, and raw scores aren’t determined by adding the number of right or wrong answers. On the actual ASVAB, harder questions are worth more points than easier questions are.

Question 15

What are standard scores?

Answer 15

The various subtests of the ASVAB are reported on the score cards as standard scores. A standard score is calculated by converting your raw score based of a standard distribution of scores with a mean of 50 and standard deviation of 10.

30 - 50 are average scores, while 60 and higher are above-average scores.

Question 16

What are percentile scores?

Answer 16

These scores range from 1 to 99. They express how well you did in comparison with another group called the norm. On the student version’s score card, the norm is fellow students in your same grade (except for the AFQT score).

Question 17

What are composite scores (line scores)?

Answer 17

Composite scores are individually computed by each service branch. Each branch has its own particular system when compiling various standard scores into individual composite scores. These scores are used by the different branches to determine job qualifications.

Question 18

What does the AFQT stands for?

Answer 18

Armed Forces Qualification Test

Question 19

What is the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT)?

Answer 19

The Armed Forces Qualification Test is a battery of test that extract what you know about the four main subjects:

Word Knowledge (WK)

Paragraph Comprehension (PC)

Arithmetic Reasoning (AR)

Mathematics Knowledge (MK)

Question 20

What is the difference between the ASVAB overall score and AFQT score?

Answer 20

The AFQT score is the score of a person that determines whether he or she even qualifies to enlist in the military, and only four of the subtests are used to compute it.

Word Knowledge

Paragraph Comprehension

Arithmetic Reasoning

Mathematics Knowledge

Question 21

What act gave women the right to enlist during peacetime and to collect veteran benefits?

Answer 21

Congress passed the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act on June 12, 1948.

Question 22

What are the main four subjects that you must focus on studying in order for the military to know that you are trainable?

Answer 22

1. Mathematics Knowledge
2. Arithmetic Reasoning
3. Paragraph Comprehension
4. Word Knowledge

This are the four subjects that you must improve on because this holds your AFQT score which tells the military if you are trainable or not.

Question 23

How many years are the ASVAB test results valid?

Answer 23

For two years, as long as you are not in the military. However, if you are already in the military, your ASVAB score remains valid as long as you are in.