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Arithmetic Reasoning
Assembling Objects
Automotive and Shop
Electronic Information
General Science
Mathematics Knowledge
Mechanical Comprehension
Paragraph Comprehension
Word Knowledge
ASVAB
Arithmetic Reasoning
Question: 1
A product originally costs $125.
If the product goes on sale for 20% off, and then goes on sale for an additional 30% off, what is the price of the product?
Answer: B
You need to apply the discounts successively not just add the discounts.
So $125 x 80% = $100 (price after original 20% discount). $100 x 70% = $70 the price after the 2nd 30% discount.
Question: 2
A plane left San francisco at 6:15 pm PST and arrived in Philadelphia at 2:45 am EST. How long was the flight?
Answer: B
first, convert 6:15 PST to 9:15 EST. The flight then took from 9:15 pm EST to 2:45 am EST. That means that the flight took 51/2 hours.
Question: 3
Carpet costs $3 per square yard. The room that will be carpeted is 12 feet x 18 feet. How much will the carpet cost?
Answer: C
12 feet x 18 feet is equivalent to 4 yards x 6 yards = 24 square yards. 24 square yards x $3 = $72.
Remember 3 feet = 1 yard, but 9 sq feet = 1 sq yard.
ASVAB
Assembling Objects
Question: 146
Determine which of the choices best solves the problem shown in the first picture. The problem is presented in the first drawing and the remaining four drawings are possible solutions.
Answer: D
Question: 147
Determine which of the choices best solves the problem shown in the first picture. The problem is presented in the first drawing and the remaining four drawings are possible solutions.
Answer: A
Question: 148
Determine which of the choices best solves the problem shown in the first picture. The problem is presented in the first drawing and the remaining four drawings are possible solutions.
Answer: C
Question: 149
Determine which of the choices best solves the problem shown in the first picture. The problem is presented in the first drawing and the remaining four drawings are possible solutions.
Answer: A
ASVAB
Automotive and Shop
Question: 1
What tool is used by electricians to route new wiring through walls?
Answer: C
Fish tape (or draw wire/draw tape) is used to route wiring through walls and conduit.
Question: 2
Which type of saw is designed to make accurate crosscuts at specific angles?
Answer: A
The miter saw is used from making accurate cross cuts and miter cuts.
Question: 3
On a woodworking plane, the "frog" refers to the .
Answer: B
The frog is the sliding iron wedge that holds the plane iron at the proper angle.
Question: 4
What type of wrench is pictured?
Answer: B
The figure is a pipe wrench.
Question: 5
What type of clamp is this?
Answer: D
The picture is a parallel clamp.
ASVAB
Electronic Information
Question: 1
The measurement "mil" refers to .
Answer: B
A "mil" (from milli) refers to one thousandth.
Question: 2
How much voltage has a typical home outlet?
Answer: A
A typical residential electrical outlet has 120 volts.
Question: 3
Using a fuse rated higher than the required current rating of a circuit can .
Answer: D
Using a higher rated fuse is dangerous and can result in serious damage to your circuit.
Question: 4
A circuit contains three parallel resistors. Each resistor has 3 amps flowing through them. What is the total current flowing through the circuit?
Answer: C
For resistors in parallel, the total current is equal to the sum of the currents through each resistor.
Question: 5
Resistance is measured in .
Answer: C
Resistance is measure in ohms.
Question: 6
What is the total resistance when two 10 ohm resistors are connected in series?
Answer: C
When resistors are in series, you simply add their resistance together to find a total resistance. 10 + 10 = 20 ohms.
Question: 7
What is the voltage across and current through the resistor R when the switch is open?
Answer: C
When the switch is open, there is no voltage or current.
ASVAB
General Science
Question: 1
The product of force and distance is .
Answer: D
Force x Distance = Work
Question: 2
An Anemometer measures .
Answer: C
An anemometer measures wind speed.
Question: 3
A pot sitting on a hot burner is an example of .
Answer: B
Conduction is where heat is directly transmitted from a hot object to a cooler object.
Question: 4
Force can be represented by a vector. A vector represents .
Answer: C
A force represented by a vector consists of magnitude and direction.
Question: 5
Ascorbic acid is also known as .
Answer: C
Vitamin C is also known as ascorbic acid.
Question: 6
Watts are a unit of measurement for
Answer: A
Power is measured by Watts.
Question: 7
On a Celsius thermometer, how many degrees are there between the boiling point of water and the freezing point of water?
Answer: B
In Celsius, the boiling point of water is 100 degrees and the freezing point of water is 0 degrees.
Question: 8
Of which two parts does the formal binomial nomenclature (or scientific name) of a living organism consist?
Answer: D
An organism???s scientific name is comprised of its Genus and Species.
ASVAB
Mathematics Knowledge
Question: 1
What is the area of this shape?
Answer: A
The area of a triangle is 1/2 ?? base ?? height. In this case, the base is b and the height is h.
Question: 2
If F = M ?? A, then what does A = .
Answer: C
If you divide both sides of the formula by M, then A = F/M
Question: 3
Solve the following problem: What does 96/92 = .
Answer: A
When dividing two powers with the same base, you keep the base and subtract the exponents.
Question: 4
How many different combinations of shirts and ties are possible if you have 4 shirts and 5 ties?
Answer: D
With each of the 4 shirts you can wear one of the 5 ties, so the total number of combinations is 4 ?? 5 = 20
Question: 5
(x + 3)(x + 5) = .
Answer: C
Use the FOIL method (First, Outside, Inside, Last) to solve. x2
+ 3x + 5x + 3 ?? 5
Question: 6
If x = y, what does 4(x ??? y) + 7 = .
Answer: B
If x = y, then you can substitute ?? for y in the 2nd equation ??? so 4(x ??? x) + 7 = 4(0) + 7 = 7
ASVAB
Mathematical Comprehension
In the figure below, if gear A turns 15 times, how many revolutions will gear B make?
Answer: D
Gear A has 18 teeth and gear B has 6 teeth. Therefore, for every 1 revolution of gear A, gear B will have 3 revolutions.
Question: 2
An axe is an example of what type of simple machine.
Answer: C
An axe is a classic example of a wedge.
Question: 3
When a football is thrown upwards in the air, what causes it to arc back towards the ground?
Answer: B
Gravity is the force that causes objects to be pulled back towards the earth.
On a bicycle there are 30 teeth on the gear sprocket connected to the pedals, and 10 teeth on the sprocket connected to the rear wheels.
If you pedal the bike 12 times, how many times will the rear wheel turn?
Answer: D
Since there are 30 teeth on the pedal sprocket, but only 10 teeth on the rear wheel, each revolution of the pedal will turn the rear wheel 3 times. So 12 revolutions will turn the rear wheel 36 times.
Question: 5
What weight (X) is needed to balance the two loads shown in the figure below?
Answer: B
For the weights to balance, the sum of the forces must balance.
Therefore, (5 lbs x 8 ft) + (10 lbs x 4 ft) = X lbs x 8 ft or 40 lb-ft + 40 lb-ft = 8X lb-ft or X=10 lbs
ASVAB
Paragraph Comprehension
Question: 146
I returned from the City about three o???clock on that May afternoon pretty well disgusted with life. I had been three months in the Old Country and was fed up with it. If people had told me a year ago that I would???ve been feeling like that I should???ve laughed at them; but there was the fact. The weather made me liverish, the talk of the ordinary Englishman made me sick, I couldn???t get enough exercise, and the amusements of London seemed as flat as soda water that had been standing in the sun.
The author is speaking of his travels in .
Answer: B
The words London and Englishmen make it clear that the author is speaking of his travels in England (Great Britain).
Question: 147
Surveys show that the average child under the age of 18 watches four hours of television per day. Although some of the programming may be educational, most isn???t. Spending this much time watching television interferes with a child???s ability to pursue other interests, such as reading, participating in sports, and playing with friends.
The author of this passage would agree that .
Answer: A
The author makes no reference to parents in the passage, so Choice "parents who let their children watch this much television is neglectful" is incorrect.
The author doesn???t imply anything about all these interests requiring equal time, so Choice "reading, participating in sports, playing with friends, and watching television should all be given equal time" is incorrect. The passage is about children under 18; no conclusion can be drawn about what the author thinks people over 18 should do, so Choice "adults over 18 can watch as much television as they want" is incorrect.
Question: 148
To write or not to write ??? that is the question. If assigned a writing task, there???s no option. However, if someone is looking for a specific answer, find out if they need a short answer or a detailed one. Can the requirement be met with a telephone call, e-mail, or short note, or is something more necessary? A former CEO of a major corporation once commented that he had looked at 13,000 pieces of paper in a 5-day period. Think how much easier and more economical it would be if people would use the telephone, send an e-mail, or write a short note.
The main point of this passage is .
Answer: C
Choices "Written records are important as they provide detailed documentation." and "More business people should invest time and energy improving their writing skills." may be true in certain situations, but they???re not the point of this particular paragraph.
The passage doesn???t say anything about working to improve writing skills being a waste of time, so Choice "It???s pointless for business people to spend time improving their writing skills" is incorrect. The main point of the paragraph is that writing may not be the most efficient way of communicating, depending on the situation.
Question: 149
The transistor, a small, solid-state device that can amplify sound, was invented in 1947. At first, it was too expensive and too difficult to produce to be used in cheap, mass-market products. By 1954, though, these cost and production problems had been overcome, and the first transistor radio was put on the market.
According to this passage, .
Answer: B
Products with transistors weren???t widely sold before 1954 because of the expense and difficulty of production, not because markets didn???t exist; so Choice "there was no market for transistors before 1954" is incorrect. Choices "transistors were invented in 1947 by order of the Department of Defense" and "transistors are still expensive to produce" aren???t supported in the passage. The passage states that the problem of transistors being expensive and difficult to produce was solved by 1954.
Question: 150
The success or failure of a conference lies largely with its leader. A leader???s zest and enthusiasm must be real, apparent, and contagious. The leader is responsible for getting the ball rolling and making the attendees feel as if the meeting is theirs and its success depends on their participation. A good, thorough introduction helps establish the right climate.
A good title to this paragraph would be .
Answer: C
Choice "Lead by Example" is always a good philosophy but isn???t pertinent to the main point of the passage. Choices "The Importance of Proper Introductions" and "Conference Participation Basics" are subpoints, which support the main point of the passage, which is how to lead a successful conference.
Question: 151
Cloud seeding is accomplished by dropping particles of dry ice (solid carbon dioxide) from a plane onto super- cooled clouds. This process encourages condensation of water droplets in the clouds, which usually, but not always, results in rain or snow.
From this passage, it???s reasonable to assume that .
Answer: A
One can assume that causing rain or snow would end a drought. Nothing in the passage has to do with expense, so Choice "cloud seeding is prohibitively expensive" is incorrect.
The passage says nothing about how frequently the process is used, so Choice "cloud seeding is rarely used" is incorrect.
The passage specifies that dry ice (solid carbon dioxide) is used; solid water (regular ice) is a different chemical, so Choice "cloud seeding can be accomplished by using regular ice" is wrong.
Question: 152
Indo-European languages consist of those languages spoken by most of Europe and in those parts of the world that Europeans have colonized since the 16th century (such as the United States). Indo-European languages are also spoken in India, Iran, parts of western Afghanistan, and in some areas of Asia. The author of this passage would agree that .
Answer: A
Many languages are excluded from the Indo-European language group, so Choice "Indo-European languages include all the languages spoken in the world" is incorrect.
Indians, Iranians, Asians, and Afghans aren???t Europeans, so Choice "only Europeans speak Indo-European languages" is incorrect.
The passage gives no evidence to support Choice "Indo-European language speakers can easily understand one another", which isn???t true.
Question: 153
In privatization, the government relies on the private sector to provide a service. However, the government divests itself of the entire process, including all assets. With privatized functions, the government may specify quality, quantity, and timeliness requirements, but it has no control over the operations of the activity. Also, the government may not be the only customer. Whoever the government chooses to provide the services would likely provide the same services to others.
This paragraph best supports the statement that .
Answer: D
Privatized functions operate independently of the government, making Choices "the government must closely supervise privatized functions" and "privatized functions consist of a mixture of government employees, military personnel, and private contractors" incorrect.
The passage states that privatized functions may sell goods and services to other customers as well as the
government, so Choice "privatized functions are those institutions that provide services only to a government agency" is also incorrect.
Choice "privatized functions provide essential services to the government" is the correct answer, as privatized functions do perform essential services to government agencies.
Question: 154
An important stage of personal time management is to take control of appointments. Determined by external obligation, appointments constitute interaction with other people and an agreed-on interface between your activities and those of others. Start with a simple appointment diary. List all appointments including regular and recurring ones. Now, be ruthless and eliminate the unnecessary. There may be committees where you can???t productively contribute or where a subordinate may be able to participate. Eliminate the waste of your time.
Effectively managing your appointments allows you to .
Answer: C
Effective appointment management eliminates the waste of your time, as explained in the last sentence of the passage.
Question: 155
The U.S. Congress consists of 100 senators and 435 representatives. Two senators are elected from each state. The number of representatives from each state is based on population, although each state has at least one representative. Senators serve six-year terms and representatives serve two-year terms.
According to this passage, .
Answer: D
The passage gives the numbers of senators and representatives, so Choice "there are an equal number of senators and representatives" is incorrect.
The passage states that each state???s population determines the number of representatives a state has, so Choice "the number of representatives from each state is decided by a lottery" is incorrect. As stated in the passage, each state has at least one representative, so Choice "it???s possible for a state to have no representatives" is incorrect.
ASVAB
Word Knowledge
Question: 315
The word most opposite in meaning to stimulate is .
Answer: B
Question: 316
Legacy most nearly means .
Answer: B
Question: 317
flagrant most nearly means .
Answer: D
Question: 318
He tried to goad his audience.
Answer: B
Question: 319
He ran headlong into the fight.
Answer: D
Question: 320
The exchange student was proficient in french, German, and English.
Answer: C
Question: 321
The students were scheduled to observe a plenary session of Congress.
Answer: D
Question: 322
Theorize most nearly means .
Answer: B
Question: 323
Symmetrical most nearly means .
Answer: B
Question: 324
The gold was kept in a secure vault.
Answer: B
Question: 325
Assimilate most nearly means .
Answer: A
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