Some Questions about The Asvab

[mikeellison]

[SIZE="4"]What is the Score that you need to pass the asvab ?

Is there anyway to study before hand ?

I got a 32 on the pretest is that bad ?

Am i eligible to be a combat engineer with that score ?[/SI:confused: ZE]

[XxAdriesseNHARNG892xX]

ok..I took the ASVAB and got a score of 82..I did this by studying..I recommend that you go to your local bookstore and buy Kaplans ASVAB study guide..its excellent!
Now for the answers to your ?'s
32 is a pretty decent score without studying..I scored a 42 on my first practice test..but studying is always a good way to improve your score..
As far as what is the minimum score on the ASVAB I was told it was 24...and the max is 99...
Anyone know about this?
And...as far as being a combat engineer, you need atleast a score on your AFQT of 90 which will combine the sections of :Arithmatic reasining, coding speed, auto shop info and mechanical comprehension..
As far as study guides I can give you this link because it gives you all the qualifying scores as well as the practice tests..but I suggest getting the study guide book because this way you can study and improve the sections you need improvement on.
http://www.military.com/ASVAB/0,,ASVAB_MOS_Army.html
-Private E-1 Driesse April M-

[JenH]

The minimum score is 31 yet you won't get any benefits with that. You need a AFQT score of 50 and higher. The first I took my test, it wasn't even a pre-test but I took it in High School at 15 and got a 47, that's without studying (call my mind being a bit more concerned with the Debate meet the next day).

Yes there is ways to study before hand. Go to your local library or buy a book online (like Amazon or Barnes & Noble, Borders) on the ASVAB. In every book, you can find little sections that explain each thing on the test, including what areas really count for scoring. You will find pretests that have an answer section in the back, after that you go to the front and grade it on your own. It'll give you an idea of what you would get.

It's just a pre-test luckily. Remember to study... the ASVAB Study Guides have questions that you most likely will see on the ASVAB itself OR questions similiar. It could have been an off-day.

And probably not. You need a minimum score of 90 in the aptitude area of CO (Combat). Which is one of the set of scoring on the ASVAB. There's GM, EL, CO, CL, GT, ST, FA.

Here is a great site that will you give you more information on 21B.. US Army Info (http://www.us-army-info.com/pages/mos/engineers/21b.html).

I know that some recruiters will actually work with you on how to get the score higher etc.

What areas helped me is brushing up on my math ... when I got the ASVAB that I took at a local armory here in town, the lowest section I scored on was 83 and the rest were in the 90s with GM being 103 at my highest. When my brother first took his test at age 20, he got a 108 on his GM.

[mikeellison]

The minimum score is 31 yet you won't get any benefits with that. You need a AFQT score of 50 and higher. The first I took my test, it wasn't even a pre-test but I took it in High School at 15 and got a 47, that's without studying (call my mind being a bit more concerned with the Debate meet the next day).

Yes there is ways to study before hand. Go to your local library or buy a book online (like Amazon or Barnes & Noble, Borders) on the ASVAB. In every book, you can find little sections that explain each thing on the test, including what areas really count for scoring. You will find pretests that have an answer section in the back, after that you go to the front and grade it on your own. It'll give you an idea of what you would get.

It's just a pre-test luckily. Remember to study... the ASVAB Study Guides have questions that you most likely will see on the ASVAB itself OR questions similiar. It could have been an off-day.

And probably not. You need a minimum score of 90 in the aptitude area of CO (Combat). Which is one of the set of scoring on the ASVAB. There's GM, EL, CO, CL, GT, ST, FA.

Here is a great site that will you give you more information on 21B.. US Army Info (http://www.us-army-info.com/pages/mos/engineers/21b.html).

I know that some recruiters will actually work with you on how to get the score higher etc.

What areas helped me is brushing up on my math ... when I got the ASVAB that I took at a local armory here in town, the lowest section I scored on was 83 and the rest were in the 90s with GM being 103 at my highest. When my brother first took his test at age 20, he got a 108 on his GM.



Im 17 right now and my recruiter came to the school and gave me the pretest and i scored the 32 i did good on everything but math. I will look over those sites that i was gave and see if i can touch up on math and see if i can get atleast a 50 on this and make my family proud

[Greenhorn]

I was told that the puzzle problems and math problems are some of the highest-scored problems, so getting those correctly will help your score immensely. Apparently the electronics and machine-related problems are not so highly-scored. I did terribly on the electronics and machine-related problems but still managed a 99.

Practice basic algebra. The problems are not complicated, but if you are rusty on algebra you will have trouble. I had not done algebra in years and it took me a while to remember the correct methods. Don't worry, they don't have advanced algebra, calculus or anything like that. That would've killed me.

Also, work on visual logic/construction puzzles.
For a few examples, one of the types of puzzles showed a machine with a cam with an offset axis that rotated and pushed on a rod which made different parts move. The question usually was something like, "How many times would such-and-such part move up and down if the cam rotated one time counterclockwise?" or "Which direction and how far would the cam have to rotate for the such-and-such to move up and down once?"
Another kind of puzzle was a set of shapes and lines, and on each shape and line a point was marked with a letter. There are two of each letter, each pair being on different shapes/lines. If you connect the A point from one shape/line to the A point of another, and then the B point to the B point of another, etc., you will come up with a certain pattern. You then have to select the correct pattern from a set of possibilities.

Take the shape puzzles step by step. For example, with the matching of the points on the shape, take the A connectors and compare with the given possible patterns. If any of the A connectors do not match, you know it's not the correct answer, so you can discard that answer without wasting time checking the entire puzzle, and in that way narrow down the answers. Don't try to put the entire puzzle together and then try to compare that. Just do one piece at a time.

I think that is the best thing to do to get a good score - narrow it down as much as you can, step by step, before choosing an answer.

[JenH]

Im 17 right now and my recruiter came to the school and gave me the pretest and i scored the 32 i did good on everything but math. I will look over those sites that i was gave and see if i can touch up on math and see if i can get atleast a 50 on this and make my family proud

Well you can always do better. Just study, okay? I don't think pretests really matter. And I know that if you take one at the Armory, like I did here, the ASVAB is different than the ones they give out at high schools.

Also remember that you're only 17. Focus on graduating.

[mikeellison]

yeah i have had some troubles with grades in the past but i have been trying super hard because this is what i really want to do and i go to a really small school and my teachers are all helping me because they want to see me go through with this

[Soon2BeArmyNG]

i hated those puzzles!!!! arhgggggg.... anyways, greenhorn is right about the puzzles, just use the process of elimination, it worked pretty well for me. I got a 76 on th epractice ASVAB, and my unofficial AFQT was a 92. apparently that's pretty good for a high school dropout with a GED, at least that's what i was told...