McGraw-Hill's ASVAB
Subtitle: Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery
By: Janet E. Wall
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 597
ISBN-13: 9780071809207
Subjects: Study guides; Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery; Examinations; Armed Forces
Other titles: ASVAB :; Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery
Description: To reach your military career goals, it is necessary for you to score high on the ASVAB--the exam used to qualify and place recruits in all branches of the armed services. Written by a former key member of the ASVAB team at the Department of Defense, "McGraw-Hill's ASVAB" provides you with insider advice to achieve exam success.
Notes: "4 practice tests"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: pt. 1. All about the ASVAB; title: 1. Deciding on military service; title: Opportunities in the Army; title: Opportunities in the Navy; title: Opportunities in the Air Force; title: Opportunities in the Marine Corps; title: Military pay and benefits; title: Military myths and realities; title: 2. Introducing the ASVAB; title: What is the ASVAB?; title: Who takes the ASVAB?; title: Where can you take the ASVAB?; title: Who administers the ASVAB?; title: Contact information for the military entrance processing stations; title: Can you retake the ASVAB?; title: 3. ASVAB scores and score reports; title: If you take the ASVAB at a school; title: If you take the paper-and-pencil ASVAB at a military facility; title: If you take the CAT-ASVAB at a MEPS; title: 4. The ASVAB, the AFQT and military entrance; title: AFQT scores and eligibility for enlistment; title: Additional educational requirements; title: Beyond the ASVAB; title: 5. Taking the CAT-ASVAB; title: How the CAT-ASVAB works; title: CAT-ASVAB directions; title: Special strategies for taking the CAT-ASVAB; title: CAT-ASVAB myths; title: 6. Follow these suggestions to ace the ASVAB; title: Seven steps to acing the ASVAB; title: Taking care of your body as well as your brain; title: How to study; title: The day before the test; title: The day of the test; title: Test-taking pointers; title: pt. 2. ASVAB diagnostic test form; title: Answer keys and self-scoring charts; title: Answers and explanations; title: pt. 3. Review of all ASVAB test topics; title: 7. General science; title: 8. Arithmetic reasoning 1 : the basics; title: 9. Arithmetic reasoning 2 : word problems; title: 10. Word knowledge; title: 11. Paragraph comprehension; title: 12. Mathematics knowledge 1 : algebra and probability; title: 13. Mathematics knowledge 2 : geometry; title: 14. Electronics information; title: 15. Auto information; title: 16. Shop information; title: 17. Mechanical comprehension; title: 18. Assembling objects (CAT-ASVAB only); title: pt. 4. Three ASVAB practice test forms; title: ASVAB practice test form 1; title: Answer keys and self-scoring charts; title: Answers and explanations; title: ASVAB practice test form 2; title: Answer keys and self-scoring charts; title: Answers and explanations; title: ASVAB practice test form 3; title: Answer keys and self-scoring charts; title: Answers and explanations; title: pt. 5. Jobs in today's military.