INTRODUCTION Welcome to our study guide for the ASVAB. “ASVAB” stands for the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery. The scores from this test are used to determine which positions you are eligible for in the military. The test is offered to students who are in at least the tenth grade. Adults can take the test as well. Here is some basic information about the test. It consists of multiple choice questions. You don’t need to worry about essays or even short answer questions. Everything will be multiple choice. One of the nice things about a multiplechoice question is that the correct answer is right there in front of you. You don’t have to come up with it on your own; you just need to pick it out from a total of four options. Sometimes it can be easier to do this by finding the wrong answers than by finding the right answer. This can be a powerful strategy when you take a multiple-choice test. It is called the process of elimination because you are eliminating the wrong answers. Then, the only option left will be the correct answer. You can use this on any question when the answer is not obvious to you. All you have to do is to shift your focus from thinking, “What is the right answer?” to thinking, “What is the wrong answer?” If you can eliminate three wrong answers, then you have the right answer. But even if you can only eliminate one or two wrong answers, this still increases the chances that you will choose the correct answer. So, if you are not sure of the correct answer, you can start by eliminating the wrong answers. You are allowed to take the ASVAB more than once if you want to. If you want to retake it, you have to wait at least one month. Then, if you want to retake it again, you need to wait at least six months. Depending on your situation and your plans, you may want to take the ASVAB right away so that you can get a sense of how well you will do on it. Then, you can study for a month and retake it. If you do this, you will gain a lot of familiarity with the test, and this can help you to use your study time more effectively because you will know exactly what to expect on the test. There won’t be any surprises. If you do this, pay careful attention to the questions that you are either uncertain about or that you are pretty sure that you got wrong because you can use