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Mapping Out the ASVAB Subtests

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The computerized format of the ASVAB contains ten separately timed subtests, with the Auto & Shop Information subtest split in two. The paper format of the test has nine subtests (the Auto & Shop Information subtests are combined). The two formats differ in the number of questions in each subtest and the amount of time you have for each one. The CAT-ASVAB now often contains tryout questions. These questions haven’t been used on an officially scored ASVAB; test-makers use your responses to them to ensure the questions are good enough to use on future versions of the test. Each tester sees 15 tryout questions in two, three, or four of the subtests. These questions don’t count toward your score, but you still have to answer them. The tryout questions are only on the computerized version of the test; they’re not on the paper version. When you get tryout questions in a subtest, you get extra time to complete it.

Table 1-2 outlines the ASVAB subtests in the order that you take them in the enlistment (computerized or paper) and student (paper only) versions of the test; you can also see which chapters to turn to when you want to review that content.

TABLE 1-2 The ASVAB Subtests in Order

Subtest Questions/Time without Tryout Questions (CAT-ASVAB) Possible Questions/Time with Tryout Questions (CAT-ASVAB) Questions/Time (Paper Version) Content Chapter
General Science (GS) 15 questions, 10 minutes 30 questions, 20 minutes 25 questions, 11 minutes General principles of biological and physical sciences Chapters 10, 11, and 12
Arithmetic Reasoning (AR) 15 questions, 55 minutes 30 questions, 113 minutes 30 questions, 36 minutes Word problems involving high school math concepts that require calculations Chapter 9
Word Knowledge (WK) 15 questions, 9 minutes 30 questions, 18 minutes 35 questions, 11 minutes Correct meaning of a word; occasionally antonyms (words with opposite meanings) Chapter 4
Paragraph Comprehension (PC) 10 questions, 27 minutes 25 questions, 75 minutes 15 questions, 13 minutes Questions based on passages (usually a couple of hundred words) that you read Chapter 5
Mathematics Knowledge (MK) 15 questions, 23 minutes 30 questions, 47 minutes 25 questions, 24 minutes High school math, including algebra and geometry Chapters 6, 7, and 8
Electronics Information (EI) 15 questions, 10 minutes 30 questions, 21 minutes 20 questions, 9 minutes Electrical principles, basic electronic circuitry, and electronic terminology Chapter 16
Auto & Shop Information (AS) 10 Auto Information questions, 7 minutes; 10 Shop Information questions, 6 minutes 25 Auto Information questions, 18 minutes; 25 Shop Information questions, 17 minutes 25 questions, 11 minutes Knowledge of automobiles, shop terminology, and tool use Chapters 13 and 14
Mechanical Comprehension (MC) 15 questions, 22 minutes 30 questions, 42 minutes 25 questions, 19 minutes Basic mechanical and physical principles Chapter 15
Assembling Objects (AO)* 15 questions, 17 minutes 30 questions, 36 minutes 25 questions, 15 minutes Spatial orientation Chapter 17

* The Assembling Objects subtest isn’t part of the student version of the test.

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