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1,001 questions about the ASTB (post your scores & ask your questions here!)

Danielle29

Danielle29

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Hi everyone.

Wanted to say thanks for all the inputs and comments I've seen on here. I'm taking my second try this Thursday and my last question is about the PBM Emergency Test section. So I know you're given three scenario: Fire Light, Engine Light, or Propeller Light. But I don't understand at all what's happening. Like one of the site I saw was this:

"For example, given a Fire Light warning, the examinee is required to adjust the Fuel to low, the Power to low, and reset the emergency scenario. Both Fuel and power are adjusted using different ‘slider’ buttons located on the throttle." How do you know which you need to turn to low or high? Which knobs do I touch? Any inputs would be a huge help!

THANKS AGAIN!
 
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folorunso1

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folorunso1 said:
But the PA check now is still saying 32
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Please, can someone tells me where they find the new PA for SWO. because this PA says the age is 32, not 35? this is OCS not STA- 21. This is where I am confused now.
 

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OperationChungus

OperationChungus

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pilot
Danielle29 said:
Hi everyone.

Wanted to say thanks for all the inputs and comments I've seen on here. I'm taking my second try this Thursday and my last question is about the PBM Emergency Test section. So I know you're given three scenario: Fire Light, Engine Light, or Propeller Light. But I don't understand at all what's happening. Like one of the site I saw was this:

"For example, given a Fire Light warning, the examinee is required to adjust the Fuel to low, the Power to low, and reset the emergency scenario. Both Fuel and power are adjusted using different ‘slider’ buttons located on the throttle." How do you know which you need to turn to low or high? Which knobs do I touch? Any inputs would be a huge help!

THANKS AGAIN!
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You'll be using a Saitek X52 HOTAS. There are various sliders and knobs that you'll need to manipulate when the emergency comes up. I can't recall which one it is you need to adjust, but you'll be given a practice session before that evolution to write down the EP. Make sure to write down the EXACT sequence of events for each situation to resolve the problem. Good luck!
 
KristenQT

KristenQT

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folorunso1 said:
So the latest PA is 32, not 35?
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Bottom line:
If you are a civilian with no prior the age limit is 32
If you are a civilian with prior service it’s up to 32 possible age waiver for higher
If you are active duty it’s up to 35 with possible age waiver for higher
 
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folorunso1

Member
KristenQT said:
Bottom line:
If you are a civilian with no prior the age limit is 32
If you are a civilian with prior service it’s up to 32 possible age waiver for higher
If you are active duty, it’s up to 35 with possible age waiver for higher
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Thank so much meaning that I don't need a waiver because I am 32 and still in active service.
 
E6BFlightComp

E6BFlightComp

Active Member
Danielle29 said:
Hi everyone.

Wanted to say thanks for all the inputs and comments I've seen on here. I'm taking my second try this Thursday and my last question is about the PBM Emergency Test section. So I know you're given three scenario: Fire Light, Engine Light, or Propeller Light. But I don't understand at all what's happening. Like one of the site I saw was this:

"For example, given a Fire Light warning, the examinee is required to adjust the Fuel to low, the Power to low, and reset the emergency scenario. Both Fuel and power are adjusted using different ‘slider’ buttons located on the throttle." How do you know which you need to turn to low or high? Which knobs do I touch? Any inputs would be a huge help!

THANKS AGAIN!
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From my earlier post:

Last but not least for the PBM section, Emergencies:
So while not talked about a lot, this section is the final section of the test and your scores will be calculated the second after this test finishes.

While you are doing the vertical and 2d tracking, you have three different emergencies that could happen (Engine, Fire and Propeller.) My piece of advice is write down the reaction to the emergencies on the scratch paper provided and set in front of you to look at once you get the first warning of an emergency (flash of red with the emergency highlighted.) These included for a fire you set the engine rpm to 0%, the fuel to 0% and pressed the clutch button. Engine, rpm to 100%, fuel to 100% and press the clutch button. Last it was propeller, set engine to 100% and fuel to 50% and press the button. Place priority on finishing the emergency as fast as possible and either you can track the aircraft this whole time or finish the emergency and go back to tracking to wait for the next one to appear. Mine all happened within about 3 seconds of finishing the last and I would say I did a pretty good job of tracking while the emergencies persisted.
 
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Yameyantok

Member
Hey y'all! Just retook the ASTB today and scored 50 6/7/7, an improvement from my first attempt (42 4/5/5)!

All in all, studied for ~3 months, 4-6 hours a day (though had many days where I couldn't do that, so maybe 2hrs at the most for bad days). I also brought snacks this time.

For the math and mechanical comprehension sections, make sure you're familiar with all rules, formulas, and laws. In the MST, they do provide a list of formulas, but it's much more efficient to have an arsenal of formulas ready in your noggin. Besides the study guides mentioned below, Khan Academy and this GRE book helped tremendously.

The Barron's book had most everything I needed to know for the ANIT. Trivium helped a bit too. A few other resources found on this forum (listed below) and from random Google searches helped out as well. I can't say that you'll know everything from studying these guides, so just obtain as much random information as you can.

PBM: I'll try not to repeat what has already been said, so my advice is to prioritize quality and accuracy, take a deep breath, and go. There is a practice section for the UAV portion that you can take as many times as you want. Ace that a few times before proceeding to the actual UAV portion.
I wrote down all instructions and displayed them in front of me for the relevant portions. For example, for the dichotic listening, let's say that clutch is for odd numbers and the trigger for even numbers, I wrote "ODD" on the left side and "EVEN" on the right side of a folded piece of paper. This (writing the directions) is most important for the Emergency Procedures.

Below are the posts that I found most helpful, but it doesn't hurt to look around this forum for more. Just make sure you give yourself enough time to fully soak in all the information.
These YouTube videos helped with familiarizing myself with Aviation and Nautical Information:
Do the practice problems and tests and make sure you know how to do the problems you get wrong (I know that's kind of obvious, but it's easy to be lazy).

Study smart, study hard, take deep breaths, bring water, bring snacks (and/or mints), aim high, and slay it.
 
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Danielle29

Danielle29

Active Member
Yameyantok said:
Hey y'all! Just retook the ASTB today and scored 50 6/7/7, an improvement from my first attempt (42 4/5/5)!

All in all, studied for ~3 months, 4-6 hours a day (though had many days where I couldn't do that, so maybe 2hrs at the most for bad days). I also brought snacks this time.

For the math and mechanical comprehension sections, make sure you're familiar with all rules, formulas, and laws. In the MST, they do provide a list of formulas, but it's much more efficient to have an arsenal of formulas ready in your noggin. Besides the study guides mentioned below, Khan Academy and this GRE book helped tremendously.

The Barron's book had most everything I needed to know for the ANIT. Trivium helped a bit too. A few other resources found on this forum (listed below) and from random Google searches helped out as well. I can't say that you'll know everything from studying these guides, so just obtain as much random information as you can.

PBM: I'll try not to repeat what has already been said, so my advice is to prioritize quality and accuracy, take a deep breath, and go. There is a practice section for the UAV portion that you can take as many times as you want. Ace that a few times before proceeding to the actual UAV portion.
I wrote down all instructions and displayed them in front of me for the relevant portions. For example, for the dichotic listening, let's say that clutch is for odd numbers and the trigger for even numbers, I wrote "ODD" on the left side and "EVEN" on the right side of a folded piece of paper. This (writing the directions) is most important for the Emergency Procedures.

Below are the posts that I found most helpful, but it doesn't hurt to look around this forum for more. Just make sure you give yourself enough time to fully soak in all the information.
These YouTube videos helped with familiarizing myself with Aviation and Nautical Information:
Do the practice problems and tests and make sure you know how to do the problems you get wrong (I know that's kind of obvious, but it's easy to be lazy).

Study smart, study hard, take deep breaths, bring water, bring snacks (and/or mints), aim high, and slay it.
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NICELY done! I applaud you! Quick question, when you took the test, did you have any practice time for the emergency section of the PBM? And did you do BI-RV at all? When I took my first test, I didn't get that at all and I'm not sure if I should bring it up before I ask someone here!
 
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