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O.B

Member
Hi all,

I just took the ASTB for one last time today. I took one year between every attempt as I was busy working. I finally had the opportunity to sit home and study for my 3rd try as I got furloughed 2 months ago due to COVID-19.

I really want to thank everyone who posted their experiences here, it was the single and most motivating factor to help me keep going.

Here is what I encountered on my test today.

MATH:
- Geometry type questions: A pizza slice has an area of ... with a pointy edge that has a 60-degree angle. What is the perimeter of the whole pizza (I didn't know how to solve this)
  • A handful of simple probability questions: Probability of pulling an ace from a deck of card.
  • dividing expressions with negative exponents
That's all I can remember now. This section cut me off with 6 minutes to go. I didn't get anything complicated and that's probably related to getting the geometry questions wrong.

Reading:
English isn't my first language so I never expected to do too well given that I am a very slow reader. So if I can do it, YOU can do it.

Mechanics:
I found this section to be SUPER easy. I probably got this question, 'two items are released from the same height, which will hit the ground first,' like 5 times. Unbelievable!!

ANIT:
This section is based on pilot knowledge. I thought some questions were difficult/vague even though I have 150 hrs of flight time.

NATFI:
Oh well

PBM:
I spent about 5 minutes or so practicing these the day before. Once you learn it, you can't unlearn it.

BIRV:
I have been told to play games with an inverted Y-axis (which I did) but the actual game is more or less like a real fighter.
On the throttle, the crosshair goes up when you push it away from yourself and vice versa.
On the joystick, the crosshair goes up if you pull it towards yourself and vice versa.

Dichotic listening:
Please read the instructions correctly here.
If the target ear is your left ear, then you ONLY listen to your left ear and THEN you REACT by pressing the left button (clutch) if you hear an odd number and press the right button (trigger) if you hear an even number.

Emergencies began with Propeller, Engine, then Fire
E-Fuel
I- Power


I would highly recommend you to write it in this form and tagging the buttons so you can move your eyes down just like a real pilot checklist
Propeller Engine Fire
E- NeutralE- HighE- Low
I- HighI- HighI- Low
ClutchClutchClutch


I scored 48 7/8/7 and I am very pleased. OAR could've been better but I will take it.

Please don't psych yourself out if you don't do too well. I went in knowing it was my last try and surprisingly I was not nervous at all. That's unlike me. Got a good 6-hour sleep thanks for the bird chirping out of my window. woke up at 7, had peanut butter granola with milk for breakfast with tea before heading out.

Again, best of luck to everyone who is going to take the ASTB and thank you everyone for your help.
 
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sasebobeast

Well-Known Member
Some questions I vaguely remember from my OAR tests, I hope this helps!

Root 9 + Root 27

He held 400 newtons of force on his waist for minutes, how much work (joules) did he do?

The amount of power from an ac generator

Brick and feather in a vacuum which drops first?

log3 ((log8(log10(x)))) =-1

Work F x D x T x θ

Binary base , 7+8

Gravity mass on moon vs earth?


I had a nuclear reactor question with rods asking about cooling it down and heating it up brush up on that.

Find next number in sequence 1, 2, 5, 26?

7pie /4 radians is equivalent to?

If Mary rolls one die and chooses one card from a randomly shuffled deck of cards, what is the chance that Mary will roll a 2 or higher on the die, and will choose a heart form the deck of cards?

Find average x + 70 +75 +80, each test is 10% more than each other, what score needed to get average on class? (this is definitely on the test)

pretty sure this might be right.

test 1- score 70% weight 10% total points 700
test 2- score 75% weight 20% total points 1500
test 3- score 80% weight 30% total points 2400
test 4- score x% weight 40%
 
Anyone have suggestions for videos/resources that explain circuits beyond the basic theories like V=IR and series vs parallel? I watched the ones on Khan Academy but whenever I try to solve questions on the Barron's book or flashcards people posted here I end up struggling and confused
 

O.B

Member
For circuits in series use this
V =IR
V sub (t) 'total'= V1+V2+V3+...I sub (t) 'total' = I(1)=I(2)=I(3)R sub (t) 'total' =R1+R2+...

For circuits in Parallel use this formula
V=IR
V sub (t) 'total'= V1=V2=V3....I sub (t) 'total' = I(1)+I(2)+I(3)+...R sub (t) 'total'= 1/R1+1/R2+...


#7 Voltage drop is equal cause the resistors have the same resistance
Look at the series table I sent you. V=I*R
We can solve this mathematically. Let's say the R1 and R2 are each 10 ohms and current, I, is 3 Amps.

Current, I, is I (t) = I1=I2=... So the current is 3 Amps across both resistors
Resistance ohms is R(t) = R1 +R2... so R(t)=10+10 ===>R(t)= 20
V (across R1)=IR ===>V= 3*10===>30 volts
V (across R2)=IR ===>V=3*10===>30 volts
 
Just took the test for a second time, first time was mainly to just get familiar and got 7/7/7 57. The scores were good but I have a VERY competitive class at my NROTC unit. Second time around got 8/9/8 60. Do not slack on the UAV flash cards, got 100% on the second try but the first time I missed a handful and let me say the feeling you get from the buzzer sound is reminiscent of this
. I used the Google drive posted over in study guide thread and it was a life saver. Study all the flash cards you can, study until you can't get them wrong not until you get them right. There was still questions in the aviation/nautical information portion I had never encountered but the intuition I built from genuinely understanding instead of memorizing really helped. Mechanical engineer with a 3.5 with pilot as my first choice, assignment in October/November so I'll keep you all updated. You all got this!
You do realize your not competing against your unit for slots as SNA or NFO, youre competing against every MIDN in the country
 

jetphiltx

Member
I took the OAR the past Wednesday, and got a 56, which is 6 points better than my first try in May. My recruiter declared it was an awesome score (his words), so my package will be submitted for the Intel 21Sept20 board on Monday. I never posted on this particular thread in the past few months, or at least I don't remember if I did.

A lot of these posts were a tremendous help! To be honest though, I'm very confident in my math skills, but for some reason the math was exponentially more difficult the 2nd time than it was the first. I guessed on a bunch of the questions, and ran out of time. That didn't give me much confidence going into my 2 weaker areas immediately. However, I pushed through knowing I studied many hours for this exam, and I'd do better than I did the first time. Good thing I was right! For anyone who is interested I'll break down what kind of questions I remember from the test later on, plus what I did to study. I will say one thing that helped me for the reading and mechanical comp was the 2020 - 2021 Newstone OAR Exam Test Prep Team book I got from Amazon via Ebay for about $30. There's 5 different tests in all 3 subjects in that book, and I recall the structure and difficulty of the Reading & Mech Comp practice tests were on par with the difficulty of the actual OAR. On the other hand, the practice math tests was at least 20 times easier in that book than on the exam. If I were to study again, I'd definitely spend more time studying logs, exponents, and factoring on Kahn Academy and other sources recommended on this thread.
 

exNavyOffRec

Well-Known Member
I took the OAR the past Wednesday, and got a 56, which is 6 points better than my first try in May. My recruiter declared it was an awesome score (his words), so my package will be submitted for the Intel 21Sept20 board on Monday. I never posted on this particular thread in the past few months, or at least I don't remember if I did.

A lot of these posts were a tremendous help! To be honest though, I'm very confident in my math skills, but for some reason the math was exponentially more difficult the 2nd time than it was the first. I guessed on a bunch of the questions, and ran out of time. That didn't give me much confidence going into my 2 weaker areas immediately. However, I pushed through knowing I studied many hours for this exam, and I'd do better than I did the first time. Good thing I was right! For anyone who is interested I'll break down what kind of questions I remember from the test later on, plus what I did to study. I will say one thing that helped me for the reading and mechanical comp was the 2020 - 2021 Newstone OAR Exam Test Prep Team book I got from Amazon via Ebay for about $30. There's 5 different tests in all 3 subjects in that book, and I recall the structure and difficulty of the Reading & Mech Comp practice tests were on par with the difficulty of the actual OAR. On the other hand, the practice math tests was at least 20 times easier in that book than on the exam. If I were to study again, I'd definitely spend more time studying logs, exponents, and factoring on Kahn Academy and other sources recommended on this thread.
If you had a 50 why did your OR have you take it again? The OAR once you have a score that qualifies you to go to board is not important once in the board. What is important once you get to board is your GPA and degree (depending on the designator).
 

jetphiltx

Member
If you had a 50 why did your OR have you take it again? The OAR once you have a score that qualifies you to go to board is not important once in the board. What is important once you get to board is your GPA and degree (depending on the designator).

Thank you so much for your input. That's very helpful. Based on your name here, I'm definitely going to trust your comments more than most on this forum. Reasons I retook the OAR is 2-fold. After the first time I took the OAR, my OR left it up to me whether or not to test again. He said he would do anything I said regarding my packet at that point, yet I thought he was also encouraging me to give it another go. Looking at the scores of his other recruits who got selected for Intel and those that were posting on here about being selected all had a minimum of 55 on the OAR (I don't think most of the candidates on her were going for Intel), so I thought it mattered to the board what my OAR score is. However, now after reading your post I guess I should've gone for it the first time. With your experience in this arena would you say that maybe my OR pushed me a little to retake because my college degree is religious studies/theology? Imo, up against engineers, math majors, and others I wouldn't fare as well with a lower OAR score, so I think maybe he believed a higher test grade would make my packet a little more competitive. What do you think?
 

exNavyOffRec

Well-Known Member
Thank you so much for your input. That's very helpful. Based on your name here, I'm definitely going to trust your comments more than most on this forum. Reasons I retook the OAR is 2-fold. After the first time I took the OAR, my OR left it up to me whether or not to test again. He said he would do anything I said regarding my packet at that point, yet I thought he was also encouraging me to give it another go. Looking at the scores of his other recruits who got selected for Intel and those that were posting on here about being selected all had a minimum of 55 on the OAR (I don't think most of the candidates on her were going for Intel), so I thought it mattered to the board what my OAR score is. However, now after reading your post I guess I should've gone for it the first time. With your experience in this arena would you say that maybe my OR pushed me a little to retake because my college degree is religious studies/theology? Imo, up against engineers, math majors, and others I wouldn't fare as well with a lower OAR score, so I think maybe he believed a higher test grade would make my packet a little more competitive. What do you think?

In general OAR tends to follow GPA, so if a person has a high GPA they should have a high OAR, of course there are exceptions but looking at trends that is what you will see, now many of those selected for Intel or any other small designator that can be selective will often pick selectees that have a higher than average GPA, which leads to the higher than average OAR.
 

jetphiltx

Member
In general OAR tends to follow GPA, so if a person has a high GPA they should have a high OAR, of course there are exceptions but looking at trends that is what you will see, now many of those selected for Intel or any other small designator that can be selective will often pick selectees that have a higher than average GPA, which leads to the higher than average OAR.

That makes perfect sense. I hope I make the cut! I'm going for the next upcoming board, so should find out the news by about mid-October. Fingers crossed!
 

ajreno952

New Member
Took my ASTB today and ended up with 57 7 8 7.

Math
Lots of DRT and work questions, some decent algebra questions. I think if you go through Kyles math practice tests you should be more than fine.

Reading
For some reason this was kind of hard to me, much different than what I was expecting. Nothing complicated but focused almost entirely on grabbing one sepcific detail out of a passage and was trickier than I was expecting.

Mech
Again nothing out of the ordinary here, lots of theory related to force and pulleys. If you read through the gouge in Kyles you will be fine.

ANIT
I got lucky here and the questions weren't that bad, lots of basic flight and boat questions. I didn't study as much as I felt I needed to, went through some flash cards etc.

PBM
I thought I did horrible on this. I play flight sims here and there and generally feel comfortable, but this was hard for me.

Overall I think as long as you cover the gouges out there and take some practice tests you'll do fine.
 
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