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

TigerKiller

TigerKiller

Active Member
Yes, the joystick is inverted as though flying. It tests your ability to multitask and hand-eye coordination tracking targets. You start with the throttle on the left side and track a plane with your reticle moving up and down vertically on the left side of the screen. Then you use the joystick in your right hand to track a plane moving all over two dimensions on the right side of the screen. Then you do both simultaneously. Then you do both simultaneously while doing the audio testing (left ear, right ear, odd even). Then you do both at the same time while adjusting certain knobs (instructions given beforehand) to simulate emergency scenarios.
 
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Mxdamien

New Member
Nadir Dally said:
Yes, the joystick is inverted as though flying. It tests your ability to multitask and hand-eye coordination tracking targets. You start with the throttle on the left side and track a plane with your reticle moving up and down vertically on the left side of the screen. Then you use the joystick in your right hand to track a plane moving all over two dimensions on the right side of the screen. Then you do both simultaneously. Then you do both simultaneously while doing the audio testing (left ear, right ear, odd even). Then you do both at the same time while adjusting certain knobs (instructions given beforehand) to simulate emergency scenarios.
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Ok so when you say inverted do you mean that when you press the stick forward towards the computer you make the piper go up and when you pull it backwards towards you you make the piper go down? or do you mean when you pull it backwards towards you you make the piper go up and when you push the stick forward towards the screen you make the piper go down?
 
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Able05

Member
boobooaboo said:
Many thanks!
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Be careful with anything resembling a user-made flashcard website for studying. For example, in the first URL, the fifth question provides a wrong answer. Assuming that the weight and inclined plane are both identical, the tension (force) on the rope is not the same in both cases. The diagram on the left depicts a 1:1 mechanical advantage whereas the diagram on the right depicts a 2:1 mechanical advantage, therefore less force (half) will be required to move the weight on the right.
 
boobooaboo

boobooaboo

PA-28
Able05 said:
Be careful with anything resembling a user-made flashcard website for studying. For example, in the first URL, the fifth question provides a wrong answer. Assuming that the weight and inclined plane are both identical, the tension (force) on the rope is not the same in both cases. The diagram on the left depicts a 1:1 mechanical advantage whereas the diagram on the right depicts a 2:1 mechanical advantage, therefore less force (half) will be required to move the weight on the right.
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Thanks...I'm always wary of these things - I do what I can to stay vigilant. I'm mostly just rusty in a lot of this stuff (I'm 26, no technical background unless you count informal, self-taught computer science/programming) as up until a few months ago, I was always in the creative industry. I will always enjoy photography and travel for the right half of my brain, but the left half needs some stimmy...being a Flight Attendant just doesn't cut it for me anymore.
 
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Able05

Member
boobooaboo said:
Thanks...
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When do you take the test and how prepared do you feel? I was supposed to take it Monday, but I am now scheduled to take it this Thursday.

I read today that the test is adaptive in that if you will experience more difficult questions the better you do. If person A does average on the test and doesn't experience the more difficult questions, but gets X questions wrong, and person B does well enough to experience the more difficult questions, but gets some of them wrong for a total of X wrong, will person B receive a higher grade than person A?
 
boobooaboo

boobooaboo

PA-28
Able05 said:
When do you take the test and how prepared do you feel? I was supposed to take it Monday, but I am now scheduled to take it this Thursday.

I read today that the test is adaptive in that if you will experience more difficult questions the better you do. If person A does average on the test and doesn't experience the more difficult questions, but gets X questions wrong, and person B does well enough to experience the more difficult questions, but gets some of them wrong for a total of X wrong, will person B receive a higher grade than person A?
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I can say that I feel confident in everything except the math section and a few of the mechanical questions I'm sure will throw me. As stated, I don't have a tech background and haven't used math like this in a long while. I do weight/balance and fuel calcs daily. I have been studying a bunch, even with a tutor but it just hasn't been clicking. This attempt is slightly rushed, as I was planning to take it in mid-Feb, however the test admin was out basically the middle two weeks, and I've been waiting since early Dec to take it. I'm also taking it Thursday 0800...if you are in MSP, we'll be testing together I'd imagine. Boards are in April for me.

I'm not too worried about the pilot or PBM section because I've got 25 flight hours (and I will be soloing next week if the wx ever f*ing cooperates)...I know that doesn't mean I'll ace it, but it certainly helps. I'm obviously familiar with emergency procedures and controls, and the multitasking that comes with it. I don't fly in a super crowded area, but it's busy enough at times for a student pilot.

I'm 26, so this is basically my only shot. If I don't do well this time, I've got one more opportunity to test before boards. And if that doesn't work, I'll switch focus to ANG/AFR as they have a higher age limit (June app due date, boards in August). I can b*tch and moan about the age limits; the fact is I waited and it took me awhile to decide what I really want to do with my life, and serving my country in the air is it.
 
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exNavyOffRec

Well-Known Member
boobooaboo said:
I can say that I feel confident in everything except the math section and a few of the mechanical questions I'm sure will throw me. As stated, I don't have a tech background and haven't used math like this in a long while. I do weight/balance and fuel calcs daily. I have been studying a bunch, even with a tutor but it just hasn't been clicking. This attempt is slightly rushed, as I was planning to take it in mid-Feb, however the test admin was out basically the middle two weeks, and I've been waiting since early Dec to take it. I'm also taking it Thursday 0800...if you are in MSP, we'll be testing together I'd imagine. Boards are in April for me.

I'm not too worried about the pilot or PBM section because I've got 25 flight hours (and I will be soloing next week if the wx ever f*ing cooperates)...I know that doesn't mean I'll ace it, but it certainly helps. I'm obviously familiar with emergency procedures and controls, and the multitasking that comes with it. I don't fly in a super crowded area, but it's busy enough at times for a student pilot.

I'm 26, so this is basically my only shot. If I don't do well this time, I've got one more opportunity to test before boards. And if that doesn't work, I'll switch focus to ANG/AFR as they have a higher age limit (June app due date, boards in August). I can b*tch and moan about the age limits; the fact is I waited and it took me awhile to decide what I really want to do with my life, and serving my country in the air is it.
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I had several that had flight hours, even one that was a CFI, who took the ASTB and did not do well, the CFI ended up with a 5 on the PFAR, be prepared!
 
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exNavyOffRec

Well-Known Member
Able05 said:
When do you take the test and how prepared do you feel? I was supposed to take it Monday, but I am now scheduled to take it this Thursday.

I read today that the test is adaptive in that if you will experience more difficult questions the better you do. If person A does average on the test and doesn't experience the more difficult questions, but gets X questions wrong, and person B does well enough to experience the more difficult questions, but gets some of them wrong for a total of X wrong, will person B receive a higher grade than person A?
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It is not about the number of questions wrong it is about where the test determines your knowledge ceiling to be.
 
boobooaboo

boobooaboo

PA-28
NavyOffRec said:
I had several that had flight hours, even one that was a CFI, who took the ASTB and did not do well, the CFI ended up with a 5 on the PFAR, be prepared!
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Cautious confidence, no cockiness here...I know it will be difficult, I have realistic expectations. In my experience with testing/doing things at which I am not particularly skilled, it's better (for me) to be confident in what I can do rather than worry about what I don't know. There is always a learning curve, and I like to stay on the positive/optimistic side of it. I.e. why is it "suck, squeeze, bang, blow"? The flip side being: "oh sh*te is it suck, squeeze, bang, blow or suck, bang, squeeze, blow? I'm never going to remember this."
 
Jordan Velez

Jordan Velez

New Member
Guys next test is going to be my last chance to take the test I've been studying a lot I have couple of GRE books now because I've notice that a lot of the math problems are taken from the GRE test. I took my second chance on January 20, hoping to have the require score to apply for Information Professional and for Information Warfare. My background is a master's in Management Information Systems. The resources that I have to study are the following: Military Flight Aptitude Test 3rd edition, Basic Machines and how they work, GRE/GMAT Math Review 3rd edition, ASTB-E Secrets. I've encountered on my second attempt that there was a lot of Geometry question and a got a logarithm question so I though that I was doing really good on the meth subtest, the Reading Comprehension was difficult to me due to the fact that all questions looked like they were right, and on the Mechanical portion I studied a lot to learn formulas for mechanical advantage, pressure, buoyancy, and formulas for velocity acceleration, the three Newton's motion laws but I didn't got any questions from pulley, incline plane, or gears I got question in which you didn't had to put any formula instead it was more by logic in which I got stuck. Sorry for the long post any recommendations I will really appreciated. Thank you guys
 
Jordan Velez

Jordan Velez

New Member
It's not to provide marketing to the website but I did found a really good website is called jobtestprep.com and I got the membership for 3 months for the mechanical comprehension part because I do think it resembles a lot to that portion of the test anyone in here knows about that website? Thanks
 
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