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[GorillaSeamen]

Does anybody want to study together? I know math topics well and got a 60 oar on my recent try. Pm me if you're down.

 

[Dy1anLR]

people who took the test… For the PBM tests, do they just throw you into it, expecting that you know what it is or do they give you an introduction/tutorial type thing to each part?

There’s instructions then a mini tutorial before each section but it helps to know beforehand what to expect from each section from the forums and practice apps.

 

[ChrisF11]

Honestly, took the ASTB yesterday and maybe I had a unicorn experience but not a single rate/distance problem, like 1 log problem, and no x takes one hour y takes 4 how long to complete it together problem. Which was weird as that was what I had been preparing for. It was mostly just percentages (x% off then additional y% off), simple exponent stuff, and basic algebra. I would focus on what other people have said appears a lot but put most of your focus on the anviation/nautical and pbm. I spent the last week using the uav and identification in the the astb apple store app. I also used a joystick and throttle off facebook marketplace and used the steam app “tbas study pro” (it has a astb section). Although I wasn’t ready for the god awfully high sensitivity of the real test it prepared me very well for the whole thing. Gave myself a hard time during the test because I thought I was doing awful in every section and walked away with 62/8/9:



For uav section definitely just practice the astb prep app until your brain rots then do it some more. Some people like the paper on pencil trick (on youtube) but it never worked for me. I would just like see where the orientation is on the map and if I was southwest looking northeast I would know the parking lot to the left is west and the one on the right is south. Not sure if that explains it well but just find a way to mentally be able to recognize them and I missed one and I think average reaction time on the test was probably around 2 seconds. For your emergency procedure is it maybe possible it wasn’t fully 100% or 0% when you pressed the clutch? Definitely weird though as when I pressed the clutch the screen returned to normal. You are in good shape to do well your next try especially since that was your score with the joystick not working properly. You can also download tbas study pro on steam and get second hand hotas if you want to improve the pbm section even more and be 100% ready.

Thats crazy lol. I've heard it can definitely vary because of how many questions are in the pool the ASTB pulls from but thats good to know. Appreciate the info and will definitely focus more on ANIT and PBM.