sasebobeast
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I saw a question a couple of pages earlier asking about a binary base of 7+8?
How would one go about solving this?
Thanks
I made a post about this question earlier on June 25th, 2020. I encountered this question towards the end of my OAR math portion. For me, this was the hardest math question on the test, but yeah after this question I started getting easier questions so yeah probably got it wrong. I re-looked at my notes and the actual question was something like:
Binary base 4 of 7+8?
I found that someone else had the same question. Show on the quote below:
Alright folks, I took the ASTB for the 3rd and final time today. 1st scores I got, which I submitted with my ECP package for an aviation guarantee was a 40, 4/5/5. I figured I'd be okay with those since the Marine Corps can give you a 1 point waiver. Word to the wise on that one, they won't give you an age waiver and a test point waiver. I did the Enlisted Commissioning Program, and since I was stationed in Pensacola, its made this process a lot easier for me with NAMI, and a test site here and I have to wait before going to TBS anyway, so why not try again. So I took it again in February and got a 40 3/3/3. Yup, I did worse. Round 3 was today, and I'm happy to report i got a 49 (I don't care that much about the OAR) 6/7/6. Like many I used this forum extensively for the last several months and it certainty helped a ton. APEX was even down this morning, but they got it fixed relatively quickly. I say this, for those who wish to take this exam, trust me and the hundred of others who have stated this forum works, and can make you successful, but that is completely up to you. I'm commissioned, with no real job right now, I have a son and wife whose a student and a nurse. I don't have a plethora of time to just study either.
Math section:
Its stupid important, and take your time! I think I ran out of time, APEX was acting slow and weird. However, I just cared about answering the question at hand to the best of my ability and trying not to guess, because right answers outweigh wrong answers. I put that theory to the test. Math equates to OAR and your AQR. I did get a binary question, and it was weird. Binary of 2 is 0010 or something which is 2x1 + 2x0. What is binary of 4 for (7 +8) or something like that. Answer choices were 15, 21,23,33. Yeah I guessed (when in doubt C it out).
Reading:
Yup boring, deduce what you can. Did see duplicate questions from previous exams.
MCT:
Mostly theoretical stuff, a bullet is dropped, and a bullet is fired from a gun horizontally, which one hits the ground first type questions.
ANIT:
Know them planes, and what aircraft did what, and general aviation stuff. I'm an Air Traffic Control Instructor, so most of that was fairly easy to me.
PBM:
Compass trick works, and I only got 1 wrong, and averaged roughly 2ish seconds. I took a little longer for a few of the non-standard direction ones.
Listening part:
By all means do the lean if you need to, being a controller I'm used to listening using both ears with information being fed to you. I also closed my eyes for this portion just like when I do an audio exam each year.
STICK and THROTTLE
Its not meant to be pleasant, and find your dead zones. They used the Saitek x52 set up, you can find it on Amazon for like a $139. They used to use the HOTAS Cougar. I bought the HOTAS for xbox 1 and played Ace Combat 7. I mean I think it helped some.
now the EMERGENCY section. This was truly helpful! FIRE: both dials down, hit clutch. The next one is Both dials up, hit clutch. and PROP, fuel dial to 50%, and power to 100%, hit clutch. Whoever had that up, THANK YOU. solved those in like a few seconds, and I was back to playing the chase game.
Seriously though I was the only one in mine, and I took breaks like it was cool. You can only move on from each section after hitting NEXT yourself. If you need a few minuted to decompress, by go do it. Figure out what works for you and don't burn through chances until you feel comfortable. Good luck future officers, and pilots. MARINES again, OAR mean nothing to us, just AQR,PFAR, and FOFAR. 4/6/6 to be exact, and you can can waive 1 point for any one of those, but not multiple.
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