Full ASVAB Practice Test

Which of these planets in our solar system is closest to the sun?

At what temperature Celsius does water boil?

Which has a pH over 7?

What is the chemical abbreviation for table salt?

Which element is necessary in the formation of rust?

When a liquid becomes a gas, _____

The Earth is the _____ planet from the sun.

How many moons does Saturn have?

How many bones in the human body?

Which of the following elements is a not a metal?

If you weigh 150 pounds on Earth,

How long is your small intestine?

Sound waves travel faster in

Which part of the ear is most likely to be damaged by loud noises?

When did the space shuttle first fly?

Which are not considered greenhouse gases?

Fido weighs 26 pounds more than Fifi. Fifi weighs 12 pounds less than Rover. If the sum of their weights is 71, how much does Fifi weigh?

June and Stella can each create six floral arrangements in one hour. If they take in 372 Valentine’s Day orders, how many hours will they need to fulfill them?

Dave has a 30% off coupon for a pair of jeans priced at $78.95. He will also have to pay 6% sales tax and a 1% local option tax at the register. How much will he have to pay for the jeans?

The college has 700 students, and has issued student 388 parking permits. What is the percentage of students with parking permits?

Kamal is 17 years older than Gina. Gina is 3 years younger than Rachelle. If the sum of their ages is 77, how old is Gina?

If Marcy chews an average of 32 sticks of gum per month, how many months will it take her to chew 2,400 sticks of gum?

In an apartment complex with 28 units, 19 of the renters keep a pet. What percentage does not keep a pet?

Jorge has spent $789.37 at the home improvement store. A storewide sale offers an 11% rebate on everything in the store. If he paid a 6% sales tax, how much rebate should he get?

A veterinarian treated 7 dogs, 13 cats, 4 horses, and 3 ferrets. What percentage of his patients were small animals?

Michelle is 7 years older than her sister Joan, and Joan is 3 years younger than their brother Ryan. If the sum of their ages is 64, how old is Joan?

A pizza maker averages making 14 pizzas per hour. At this rate, how many hours will it take until he’s made 840 pizzas?

At Ben’s ice cream emporium, an ice cream cone costs $2.00 on weekends and $3.00 on weekdays. If you buy an ice cream cone every day except Thursday, how much would you spend on ice cream that week?

On a class trip with 40 students, 14 are male. What percentage of the class is female?

Cindy’s parking garage charges $3.50 for weekday parking, and weekends are half price. If Cindy parked in the garage 20 times per month, and three of these days were weekend days, how much would she spend on parking per month?

Zamba has found a little black dress on sale for 50% off the original price of $239.99. She also has a coupon offering free shipping and an additional 10% off of her entire online purchase. If she buys the dress and a pair of shoes costing $34.70, how much will she pay for her ensemble?

Mike pays $2.79 for coffee every weekday morning on his way to work. On Saturdays, he goes to visit his mother and takes her out to her favorite coffee shop where he spends $7.83 for two coffees. How much does he spend per week for coffee?

“Lavish” most nearly means:

“Interminable” most nearly means:

“Jargon” most nearly means:

“Innocuous” most nearly means:

The word most opposite in meaning to “mollify” is:

The word most opposite in meaning to “precarious” is:

“Defiantly” most nearly means:

The word most opposite in meaning to “rescind” is:

“Terse” most nearly means:

“Incidental” most nearly means:

“Raiment” most nearly means:

The word most opposite in meaning to “commemorate” is:

Tantalize most nearly means:

The word most opposite in meaning to “veracity” is:

“Zenith” most nearly means:

“Antagonism” most nearly means:

As we walked back down the valley, it became clear that we wouldn’t make it home before sunset. I suggested that we stop and eat what was left of lunch in our backpacks but Jamie said there wasn’t time. Earlier in the week we had lost track of time as well and found ourselves in the same situation. We could have taken Rex with us, or let him out before we left, but we were still getting used to him being a part of our lives.

The author implies that:

The junior varsity basketball team hadn’t won a game in three years. While leading at half time of their most recent game, the team’s coach gave an exhilarating speech and the team played the best half of basketball they ever had. Despite the excellent play, with two minutes left in the game a storm knocked out the power and the game was postponed until next month.

The adjective “exhilarating” referred to in the passage suggests that the coach’s speech was:

The political parties of Welland have been around for over 200 years. Unlike surrounding areas, Welland has 5 separate political parties all with roughly equal memberships. The five parties are the conservatives, social conservatives, democratic socialists, libertarians, and greens. Typically the greens and democratic socialists vote in unison while the conservative and social conservatives also vote similarly. The libertarians tend to vote on an issue by issue basis, making it difficult for any group to gain sustained executive power.

For the two similar voting groups to gain power, it would make sense to:

Sam always looked forward to sleeping over at his best friend Josh’s house. They had been classmates for a short time, but they formed a great friendship rather quickly. Sam packed his sleep sack and some toys, and then his mom dropped him off at Josh’s house. Josh greeted Ryan on the porch. They started playing right away. First they rode bikes. Next they played tag in the back yard. When they were tired they went inside. As soon as they walked in the house, Sam’s eyes starting getting red and itchy. He spotted a dog sitting on the couch. Sam started sneezing uncontrollably. “I’m sorry, Josh. It’s been a lot of fun, but I have to call my mom.”

From this passage you can infer that:

“Jonas, don’t forget your boogie board!” Mom said as she applied sunscreen on Jonas’s brother. Jonas threw some towels in the back of the SUV and hollered through the garage door, “OK Mom!” He then grabbed his boogie board. “Bobby!” Jonas called. There was no response. Mom buckled Jonas’s brother up into the car seat. “Jonas, can you help me with his umbrella?” Jonas hustled down the stairs, tripped over a chew toy, and then helped his mom put the large umbrella in the SUV. “Mom, I can’t find Bobby,” Jonas said sadly. His mother shrugged and said, “That’s OK, Jonas. He probably shouldn’t come with us anyway.”

From this passage you can infer that:

“Grrr!” Omelia grumbled as she threw off her blouse and threw it into a pile of clothes. She jogged to her closet and rifled through the remaining clothes. Her face furled. She sighed again and swiped a red dress off its hanger. She held it next to her body and gazed into the mirror for a moment, huffed, and then slipped into the dress. She took a second look in the mirror, scowled and threw her hands in the air in disappointment. She heard her husband’s voice, “Omelia, our first guests are here. Are you ready?” Omeila shouted, “Tell them I’ll be down in a few minutes!” She slid the red dress back off and threw it onto the growing pile of clothes.

From this passage you can infer that:

“Blue!” Amy shouted as she bounded through the meadow, “Come back, Blue!” She was almost out of breath, but she kept sprinting through the tall grass. “Blue, come on, boy! It’s time to go home!” Amy continued frantically shouting. Her voice was becoming hoarse. Mom and Dad said not to venture to the meadow. Amy never thought they would know.

From this passage we can infer that:

After eating tacos for dinner on Tuesday, the Nelson family had leftovers on both Wednesday and Thursday evenings. On Friday, the family always has a vegetarian dinner, and this week the family had pizzas. On the weekends everyone cooks for themselves as Mr. and Mrs. Nelson both work weekends and their two girls are busy playing sports and are rarely home.

From this passage we can infer that:

Keith began working for Hydrochem Chemical Manufacturing in 2003. Unlike his previous job which was a publically owned company, Hydrochem was an employee owned company. As an employee owned company Keith and the other employees have a say in everything from the types of insurance available to the company’s retirement package. However, Keith didn’t take part in the company’s health insurance because he was on his wife’s policy.

Based on what we know of Hydrochem Chemical Manufacturing, their employee owned status is most similar to which other type of organization?

The Great American Beer Company began with three goals: Brew the best beer in America as judged by a national magazine, use only ingredients grown in their local area in Maine, and pay a living wage to their employees.

Which of the following activities would not fall under the umbrella of the company’s stated goals?

The Detroit Tigers lost a record number of baseball games in 2003 when they lost 119 games, the most in American League history. General Manger Dave Dombrowski began running the Tigers in 2002. After a rough start those first two seasons, Dombrowski began signing All-Star caliber free agents like Ivan Rodriguez and Magglio Ordonez while also drafting young players like Justin Verlander who would all play a big role in the Tigers making it to the World Series in 2006. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Tigers that season in five games.

Based on the above, which of the following statements is NOT true?

Which of the following fractions is the largest: 13/16, 3/4, 7/10, or 5/8?

What is the product of the square root of 121 and the square root of 36?

A sauce maker has “y” pounds of tomatoes to make sauce. After he has used 35 pounds of tomatoes, how many pounds of tomatoes are left? The correct formula for solving this problem is:

If x = 10, what’s the value of “z” in the equation, z = (x^3 / 5) – 12 ?

The cube of 7 is:

A teacher surveys the class to see how many hours of video games the students have played in the previous week. Below are the results of the survey.

What is the mode of the survey results?

(x + 5)(2x – 3)=

Given: 8(y + 2) = 48
Solve for “y.”

A truck averages 23 mpg. Gas costs $2.28 per gallon. How much would it cost to pay for the gas if this truck made a trip of 2,093 miles?

Divide 2/7 by 1.5

Tina scored 29 out of 35 points on an assignment. What is Tina’s percentage?

8^6 x 8^9 =

4 – 15 ÷ (30 – 33) =

Below is Tim’s record for kicking field goals in his team’s last five games.

How many three-point field goals would Tim have to kick in the next game to bring his average (arithmetic mean) to six points per game?

If “n” is a positive integer divisible by 3 and n is less than or equal to 44, then what is the highest possible value of n?

What is the resistor code color for a resistance of 6?

What position is a push-to-break switch usually in?

What is measured in ohms?

What do hertz represent?

What does the resistor code yellow indicate?

What is the correct abbreviation for kilowatt-hour?

Am ohmmeter is used to measure what?

What makes a series-parallel circuit different from a parallel circuit?

Which is an example of a parallel circuit?

How many milliamps are in an amp of power?

Which is an example of a load in a circuit?

What is calculated with the equation P = I*V?

What does the I stand for in the equation P = I * V?

How many milliamps are in 5 amps?

How many amps are in 3,500 milliamps?

Which tool can measure electrical potential between two points in a circuit?

What is the order of the four stages of a four-stroke internal combustion engine?

In an automatic transmission, what is the functional equivalent to a clutch?

What are the primary components of a transaxle?

What ignites the compressed air-fuel mixture in a gasoline engine?

What performs the final gear reduction between the transmission rotation speed and the wheels?

Which of the following is not a part of the drive train in an automobile with a manual transmission?

In a diesel engine, what initiates and controls the combustion?

What is engine displacement?

Which is true about fuel pumps?

A turbo charger does which of the following?

What component contacts and applies pressure to the brake rotor to slow or stop a vehicle?

What is the part of the brakes that house the brake pads and pistons called?

Where is the differential located in a front engine, rear wheel drive car?

What is the purpose of the crankshaft?

What is the inward or outward leaning of the tire in a vertical axis called?

In this pulley system, what is the minimum force (applied in the direction of the red arrow) required to move the weight upward?

What is the difference between mass and weight?

What are the units for the coefficient of friction?

Identify the correct vector/scalar classification.

Choose the true statement.

How much work is performed lifting in order to lift a 50.0 kg block 7.00 meters? Use g=9.81 m/s^2

How is the coefficient of friction calculated?

A car is traveling at a velocity of 58 m/s. What is the velocity in MPH?

Two gears are in mesh. The first gear is rotating at 60 rpm and has 23 teeth. The second gear is rotating at 5 rpm. How many teeth does the second gear have?

How can a gear ratio be calculated?

In a circuit, the current at a location is 4 amps and the voltage is 9 V. What is the Power at this location of the circuit?

Which of the following units do not describe pressure?

A ball is thrown in the air. When is the magnitude of the ball’s vertical velocity at a minimum?

F / m =

If a mall walker walks 300 m in a straight line down a mall hallway in 5 minutes, what is their average speed in meters per minute?

A roller coaster starts at rest at the top of a 51-meter-high frictionless track. At the bottom of the track, what is the approximate speed of the roller coaster?

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