ASVAB Stands for Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery.







The ASVAB measures your strengths, weaknesses and potential for future success in four domains: verbal, math, science and technical, and spatial.

ASVAB test scores are broken down by the individual subtests and their composites. One of the most critical of these scores is the AFQT, or armed forces qualification test, which is used to determine whether you are qualified to join the military service.

The AFQT is part of the ASVAB, not a separate test. It is a score derived from four of the ASVAB subtests that is used, along with other criteria, to determine your eligibility for service.

The AFQT consists of your results in arithmetic reasoning, math knowledge and verbal expression (VE) times two.

ASVAB Branch Requirements

Each service determines the qualifying AFQT score for enlistment purposes.

Service Branch

Required AFQT Score*

Army

30

Navy

35, or 26 with waiver

Marine Corps

32

Air Force

31

Coast Guard

36, or 32 with waiver

 

 

 

* Army and Coast Guard requirements verified July 2022. Other verifications pending. All scores are subject to change without notice.

In addition, your scores on the other ASVAB composite tests will determine your career field or military occupation eligibility.

ASVAB Test for Army

After you take the ASVAB, the Army translates your results into 10 calculations known as "Army line scores." The line scores help the service know which Army jobs, or military occupational specialties (MOSs), you qualify for.

They are broken down into clerical; combat; electronics; field artillery; general maintenance; general technical; mechanical maintenance; operators and food; surveillance and communications; and skilled technical.

ASVAB Test for Navy

Each Navy job is given a code known as a Navy Enlisted Classification (NEC). Every NEC has different ASVAB score requirements.

ASVAB Test for Marines

Each Marine Corps job is given a code known as a military occupational specialty (MOS). Every MOS has different ASVAB score requirements.

After you take the ASVAB, the Marine Corps translates your results into five calculations known as "Marine Corps line scores." These help the Marine Corps know which jobs, MOSs, you qualify for. They are broken down into clerical, electronics, general technical, mechanical maintenance and skilled technical.

ASVAB Test for Air Force

Jobs in the Air Force are called Air Force specialty codes (AFSCs). To find what jobs you qualify for, the Air Force breaks down your ASVAB subtest scores into groups known as qualification areas.

Those subtests are

General Science (GS)

Arithmetic Reasoning (AR)

Word Knowledge (WK)

 Paragraph Comprehension (PC)

Mathematics Knowledge (MK)

Electronics Information (EI)

Auto and Shop Information (AS)

 and Mechanical Comprehension (MC).

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ASVAB General Science Solved MCQs

ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Solved MCQs

ASVAB Word Knowledge Solved MCQs

ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension Solved MCQs

ASVAB Mathematics Knowledge Solved MCQs

ASVAB Electronics Information Solved MCQs

ASVAB Assembling Objects Solved MCQs

ASVAB Auto and Shop Information Solved MCQs

ASVAB Mechanic Comprehension Solved MCQs


The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) contains nine (paper version) or ten (computerized version) separately timed subtests. (Auto & Shop Information is split into two subtests on the computerized version of the ASVAB.)

Of these subtests, four (Word Knowledge, Paragraph Comprehension, Arithmetic Reasoning, and Mathematics Knowledge) are used to compute your AFQT score while the remaining five serve only to determine qualifications for certain types of jobs within your branch of the military.

So, if you know that the job you want in the military doesn’t require Electronics or Auto & Shop knowledge you can save a lot of time studying by simply ignoring those areas. Doing poorly in areas unrelated to your potential job won’t hurt your overall qualifications.

Armed Forces General Technical (AFGT) Score: Officer Training Qualification

This score determines if you meet minimum qualifications for officer training in the military. The minimum AFGT score for officer eligibility is 110. The score is determined by adding Verbal Expression (VE) and Arithmetic Reasoning (AR) scores together and is used by all five branches of the military. VE is comprised of Work Knowledge (WK) and Paragraph Comprehension (PC).

 

Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) Score: Enlistment Training Qualification

This score is what determines if you meet the minimum qualifications for enlistment in the military and is a basic measure of how “trainable” you may be to perform jobs in the service.

 

The AFQT score is computed from your scores on four of the nine subtests of the ASVAB test:

· Word Knowledge

· Paragraph Comprehension

· Arithmetic Reasoning

· Mathematics Knowledge

Although doing well on the other five subtests can help you qualify for certain jobs in the military, it’s only your performance on these four subtests that makes up your AFQT score.

AFQT score is computed using the formula:

2VE + AR + MK

VE is your Verbal Expression score which is a combination of your Word Knowledge (WK) and your Paragraph Comprehension (PC) score. To determine VE, your WK and PC scores are added together and the result is converted to a scaled score between 20 and 62. Your raw AFQT score is then computed by doubling your VE score and adding your Arithmetic Reasoning (AR) and your Mathematics Knowledge (MK) scores to it.

This raw AFQT score is then compared with everyone else who took the ASVAB test and you’re ranked by a percentile score indicating how well you did in comparison. So, for example, if your raw score is better then 65% of the other test takers your AFQT score will be 65 and if your raw score is better than 25% of the other test takers your AFQT score will be a 25.