Free ASVAB Practice Tests | ASVAB Test Bank

Shop Information

You're constructing a cabinet in your workshop and one of the cabinet doors is slightly too big. Which of the following tools would you use to make it fit?

plane

In wooodworking, a plane is used to shave off a small amount of material to smooth a surface or make it fit properly. A jack plane is a general purpose plane that contains an adjustable depth blade set at an angle with a handle and knob to allow gripping when sliding the plane across wood.

Mechanical Comprehension

Hydraulics is the transmission of force through the use of which of the following?

liquids

Hydraulics is the transmission of force through the use of liquids. Liquids are especially suited for transferring force in complex machines because they compress very little and can occupy very small spaces. Hydraulic pressure is calculated by dividing force by the area over which it is applied: P = F/A where F is force in pounds, A is area in square inches, and the resulting pressure is in pounds per square inch (psi).

Electronics Information

The formula specifying Ohm's law is which of the following?

V = IR

Ohm's law specifies the relationship between voltage (V), current (I), and resistance (R) in an electrical circuit: V = IR.

Arithmetic Reasoning

If there were a total of 350 raffle tickets sold and you bought 24 tickets, what's the probability that you'll win the raffle?

You have 24 out of the total of 350 raffle tickets sold so you have a (\( \frac{24}{350} \)) x 100 = \( \frac{24 \times 100}{350} \) = \( \frac{2400}{350} \) = 7% chance to win the raffle.

Word Knowledge

Stealth most nearly means:

furtiveness

The act of moving secretly or unnoticed.

General Science

Examples of secondary consumers include:

chickens

Secondary consumers (carnivores) subsist mainly on primary consumers. Omnivores are secondary consumers that also eat producers. Examples are rats, fish, and chickens.

Math Knowledge

This diagram represents two parallel lines with a transversal. If d° = 140, what is the value of w°?

For parallel lines with a transversal, the following relationships apply:

angles in the same position on different parallel lines equal each other (a° = w°, b° = x°, c° = z°, d° = y°)
alternate interior angles are equal (a° = z°, b° = y°, c° = w°, d° = x°)
all acute angles (a° = c° = w° = z°) and all obtuse angles (b° = d° = x° = y°) equal each other
same-side interior angles are supplementary and add up to 180° (e.g. a° + d° = 180°, d° + c° = 180°)

Applying these relationships starting with d° = 140, the value of w° is 40.

Mechanical Comprehension

A screw is most like which of the following other simple machines?

inclined plane

A screw is an inclined plane wrapped in ridges (threads) around a cylinder. The distance between these ridges defines the pitch of the screw and this distance is how far the screw advances when it is turned once. The mechanical advantage of a screw is its circumference divided by the pitch.

Math Knowledge

The dimensions of this cylinder are height (h) = 5 and radius (r) = 4. What is the surface area?

72π

The surface area of a cylinder is 2πr² + 2πrh:

sa = 2πr² + 2πrh
sa = 2π(4²) + 2π(4 x 5)
sa = 2π(16) + 2π(20)
sa = (2 x 16)π + (2 x 20)π
sa = 32π + 40π
sa = 72π

Shop Information

Which of the following nuts use a pin to lock the nut in place and prevent it from loosening?

slotted

Wrenches are used with threaded fasteners like bolts and nuts. A bolt has external threads while a nut has internal threads and this thread pattern combination allows them to lock together and act as fasteners. Nuts come in a variety of configurations including wing nuts which provide appendages that allow tightening and loosening by hand, slotted nuts that use a cotter pin to lock the nut in place and prevent it from loosening, and lock nuts that also prevent loosening via nylon in their threads. Threads are identified by pitch which is the number of threads per inch.