ASVAB Exam
Water droplets forming on the inside of a cold windshield is an example of - Answer
Condensation
Any astronomical body that revolves around a larger body is called? - Answer a satellite
In chemistry, to be classified as an organic substance, a substance my contain - Answer
carbon atoms
Which element does NOT contain any neutrons?
A. Iron
B. Carbon
C. Oxygen
D. Hydrogen - Answer Hydrogen
The chemical formula of a compound describes the elements the compound contains
and the - Answer ratio of elements in the compound
What is the symbol for the hydroxyl ion? - Answer OH-
The tympanic membranes are known as the - Answer ear drums
Which of the following actions produce a chemical change? - Answer adding salt to hot
water
Choking is prevented by the - Answer epiglottis covering the voice box
Which if the following is a non-renewable resource? - Answer wood
When scientists measure a liquid's resistance to flow, they are measuring the liquid's...?
- Answer viscosity
A radar is designed to report the track of an aircraft every second. If this radar reports
30 tracks in one minute, what percentage of the time did the radar track the aircraft? -
Answer 50%
Jerry walked a dog from 6:40am to 7:30pm one day. If he was paid at the rate of 6$ per
hour, how much did he earn that day? - Answer $5.00
A women is looking for a bigger square office. She finds an office twice the area of her
current office. If the perimeter of her current office is 88 feet, how many square feet is
the new office? - Answer 176 sq ft
If the perimeter of a square garden is 84 feet, what is the area of the garden? - Answer
441 sq ft.
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How many feet of chain fence are necessary to enclose a dog pen that is square an has
an area of 64 square feet? - Answer 32 feet
The pet store had six puppies selling for 104 each and twelve kittens selling for 24 each.
Today, only two puppies and eight kittens were left. In dollar terms, what was the ratio
of sales of puppies to kittens? - Answer 13:3
The price of salmon at a fish market is 5.40 per pound. This is 150% its cost at a
supermarket. How much would it cost per pound at the supermarket? - Answer $3.60
-----> 5.40/1.50=3.60
A train goes twice as fast downhill as it can go uphill, and 2/3 as fast uphill as it can go
on level ground. If it goes 120 mph downhill, how long will it take to travel 45 miles on
flat land? - Answer 1/2 hour
speed uphill=120/2=60
speed level=3/2 * uphill=90
speed downhill=120
on flat land, d=45=90*t
t=1/2 hr
Jamie just bought two boxes. The first box is square, with each side measuring 10 units,
and is 4 units high. The second box is rectangular and has twice the volume of the
square box. If the height of the second box is 5 units, and the width is 10 units, what is
the length of the second box? - Answer 16 units
There are 9 red and 6 green marbles in a bag. A child reaches in the bag and randomly
takes one marble. What is the probability of that child getting a green marble? - Answer
1/15 or .66 of a chance
If the population of a certain city increased 25% in two years, the new population was
what percent of the old? - Answer 125%
A printing press will print 6,000 copies in 20 minutes. A second press can print 15,000 in
60 minutes, How many more copies per minute will the faster press print than the
slower press? - Answer 3,000
Before being painted, a concrete play area was marked off into squares and then into
triangles. For the square shown, what is the area of the triangular part labeled XYZ? -
Answer 32 square feet
Five people, each working 8 hours a day can assemble 400 toys in a 5 day work week.
what is the average number of toys assembled per hour per person? - Answer 16 (used
choices to determine that 5*16= 80, and 80 toys per day for 5 days= 400)
Water droplets forming on the inside of a cold windshield is an example of - Answer
Condensation
Any astronomical body that revolves around a larger body is called? - Answer a satellite
In chemistry, to be classified as an organic substance, a substance my contain - Answer
carbon atoms
Which element does NOT contain any neutrons?
A. Iron
B. Carbon
C. Oxygen
D. Hydrogen - Answer Hydrogen
The chemical formula of a compound describes the elements the compound contains
and the - Answer ratio of elements in the compound
What is the symbol for the hydroxyl ion? - Answer OH-
The tympanic membranes are known as the - Answer ear drums
Which of the following actions produce a chemical change? - Answer adding salt to hot
water
Choking is prevented by the - Answer epiglottis covering the voice box
Which if the following is a non-renewable resource? - Answer wood
When scientists measure a liquid's resistance to flow, they are measuring the liquid's...?
- Answer viscosity
A radar is designed to report the track of an aircraft every second. If this radar reports
30 tracks in one minute, what percentage of the time did the radar track the aircraft? -
Answer 50%
Jerry walked a dog from 6:40am to 7:30pm one day. If he was paid at the rate of 6$ per
hour, how much did he earn that day? - Answer $5.00
A women is looking for a bigger square office. She finds an office twice the area of her
current office. If the perimeter of her current office is 88 feet, how many square feet is
the new office? - Answer 176 sq ft
If the perimeter of a square garden is 84 feet, what is the area of the garden? - Answer
441 sq ft.
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How many feet of chain fence are necessary to enclose a dog pen that is square an has
an area of 64 square feet? - Answer 32 feet
The pet store had six puppies selling for 104 each and twelve kittens selling for 24 each.
Today, only two puppies and eight kittens were left. In dollar terms, what was the ratio
of sales of puppies to kittens? - Answer 13:3
The price of salmon at a fish market is 5.40 per pound. This is 150% its cost at a
supermarket. How much would it cost per pound at the supermarket? - Answer $3.60
-----> 5.40/1.50=3.60
A train goes twice as fast downhill as it can go uphill, and 2/3 as fast uphill as it can go
on level ground. If it goes 120 mph downhill, how long will it take to travel 45 miles on
flat land? - Answer 1/2 hour
speed uphill=120/2=60
speed level=3/2 * uphill=90
speed downhill=120
on flat land, d=45=90*t
t=1/2 hr
Jamie just bought two boxes. The first box is square, with each side measuring 10 units,
and is 4 units high. The second box is rectangular and has twice the volume of the
square box. If the height of the second box is 5 units, and the width is 10 units, what is
the length of the second box? - Answer 16 units
There are 9 red and 6 green marbles in a bag. A child reaches in the bag and randomly
takes one marble. What is the probability of that child getting a green marble? - Answer
1/15 or .66 of a chance
If the population of a certain city increased 25% in two years, the new population was
what percent of the old? - Answer 125%
A printing press will print 6,000 copies in 20 minutes. A second press can print 15,000 in
60 minutes, How many more copies per minute will the faster press print than the
slower press? - Answer 3,000
Before being painted, a concrete play area was marked off into squares and then into
triangles. For the square shown, what is the area of the triangular part labeled XYZ? -
Answer 32 square feet
Five people, each working 8 hours a day can assemble 400 toys in a 5 day work week.
what is the average number of toys assembled per hour per person? - Answer 16 (used
choices to determine that 5*16= 80, and 80 toys per day for 5 days= 400)
