ASVAB Extra Sample Test 1
Word Knowledge 5. Coalesce most nearly
means:
1. Collusion most nearly
means: A. Referee
B. Combine
A. Amateur C. Reveal
B. Directive D. Encircle
C. Conspiracy
D. Odyssey
6. Luminous most nearly
means:
2. Foible most nearly means:
A. Fertile
A. Trickery B. Corrupt
B. Rumor C. Mild
C. Rubble D. Bright
D. Shortcoming
For questions 7 to 11, choose the
3. Repugnant most nearly word that has nearly the same
means: meaning as the underlined word.
A. Revolting 7. Mr. Emerson rebuffed his
B. Mistrustful coworker by refusing all
C. Earnest offers of assistance.
D. Confident
A. Snubbed
B. Regretted
4. Malleable most nearly C. Collected
means: D. Alerted
A. Rowdy
B. Hateful 8. The Salvation Army has
C. Adaptable many services to help the
D. Forthright city’s indigent population.
A. Important
B. Needy
C. Fortunate
D. Young
,9. It was many years before 13. The word most opposite in
church members could put meaning to trite is:
the bitter schism behind
them and move forward A. Enraged
together. B. Famous
C. Devilish
A. Secret D. Original
B. Idol
C. Belief
D. Split 14. The word most opposite in
meaning to precipitous is:
10. It didn’t take long for the A. Lavish
malcontent factory workers B. Gradual
to voice their anger over the C. Random
new rules. D. Coarse
A. Developed
B. Experienced 15. The word most opposite in
C. Sympathetic meaning to subjugate is:
D. Dissatisfied
A. Submit
B. Risk
11. Quitting his job with no C. Arrange
prospects for new D. Stretch
employment left Joseph in a
precarious position.
16. The word most opposite in
A. Practical meaning to brevity is:
B. Risky
C. Tired A. Goodness
D. Healthy B. Ancestry
C. Length
D. Support
12. The word most opposite in
meaning to foray is:
A. Raid
B. Retreat
C. Species
D. Pattern
,Paragraph Comprehension 1. What caused Castro to
think the U.S. would attack
Read the passage below and Cuba?
answer questions 1 to 6.
A. Khrushchev sent aid to
In 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis Cuba.
placed the world on the verge of a B. Kennedy alerted
nuclear war. Although not a single Castro of an attack.
missile was launched, the crisis is C. There had been a
considered by many to be the previous failed attack.
closest man has come to a nuclear D. The situation had been
war. made public.
After the failed attempt in 1961 by
Cuban exiles to invade Cuba, Fidel 2. Which of the following is
Castro, Cuba’s leader, was certain of the main idea of this
another attack by the United States. passage?
To help defend his country, Castro,
an ally of the Soviet Union, asked A. The standoff in 1962
Premier Nikita Khrushchev for over Soviet Missiles in
military aid. The USSR sent missiles Cuba is known as The
and supplies to build launch pads in Cuban Missile Crisis.
Cuba. These missiles could easily B. An agreement between
reach American soil. President John F.
Kennedy and Premier
In October of 1962, the United Nikita Khrushchev
States discovered the Cuban missile ended the Cuban
bases. U.S. President John F. Missile Crisis.
Kennedy met with government C. The Cuban Missile
officials and for seven days debated Crisis of 1962
the situation. He decided to impose a D. The world waited
blockade around Cuba to prevent nervously as tensions
further shipment from the Soviet built up between the
Union to Cuba. The situation was United States and the
made public and the American Soviet Union.
people waited tensely. Kennedy
secretly brokered an agreement with
Khrushchev. The Soviet Union
agreed to remove the weapons from
Cuba. Kennedy agreed not to invade
Cuba and to also remove US
missiles from Turkey.
, 3. What would be a good title 5. Based on the passage, the
for the third paragraph of author would agree that:
the passage?
A. The Soviet Union was
A. Kennedy Imposes a falling behind in the
Blockade around Cuba arms race
B. USSR Agrees to B. The world is a much
Remove Missiles from safer place after end of
Cuba the Cuban Missile
C. U.S. and the Soviet Crisis
Union Secretly C. President Kennedy
Negotiate End to the was not an effective
Missile Crisis leader in a time of
D. The World Waits crisis
Nervously While D. The Cuban Missile
Tensions Rise Crisis was one of the
Between Two United States’ most
Countries tense situations
4. According to the passage,
Kennedy’s first act was to: 6. What would be a good title
for the second paragraph of
A. Remove missiles from the passage?
Turkey
B. Impose a blockade A. Nuclear Weapons Able
around Cuba to Reach U.S.
C. Inform the American B. Cuba Defends Itself
people with Soviet Nuclear
D. Support Cuban exiles Weapons
in an invasion of Cuba C. Cuban Exiles Fail in
Attempt to Invade
Cuba
D. Cuba and Soviet Union
Are Allies
Word Knowledge 5. Coalesce most nearly
means:
1. Collusion most nearly
means: A. Referee
B. Combine
A. Amateur C. Reveal
B. Directive D. Encircle
C. Conspiracy
D. Odyssey
6. Luminous most nearly
means:
2. Foible most nearly means:
A. Fertile
A. Trickery B. Corrupt
B. Rumor C. Mild
C. Rubble D. Bright
D. Shortcoming
For questions 7 to 11, choose the
3. Repugnant most nearly word that has nearly the same
means: meaning as the underlined word.
A. Revolting 7. Mr. Emerson rebuffed his
B. Mistrustful coworker by refusing all
C. Earnest offers of assistance.
D. Confident
A. Snubbed
B. Regretted
4. Malleable most nearly C. Collected
means: D. Alerted
A. Rowdy
B. Hateful 8. The Salvation Army has
C. Adaptable many services to help the
D. Forthright city’s indigent population.
A. Important
B. Needy
C. Fortunate
D. Young
,9. It was many years before 13. The word most opposite in
church members could put meaning to trite is:
the bitter schism behind
them and move forward A. Enraged
together. B. Famous
C. Devilish
A. Secret D. Original
B. Idol
C. Belief
D. Split 14. The word most opposite in
meaning to precipitous is:
10. It didn’t take long for the A. Lavish
malcontent factory workers B. Gradual
to voice their anger over the C. Random
new rules. D. Coarse
A. Developed
B. Experienced 15. The word most opposite in
C. Sympathetic meaning to subjugate is:
D. Dissatisfied
A. Submit
B. Risk
11. Quitting his job with no C. Arrange
prospects for new D. Stretch
employment left Joseph in a
precarious position.
16. The word most opposite in
A. Practical meaning to brevity is:
B. Risky
C. Tired A. Goodness
D. Healthy B. Ancestry
C. Length
D. Support
12. The word most opposite in
meaning to foray is:
A. Raid
B. Retreat
C. Species
D. Pattern
,Paragraph Comprehension 1. What caused Castro to
think the U.S. would attack
Read the passage below and Cuba?
answer questions 1 to 6.
A. Khrushchev sent aid to
In 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis Cuba.
placed the world on the verge of a B. Kennedy alerted
nuclear war. Although not a single Castro of an attack.
missile was launched, the crisis is C. There had been a
considered by many to be the previous failed attack.
closest man has come to a nuclear D. The situation had been
war. made public.
After the failed attempt in 1961 by
Cuban exiles to invade Cuba, Fidel 2. Which of the following is
Castro, Cuba’s leader, was certain of the main idea of this
another attack by the United States. passage?
To help defend his country, Castro,
an ally of the Soviet Union, asked A. The standoff in 1962
Premier Nikita Khrushchev for over Soviet Missiles in
military aid. The USSR sent missiles Cuba is known as The
and supplies to build launch pads in Cuban Missile Crisis.
Cuba. These missiles could easily B. An agreement between
reach American soil. President John F.
Kennedy and Premier
In October of 1962, the United Nikita Khrushchev
States discovered the Cuban missile ended the Cuban
bases. U.S. President John F. Missile Crisis.
Kennedy met with government C. The Cuban Missile
officials and for seven days debated Crisis of 1962
the situation. He decided to impose a D. The world waited
blockade around Cuba to prevent nervously as tensions
further shipment from the Soviet built up between the
Union to Cuba. The situation was United States and the
made public and the American Soviet Union.
people waited tensely. Kennedy
secretly brokered an agreement with
Khrushchev. The Soviet Union
agreed to remove the weapons from
Cuba. Kennedy agreed not to invade
Cuba and to also remove US
missiles from Turkey.
, 3. What would be a good title 5. Based on the passage, the
for the third paragraph of author would agree that:
the passage?
A. The Soviet Union was
A. Kennedy Imposes a falling behind in the
Blockade around Cuba arms race
B. USSR Agrees to B. The world is a much
Remove Missiles from safer place after end of
Cuba the Cuban Missile
C. U.S. and the Soviet Crisis
Union Secretly C. President Kennedy
Negotiate End to the was not an effective
Missile Crisis leader in a time of
D. The World Waits crisis
Nervously While D. The Cuban Missile
Tensions Rise Crisis was one of the
Between Two United States’ most
Countries tense situations
4. According to the passage,
Kennedy’s first act was to: 6. What would be a good title
for the second paragraph of
A. Remove missiles from the passage?
Turkey
B. Impose a blockade A. Nuclear Weapons Able
around Cuba to Reach U.S.
C. Inform the American B. Cuba Defends Itself
people with Soviet Nuclear
D. Support Cuban exiles Weapons
in an invasion of Cuba C. Cuban Exiles Fail in
Attempt to Invade
Cuba
D. Cuba and Soviet Union
Are Allies
