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1,001 questions about the ASTB (post your scores & ask your questions here!)

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drexelAVI

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redbaronunofficial said:
I’ve been improving fast over the past couple days. What I’m doing is starting out on an easier setting, and focusing on only one of the targets. Once I can reliably get a low score on one, I switch to the other and repeat. Once I can do both independently, then I try doing both of them at the same time.
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Are you using mouse and keyboard? Do you feel confidently this will translate well with the joystick? I’m only being cautious since this will be my last chance to get the scores I really need.
 
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Empire16

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drexelAVI said:
Are you using mouse and keyboard? Do you feel confidently this will translate well with the joystick? I’m only being cautious since this will be my last chance to get the scores I really need.
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I never used a joystick and got a 9 pfar. Only practiced on my phone and computer. If it’s your last chance though may be worth investing in a joy stick. As well as really memorizing all of the aviation information.
 
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drexelAVI

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Empire16 said:
I never used a joystick and got a 9 pfar. Only practiced on my phone and computer. If it’s your last chance though may be worth investing in a joy stick. As well as really memorizing all of the aviation information.
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Are you talking about the aviation questions? Not just the PBM portion?
 
redbaronunofficial

redbaronunofficial

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Empire16

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That, flash cards, the kyles drive (I found multiple questions in the drive and on my test) searching through this thread as well.
 
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ghostofkyiv

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For the dichotic listening section, does the joystick button (right hand) always correspond with even numbers while the throttle (left hand) correspond with odd (or vice versa, joystick = odd, throttle = even)?

I'm wondering if it would be detrimental to practice with simulators, such as the Jentzen listening one or the ASTB prep app, which can train your brain to think "right means even" or "left means odd." For example, in the Jentzen sim, a right-hand click corresponds to an odd number while in the ASTB prep app a right-hand click corresponds to an even number.

Another option could be to constantly switch between the different sims to avoid getting conditioned to just one response method.
 
TwoScoops

TwoScoops

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ghostofkyiv said:
For the dichotic listening section, does the joystick button (right hand) always correspond with even numbers while the throttle (left hand) correspond with odd (or vice versa, joystick = odd, throttle = even)?

I'm wondering if it would be detrimental to practice with simulators, such as the Jentzen listening one or the ASTB prep app, which can train your brain to think "right means even" or "left means odd." For example, in the Jentzen sim, a right-hand click corresponds to an odd number while in the ASTB prep app a right-hand click corresponds to an even number.

Another option could be to constantly switch between the different sims to avoid getting conditioned to just one response method.
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What is the logic on the actual test? I was under the impression that you use the Trigger for even numbers in all circumstances, and vice versa for the clutch, taking into the target ear of course.

You are correct, I don’t want to condition people to the wrong thing on the exam.
 
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drexelAVI

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ghostofkyiv said:
For the dichotic listening section, does the joystick button (right hand) always correspond with even numbers while the throttle (left hand) correspond with odd (or vice versa, joystick = odd, throttle = even)?

I'm wondering if it would be detrimental to practice with simulators, such as the Jentzen listening one or the ASTB prep app, which can train your brain to think "right means even" or "left means odd." For example, in the Jentzen sim, a right-hand click corresponds to an odd number while in the ASTB prep app a right-hand click corresponds to an even number.

Another option could be to constantly switch between the different sims to avoid getting conditioned to just one response method.
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I have taken it twice and I completely forgot whether or not it is right even or left odd, however for me it was the easiest portion of the test. It would be better to not train a bad habit than to train at all. If you haven’t tested yet, practice the parts that are known to be the same as the test. Get a feel for the test and really practice the second time and get a better score.
 
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drexelAVI

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TwoScoops said:
What is the logic on the actual test? I was under the impression that you use the Trigger for even numbers in all circumstances, and vice versa for the clutch, taking into the target ear of course.

You are correct, I don’t want to condition people to the wrong thing on the exam.
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The actual test it is consistently the same, even or odd is assigned to whichever respective side. However, I’m not entirely sure which side is which corresponding type of number.
 
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fearedengineer

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Mil3s said:
Have you tried using the prep app? The simulator PFAR and FOFAR section of it is pretty good. And yes your oar score is pretty good but if you are tryna go for pilot those test aren’t competitive based on the last board, but if your going for NFO then you are have good scores (for reference I had a 6/7/7 on last board and got a no, so defiantly aim for those 8s and 9s) .
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Is there a sheet with last boards stats? What was the acceptance rate for SNA? What was the scores people were getting to get accepted?
 
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