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BusterScruggs
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You would know if you failed the emergency procedures, the screen will turn red indicating that you "died." Trust me, I know from experience lol. Here's a link that might be helpful if you are worried about the PBM section, it discusses each of the PBM subsections in detail.
drivefasturnleft
New Member
Other than Kyles ASTB and Barrons are there any other good study guides?
Hi everyone,
I took my first ASTB today and ended with a score of 5/6/6. Initially, everything was going well with the PBM portion until I started the Emergency Procedure portion of the test (which really dragged my PFAR score for sure). It was odd because I had the procedures written down and followed the steps accordingly but it seemed like none of my responses would go through and my screen would just turn red every time when I know I had been responding correctly. Did it turn red every time because I turned the knobs too quickly? Is there a wait time instruction between each responses that I missed? Could it be possible that the throttle were just not responding? I was really confused by the Emergency Procedure portion. Any insight or help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
I took my first ASTB today and ended with a score of 5/6/6. Initially, everything was going well with the PBM portion until I started the Emergency Procedure portion of the test (which really dragged my PFAR score for sure). It was odd because I had the procedures written down and followed the steps accordingly but it seemed like none of my responses would go through and my screen would just turn red every time when I know I had been responding correctly. Did it turn red every time because I turned the knobs too quickly? Is there a wait time instruction between each responses that I missed? Could it be possible that the throttle were just not responding? I was really confused by the Emergency Procedure portion. Any insight or help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
lskiles713
New Member
Is someone able to explain the theory behind the UAV part? I have seen the flashcards and the drawn compass trick but can't make out what is actually happening. Any help would be appreciated.
BusterScruggs
New Member
The exact same thing happened to me about a month ago when I tested for the first time. I wrote down the procedures and I am 100% sure I did so correctly, I was extremely frustrated afterward and still don't know what I did wrong.
Hey, everyone--
I've been having a really hard time tracking down how many answer options each section of the OAR has. I like having that information especially when choosing practice materials, but I've seen a lot of conflicting answers. Some sources say 5 in Math, Reading, and Mech Comp (A-E). Others have 4 for each section (A-D). Various practice materials have 4 in Math and Reading and then 3 in MC. I think it's the last one, but does anyone remember?
Thanks in advance for any info!
I've been having a really hard time tracking down how many answer options each section of the OAR has. I like having that information especially when choosing practice materials, but I've seen a lot of conflicting answers. Some sources say 5 in Math, Reading, and Mech Comp (A-E). Others have 4 for each section (A-D). Various practice materials have 4 in Math and Reading and then 3 in MC. I think it's the last one, but does anyone remember?
Thanks in advance for any info!
Did you push the button once you had the knobs set correctly? If you didn't, the screen will turn red every time.
Yes, I remember it telling me to respond with the clutch at the end once I was done with the procedures.
bcal
Well-Known Member
Get “ASTB PREP“ app in the app store.
board's in November 1st. given that the deadline for this board is Sept 17, that would leave you with like 2 days before the deadline after you retake the ASTB, and if we have learned something in the past few boards, is that you will probably get rolled to whichever board is next. however, your PFAR (I'm assuming you want to be a pilot) is at the minimum score, and tbh chances of getting picked are also quite slim....for NFO, you have a bit of a better score....shit, I would apply, just to make sure you actually get seen (hey miracles do happen), but keep studying hard just in case you don't get picked, you can just retake the ASTB rightaway and not have to wait 6 months to reapply
good luck Nathaniel
exNavyOffRec
Well-Known Member
Do you want to be a SNA or SNFO
Nathanrsal
Member
Hey everyone! After two months of hardcore studying, I finally completed my ASTB-E this afternoon!
This was my first attempt and I believe last, I got a 58 8/8/8
For a little background, I am an Astrophysics major, Commercial Pilot, play video games, and have simulator experience, will be applying for SNA.
I can say I am the first and probably last person to have taken their ASTB during a rave...
Okay, for starters I walked into the testing room, and the florescent tube lightbulbs in the ceiling we're flashing NON STOP, it was like a rave, and an epileptic persons worst nightmare. The proctor even cracked a joke about it LOL.
MATH COMPREHENSION:
The math portion I felt was "easy" for how much effort I put in, not easy in terms of question progression, they noticeable got more and more challenging as it went. I got questions on probability, exponents, radicals, simplifying polynomials, arc length, area of a circle, calculating how many sides a shape has by a given interior angle, logs, labor problems (if it takes joe 10 mins to do a task and jane 15, how long will it take if they work together), and length of sides of a box after being given volume of a box.
Going into the exam, I made sure to master all of the following, seriously use Organic Chem Tutor on YouTube for all the subsections below that he has made a video for, the guy explains it clearly, and doesn't put me to sleep like Khan Academy haha.
-Addition/Subtraction/Multiplication/Long Division
-Matrix: addition/subtraction/multiplication
-D=RT (distance = rate x time)
-Probability
-Logarithms
-"Labor Problems"
-Weighted averages and percentages
-Area of circle/triangle/square
-Volume of cubes/cylinders/cones
-FOIL
-Perfect numbers
-Arc Length
-Binary
-Radicals/Exponents
Super bummed I didn't get any matrix, D=RT, or binary problems, but at least you get to learn some pretty neat stuff in the process.
READING COMPREHENSION:
So like I said earlier, I took the ASTB in a rave, this made it damn near impossible to read the long, dry, and boring paragraphs. I honestly had to re-read them an embarrassing amount of times because I just couldn't concentrate with the constant flashing of the lights, so I think my OAR was this "low" because I didn't do as well on the reading portion. Not much advice on this one, but was also my least studied area when it came to this test.
MECHANICAL COMPREHENSION:
For this section, I found it really straight forward, I think there was one problem that required some arithmetic, other than that it was all conceptual questions, I would make sure you know these below:
-Mechanical Advantage with pulleys/inclined planes/levers
-Tension/Springs
-Torque
-Balancing things on a fulcrum
-Gears
-Circuits in parallel vs series (Ohms Law)
-Pendulums
-Buoyancy
-Density
-Specific Gravity
-Bernoulli's Principle
-Screws mechanical advantage
I didn't get any gears surprisingly, didn't have to calculate resistant or circuits at all, I was asked conceptual questions about AC circuits thought. For sure had a venturi questions asking about Bernoulli's principle.
NAFTI:
Super boring, 99 questions, 20 or so minutes of my life that I will never get back
As you hear from everyone, you have to pick between two bad choices, I was surprised to see positive choices on there though. Awesome that you don't have to study for it, just use your noggin.
ANIT:
So having my commercial pilots license, I knew 95% of the stuff off the bat, all I had to learn was boat terminology via the sweet cram flash cards which I will have the link of a link to. I surprisingly didn't get asked questions that had navy relevance, such as dates, terms, stuff of that sort, it was strictly parts of a plane, their functions, parts of a boat, and that was it.
UAV:
This portion I used the compass rose paper trick every day and knocked out the flashcards and was able to ace it at home.
When I did the practice ones prior to starting the UAV section, my brain shut off and I couldn't remember how to do the trick, prefect timing right?
I had to re learn it on the spot, then pressed start and got all 48 correct with about a 1.3-2.5 second window.
This portion is probably the best and most available to prepare for so make sure you know it well.
DICHOTIC LISTENING:
I TOTALLY BOTCHED THE FIRST ONE!!!
For some silly reason, when the test started, I disregarded "target ear" and just clicked the clutch button on the throttle when I heard an odd number, and pulled the trigger on the joystick when I heard an even. I realized 25 seconds into doing this that I was completely F'ing it up, corrected for the rest - and took my L.
I was so bummed for 0.2 seconds and then snapped back into "get over it, finish your test" mode.
A big key in this is keeping your head up and not letting yourself feel like total garbage after one mistake.
I think the reason I got 8/8/8 and not any 9's, was due to this big mess up on the first portion of the listening.
DICHOTIC LISTENING WITH STICK AND THROTTLE:
This was actually kind of fun after a while, I figured out my previous mistakes and made sure not to replicate them, all I can say is focus on joystick tracking, click the appropriate buttons, and manage your vertical tracking with your peripheral vision.
EMERGENCY WITH STICK AND THROTTLE:
This portion was the easiest part of the test. It gave you the 3 emergencies and you had to do the three simple tasks to put it out and it was over. I think it lasted less than 15 seconds.
I did notice that my controls were opposite in direction for the fuel and power wheel-buttons, so watch out for that.
If the previous gentleman is reading this, I reset my stuff to neutral every time and didn't have the same issue you had.
-------------------------------------------------------
To address some of the quirks I read on the past forums, I never had to leave my mouse on clock to show timer, it displayed it no matter what, along with the formula tab for the math part.
I used the Barron and the Trivium books only for their tests, not for their material because I already knew the stuff that was in there, and its really basic compared to what is on the exam.
All in all, it is a manageable test and if I can do it, you can do it, seriously.
Hit me up with any questions, I am more than happy to answer and help!
Here is everything I studied, I am trying to be an updated 1 stop shop for the new people taking it:
POST #5,132 https://www.airwarriors.com/communi...our-questions-here.28348/page-343#post-953698
POST 6,322 https://www.airwarriors.com/communi...scores-ask-your-questions-here.28348/page-422
POST 6,267 https://www.airwarriors.com/communi...scores-ask-your-questions-here.28348/page-418
POST 4,885 https://www.airwarriors.com/communi...scores-ask-your-questions-here.28348/page-418
drive.google.com
drive.google.com
This was my first attempt and I believe last, I got a 58 8/8/8
For a little background, I am an Astrophysics major, Commercial Pilot, play video games, and have simulator experience, will be applying for SNA.
I can say I am the first and probably last person to have taken their ASTB during a rave...
Okay, for starters I walked into the testing room, and the florescent tube lightbulbs in the ceiling we're flashing NON STOP, it was like a rave, and an epileptic persons worst nightmare. The proctor even cracked a joke about it LOL.
MATH COMPREHENSION:
The math portion I felt was "easy" for how much effort I put in, not easy in terms of question progression, they noticeable got more and more challenging as it went. I got questions on probability, exponents, radicals, simplifying polynomials, arc length, area of a circle, calculating how many sides a shape has by a given interior angle, logs, labor problems (if it takes joe 10 mins to do a task and jane 15, how long will it take if they work together), and length of sides of a box after being given volume of a box.
Going into the exam, I made sure to master all of the following, seriously use Organic Chem Tutor on YouTube for all the subsections below that he has made a video for, the guy explains it clearly, and doesn't put me to sleep like Khan Academy haha.
-Addition/Subtraction/Multiplication/Long Division
-Matrix: addition/subtraction/multiplication
-D=RT (distance = rate x time)
-Probability
-Logarithms
-"Labor Problems"
-Weighted averages and percentages
-Area of circle/triangle/square
-Volume of cubes/cylinders/cones
-FOIL
-Perfect numbers
-Arc Length
-Binary
-Radicals/Exponents
Super bummed I didn't get any matrix, D=RT, or binary problems, but at least you get to learn some pretty neat stuff in the process.
READING COMPREHENSION:
So like I said earlier, I took the ASTB in a rave, this made it damn near impossible to read the long, dry, and boring paragraphs. I honestly had to re-read them an embarrassing amount of times because I just couldn't concentrate with the constant flashing of the lights, so I think my OAR was this "low" because I didn't do as well on the reading portion. Not much advice on this one, but was also my least studied area when it came to this test.
MECHANICAL COMPREHENSION:
For this section, I found it really straight forward, I think there was one problem that required some arithmetic, other than that it was all conceptual questions, I would make sure you know these below:
-Mechanical Advantage with pulleys/inclined planes/levers
-Tension/Springs
-Torque
-Balancing things on a fulcrum
-Gears
-Circuits in parallel vs series (Ohms Law)
-Pendulums
-Buoyancy
-Density
-Specific Gravity
-Bernoulli's Principle
-Screws mechanical advantage
I didn't get any gears surprisingly, didn't have to calculate resistant or circuits at all, I was asked conceptual questions about AC circuits thought. For sure had a venturi questions asking about Bernoulli's principle.
NAFTI:
Super boring, 99 questions, 20 or so minutes of my life that I will never get back
As you hear from everyone, you have to pick between two bad choices, I was surprised to see positive choices on there though. Awesome that you don't have to study for it, just use your noggin.
ANIT:
So having my commercial pilots license, I knew 95% of the stuff off the bat, all I had to learn was boat terminology via the sweet cram flash cards which I will have the link of a link to. I surprisingly didn't get asked questions that had navy relevance, such as dates, terms, stuff of that sort, it was strictly parts of a plane, their functions, parts of a boat, and that was it.
UAV:
This portion I used the compass rose paper trick every day and knocked out the flashcards and was able to ace it at home.
When I did the practice ones prior to starting the UAV section, my brain shut off and I couldn't remember how to do the trick, prefect timing right?
I had to re learn it on the spot, then pressed start and got all 48 correct with about a 1.3-2.5 second window.
This portion is probably the best and most available to prepare for so make sure you know it well.
DICHOTIC LISTENING:
I TOTALLY BOTCHED THE FIRST ONE!!!
For some silly reason, when the test started, I disregarded "target ear" and just clicked the clutch button on the throttle when I heard an odd number, and pulled the trigger on the joystick when I heard an even. I realized 25 seconds into doing this that I was completely F'ing it up, corrected for the rest - and took my L.
I was so bummed for 0.2 seconds and then snapped back into "get over it, finish your test" mode.
A big key in this is keeping your head up and not letting yourself feel like total garbage after one mistake.
I think the reason I got 8/8/8 and not any 9's, was due to this big mess up on the first portion of the listening.
DICHOTIC LISTENING WITH STICK AND THROTTLE:
This was actually kind of fun after a while, I figured out my previous mistakes and made sure not to replicate them, all I can say is focus on joystick tracking, click the appropriate buttons, and manage your vertical tracking with your peripheral vision.
EMERGENCY WITH STICK AND THROTTLE:
This portion was the easiest part of the test. It gave you the 3 emergencies and you had to do the three simple tasks to put it out and it was over. I think it lasted less than 15 seconds.
I did notice that my controls were opposite in direction for the fuel and power wheel-buttons, so watch out for that.
If the previous gentleman is reading this, I reset my stuff to neutral every time and didn't have the same issue you had.
-------------------------------------------------------
To address some of the quirks I read on the past forums, I never had to leave my mouse on clock to show timer, it displayed it no matter what, along with the formula tab for the math part.
I used the Barron and the Trivium books only for their tests, not for their material because I already knew the stuff that was in there, and its really basic compared to what is on the exam.
All in all, it is a manageable test and if I can do it, you can do it, seriously.
Hit me up with any questions, I am more than happy to answer and help!
Here is everything I studied, I am trying to be an updated 1 stop shop for the new people taking it:
POST #5,132 https://www.airwarriors.com/communi...our-questions-here.28348/page-343#post-953698
POST 6,322 https://www.airwarriors.com/communi...scores-ask-your-questions-here.28348/page-422
POST 6,267 https://www.airwarriors.com/communi...scores-ask-your-questions-here.28348/page-418
POST 4,885 https://www.airwarriors.com/communi...scores-ask-your-questions-here.28348/page-418
ASTB material - Google Drive
Hermellack’s ASTB Study Guide - Google Drive
drive.google.com