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Need up to date info on ASTB

BoaViking

BoaViking

Red patch, death patch
Ive been scouring this website for info about the ASTB. I know about it, but Im looking for study guides, practice tests, and gouges. All of the threads on here are several years old. The columbia.edu link has long since gone sour. I have the Marine Gouge and the mechanical comprehension handout and the ARCO flight test book. A few of the threads mention downloads on this website, but for the life of me I cant find them anywhere, or even a library for downloads on this site.

If anyone has any information, study guides, practice tests thatd be great. My biggest part that I need help with is the ANIT.. I dont know much about navigation, aerodynamics, and naval stuff. Thank you very much.

P.s. Im going Marine Aviation, so I need more than just the math, reading, physics.
 
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Wiley_MT

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Where did you get the Marine Gouge?

I am in the same boat, although I'm not even sure I have the correct Marine Gouge. Where did you happen to get it from and where can I get it? Thanks!
 
BoaViking

BoaViking

Red patch, death patch
I got mine from www.flgamarineofficer.com Click on the ASTB section.. Its what my OSO gave me to use. However, doing the gouge, it was easy common sense stuff, but when doing the ARCO tests, especially the mechanical, it was wayyy harder than I expected. However, all those I can study for easily, Its just the shere amount of information out there that could be on ANIT and I have no idea where to begin and what to read.
 
BoaViking

BoaViking

Red patch, death patch
kidday03 said:
Here is the link to the Peterson's Book that is available online. I just started using it today and I must say that to me the math seems a lot harder than the one in the Barron's book and Marine gouge.

You should look through this though, there is a lot of useful information and lots of practice tests.

I like the Barron's book a lot also.

http://www.petersons.com/pdfsecure/frameNoTop.asp?pdftype=MasterOfficerCandidate
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Thanks for posting this.. this would have been great had I not already bought the book. However, this is the same exact test thats in the ARCO book.. Hmmm.. Oh well.
 
Vas Deferens

Vas Deferens

SNA
http://www.navy-officer.com/astb.html

This site has every PDF/Word File that I have seen for the ASTB. My OR also sent most of them to me after I had already found them with links thhrough AW. I would suggest using the Arco book and Barron's, but be forwarned, the Barron's book is riddled with errors. If you suspect something is wrong, it probably is.

All in all, if you study the files, take the practice exams, and have some aviation, nautical, and US Navy knowlege, you should do fine. Except for the 6 math problems that I ran out of time on and just put "C," the whole test was a cakewalk.

The best thing you can do is scour the ASTB threads on here and look for information.
 
BoaViking

BoaViking

Red patch, death patch
Vas this website is great! Thanks a lot.. But still if anyone has an actual practice test that would be awesome.. Why is there only one real practice test out there.. I feel like there'd be more...
 
das

das

Well-Known Member
Contributor
BoaViking said:
Vas this website is great! Thanks a lot.. But still if anyone has an actual practice test that would be awesome.. Why is there only one real practice test out there.. I feel like there'd be more...
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The only practice tests other than the test that accompanies/is a part of the Marine Gouge are the ones in the ARCO and Barron's books. There are no other "free" practice tests out there.

The ARCO book, while copyrighted, also is available here. See also this site.

The reason why the several-year-old material is fine is because, other than things like the removal of the Biological Inventory (BI), and the move from Forms 1/2 to 3/4/5, the ASTB hasn't changed in years.

In APR 2010 there may be a completely new version of the ASTB.
 
Vas Deferens

Vas Deferens

SNA
Arco and Barron's are good for getting a feel for the format and the types of questions on the test. Just watch for those errors in barrons. If your looking to improve your aviation/nautical score, you need to study a Private pilot ground course or check out the "Handbook of aeronautical knowledge." You don't have to know everything in there, but it won't hurt you to spent some serious time studying.

I just took the FAA knowledge exam 3 weeks ago, and several of the same questions/types of questions were on the ASTB. Things like: "What does Vy mean?" and "What is density altitude?"
 
HeyJoe

HeyJoe

Fly Navy! ...or USMC
None
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BoaViking said:
All of the threads on here are several years old.
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Don't look at when thread was started, look at most recent posts. Some of the better threads date way back due to periodic housekeeping and merging of better threads so you don't have to wade through so many to find a topic. Regardless, looking at last month view of ASTB board, there are 14 threads with recent posts within September timeframe. Hardly qualifies as your assertion that "All of the threads on here are several years old".

Im going Marine Aviation, so I need more than just the math, reading, physics.
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???You're thinking Marines need more than Naval Aviation aspirants??? It's the same ASTB.
 
BoaViking

BoaViking

Red patch, death patch
heyjoe said:
???You're thinking Marines need more than Naval Aviation aspirants??? It's the same ASTB.
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I was just referring to the fact that I need more than the Math, Reading, Physics part because if I was informed correctly, all naval officer candidates take that part.


But thank you for all the information guys. Sorry I didnt locate the newer posts. After spending about an hour or so looking at old threads and posts I just figured Id ask. No point looking for the information for more time than you spend studying right? (No Im not only spending 1 hour studying haha)
 
HeyJoe

HeyJoe

Fly Navy! ...or USMC
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BoaViking said:
Sorry I didnt locate the newer posts. After spending about an hour or so looking at old threads and posts I just figured Id ask. No point looking for the information for more time than you spend studying right? (No Im not only spending 1 hour studying haha)
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Helpful hint no. 34: This isn't rocket science. Go to main page of Topic and under column titled "Last Post", you can see at a glance how fresh each thread is and who posted last. Note: if it says SquareBullet, don't expect much (Troll at work).
 
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