FIGURE 14 Armed Services Vocational Aptitute Battery
Numerical Operations


Now look at the sample problem below:

3 X 3

a. 6
b. 0
c. 9
d. 1

The answer is 9, so the C answer is correct.

Coding Speed
Look at the practice Key and the five sample questions below.
KEY
green....2715 man......3451 salt......4586
hat........1413 room....2864 tree.....5972
SAMPLE QUESTIONS ANSWERS
A B C D E
room 1413 2715 2864 3451 4586
green 2715 2864 3451 4586 5972
tree 1413 2715 3451 4586 5972
hat 1413 2715 3451 4586 5972
salt 1413 2864 3451 4586 5972

Source: Bock, R.D. and E.G.J. Moore (1984, February). Profile of American Youth. Washington, DC: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower, Installations and Logistics), 77-81 Simulated Items at different difficulty levels from the Armed Services Vocational Aptitute Battery (ASVAB Form 8) used in the 1980 renorming of the ASVAB (higher scale number indicates greater difficulty.)
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