ASVAB Multiple Choice Secrets

By John Phoenix

I like to start every article I write about the ASVAB by saying that the absolute BEST WAY you can prepare for the ASVAB is to take as many ASVAB online practice tests as you can under actual testing conditions. At the end of the article, I will point out the best place I know if to get all the ASVAB practice you need.

Every ASVAB question is multiple-choice with 4 possible answers A, B, C or D. So with a blind guess, you have a 25% ( 1 in 4) chance of picking the right answer out of thin air. Eliminate 1 wrong answer and you have a 33% chance (1 in 3) of picking the right answer. Eliminate 2 wrong answers and you have just increased your chances to 50/50. That should be quite encouraging once you understand a few things about how the test designers usually come up with the answers.

Here are a few ASVAB Secrets for multiple-choice answer sets. Keep these in mind and you will dramatically increase your chances of picking the right answer on a multiple-choice question. But also understand this is a deductive reasoning process which takes practice to develop. You are under a time constraint with the ASVAB so get as much practice as you can.

1. If two answers contradict each other, one of them is usually correct.

2. If two answers are really similar to each other, neither is typically correct.

3. There is usually at least one answer that is really far off the correct answer.

4. Look for keyword traps like always, never, everyone, no one. Answers that contain these types of absolutes are typically incorrect.

5. Look for long answers, especially on paragraph comprehension. The longer answers are very often correct.

Do NOT look for patterns of correct choices. You could see five C's be the correct in a row and that would mean nothing. So do not disqualify something you think is correct just because you think that option has been used too many times.

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