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The easy way to prepare for officer candidate testsWant to ace the AFOQT, ASVAB or ASTB? Help is here! Officer Candidate Tests For Dummies gives you the instruction and practice you need to pass the service-specific candidate tests and further your military career as an officer in the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard.Packed with practice questions and easy-to-follow information, Officer Candidate Tests For Dummies gives you a comprehensive review of all subjects covered on the tests, an explanation of the test formats, and everything you need to understand and conquer the exams.Includes practice exams for each test More subject-matter instruction than any other book on the marketCovers all of the latest updates to the examsWhether you're aspiring to become an officer in the military by attending a service academy, ROTC, or Officer Candidate School or are already in the military and working to advance your career, Officer Candidate Tests For Dummies has you covered!

Amazon Sales Rank: #33704 in Books Published on: 2011-05-10 Original language: English Number of items: 1 Dimensions: 1.11" h x 8.18" w x 10.75" l, 1.54 pounds Binding: Paperback 456 pages

From the Back Cover The easy way to prepare for the officer candidate testsWant to ace the AFOQT, ASVAB, or ASTB? Help is here! Packed with tons of practice questions and easy-to-follow information, this friendly guide gives you everything you need to understand and conquer the exams — and further your military career as an officer in the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard.It's all in a word — get tips on how to assess the meaning of words from common roots, prefixes, and suffixesThe writing on the wall — find out how to identify the main idea in a reading passage, pick key facts and figures out of paragraphs, and use clues to decipher the meaning of what you readDemystify math — sharpen your skills in basic mathematics, geometry, and algebra — and discover how to solve those pesky word problemsBlinded by science — brush up on the general science subjects you'll encounter on the exam, including biology, chemistry, geology, astronomy, human anatomy, and morePractice makes perfect — take four practice exams, discover your strengths and weaknesses, learn how to pace yourself, and perfect your problem-solving skills for test dayOpen the book and find:What to expect on the different testsLots of test-taking techniques and strategiesExercises to test your skills along the wayTips to build your vocabulary and reading skillsPlain-English reviews of math and science subjectsThe formulas and calculations you need to knowFull-length practice testsMilitary officer occupations and opportunitiesLearn to:Plot a course of study for the AFOQT, ASVAB, and ASTBGain confidence by taking practice examsPrepare for the requirements of each test About the Author Jane R. Burstein, MA, has taught high school English for 36 years and has been a tutor and writing consultant for 25 years. She is the coauthor of several CliffsNotes test prep books, and she and Wheater are coauthors of CliffsNotes ASVAB AFQT Cram Plan.Carolyn C. Wheater teaches middle school and upper school mathematics at the Nightingale-Bamford School in New York City. Educated at Marymount Manhattan College and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, she has taught math and computer technology for more than 30 years to students from preschool through college.Richard Dahoney is a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel, having served in Korea, Japan, Viet Nam, and numerous locations in the United States. He is now the principal author of disbursing policy guidance for the U.S. Department of Defense, with over 47 years of experience in military financial management. He holds a BA in Business Administration from Rutgers University and an MBA in Comptrollership and Finance from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.

Most helpful customer reviews 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Not well edited, lacking in OAR utility By James Taylor My experience with this book came from using it to study for the OAR exam. The three parts of the OAR exam are math, reading comprehension, and mechanical. In terms of math and reading comprehension, I thought the book prepared me well. The mathematical sections of this book thoroughly cover all of the math skills you will need to be familiar with on the OAR. In addition, the reading comprehension sections provide good tips and the questions follow a similar format to that of the OAR. However, I believe that the reading comprehension questions of this book were on average more difficult than those of the OAR. I don't really view this as a negative quality, though.While the aforementioned qualities of the book were excellent, my overall experience with this book left more to be desired. I was most interested in both studying for the mechanical section and taking practice sections and tests to prepare me for the OAR. This book showed a very disappointing lack of editing prowess and basic utility when, although in the chapter The Tests at a Glance the book initially correctly cited the correct number of questions and time allotted (30 questions, 25 minutes - math; 27 questions, 25 minutes - reading comprehension; 30 questions, 15 minutes - mechanical) for the ASTB subtests (of which the OAR is comprised), the book's practice OAR only contained 25 math questions and 25 mechanical questions.Adding to the lack of utility of the book's practice OAR is the fact that the mechanical section is comprised of questions that are about half similar to the OAR and half absolutely nothing like you will see on the OAR. Although the mechanical study sections of the book cover the majority (but definitely not all) of the key concepts for the OAR, it is consistent throughout the book that the practice mechanical section and the practice OAR section cover questions that are both impossible to complete without a calculator (which you will not be allowed for the OAR) and are systematically much more computationally difficult and therefore not suited to the actual OAR's 30 seconds per mechanical problem average.The only reason this book gets a 3/5 star review is because its overview of the military, tips for how to take the test, and study ideas are overall well thought out. For my intended purposes of studying for the mechanical section of the OAR and taking practice tests, this book was very lacking in quality. See all 1 customer reviews...