CliffsTestPrep Officer Candidate Tests [Paperback]

Fred N. Grayson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 20, 2004 | ISBN-10: 0764568248 | ISBN-13: 978-0764568244 | Edition: 1

The CliffsTestPrep series offers full-length practice exams that simulate the real tests; proven test-taking strategies to increase your chances at doing well; and thorough review exercises to help fill in any knowledge gaps.

Once you’ve made the decision to apply for Officer Candidate School (or Officer Training School), CliffsTestPrep Officer Candidate Tests offers you a complete guide to test preparation. This book will help you develop skills while adding some knowledge about the types of questions you will encounter on the

• Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT)
• U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Aviation Selection Test Battery (ASTB)
• Armed Services Vocational Academic Battery (ASVAB)

This guide covers the careers and specialties in the U.S. Armed Forces; officer qualifications, training, and advancement procedures; and the format of the tests. You’ll find basic, successful strategies for all three exams and every subject area. You’ll also get practice exams, answers, and explanations in each chapter to improve your skills in

• Verbal communication
• Reading comprehension
• Mathematics
• Scale reading
• Data interpretation
• Mechanical comprehension

With guidance from the CliffsTestPrep series, you'll feel at home in any standardized-test environment!

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About the Author

Fred N. Grayson 1st t., USAF, Ret’d, has published hundreds of books in conjunction with many major publishers. In addition, he has written and coauthored dozens of books in the test preparation field.

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Cliffs Notes; 1 edition (August 20, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764568248
• ISBN-13: 978-0764568244
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #701,555 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars umm... not so sure about this one, March 1, 2005

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Robert W. Yang "testing" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: CliffsTestPrep Officer Candidate Tests (Paperback)

To be honest, I used probably less than half this book. I read through the verbal sections and those were ok. I skipped much of the math tutorials because I use math all the time in school. But when I got to scale reading, 3 out of 10 of the samples questions had incorrect answers. That was a shocker to me. How do book editors let 3 errors go unnoticed. Following that, in the mechanical section, there's a statement about how you compare viscosities of liquids.

"engine oil has a high viscosity because it flows easily while molasses has a low viscosity because it flows quite slowly."

For those of us who've had a decent amount of exposure to either math, science, or mechanics, we would know this is a complete fallacy. The typist probably got "high" and "low" mixed up late at night while drinking liters of coffee. But this does a huge disservice to anyone who isn't too familiar with these things.

I give this book 2 stars based on the absurdity of the errors.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Air Force Officer Qualifing Test has changed, March 11, 2006

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H. A. Price "Boogie" (Tempe, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: CliffsTestPrep Officer Candidate Tests (Paperback)

I think that this book is the better of the two that I bought if you are non-technical. The test is now 12 sections. I took the test on March the 10th, 2006. No reading comprehension or Data Interpertation any more. I would buy this book just so that you are familar with the style of the questions. More of the test is concentrated on the Military Flight Aptitude Tests. If you want to be a navagator or pilot definitly buy the military flight book. It is even out of date too with a few sections not covered. There is one section of the test you can't study for which is section 12 of the test. Don't worry it isn't hard for anyone that graduated from college. General science is included in the test. Chart reading. the airplane direction with the instraments and aviation knowledge are still on the test. Movement of the blocks, and hidden objects are still on the test and the blocks touching the other blocks which the format of that has changed.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars poorly edited, April 3, 2006

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Ramasah (Schenectady, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: CliffsTestPrep Officer Candidate Tests (Paperback)

This book has a ton of typographical errors. This book and the Arco book appear to be the only 2 books available as study guides for the AFOQT. After buying and studying from both books, I am not surprised the Air Force recommends studying from other guides like SAT, ACT, GRE, etc. The explanations are poor also. I've been studying from these books and bought other guides and have basically been using the other guides to find explanations for similar questions that I do not understand.