Arco Everything You Need to Score High on the Asvab Basics 2000
by Kappraff, Ronald; Bronk, Ronald; Arco PublishingFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-12-01
Publisher(s): Arco Pub
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Summary
The field of civil service employs nearly 20 million people across the country and nearly 300,000 position must be filled each year. A crucial part of obtaining one of those positions is passing a civil service exam. To help candidates better prepare, ARCO is offering several new enhancements to its entire line of Civil Service products: -- Internet directories for exam information and job opportunities-- Latest job descriptions, requirements, and pay grades-- Information on what to expect during the hiring/recruitment process and the first few days on the job
Table of Contents
| What This Book Will do for You | p. v |
| A Preview of the Asvab Math and Verbal Tests | p. vii |
| How to Use This Book | p. xi |
| Improving Math Skills | |
| General Math Tips | p. 5 |
| Mathematics Pre-Test | p. 7 |
| Arithmetic Reasoning | p. 15 |
| Whole Numbers and Decimals | p. 15 |
| Making Purchases | p. 22 |
| Fractions and Percents | p. 27 |
| Numbers with Units | p. 40 |
| Parts of a Whole | p. 50 |
| Ratio and Proportion | p. 56 |
| Averages | p. 63 |
| Graphs | p. 68 |
| Arithmetic Reasoning Test 1 | p. 78 |
| Arithmetic Reasoning Test 2 | p. 85 |
| Arithmetic Reasoning Test 3 | p. 92 |
| Mathematics Knowledge | p. 99 |
| Writing and Solving Equations | p. 99 |
| Signed Numbers and Polynomials | p. 105 |
| Using Formulas | p. 111 |
| Circles | p. 118 |
| Quadrilaterals | p. 124 |
| Triangles | p. 132 |
| Powers, Roots, and Radicals | p. 141 |
| Exponents and Sequences | p. 147 |
| Mathematics Knowledge Test 1 | p. 157 |
| Mathematics Knowledge Test 2 | p. 162 |
| Mathematics Knowledge Test 3 | p. 167 |
| Improving Verbal Skills | |
| General Verbal Tips | p. 173 |
| Verbal Pre-Test | p. 175 |
| Word Knowledge | p. 183 |
| Looking for Similar Words | p. 183 |
| Context Clues | p. 199 |
| Word Parts | p. 211 |
| Word Knowledge Test 1 | p. 217 |
| Word Knowledge Test 2 | p. 222 |
| Word Knowledge Test 3 | p. 227 |
| Paragraph Comprehension | p. 233 |
| Finding Main Ideas | p. 233 |
| Looking for Details | p. 242 |
| Making Inferences | p. 250 |
| Finding Word Meanings | p. 259 |
| Paragraph Comprehension Test 1 | p. 265 |
| Paragraph Comprehension Test 2 | p. 269 |
| Paragraph Comprehension Test 3 | p. 273 |
| Asvab Results and Military Careers | |
| Your Asvab Results | p. 277 |
| Career Opportunities as a Noncommissioned Officer | p. 283 |
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