ASTB Study Guide 2025/2026 Exam
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Mechanical Advantage - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Distance from applied force to
pivot point/distance from pivot point to magnified force
Aviation and Nautical Information: ?'s and time - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔30
questions, 15 minutes (computer adaptive test)
Sections on ASTB-E
Describe each - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Math 2. Reading 3. Mechanical
Comprehension 4. Aviation and Nautical Information 5. Naval Aviation Trait
Facet Inventory 6. Performance Based Measures Battery 7. Biographical
Inventory with Response Validation
Scoring on ASTB-E - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔AOR- predicts Academic performance
,PFAR- Predicts primary flight performance for Aviators
FOFAR- Predicts primary flight performance for NFOs
Mechanical Comprehension Questions and Time - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔25 ?'s in
19 minutes
What is an airfoil surface? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Wings, propeller, Rotor blades,
buoyancy
What are the categories under which civilian aircraft are certified? 7 total -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Normal, utility, acrobatic, commuter, transport, manned free
balloons and special classes
Who issues Special Airworthiness Certificates and what are the categories
for which they will certify? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA), primary, restricted, multiple, limited, light-sport, experimental,
special flight permit, provisional
Military aircraft are categorized by their mission. List the missions (15) -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Air superiority, Anti-sub, coastal patrol, electronic warfare,
ground attack (close air support), interdiction, mid-air refueling, mine
, sweeping, recon, search/rescue, strategic bombing, surveillance, training,
transport, weather observation
Define fuselage on a fixed wing aircraft - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Fuselage is the
nose section- cockpit + cabin
What is empennage on a fixed wing aircraft? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Tail of plane
with vertical stabilizer, hinged elevator, horizontal stabilizer and hinged
rudder
How does the pilot control the rudder and what does the rudder do? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Pilot controls rudder with pedals and moves the plane left or
right
How does pilot control hinged elevator and what does it accomplish? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Joystick + moves plane up and down
What is a stabilator and what type of fixed wing aircraft have it? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔All-moving horizontal stabilizer and elevator. Some fighters
(F-16)
What is the purpose of flaps on a plane's wing? Where are they located on
the wing? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔To increase wing's surface area to reduce
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Questions and Answers 100%
Guaranteed Success | Already Rated A+
Mechanical Advantage - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Distance from applied force to
pivot point/distance from pivot point to magnified force
Aviation and Nautical Information: ?'s and time - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔30
questions, 15 minutes (computer adaptive test)
Sections on ASTB-E
Describe each - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Math 2. Reading 3. Mechanical
Comprehension 4. Aviation and Nautical Information 5. Naval Aviation Trait
Facet Inventory 6. Performance Based Measures Battery 7. Biographical
Inventory with Response Validation
Scoring on ASTB-E - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔AOR- predicts Academic performance
,PFAR- Predicts primary flight performance for Aviators
FOFAR- Predicts primary flight performance for NFOs
Mechanical Comprehension Questions and Time - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔25 ?'s in
19 minutes
What is an airfoil surface? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Wings, propeller, Rotor blades,
buoyancy
What are the categories under which civilian aircraft are certified? 7 total -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Normal, utility, acrobatic, commuter, transport, manned free
balloons and special classes
Who issues Special Airworthiness Certificates and what are the categories
for which they will certify? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA), primary, restricted, multiple, limited, light-sport, experimental,
special flight permit, provisional
Military aircraft are categorized by their mission. List the missions (15) -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Air superiority, Anti-sub, coastal patrol, electronic warfare,
ground attack (close air support), interdiction, mid-air refueling, mine
, sweeping, recon, search/rescue, strategic bombing, surveillance, training,
transport, weather observation
Define fuselage on a fixed wing aircraft - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Fuselage is the
nose section- cockpit + cabin
What is empennage on a fixed wing aircraft? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Tail of plane
with vertical stabilizer, hinged elevator, horizontal stabilizer and hinged
rudder
How does the pilot control the rudder and what does the rudder do? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Pilot controls rudder with pedals and moves the plane left or
right
How does pilot control hinged elevator and what does it accomplish? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Joystick + moves plane up and down
What is a stabilator and what type of fixed wing aircraft have it? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔All-moving horizontal stabilizer and elevator. Some fighters
(F-16)
What is the purpose of flaps on a plane's wing? Where are they located on
the wing? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔To increase wing's surface area to reduce
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