ASVAB MEPS EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
A radar is designed to report the track of an aircraft every second. If this radar
reports 30 tracks in one minute, what percentage of the time did the radar track the
aircraft?
50%
Jerry walked a dog from 6:40 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. one day. If he was paid at the rate of
$6 per hour, how much did he earn that day?
$5.00
A woman is looking for a bigger square office. She finds an office twice the area of
her current office. If the perimeter of her current office is 88 feet, how many square
feet is the new office?
968 sq feet
If the perimeter of a square garden is 84 feet, what is the area of the garden?
441 sq ft
How many feet of chain fence are necessary to enclose a dog pen that is square and
has an area of 64 sq feet?
32 feet
Five people, each working 8 hours a day can assemble 400 toys in a 5 day work
week. what is the average number of toys assembled per hour per person?
16
If a 5-foot post casts an 8-foot shadow at the same time that a nearby tree casts a
48-foot shadow, how tall is the tree?
30 feet
if 35 of the 140 cars delivered to a dealer were blue.. what % were blue?
25%
Before being painted, a concrete play area was marked off into squares and then
into triangles. For the square shown, what is the area of the triangular part labeled
XYZ?
16 sq ft
A pie was cut into two equal pieces. Each of the pieces of pie was cut into halves
again, and each of those smaller pieces was cut into two equal pieces. If two of the
pieces of the pie were eaten what portion of the pie remains?
3/4
A box of nails weigh 1-5/6 pounds. What is the weight of 12 boxes?
22
,A plumber has a car payment of $250 per month. $225 of which goes to paying off
the principal, and the rest goes towards the interest. What percent is being payed for
interest?
10%
How many 5-pound bags of apples can be made from 400 apples, each weighing 1/4
pound?
20
Emphasize most nearly means
to accentuate
We will long remember our perilous journey
hazardous
Inept most nearly means
silly
void
empty
fervently
passionately
Devout most nearly means
pious
Erratically most nearly means
irregularly
Sustain most nearly means
to tolerate
Skepticism most nearly means
cynicism
the cashier negated the charge of the item
Nullified (forgot, nullified, questioned, disputed
crass most nearly means
crude
If A=6 and B=5, what is the value of (A^2-B^2)^2?
121
what are the factors of x^2+4x+3
(x+3)(x+1)
Simplify: 3/5x + x
A. 3/5x
B. 3/5x^2
C. 4/5x
D. 8/5x
8/5x
the hypotenuse of a right triangle
x^2=14-9^2
the factors of 2x^2+xy-3y^2
, (2x+3y)(x-y)
the product of 3! is
6
What is the area of a parallelogram if its length is x+4 and its height is x+3?
X^2+7x+12
what is the length of the diagonal of a rectangle w a base of 4 and an altitude of 3?
25
What is the area of a triangle with a base of 8 feet and a height of 4 feet?
16 square feet
the reciprocal of 3-1/5
5/16
what is the product of (a-1) and (2a+2)
2(a^2-2)
If 4/3 x 3/4 = 5k, then k=
1/5
If x/5+6=-14, then x=?
-100
the reciprocal of 7 is
1/7
x/4>12 has the same solution set as
x>48
which of the following tools is used to remove a module from an electronic
assembly?
Chip Puller
Silicon chips are used are used to what
integrated circuits
A standard multimeter does NOT measure?
frequency
When current flow is interrupted by a blown fuse, the circuit becomes
to open
when measuring resistance with an ohmeter
Diconnect power
in this schematic the total resistance is
100 ohms
Utility company power lines carry what kind of current
alternating
Electrical current flowing from one component to the next is an example of what kind
of circuit?
series
-
in order to make an electric current flow, it is necessary to have
difference in potential
VERIFIED ANSWERS
A radar is designed to report the track of an aircraft every second. If this radar
reports 30 tracks in one minute, what percentage of the time did the radar track the
aircraft?
50%
Jerry walked a dog from 6:40 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. one day. If he was paid at the rate of
$6 per hour, how much did he earn that day?
$5.00
A woman is looking for a bigger square office. She finds an office twice the area of
her current office. If the perimeter of her current office is 88 feet, how many square
feet is the new office?
968 sq feet
If the perimeter of a square garden is 84 feet, what is the area of the garden?
441 sq ft
How many feet of chain fence are necessary to enclose a dog pen that is square and
has an area of 64 sq feet?
32 feet
Five people, each working 8 hours a day can assemble 400 toys in a 5 day work
week. what is the average number of toys assembled per hour per person?
16
If a 5-foot post casts an 8-foot shadow at the same time that a nearby tree casts a
48-foot shadow, how tall is the tree?
30 feet
if 35 of the 140 cars delivered to a dealer were blue.. what % were blue?
25%
Before being painted, a concrete play area was marked off into squares and then
into triangles. For the square shown, what is the area of the triangular part labeled
XYZ?
16 sq ft
A pie was cut into two equal pieces. Each of the pieces of pie was cut into halves
again, and each of those smaller pieces was cut into two equal pieces. If two of the
pieces of the pie were eaten what portion of the pie remains?
3/4
A box of nails weigh 1-5/6 pounds. What is the weight of 12 boxes?
22
,A plumber has a car payment of $250 per month. $225 of which goes to paying off
the principal, and the rest goes towards the interest. What percent is being payed for
interest?
10%
How many 5-pound bags of apples can be made from 400 apples, each weighing 1/4
pound?
20
Emphasize most nearly means
to accentuate
We will long remember our perilous journey
hazardous
Inept most nearly means
silly
void
empty
fervently
passionately
Devout most nearly means
pious
Erratically most nearly means
irregularly
Sustain most nearly means
to tolerate
Skepticism most nearly means
cynicism
the cashier negated the charge of the item
Nullified (forgot, nullified, questioned, disputed
crass most nearly means
crude
If A=6 and B=5, what is the value of (A^2-B^2)^2?
121
what are the factors of x^2+4x+3
(x+3)(x+1)
Simplify: 3/5x + x
A. 3/5x
B. 3/5x^2
C. 4/5x
D. 8/5x
8/5x
the hypotenuse of a right triangle
x^2=14-9^2
the factors of 2x^2+xy-3y^2
, (2x+3y)(x-y)
the product of 3! is
6
What is the area of a parallelogram if its length is x+4 and its height is x+3?
X^2+7x+12
what is the length of the diagonal of a rectangle w a base of 4 and an altitude of 3?
25
What is the area of a triangle with a base of 8 feet and a height of 4 feet?
16 square feet
the reciprocal of 3-1/5
5/16
what is the product of (a-1) and (2a+2)
2(a^2-2)
If 4/3 x 3/4 = 5k, then k=
1/5
If x/5+6=-14, then x=?
-100
the reciprocal of 7 is
1/7
x/4>12 has the same solution set as
x>48
which of the following tools is used to remove a module from an electronic
assembly?
Chip Puller
Silicon chips are used are used to what
integrated circuits
A standard multimeter does NOT measure?
frequency
When current flow is interrupted by a blown fuse, the circuit becomes
to open
when measuring resistance with an ohmeter
Diconnect power
in this schematic the total resistance is
100 ohms
Utility company power lines carry what kind of current
alternating
Electrical current flowing from one component to the next is an example of what kind
of circuit?
series
-
in order to make an electric current flow, it is necessary to have
difference in potential
