ASVAB REAL EXAM NEWEST EXAM 2025-2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)

Water droplets forming on the inside of a cold windshield is an example of

Condensation

Any astronomical body that revolves around a larger body is called?

a satellite

In chemistry, to be classified as an organic substance, a substance my contain

carbon atoms

Which element does NOT contain any neutrons?

A. Iron

B. Carbon

C. Oxygen

D. Hydrogen

Hydrogen

The chemical formula of a compound describes the elements the compound contains and the

ratio of elements in the compound

What is the symbol for the hydroxyl ion?

OH-

The tympanic membranes are known as the

ear drums

Which of the following actions produce a chemical change?

adding salt to hot water

Choking is prevented by the

epiglottis covering the voice box

Which if the following is a non-renewable resource?

wood

When scientists measure a liquid's resistance to flow, they are measuring the liquid's...?

viscosity

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 6:40am to 7:30pm one day. If he was paid at the rate of 6$ per hour, how much did he earn that day?

$5.00

A women 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?

176 sq ft

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 an has an area of 64 square feet?

32 feet

The pet store had six puppies selling for 104 each and twelve kittens selling for 24 each. Today, only two puppies and eight kittens were left. In dollar terms, what was the ratio of sales of puppies to kittens?

13:3

The price of salmon at a fish market is 5.40 per pound. This is 150% its cost at a supermarket. How much would it cost per pound at the supermarket?

$3.60 -----> 5.40/1.50=3.60

A train goes twice as fast downhill as it can go uphill, and 2/3 as fast uphill as it can go on level ground. If it goes 120 mph downhill, how long will it take to travel 45 miles on flat land?

1/2 hour

speed uphill=120/2=60

speed level=3/2 * uphill=90

speed downhill=120

on flat land, d=45=90*t

t=1/2 hr

Jamie just bought two boxes. The first box is square, with each side measuring 10 units, and is 4 units high. The second box is rectangular and has twice the volume of the square box. If the height of the second box is 5 units, and the width is 10 units, what is the length of the second box?

16 units

There are 9 red and 6 green marbles in a bag. A child reaches in the bag and randomly takes one marble. What is the probability of that child getting a green marble?

1/15 or .66 of a chance

If the population of a certain city increased 25% in two years, the new population was what percent of the old?

125%

A printing press will print 6,000 copies in 20 minutes. A second press can print 15,000 in 60 minutes, How many more copies per minute will the faster press print than the slower press?

3,000

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?

32 square 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 (used choices to determine that 5*16= 80, and 80 toys per day for 5 days= 400)

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

Emphasize most nearly means

accentuate

Inept most nearly means

bungling

Adage most nearly means

proverb

Admonition most nearly means

approval

Embody most nearly means

exemplify

Peruse most nearly means

study

Contentious most nearly means

quarrelsome

Cajole most nearly means

wheedle

Decry most nearly means

disparage

Unpretentious most nearly means

Simple

Construe most nearly means

Interpret

Erratically most nearly means

outrageously

"Devout" most nearly means?

Pious

your heart's mitral valve does an awfully big job. letting blood from the left atrium of the heart into the left ventricle without loosing a drop is one of the toughest tasks in the circulatory system. in fact, if the system was suddenly opened at that point. the force of the valve closing would send blood five feet in the air.

in the passage the author purpose is to:

Convince readers of the stress on the mitral valve

Riding the mail plane is a low-budget way to visit America's largest national park -- Wrangell-St. Elias -- 13 million acres of scenic beauty. Copper first drew prospectors to this part of Alaska. From 1911 to 1938, the Kennicott mine produced 200 million tons of it. Now a mecca for tourist, the town of Kennicott was abandoned to the ghosts when the copper ran out.

According to the passage, which of the following illustrates the correct sequence of events?

copper drew prospectors, copper ran out, town abandoned, tourist attraction

Physicists seek out those features of nature that are simple and universal. The secret of their success is not so much a matter of finding answers as it is asking the right questions. The trick is keeping the questions simple and sticking to universal phenomena. Simple questions can be answered unambiguously by careful observation of repeated experiments and by logical thinking.

Which of the following questions is most clearly an example of the kind discussed in the paragraph?

How fast do stones of particular size fall?

An allergy is a hypersensitivity to substances that are essentially harmless. For as yet poorly understood reasons, the immune system malfunctions and marshals up an army of antibodies to fight these substances. For many allergies, this malfunction causes a large amount of histamine to flood into the bloodstream. It is overabundance of histamine that causes allergic symptoms such as headaches, rashes, and sneezing.

The passage states all of the following about allergies EXCEPT

medical science does not fully understand why the body has an allergic reaction to certain substamce

A period of time is usually measured by comparing it with another period of time. A year on mercury is equal to 88 earth days. A year on Uranus is approximately 384 Mercury years.

According to the passage, the way time is usually measured shows that time is...

relative

According to Mark Twain, October is a particularly dangerous month to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August, and February.

What is his point?

Speculating in stocks is not a safe investment for your money

Physical sound energy is transmitted through the external ear (the pinna) and the middle ear to the inner ear, where it creates pressure waves in the fluid of the cochlea. There, has on the organ of Corti are moved by the pressure waves. The movement of the hairs starts the process by which nerve impulses are generated.

Where is the organ of Corti located?

in the inner ear

The Women's Flying Training Detachment was the brainchild of Jacqueline Cochran, the famous flyer. Because of the overwhelming demand for qualified men to fly in combat during WWII, she was able to persuade the Army to train women pilots to ferry military aircraft from manufacturers to embarkation points for later shipment overseas.

The author implies that the primary motivation for establishing a training program for women pilots during WW II was the.

roosevelt made conscious use of the media almost from the moment he entered the white house. His press conferences served to educate newspaper writers, through them the nation, about the complex, novel measures he was advocating.

It can be inferred from the passage that Roosevelt..

Hypotenuse of a right triangle has a length of 14 units and a side that is 9 units long. What equation can be used to find the length?

x^2 = 14^2 + 9^2

What does the abbreviation AC stand for?

Alternating current

In making permanent electronic connections use

A soldering iron

which of the following cannot be used to store an electrical charge

fuse

In order to make an electric current flow, it is necessary to habe

An ammeter

Smallest in size to amplify electric signals

Relay

Home appliances and power tools are made safer by?

3-wire cords and plugs

Wires are joined together with solder to ensure...

Minimum resistance

Catalytic converter is part of what system?

Emissions control system

MacPherson struts are a type of

Suspension

What engine component stores oil for lubrication?

Oil Pan

Brake shoes stop a car by putting pressure on the?

tires

What are the tools that have a space in between the middle?

Hack saw

Pistons are usually made form what material?

Aluminium

What is the proper order of tightening wheel lug nuts?

A-D-B-E-C

Which of the following should you use to lift a car so you can change a tire?

hydraulic jack

Which of the following uses a penny system to specify its size?

finishing nail

Mechanical or hydraulic devices that regulate speed of a machine are called?

Governors

Which is a natural wood defect?

knots

An Anvil is typically used to....

Shape hot metal

Which of the following is not like the others?

A. file

B. wrench

C. grinder

D. oilstone

wrench

In terms of function, which one of the following is NOT related to the others?

A. box wrench

B. tin snips

C. shears

D. saw

box wrench

Which of the following would you find in an advertisement for a "C" Clamp?

What would you tell the person who is trying to loosen the rusty nut with the wrench?

move your hand further from the nut

Is it true that frictional forces

always opposes forces producing motion

A car stops suddenly. Why are the passengers thrown forward against their seat belts?

the inertia of each passenger