The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery
What is the ASVAB?
From the OfficialASVAB.COM:
The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) is a multiple-aptitude battery that measures developed abilities and helps predict future academic and occupational success in the military. It is administered annually to more than one million military applicants, high school, and post-secondary students."
The ASVAB measures "strengths, weaknesses and potential for future success in four domains: verbal, math, science and technical, and spatial" (Military.com 2014)
ASVAB Scores are broken down by subsets and used in determining eligibility for enlistment, jobs, opportunities, branches, etc.
Click to download the ASVAB Fact Sheet or open in a new window (from Official ASVAB.com)
ASVAB Career Exploration Program (ASVABprogram.com/student)
How to Study for the ASVAB (from Military.com)