Arco Officer Canidate Tests

by Solomon Weiner

Book Overview

Contents include full-length sample tests, up-to-the-minute coverage of the latest test formats, 1,200 practice questions with explanations, and detailed job descriptions. Line drawings, charts and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0768917018
• ISBN13: 9780768917017
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: ARCO
• Length: 393 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Most Knowledgeable book i have ever used, even better than the SAT Guidebook.

This book is the best book i have ever used, even better than the SAT Guidebook. Like the title i am not lying is the best and most knowledgeable book i ever used. It explains everything you need to know for the military tests and how to be an officer of the US Armed forces the greatest military in the world and even better than PR China. The book is vast in detail and covers everything you need to know if you want to be an officer in the US Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines or Coast Guard. So I recommend this book to anyone who wishes to be an officer for the Armed forces of the United States of America. And i hope everyone uses this book because everyone should join the military it is your American duty to do so. Nevertheless this is a good book and i encourage everyone to buy it because you won't be sorry and it will also be one of the best investment you make in your life!!!!!!!!!!

Wonderful Guide for AFAST

My husband and I bought this book to help him study for the AFAST test. It was a great tool and the mock test was very accurate. I reccomend this book to anyone who will be taking the AFAST.

Handy guide

Having recently joined the Air Force ROTC, it was inevitable that I would have to take the AFOQT (Air Force Officer Qualifying Test). Knowing this, I grabbed a copy of /Officer Candidate Tests/, as recommended by AFROTC and my own detachment. The book offers a good overview of the requirements for becoming an officer of any branch of the military, the hundreds of career paths available, what sort of degree and traits you need for a given field, a rough estimate of pay grades, etc. The real meat of the book, though, and the reason most people will buy it, is the coverage of the various officer tests. I can't comment on how well this book prepares you for other branches of the military, but I can say that /Officer Candidate Tests/ is a good starting point for the AFOQT. There are hundreds of sample problems that give a good idea of what areas the real test covers. In fact, I found many of the samples to be a good deal more difficult than anything I had on the actual test -- a good thing, since if you can handle the subjects the book presents with reasonable competence, you know you will do fine on the real deal. There are some significant drawbacks, however. Firstly, the book only covers the "academic aptitude" (verbal and math/logic skills) and electrical/mechanical comprehension portions of tests. There's good material on the former and fairly skimpy preparation on the latter, but on the AFOQT, academic aptitude makes up only half of the exam. That's fine if you're not planning on being a pilot or navigator, but the remaining half of the test is rather critical for pilots. There's not even rudimentary descriptions of what the electrical maze, scale reading, instrument comprehension, block counting, and hidden figures questions are like. Again, if you are interested in being a pilot or navigator, that's a pretty large gap in knowledge to have when going into such an important test. This isn't the world's best prep book, but I feel it was a big help in preparing me for the AFOQT, insofar as the half of the test it actually covered. I probably would have done better on the other sections if I had had any way of preparing. Even sections like the electrical maze, which are not something you can really "study" for, would have had a bit less shock value if I had at least seen an example or two. Then again, this is the military; you need to be able to handle some shock and pressure... Bottom line - if you are wanting to become an officer, grab this book. It's decently priced, there's good info on career possibilities, and you'll get a feel for where you stand on the academic portions of a given officer test. Definitely a good starting point.

Great book, but not the "End All" for the AFOQT

This book is great for those who do better on batteries that they can actually see or practice with prior to test day. I was able to take a number of sample quizes and it really let me know on what to work or focus. After using this book and the "Military Flight Aptitude Test" book from the same publisher, I scored over 90 in each section of the AFOQT so the practice works! However, other books would come in handy since this book only provides reviews of the tests and samples, with no instruction on concepts.As other reviewers have said, a book which explains certain math problems or english theory would help those who find they are lacking after taking a couple of this book's sample tests. I would agree that an SAT book might be helpful as a companion. Also, the Verbal portion of the real AFOQT is much more complicated than the examples given here, so make sure you are a good reader and adept at pulling meaning out of passages.So again, brush up on basic skills with another book but practice with this one. Good luck!

close but no cigar

This book is almost identical to their previous edition, dated 1993. The sample test provides you with an insight into the GENERAL areas that you need to study, but the test is MUCH HARDER. Any guidance is better than none but the mathmatical portion should be much tougher that what it is. All in all, if you are going to take the test, as I did, this book will provide you with the ENTRY LEVEL mathematics, which is where you need to BEGIN.