Master the Officer Candidate Tests

by Peterson's

Each year, the U.S. Armed Forces commissions thousands of new officers. Peterson's Master the Officer Candidate Tests provides candidates with the preparation they need to achieve success on the required qualifying exams. Inside you'll find expert strategies and review along with 3 practice tests, including the AFOQT, ASVAB, and U.S. Navy and Marine Corps ASTB to help you test your best. This comprehensive resource includes must-know information on the structure and content of all officer candidate tests, as well as important details on branch-specific commissioning requirements for the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. Review data on career opportunities, pay grades, and benefits for commissioned officers-everything you need to know to help you earn your commission!

Genres: Military Fiction

384 pages, Paperback

First published May 15, 2012

Reviews

[David Glad · Rating 3 out of 5]

Served its purpose when I took the ASTB (Aviation Selection Test Battery) as part of my Navy Officers application: I knew relatively little on topics of physics and related ideas and felt some preparation on the mathematics and verbal section would benefit me.

Score most people aim for on it is 50 or better, which I achieved a 48 on. (Think perfect score was 70 or 80, as something of an odd scoring system. Looking around on facebook at the time, as unsure how good that was, someone else who was looking to take the same Navy course as I had received a 46 on it.) You are only allowed to take this test three times in your lifetime and my officer recruiter thought it satisfactory.

Unfortunately the military these days apparently has too many applicants to its officer programs, so my application went nowhere. (Technically incomplete, as I was never sent to take the physical.)