Studying for AFOQT

[JDP]

I've heard there are a couple different study booklets for the AFOQT that suck and one or two that are really good. If anyone has any suggestions on which ones really help that would be great. Also, about how long would I need to truly prepare myself for the test(I know it all depends on how long you have to study and how well you take in knowledge, but just a general guess on a normal amount of studying).

[germb747]

That test was no fun! Anyway, I read the book called "Military Flight Aptitude Test" which I thought was really good. I first took it as a freshman in college and did pretty mediocre; then as a senior I took about a week to prepare with that book and improved my "pilot" score to 75 and was hired by a reserve unit.

[Bogey]

Originally Posted by germb747

"Military Flight Aptitude Test" which I thought was really good.

Also remember that each section is timed. So work on time management.
I almost went into panic mode on a couple sections .

[88MPH]

Originally Posted by Bogey

Also remember that each section is timed. So work on time management.
I almost went into panic mode on a couple sections .

Main problem for me were all the bizarre words. X is to Y as B is to __. Those were easy.

The heffalump went diving off the coast of uranus. Heffalump could best be described as:
A. A bucket of hunny
2. Two cacti
D. Popcorn
3. This test

No, really. if you can't come up with the answer in a few seconds, move on. Time management is the most important factor. The clock will make you go

[mhcasey]

Originally Posted by germb747

That test was no fun! Anyway, I read the book called "Military Flight Aptitude Test" which I thought was really good. I first took it as a freshman in college and did pretty mediocre; then as a senior I took about a week to prepare with that book and improved my "pilot" score to 75 and was hired by a reserve unit.

Which Reserve unit hired you?

I haven't taken the test yet, but I've looked through Barron's and ARCO's study guides. Go to wantscheck.com and there is a decent study guide there with some other book options if you just want to go nuts with it. What appears to be the goofiest section is on "instrument interpretation." Read through the wantscheck explanation on that.

My local AFROTC had a few copies of the books on hand to borrow and I found another at half price books for like 2 bucks.

From my brief studying, it seems just like the SAT...might be good to brush up on some of the basic geometry/trig you haven't seen in like 10 years, but apart from that it seems to me the true value from the books will be in helping you to predict/manage your time. They'll try to trick you with stupid crap like switching up units mid question (a 1^2 foot tile costs this much, how much would it cost to tile 30^2 yards?), so just read carefully and sleep well the night before.

[phoenix 23684]

I took the AFOQT and did pretty well on the pilot, nav section. To answer your question go to Barns and Noble or a book store and look at the different books, the one you want is the one that covers the pilot/nav section i.e. contains the electrical maze, etc. You should be able to do a google to get all the parts of the test. A few of the books only concentrate on the main part of the test which is not the pilot/nav.
Not sure if you know this but you have a choice of taking only the first half of the test only to commission of the whole thing to fly, that's why there are different versions of the book.
As to how long to prepare, a month to two months should do the trick. The first part, math, arithmetics, words, those you can prepare like you did for an ACT/SAT, although not as hard. The back portion, electrical maze and other silly portions of the test takes a little to develop your own way of going through it as there is no way to really study that portion, is very time limited and you need to have a system.
I wish I could tell you what was the book I used but it has been a few years since I took the test, again go to a book store and find the complete one, you'll know when you do. Also study your the Gleim, other PPL written prep, there is a section on the test with questions from that pool.
Good luck with your military flying career let us know how you do on the test. After you take the AFOQT look up the Battery test, another silly one and you only get one chance. If you play computer games you should do fairly well.