The AFoqT is a multiple choice standardized test similar to an SAT or act, and it measures aptitudes of those who are interested in becoming officers in the United States Air Force. In order to crush this test, the first thing you should do is take a practice exam. You may already be good to go. It’s very rare that people don’t have to study, but you may take the practice test and realize you don’t even need to practice. Listen, we talking about practice, but for those of you who are human, you’re probably going to want to practice.
This test is huge. It’s composed of 550 questions, which they break down into twelve different subtests, everything from verbal analogies to arithmetic reasoning, all the way down to math and word knowledge. So with the practice test, it will let you know which one of those subtest areas you should focus on the most. There’s so many different places you could take practice tests online. The website I recommend most is study.
And the reason why I recommend study is because they have an assessment test you could take for free. It’ll basically let you know where you’re at. But beyond that, they have a mobile app which you can download on your phone. It gives you flashcards. It gives you practice tests.
They have online video tutorials. They have a study planner which keeps your schedule on track. They offer a money back guarantee if you’re not satisfied with their product. But keep in mind that 92% of their users are passing their exam. Study.com is affordable.
It’s about $60 a month if you use my code down in the description box below, that’ll get you $18 off for $42 a month. So I recommend you head over there after this video, take that assessment, see where you’re at. So keep in mind, when you’re practicing for the Afoqt, the test lasts about 5 hours. There’s about 3 hours and 36 minutes of actual test, and then you’re going to have a break and some instruction in between, which gives you an overall time of about 5 hours. Out of the twelve subtests, one of them is like a personality test.
They say that you can’t answer any of those wrong. They ask questions like how much do you enjoy attending large social gatherings? On a scale of one to five, that personality test is going to be about 240 questions. So that leaves 310 questions for the other eleven subtests, which they divide unevenly. But here’s the craziest thing about these subtests.
They don’t get the same time allotment for example, in verbal analogies, you’ll get 25 questions, which you need to answer in under eight minutes. But for arithmetic reasoning, you’ll also get 25 questions, but you would have to answer those in under 29 minutes. So when you’re taking practice tests for the AfoqT, I highly recommend you become familiar with these time frames so you can try and finish in under the designated time for each one of the subtests. I hope I made sense. Now, the passing score for the AFoQT, it’s different for non rated and rated positions.
Non rated is basically anything beyond flying, and rated is going to be your flying position. So for non rated, you have to have a verbal composite score of a 15, and you also need to have a quantitative composite score of at least ten. So when you’re studying for the Afoqt and you’re not trying to be a pilot or navigator or anything in those flying positions, don’t study any of that stuff, you don’t need it. Also, keep in mind, because of those time allotments, you may be in a subtest and you have five minutes left, but you have ten questions left to answer. There are no penalties for wrong answers, so you got to use educated guesses.
At that point, most likely you’re going to be able to boil it down to at least two answers that feel right. Then you just got to make an educated guess. But if you leave it blank, that will definitely affect your overall score. So a good score is relative. All these composites can go up to a 99, but what’s considered good is going to be different for everyone.
You’ve had people who scored the minimums, but they had great board scores. Whole airman concept, right? But I would say that you want to strive to get at least above fifty s to try and be competitive. Now, a bad score would be not getting the minimum for the verbal and quantitative composite, but you do get a second chance to take the test. If you failed the first time, they used to make you wait about six months, but in 2021 they changed it to 90 days.
They also allow this new thing called superscoring. So with superscoring, they allow you to keep good scores from your previous test. So you know what that means. When you’re studying for the retest, you only focus on the things you didn’t do well from the previous test. That way, when you’re taking the next one, you can boost those scores up.
So the biggest takeaway from this video is just study. If the Afoqt seems too daunting, you also have the Asvab, and that’s for enlisted personnel, which is a lot less stressful. If you want to learn more about that test, I got a video on the screen that will help you prepare for the Asvat. Like always say, I hope this video brought value to you. Stay beautiful, stay classy, and until next time, check me out.