Army aptitude tests?

[DaveHH]

Going over my old Army records from 1965, can anyone tell me the specifics on these tests? What these stand for?
VE 1BC
AR 3BC
SM 1BC
PA 1BC
AC 3BC
AI 3BC
MA 5BC
EL 1BC
GIT 1
CI 1
ARC 1
IN
AE
EL
GM
MM
CL
GT
RC
MOB
OCT
Thanks for any help

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[0311Shooter]

Don't recall what these Aptitude Tests were but I can tell you this...

YOU Failed.

[KarlKW]

Going over my old Army records from 1965, can anyone tell me the specifics on these tests? What these stand for?
VE 1BC
AR 3BC
SM 1BC
PA 1BC
AC 3BC
AI 3BC
MA 5BC
EL 1BC
GIT 1
CI 1
ARC 1
IN
AE
EL
GM
MM
CL
GT
RC
MOB
OCT
Thanks for any help

I found the following by searching "ASVAB Scoring" in my search engine... HTH, KarlKW

How is the ASVAB test scored?
You receive a score for each of the eight subtests, as well as a score for three "composite areas" as described below.

Verbal Ability Composite = Word Knowledge Score + Paragraph Comprehension Score
Math Ability Composite = Arithmetic Reasoning Score + Mathematics Knowledge Score
Academic Ability Composite = Verbal Ability Composite + Math Ability Composite

Your Raw Score is calculated with the following formula:
(Word Knowledge Score x 2) + (Paragraph Comprehension Score x 2) + (Arithmetic Reasoning Score) + (Mathematics Knowledge Score) = Raw Score


So for example, if you score 20 on Word Knowledge, 10 on Paragraph Comprehension, 20 on Arithmetic Reasoning, and 20 Mathematics Knowledge, your raw score would be 100.

The raw score you obtained is also calculated as a Percentile Score. For example, if you scored in the 60th percentile then 40% of the candidates that were tested scored higher than you and 59% had scores that were lower than yours. This score is very important to a recruiter.

The last calculation derived from your scores is the Military Careers Score. This score is a combination of Academic Ability Composite score and the Mechanical Comprehension and Electronics Information scores. The score range is 140 to 240 with 200 being about average. A book titled Military Careers will accompany your test results. It is designed to describe most of the careers available in the military as well as the job requirements for each career. In addition you can reference a graph that shows your chance of acceptance based on the Military Careers Score.

The scores you obtained in the General Science and Auto and Shop Information subtests are not used to calculate any of the above mentioned scores. These scores are used by recruiters to identify other career areas in which you might be successful.

[DaveHH]

The information helped. Shooter: I hope you were kidding, otherwise, pretty weak.

[John Sukey (Deceased)]

All of which means they hand you an SLR and put you up front so you don't miss nuthin

[bristolbayman]

Going over my old Army records from 1965, can anyone tell me the specifics on these tests? What these stand for?
VE 1BC
AR 3BC
SM 1BC
PA 1BC
AC 3BC
AI 3BC
MA 5BC
EL 1BC
GIT 1
CI 1
ARC 1
IN
AE
EL
GM
MM
CL
GT
RC
MOB
OCT
Thanks for any help

Dave, this post of yours from 2009 is what got me to contact you. Had done a google search, but can't find the answer yet, only the current ASVAB test, which is different. That stuff is on a form called DA 20 enlisted qualification record. Was just curious how my scores compared to the average scores.

On my dd20 form all those test acronyms above were in box 24 titled aptitude tests; what's really interesting though is the next box to the right#25 that's titled Other Tests. That's where my lowest scores and highest score reside. Here's the acronyms from that 3rd column:
MD?(maybe a B or O)-1
OCT-3
ALAT (my lowest score)
AFQT
OQI
SFSBT(my highest score)
The last 3 were hand penned onto the form, with the AFQT test dated in Dec while all the rest taken Jan 7 69 during first week of Basic.

[Maple_Leaf_Eh]

A hundred and fifty years ago I worked in Canadian recruiting. The description from before will be correct for US testing. Like any mass research program, the normal or desired scores will change every year as the averages move. The tests, answers and grids are not released to the public to prevent cheating. The score templates were changed a few times; then the CF changed the test categories after I left. It is only a predictive tool to see who is likely to be most successful in a particular trade. For instance the lowest trade for us was Navy Steward (aka pillow fluffer for the Captain) followed closely by signals intelligence operator. The highest trade specs were refrigeration and electrical generator technicians. Gunners needed higher math scores than armour and infantry, but not engineers.

[LoadDrive1]

Army aptitude tests: It was said "Back In the Day" IF your Army aptitude tests score was not up there...You were put up on the Front, to walk around and find Land-Mines (Grin )

[Chubby308]

bristolbayman, as stated by others the test versions and scores change over the years.
The tests in the second group were not given to everybody. You had to score higher than average on the first set.
The exception to that is the AFQT: Armed Forces Qualification Test. Should have been the first test you took at the
recruiters office or induction station.
OCT: test to see if you were officer material. (Very strange test). ALAT: Army Language Aptitude Test.
Regards, Chubby 308
CWO Ret.

[Chubby308]

More info on army testing in case anyone is interested.
The 2 most important test scores are (normally) the AFQT and the GT (general technical).
The GT was the main one used to decide if you were qualified for certain types of training.
It was, and may still be, used to determine if you could re-enlist.
The AFQT was a simple raw score 0 to 100. It had 100 questions on the test.
The military used it to put you in a mental category, Cat 1 thru Cat 5.
Cat 5 (score of 10 or less) were not allowed to enlist in the army (in 1972).
Cat 1 of course was the highest (score 90-100 IIRC). The army tried to assign similar
percentages of the different categories to the different branches, infantry, artillery, armor
etc. Also to units in general. There were exceptions as usual, the airborne in WW2
were allowed to refuse anyone who was not at least cat 3 or higher.
Most of the tests (not all), are scored 0 to 160 with 100 being average if the test was normed properly.
Can you believe we had to take a class on this when I went thru ANCOC in 1982?
Regards,
Chubby 308