One In Four Military Applicants Fail Entry Exam

[aimeeandbeatles]

This is why I'm reluctant to do the test. I don't want to constantly get spammed by recruiters. Too bad they don't have a box for race (assuming they don't) since I doubt they would want to recruit fungi.

Same here. I wish you could do it without needing to put in your email.

Hmm. Maybe Ill just set up a 10 minute email. Should I try that?

 

[Formaldehyde]

Yeah, but weren't different tests given to volunteers and draftees?

That's an interesting question. I bet many people who would have failed the test if they tried to volunteer were conscripted anyway, because the draft board felt they were deliberately screwing up the tests. Volunteering and failing the tests may have been a win-win strategy back then. But I doubt it would work for anybody who didn't barely scrape by in high school.

 

[NovaKart]

You can't just put a fake e-mail or do they need you to send some verification?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

You can't just put a fake e-mail or do they need you to send some verification?

I dunno. Theres a site called 10 minute mail. look it up.

 

[Skwink]

I'd fail the test. I'm fit, but not Army fit.

 

[ParadigmShifter]

Mmkay... it didn't say whether I passed or not



Section #
Questions #
Correct #
Incorrect %
Correct
General Science 25 18 7 72 See Answers
Arithmetic Reasoning 30 24 6 80 See Answers
Word Knowledge 35 29 6 82 See Answers
Paragraph Comprehension 15 14 1 93 See Answers
Mathematics Knowledge 25 21 4 84 See Answers
Electronics Information 20 16 4 80 See Answers
Auto & Shop Information 25 14 11 56 See Answers
Mechanical Comprehension 25 19 6 76 See Answers
Assembling Objects 16 15 1 93 See Answers

EDIT: Looks like I aced it, apart from auto&shop which I still passed. The miltary have sent me LOADS of spam so far (about 3 emails).

 

[Cutlass]

Well I'm not going to make up crap for all the personal info to take a damned practice test

 

[ParadigmShifter]

Weird I scored best at paragraph comprehension when my eyes weren't really working due to drink

If I used my calculator or pen&paper I would have got 100% on the maths tests however.

EDIT: And assembling objects was just weird.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I signed up with fake info for the test (with one of those temp emails) and got this email

Hello tom,

You've taken your next step towards an exiting future

Join with a Friend
Make sure your friends get
started too. If you join at the
same time, you could go
through basic training
together.


Free Guide to Joining
Get the real answers to
questions you have about
joining the military. Read
the insider tips in this
need-to-know guide.

 

[Formaldehyde]

That would be great if they asked you if you were drunk or stoned while you took the test.

And expect to be spammed to death. When I took the test back in high school, they wouldn't leave me alone.

 

[ParadigmShifter]

If I was in a war zone I'd be drunk and stoned all the time. They give you morphine I think... I'd be injecting that straight into my eyes for sure on day 1. AND STILL PASSING THE FRICKIN TEST!

EDIT: Maybe not my eyes. I'd probably shoot up morphine via my bum cheeks.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I took the short test. no calculator. I did better than I thought I would

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I did one of the different tests. Not too good here

 

[ParadigmShifter]

Hmm your word knowledge is normally good aimee, and you know where to ask (here!) if you don't know.

You don't want to join the military anyway.

 

[RedRalph]

Mobboss if I joined the army and was attacking your base from a fox-hole, could you come from behind and give me a lethal blow in the hole?

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[ParadigmShifter]

Probably not, I'd be covering your ass.

EDIT: And I'd be brilliant at being a soldier, according to the test.

 

[NovaKart]

We'll petition the army for a Tom Petty section on the test.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Hmm your word knowledge is normally good aimee, and you know where to ask (here!) if you don't know.

You don't want to join the military anyway.

A lot of the words were dictionary words and I didn't want to cheat by looking them up.

 

[NovaKart]

I just looked up the word farrow ( I confused it with furrow which I saw in a book) and found out it means a litter of piglets. Poor Mia.

 

[MobBoss]

That's right. This article and all the others are quite clear about this point. Still haven't found any proof that the US Army is actually wrong, or that all these news organizations interpreted their press release in exactly the same way?

When did you take the test Form? Oh yeah, thats right....in high school.