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Book Synopsis1,001 Opportunities to improve your score on the ASVAB AFQT If you have your sights set on a career in the U.S. Military but the thought of taking the ASVAB AFQT is having you seeing stars and stripes this test-prep guide offers 1,001 practice opportunities to increase your chances of scoring higher. Covering the four subtests, 1,001 ASVAB AFQT Practice Questions For Dummies helps you strengthen your test-taking muscles so you can perform your very best on the big day and qualify for the military branch and job you want. Since the test was first introduced in 1968, more than 40 million people have taken the exam. If you want to join the ranks and go on to enjoy a fulfilling and prosperous career in the Air Force, Army, Marines, Navy, or Coast Guard, it''s essential that you achieve a passing score on the ASVAB AFQT the first four sections of the ASVAB. All the expert test-taking tips, strategies, and practice questions you need to do just that are Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part 1: The Questions 5 Chapter 1: Word Knowledge: Putting Your Vocabulary to the Test 7 Chapter 2: Paragraph Comprehension: Understanding What You Read 29 Chapter 3: Mathematics Knowledge: Making Sure the Answers Add Up 89 Chapter 4: Arithmetic Reasoning: Solving Word Problems with Math 123 Part 2: The Answers 155 Chapter 5: Answers 157 Index 415

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part 1: Writing Your Next Chapter 5 Chapter 1: Gearing Up for That DD-214 Life 7 Chapter 2: Tying Your Discharge Status into Benefits 21 Chapter 3: Navigating VA Claims and Appeals 39 Part 2: Medical Care, Life Insurance, and Compensation Programs 57 Chapter 4: Helping Yourself to Health Benefits 59 Chapter 5: Exploring VA Healthcare 69 Chapter 6: Probing into TRICARE 95 Chapter 7: Securing Your Family’s Future with VA Life Insurance 111 Chapter 8: Cashing In on Military Pensions, Severance Pay, and the TSP 119 Chapter 9: Taking a Close Look at Disability Pay 137 Part 3: Employment, Education, and Housing Programs 159 Chapter 10: Applying to Employment Programs 161 Chapter 11: Transitioning from the Military to More Government Employment 177 Chapter 12: Building Your Own Business with Veterans Benefits 187 Chapter 13: Bringing Receipts: Using Your GI Bill 199 Chapter 14: Staking Your Claim on Other Education Programs 217 Chapter 15: Buying into Post-Military Life with Your VA Loan Benefit 229 Chapter 16: Enjoying Your Golden Years in a Military Retirement Home 239 Part 4: Burial and Memorial Benefits, Survivor Benefits, and More 245 Chapter 17: Accessing Benefits for Homeless Vets 247 Chapter 18: Using Benefits While Incarcerated 257 Chapter 19: Applying for Benefits for Women, Minority, and LGBTQ+ Vets 265 Chapter 20: Zeroing In on Claims for Vets of Specific Wars, Former POWs, and Disabled Vets 269 Chapter 21: Diving into Benefits for Spouses, Dependents, and Caregivers 295 Chapter 22: Examining Burial and Memorial Benefits 305 Chapter 23: Surveying Survivor Benefits 315 Chapter 24: Shopping ‘til You Drop: Benefits for Retirees and Other ID Cardholders 323 Chapter 25: Seeing the World with Travel Benefits 329 Chapter 26: Sidling up to State Veterans Benefits 337 Part 5: The Part of Tens 347 Chapter 27: Ten Ways to Get Your Disability Claim Denied 349 Chapter 28: Ten Tips to Maximize Your Benefits 353 Index 357

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Book SynopsisAll the things you need to know when you're puttingthe military in your rear view InMilitary Transition For Dummies,you'll talk a walk throughhowto transition fromactive military servicetocivilian lifeas smoothly and easily as possible.You'll discover how tomake the nuts-and-bolts changes to reach your potential in your newlifestyle.From finding a job you loveto navigating educational opportunities and keeping yourself mentally strong, this vital book shows you how to: Find your next career, including how to write an effective resume and conduct a thorough job searchProtect your mental and physical well-being by seeking outand accessingthe supports youwant and needManage yourmoneyand makethe financial adjustments that are necessary for succeeding in the civilian world Perfect for active service members who are expecting to transition out of the militaryin the near future,Military Transition For Dummiesis also ideal foranyone who's recently left theservice and hopes tomake the most of tTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part 1: Getting Started with Saying So Long 5 Chapter 1: Kicking around the Idea of Moving to Fort Couch 7 Chapter 2: Diving into Transition Programs 29 Chapter 3: Organizing to Prepare for Civilian Life 43 Chapter 4: Eyeing Your ETS Process 67 Chapter 5: Ain’t No Discharge on the Ground (It’s in Your Hand) 91 Part 2: Finding a Job 103 Chapter 6: Engaging Yourself in Employment Programs 105 Chapter 7: Getting Your Foot in the Door with a Strong Resume 113 Chapter 8: Familiarizing Yourself with Civilian Employment (and Pay) 145 Chapter 9: Getting the Skinny on Government Jobs 179 Chapter 10: Connecting with Civilians in Your New AO 199 Chapter 11: Working Your Way through Interviews 221 Chapter 12: Negotiating Your Salary When You Get a Job Offer 245 Chapter 13: Assimilating into the Civilian Workforce 253 Chapter 14: Starting Your Own Business 269 Part 3: Gearing Up to Go Back to School 277 Chapter 15: Advancing on Your Scholarly Career 279 Chapter 16: Cashing in on Your GI Bill 287 Chapter 17: Fitting into Your New Role as a Student 301 Part 4: Adjusting to Civilian Life 307 Chapter 18: Managing Your Money as a Civilian 309 Chapter 19: Zeroing in on the Benefits You Earned 325 Chapter 20: Transitioning as a Wounded Warrior 333 Chapter 21: Getting Help When You Need It 345 Part 5: The Part of Tens 363 Chapter 22: Ten Tips to Help You Find a Job 365 Chapter 23: Ten Tips to Help You Score a Job 369 Chapter 24: Ten Tips on Filing a Successful Claim with the VA 373 Appendix: Civilian Terms for Military Experience 377 Index 383

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Book SynopsisLearn the stuff you need to know to enlist in the U.S. military Want to enlist in the military? You'll have to pass the AFQTthe core sections of the ASVAB test that gauge your core academic competency. ASVAB AFQT For Dummies helps you review the Math Knowledge, Paragraph Comprehension, Word Knowledge, and Arithmetic Reasoning skills you'll need to earn a great score. You'll get access to deep content review and practice for each section, plus four full-length practice tests in the book and four more online. Plus, this book is packed with must-know information about how to register, when and where to take the test, and how to target your preferred careerincluding careers in the new Space Force. Study with this Dummies guide and start your U.S. military career. Review all the content covered on the four ASVAB subsections that qualify you to enlist in the U.S. armed forces Learn about each of the question types and get strategies for answering them quTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part 1: Getting Started with the ASVAB AFQT 5 Chapter 1: Taking a Closer Look at the AFQT 7 Chapter 2: Arming Yourself with a Study Plan 19 Chapter 3: Mastering the Art of Studying and Test-Taking 25 Part 2: Expressing Yourself and Understanding Others 35 Chapter 4: Developing a Solid Vocabulary 37 Chapter 5: The Word Knowledge Subtest 59 Chapter 6: Reading for Comprehension 67 Chapter 7: The Paragraph Comprehension Subtest 79 Part 3: Calculating Better Math Knowledge 89 Chapter 8: Knowing Your Math 91 Chapter 9: The Mathematics Knowledge Subtest 129 Chapter 10: Working with Word Problems 139 Chapter 11: The Arithmetic Reasoning Subtest 161 Part 4: AFQT Practice Exams 171 Chapter 12: Practice Exam 1 173 Chapter 13: Practice Exam 1: Answers and Explanations 191 Chapter 14: Practice Exam 2 217 Chapter 15: Practice Exam 2: Answers and Explanations 235 Chapter 16: Practice Exam 3 255 Chapter 17: Practice Exam 3: Answers and Explanations 273 Chapter 18: Practice Exam 4 293 Chapter 19: Practice Exam 4: Answers and Explanations 311 Part 5: The Part of Tens 331 Chapter 20: Ten Tips for a Better AFQT Score 333 Chapter 21: Ten Math Concepts to Memorize 339 Chapter 22: Ten Pre-Test Tension Busters 343 Index 349

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Book SynopsisThe best standalone resource for the Army Combat Fitness Test As the Army prepares to shift to the new Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) from the Army Physical Fitness Test, hundreds of thousands of new and current servicemembers will have to pass a more rigorous and demanding set of physical events to prove they have what it takes to meet the physical demands of an army job. Utilizing the accessible and simple approach that has made the For Dummies series famous the world over, ACFT For Dummies is packed with everything you need to train for and ultimately crush the ACFT. Topics include: An overview of the test, including how it fits into your army role How the test is administered (location, equipment, etc.) Instructions on how to perform each of the six events How the ACFT is scored Training for the ACFT on your own time The importance of recovery, including essential stretches HowTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 1 Foolish Assumptions 2 Icons Used in This Book 2 Beyond the Book 3 Where to Go from Here 3 Part 1: Getting to Know the ACFT 5 Chapter 1: Army Physical Fitness: The Cornerstone of Combat Readiness 7 Saying Goodbye to the Old APFT 8 Sculpting a Fit and Lethal Force 8 Picking Up Performance Basics 10 Range of motion and flexibility 11 Balance 11 Agility 12 Explosive power 12 Muscular strength and endurance 12 Aerobic exercise for cardiovascular endurance 13 Anaerobic exercise for short-term muscle strength 14 PRT: Love it or Hate it, It’s Here to Stay 14 Understanding How the ACFT Fits into Your Army Role 15 Making the grade 15 Training on your own time — and helping your team 16 The Army Performance Triad 16 Chapter 2: Getting an Overview of the ACFT 17 Reading Up on the Army’s Resources and Requirements for the ACFT 18 Checking out Army regs and training resources 18 Surveying site and equipment requirements 18 Getting used to gender- and age-neutral scoring requirements 19 Diagnostic ACFTs versus record ACFTs: Pinning down test frequency 19 Breaking Down the Six Events and Their Scoring 20 The Preparation Drill 22 3 Repetition Maximum Deadlift 23 Standing Power Throw 25 Hand Release Push-Up – Arm Extension 28 Sprint-Drag-Carry 30 Leg Tuck 33 Two-Mile Run 36 The Recovery Drill 37 Biking, Rowing, or Swimming Your Way through the Alternate Events 37 Bike 38 Row 38 Swim 39 Chapter 3: Understanding How the Army Administers the ACFT 41 Counting Down the Minutes 42 Doing Your Homework before the Test 43 Having the Right Tools for the Job: Required Equipment 43 Looking at Helpful Test-Day Details 46 Equipment on the lanes 47 Soldier testing order 47 Card-carrying ACFT-takers: Scorecards 47 Stylin’ and profilin’: What you can’t use during the ACFT 48 Making the Grade to Score the ACFT 48 Level I ACFT graders 48 Level II ACFT graders 49 Level III ACFT grader-instructors 49 Chapter 4: Breaking Down ACFT Instructions and Scoring 51 Following the Rules: The Official ACFT Instructions 52 Lifting with your legs: 3 Repetition Maximum Deadlift instructions 52 Trying MDL tips and techniques 53 Watching for trouble spots on the MDL 53 Exercising explosive power: Standing Power Throw instructions 55 Surveying SPT tips and techniques 55 Watching for trouble spots on the SPT 56 Letting it go: Hand Release Push-up – Arm Extension instructions 56 Harping on HRP tips and techniques 57 Watching for trouble spots on the HRP 59 Showing your combat moves: Sprint-Drag-Carry instructions 59 Sorting out SDC tips and techniques 60 Watching for trouble spots on the SDC 61 Considering core strength: Leg Tuck instructions 62 Looking for LTK tips and techniques 63 Watching for trouble spots on the LTK 64 Welcoming an old friend: Two-Mile Run instructions 65 Marking 2MR tips and techniques 65 Watching for trouble spots on the 2MR 66 Addressing the ACFT’s Scoring Scale 66 Perusing Physical Demand Categories 66 Weighing your score on the scale 74 Tallying up your score on the new ACFT scorecard 75 Accounting for the ACFT MOD 77 Sailing through the 5,000-Meter Row 77 Braking for the 15,000-Meter Bike 77 Soaking up the 1,000-Meter Swim 78 Taking Another Shot: Army Policy on ACFT Failures 78 Part 2: Training for the ACFT on Your Own Time 81 Chapter 5: Putting the (Mandatory) “Fun” in Functional Fitness 83 Mastering the Science of Movement Training 83 Distinguishing muscle training from movement training 84 Playing with planar movement 85 Sectioning off the 4Q model 86 Finding Functional Fitness Basics 88 Core strength 91 Leg strength 91 Back strength 94 Chest strength 95 Bicep, tricep, forearm, and shoulder strength 95 Chapter 6: Stacking Up the Army’s Physical Fitness Components 99 Tracing the Origins of PRT and the ACFT 100 Counting on the Army’s Ten Fitness Components 101 Muscular strength 101 Muscular endurance 102 Power 102 Speed 102 Agility 103 Aerobic endurance 103 Balance 103 Flexibility 104 Coordination 104 Reaction time 104 Getting Heart Smart for Aerobic Exercise 105 Calculating your resting heart rate 105 Finding your target heart rate for aerobic exercise 106 Fitting FITT Principles into Your Workout 108 Frequency 108 Intensity 108 Type 110 Time 110 Powering Your Way through Life with Anaerobic Exercise 110 Chapter 7: Examining P3, PRT, H2F, and the ACFT 113 Cornering the Army’s Performance Triad 113 Sleep 114 Activity 114 Nutrition 115 Reading Up on PRT Documentation 115 Matching PRT Drills and ACFT Events 116 Maximizing PRT for the 3 Repetition Maximum Deadlift 118 The sumo squat 118 Alternate staggered squat jump 119 Forward lunge 120 Stepping up PRT for the Standing Power Throw 122 Power jump 122 Overhead push-press 123 Tuck jump 125 Practicing PRT for the Hand Release Push-Up – Arm Extension 126 Supine chest press 127 8-count T push-up 128 Incline bench 130 Surveying PRT for the Sprint-Drag-Carry 132 Straight-leg deadlift 132 Bent over row 133 300-meter shuttle run 135 Looking at PRT for the Leg Tuck 135 Bent-leg raise 136 Leg tuck and twist 137 Alternating grip pull-up 139 Tackling PRT for the Two-Mile Run 141 Sprint intervals (30:60s and 60:120s) 141 Release run 141 Hill repeats 142 Taking a Closer Look at PRT and Its Drills 143 Preparation Drill 144 4 for the Core 145 Conditioning Drills 1, 2, and 3 145 Climbing Drills 1 and 2 147 The Guerilla Drill 147 The Hip Stability Drill 147 The Push-Up and Sit-Up Drill 147 The Shoulder Stability Drill 147 Running, Endurance and Mobility Activities: Military Movement Drills 1 and 2 148 The Strength Training Circuit 148 Recovery Drill 149 Using PRT to Train for the ACFT 150 Chapter 8: Training to Standard on the ACFT 151 Getting the Basics Down Before You Exercise 152 Back and Legs: Maxing the 3 Repetition Maximum Deadlift Score 154 Sumo squats 155 Staggered squats 156 Lunges 157 Conventional deadlifts 157 Bent over rows 160 Grip work 162 Explosive Power: Training for the Standing Power Throw 162 Power jumps 162 Overhead push presses 163 Tuck jumps 166 Romanian deadlifts 167 Kettlebell swings 168 Medicine ball power jumps 169 Standing front shoulder raises with bands 170 Practice Makes Perfect: Doing More Hand Release Arm-Extension Push-Ups 171 Supine chest presses 171 Incline bench presses 172 Chest flys 174 Renegade row push-ups 175 Medicine Ball push-ups 177 Training for the Sprint-Drag-Carry to Boost Your Battlefield Skills 178 Shuttle runs 178 Straight-leg deadlifts 179 Zercher carries 180 Planks 181 Glute-hamstring raises 182 Grip, Hips, Shoulders, and Elbows: Training for the Leg Tuck 184 Bent-leg raises 184 The leg tuck and twist 184 Mixed-grip pull-ups 186 Rope climbs 187 Isometric hangs 189 Side pillar holds 190 The contralateral dead bug 190 Is, Ys, and Ts 192 Kettlebell pull-throughs 193 Internal, external, and elevated shoulder rotations 194 When My Granny Was 91: How to Improve Your Two-Mile Run Time 197 Sprint interval training 198 Hill repeats 198 Walking lunge 199 Barbell squats 200 Calf raises 202 Glute bridges 203 Chapter 9: Stretching for Recovery and Peak Performance 205 Bouncing Back Stronger through Recovery 206 Getting back on your feet after training with active recovery 206 Discovering delayed-onset muscle soreness 207 Building in recovery days and taking care of injuries 208 Avoiding overtraining syndrome 209 Stretching Out Your Workout Recovery 209 Attending to Army Stretches 211 Overhead arm pull 211 Rear lunge 212 Extend and flex 213 Thigh stretch 213 Single-leg over 215 Loosening up Your Legs and Hips 216 Standing hamstring stretch 216 Piriformis stretch 217 Frog stretch 217 Butterfly stretch 219 Lunging hip flexor stretch 220 Lying quad stretch 221 Calf stretch 221 Examining Essential Arm Stretches 222 Triceps stretch 222 Standing bicep stretch 224 Seated bicep stretch 224 Wrist extension and flexion 225 Forearm flexor stretch 226 Beefing up Your Neck, Shoulder, and Back Stretches 227 Seated shoulder squeeze 227 Upper back stretch 228 Knee to chest stretch 229 Seated back rotation 230 Side-lying thoracic rotation 231 Upper trap stretch 232 Cross-body shoulder stretch 233 Priming the Pecs: Chest Stretches 234 Lying chest stretch 234 Elbow-to-elbow grip 235 Bent-arm wall stretch 236 Stretching out Your Six-Pack 237 Sphinx 237 Child’s pose against a wall 238 Doing Dynamic Stretches for Multiple Muscles 239 Lunge with spinal twist 239 90/90s 240 Side bends 241 Extended child’s pose with sphinx stretch 242 Standing figure 4 244 Quadruped rotation 245 Dynamic shoulder stretch from child’s pose 246 Cat/cow 247 Chapter 10: Focusing on the ACFT for Females 249 Factoring Female Physiology into Common ACFT Challenges 250 Cycling your way through workouts 251 Introducing the female athlete triad 252 Balancing Pregnancy and Physical Training 253 Profiling pregnant soldiers 253 Perusing the P3T program 255 Your (Kid’s) Mom Wears Combat Boots: Working Out Postpartum 256 Chapter 11: Surveying ACFT Training for Seasoned Soldiers 259 Safety First: Taking Workout Precautions 260 Kicking around Exercises for Knee Issues 260 Straight leg raises 261 Hamstring curls with dumbbells 262 Wall squats 262 Step-ups 263 Side leg raises 264 Avoiding Certain Exercises for Back Issues 265 Chapter 12: Dealing with Injuries 269 An Ounce of Prevention: Avoiding Injury with P3 269 Sleep and injury prevention 270 Actively preventing injury 271 Fueling up for injury prevention 272 Covering Common Injuries across the Army 273 Rub Some Dirt on It? Knowing When to Go to Sick Call 275 When RICE Isn’t a Carb: Treating Injuries at Home 276 Rest as a home remedy 277 Putting an injury on ice 277 Keeping your injury under (compression) wraps 277 Elevating an injured extremity 278 Part 3: Structure, Form, and Functional Fitness 279 Chapter 13: Wising Up to Workout Wisdom 281 Following Eight Habits of Highly Successful Exercisers 282 Make health a lifestyle 282 Have fun with it 282 Look at what you’re doing as training, not exercising 282 Get back on track as soon as you can 283 Ask for help when you need it 283 Keep it simple 283 Don’t use weight loss as an indicator of your workout’s effectiveness 283 Mix endurance and strength training 284 Optimizing Your Breathing for Your Activity 284 Breathing while running 285 Breathing during strength training 285 Breathing to relax 285 Resting between Workouts 286 Chapter 14: Understanding Your Body’s Muscular Structure 287 Putting Your Skeletal Muscles on the Map 288 Getting to know your skeletal muscles 288 Adding up antagonistic pairs 289 Zeroing in on the Cardiovascular System 290 Chapter 15: Strength Training to Get Army Strong 293 Bulking up Your Weight-Training Vocab 293 Following Safety Principles 296 Testing Your Strength 298 Checking out upper-body strength with push-ups 298 Crunching the numbers on abdominal strength 299 Muscling your way through a leg strength test 300 Switching It up with Periodization 301 Appreciating the Real Worth of Free Weights and Weight Machines 302 Looking at Group Strength Training 303 Chapter 16: Pumping Some Heart-Smart Aerobic Exercise 305 Understanding the Cardiovascular System’s Role in Exercise 305 Starting with resting heart rate 307 Linking heart efficiency and exercise 308 Identifying why the Army measures cardiorespiratory fitness 308 Finding Your VO2 Max 309 Astrand Treadmill Test 309 2.4-km Cooper Run Test 312 Multistage Beep Test 312 Queuing up the Cardio 312 Hitting your target and max heart rates 313 Going beyond minimum cardio recommendations 314 Chapter 17: Trying Functional Fitness Concepts for Your Core 315 Introducing Your Core Muscles 315 Strengthening Your Core with Beginner Core Exercises 318 Hip lifts 318 Crunches 320 Bicycle kicks 321 The Superman 322 Pulling Your Own Weight During Core Training 323 V-ups 323 Scissor kicks 324 Side planks 325 Trying Out the Army (Core) Ball — No ASUs Necessary 326 Ab rolls 326 Stability ball knee raises 327 Stability ball hip thrusts 328 Perusing Core Exercises for Pregnancy Profiles 329 Cat/cow 330 Modified side plank 330 Side lunges 331 Pregnancy core stretch 332 Stretching and Toning Your Core with Pilates and Yoga 333 Pilates 333 Yoga 334 Chapter 18: Personalizing Your Workout Routine 335 Building Your Own Workout Routine 335 Identifying your personal goals and resources 336 Weight a minute: Figuring out your reps and intensity 337 Supersetting 338 Making time to stretch 338 Marking training days on your calendar 338 Scheduling recovery days into your routine 339 Charting your progress 340 Sneaking in Daytime Workouts You Can Do Anywhere 340 Chair dips 341 Calf raises 342 Single-leg squats 343 Bicep presses 344 Seated hip thrusts 344 Part 4: Nutrition and the “Whole Soldier” Concept 347 Chapter 19: Surveying Army Standards for Height and Weight 349 Taking Stock of Army Height and Weight Requirements 350 Going into the Army Body Composition Program 353 Distinguishing BMI from Body Fat Measurements 354 Chapter 20: Becoming a Lean, Green, Fighting Machine: Principles of Nutrition 357 Dishing on Hunger and Appetite 358 Distinguishing hunger from appetite 358 Hobnobbing with hunger hormones 359 Eating Pre- and Post-Workout 360 Fueling up before working out 360 Getting the right foods after your workout 362 Making ACFT-Smart Dietary Changes 363 Promoting fitness by avoiding diets 363 Incorporating healthier eating habits (without dieting) 363 Chapter 21: Identifying the Building Blocks of Nutrition 365 Choosing the Right Food Groups 365 Setting the table with MyPlate 366 Keeping less healthy options in check 366 Taking Vitamins for a Spin 367 Getting vitamins the old-fashioned way 368 Gauging DRIs and ULs for vitamins 369 Considering special conditions for vitamins 371 Minerals: Mining for Your Body’s Essentials 371 Eating your major minerals 372 Moderating minerals: DRIs and ULs 374 Recognizing who needs more minerals 374 Chewing on Carbs 374 Breaking down simple and complex carbs and dietary fiber 375 Putting your carbs to work for you 375 Addressing Amino Acids and Antioxidants 376 Chapter 22: Drink Water: It’s More Than a Basic Training Chant 379 Understanding How Your Body Uses Water 379 Water is a Necessity, Not a Crutch: Avoiding Dehydration 380 Recognizing the warning signs of dehydration 381 Looking at the effects of dehydration 382 Eyeing Electrolytes 383 Chapter 23: Making Sure Everything You Take In Counts 385 Understanding Metabolic Equivalents 386 Examining How Dietary Changes Can and Can’t Help You Drop Weight 387 Safely slashing calories to lose weight 389 Ignoring the crowd following popular diets 390 Getting the Skinny on Cholesterol and Unhealthy Fats 391 Cholesterol 391 Are you a good fat or a bad fat? 392 Taking a Drive through Fast Food 393 Nutritional composition of fast foods 393 Eating smart while dining out 395 Considering Coffee, Energy Drinks, and Alcohol 396 The best part of waking up (and the rest of the day): Savoring coffee’s benefits 396 Loading up on caffeine through energy drinks 397 Thinking before you drink: Alcohol’s effects on your system 397 Cracking Down on Supplements 399 Protein pow(d)er: Scrutinizing protein supplements 399 Shunning pre-workout supplements 400 Chapter 24: Eating Right 403 Dishing up Basic Dietary Guidelines for Soldiers 404 Helping Yourself to Healthy Eating Patterns 405 Putting the brakes on sodium, saturated and trans fats, and added sugars 406 Playing with portion control 407 Treat yo’ self: Giving yourself a pass to indulge sometimes 408 Part 5: The Part of Tens 409 Chapter 25: Ten Surefire Ways to Fail the ACFT 411 Choosing Not to Work Out 411 Failing to Know How to Do Each Event 412 Falling off the Fitness Wagon before the Test 412 Practicing for the Wrong Events 412 Drinking Alcohol the Night before the Test 413 Forgetting to Hydrate 413 Forgetting to Fuel Up 413 Missing the Mark on Height and Weight 414 Taking Pre-Workout or Other Potentially Unsafe Supplements Before the Test 414 Committing Safety Violations or Faults 414 Chapter 26: Ten Tips for Maxing Out Your Score on the ACFT 415 Putting in Extra Effort and Committing to Getting a 600 415 Training As You Test 416 Doing Cardio and Strength Training Leading Up to the Test 416 Getting Hard-Core with Your Core 416 Practicing at Least One Event Every Day 417 Tracking Your Progress 417 Using High-Quality Fuel 417 Hydrating before and during the ACFT 417 Getting Enough Sleep before the Test 418 Using All the Info You Have to Your Advantage 418 Chapter 27: Ten Ways to Change up Your Exercise Routine 419 Using (Or Ditching) the Buddy System 419 Mixing up Your Personal Speed 420 Getting Creative with Exercises 420 Playing Mood Music 420 Going Backward Once in a While 420 Switching Locations 421 Dialing up the Intensity 421 Trying Group Fitness 421 Downloading an App 421 Playing Games 422 Chapter 28: Ten Ways to Cut Calories without Starving 423 Don’t Drink Your Calories 423 Fill Your Water Reserves Before You Eat 424 Switch to Lowfat Versions of Your Favorite Foods 424 Don’t Buy Junk Food 424 Cook at Home 424 Lighten up on the Condiments 425 Set the Table with Smaller Plates 425 Try Low-Cal Appetizers at Home 425 Never Eat out of the Container 425 Don’t Force Yourself to Clean Your Plate 426 Appendix: Fill-In-The-Blanks Workout Calendar 427 Index 429

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Book SynopsisPractice your way to the best score you can get on the ASVAB ASVAB: 1001 Practice Questions For Dummies gives you 1,001 opportunities to practice answering questions on key concepts for all nine ASVAB subtestsin the book and online! Get the score you need to qualify for the military job you want, or raise your score to get a new job or advance in rank, with this useful book. These practice questions and detailed answer explanations will put you on the path to the greatest possible job flexibility, no matter what your skill level. Thanks to this Dummies practice guide, you have a resource to help you achieve your military career goals. Work through practice questions on all topics covered on the ASVAB examRead through detailed explanations of the answers to build your understandingAccess practice questions online to bolster your readiness anywhere, any timeImprove your score and up your ASVAB study game with practice, practice, practiceThe material presented in ASVAB: 1001 Practice QuesTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part 1: Diving Into the Asvab 5 Chapter 1: Countdown to Taking the ASVAB 7 Chapter 2: Word Knowledge: Testing Your Vocabulary 13 Chapter 3: Paragraph Comprehension: Understanding and Analyzing Written Concepts 25 Chapter 4: Mathematics Knowledge: Counting on a Variety of Questions 49 Chapter 5: Arithmetic Reasoning: Tackling Word Problems 65 Chapter 6: General Science: Knowing about the World around You 81 Chapter 7: Auto and Shop Information: Nailing Down Vehicle and Workshop Basics 95 Chapter 8: Mechanical Comprehension: Focusing on Physics, Mechanics, and Work 111 Chapter 9: Electronics Information: Amplifying Your Understanding of Electronic Principles 131 Chapter 10: Assembling Objects: Figuring Out How Things Fit Together 147 Part 2: Checking Your Answers 153 Chapter 11: Answers 155 Index 321

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