8. Mechanical Comprehension (MC)
This section measures your knowledge of machines and machine processes.
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Mechanical Comprehension Test Find out if you are ready to take the Mechanical Comprehension portion of the ASVAB with this Practice Test. |
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Mechanical Comprehension Test 1 Brush up on your basic mechanical and physical principles before the ASVAB with Mechanical Comprehension Practice Test 1. The test has 16 challenging questions. |
Mechanical Comprehension Test 2 Mechanical Comprehension Practice Test 2 is a 16-question, online practice exam that will test your knowledge of machines and machine processes. Take the test now to get ready for the ASVAB. |
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The Mechanical Comprehension Subtest measures your knowledge of machines and machine processes. This subtest includes a lot of diagrams of mechanical operations and then questions about those operations. You will also need to have good math skills to score well on this section as you also may be asked to further explain mechanical processes by doing calculations based on math formulas.
This test has a weight of 2 and represents 5% the Verbal Expression (VE) score. The questions under this section deal with how machines work and what they do. A good knowledge base in math, science and mechanical principles is helpful to answering these questions correctly.
How Many Questions are On The Test?
The computerized CAT-ASVAB features 16 questions that you will have 20 minutes to answer. On the paper version of the ASVAB, you will have 25 questions to answer in 19 minutes.
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