ASVAB-SECTION-2 Online Practice Questions and Answers

A student scores 74, 87, 68, 63, 76 on his last five exams. His teacher will drop the lowest grade to compute the student's average.

What is the students average in the class?

A. 76.3%

B. 79.4%

C. 84.9%

D. 89.4%

E. 68.2%

You are asked to buy bags of cement to pour a cement pad for a hot tub. You need to fill the pad frame which has an 8-foot square base and one-foot high sides. Each bag of cement mixed will fill 5 cubic feet in the frame.

How many bags will you need to buy to ensure enough to fill the entire frame?

A. 8 bags

B. 10 bags

C. 13 bags

D. 12 bags

If 4 people can stain a deck in 2 days, how many people would be required to stain the deck in only 1 day?

A. 8

B. 2

C. 4

D. 12

A German shepherd and an Alaskan Malamute are both headed toward the same fire hydrant. The German Shepherd is 120 feet away from the hydrant and the Alaskan Malamute is 75 feet away from the hydrant.

How much closer to the hydrant is the Alaskan Malamute?

A. 45 feet

B. 25 feet

C. 75 feet

D. 195 feet

On a map drawn to scale, 1/2 inch equals 1 mile. What length on the map equals 5 miles?

A. 2.5 inches

B. 5.0 inches

C. 10.0 inches

D. 1.5 inches

A technology reseller purchasing agent procured 20 mid-brand DVD players for the listed wholesale price of $80 each, but receives a 25% discount because he is an established customer and friend of the wholesale dealer. His store then sells these DVD players at a 20% markup above the original wholesale price.

What is the store's profit margin on each DVD player?

A. $16

B. $72

C. $20

D. $36

Michael needs 55 gallons of paint to paint an apartment building. He would like to purchase the paint for the least amount of money possible.

Which of the following should he buy?

A. two 25-gallon buckets at $550 each

B. eleven 5-gallon buckets at $108 each

C. six 10-gallon buckets at $215 each

D. fifty-five 1-gallon buckets at $23 each

Margaret is getting married and must be ready by 11:15 a.m. If it's now 8:30 a.m., how much time does she have to get ready?

A. 11/2 hours

B. 21/2 hours

C. 23/4 hours

D. 21/3 hours

If she wants to fence the perimeter of the run, how many feet of chain link fence will she need?

A. 144 feet

B. 25 feet

C. 32 feet

D. 50 feet

Two bicyclists head toward each other from the opposite ends of Main Street, which is six miles long. The first biker started at 2:05 going 12 mph. The second biker began peddling 4 minutes later at a rate of 14 mph.

What time will they meet?

A. 2:13

B. 2:24

C. 2:29

D. 2:34