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chapter 8General Science

Doing well on the ASVAB’s general science questions can seem to depend on knowing a lot of disconnected science facts. But a good score also rides on your ability to make reasonable assumptions and guesses. For that skill, it’s important to grasp the general principles behind science itself, as well as those of its specialties.

Just becoming familiar with these subjects can lead you to the right answer, but more often you’ll be much better at eliminating the wrong ones, which is nearly as important. The majority of questions are multiple-choice, with one correct answer and three incorrect answers each. So, if you can eliminate ...

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