The ASVAB is the admissions and placement test for the US military. All wishing to enlist in the US military are required to take this test. It decides whether a potential recruit is qualified for the military and for definite military jobs. In addition military recruiters maintain that it will assist a person in choosing a civilian career.

ASVAB is a three-hour test consisting of 10 sections:
   Word Knowledge,
   Paragraph Comprehension,
   Arithmetic Reasoning,
   Mathematics Knowledge,
   General Science,
   Auto and Shop Information,
   Mechanical Comprehension,
   Electronics Information,
   Numerical Operations,
   Coding Speed.

The ASVAB is considered to look for talent and natural skills in subject areas that are supposed to be significant for dissimilar military jobs.

Scores from chosen person parts of the test are united along with a definite method to happen with a measure known as AFQT – Armed Forces Qualifying Test. The minimum AFQT scores for admission to the military were established by the congress. Standards differ depending on whether a person has a high school diploma, a GED, or has not graduated from high school.

ASVAB is part of a larger program, the Department of Defense Testing Program generally known as the Career Exploration Program. With its help students can take surveys about their interests, recognize personal characteristics, and make use of ASVAB scores to match their backgrounds to probable careers.

The ASVAB is used by military to do targeted recruitment of young people. Special attention is given to students in the 11th or 12th grade meeting minimum standards. Recruiters make contact with these young people by letters, phone calls, and visits to home and school. Keep in mind there is no law that requires you to join the military or to talk to recruiters against your will.

At the same time as the military has encouraged schools to have all students take the ASVAB, students cannot be forced to give this kind of personal information to the military. While schools may oblige their students to take an evaluation test accepted by the state, there is no legal obligation to take the ASVAB.