Go to your local Air Force recruiter and schedule a date to take the ASVAB test. Visit the website www.military.com and familiarize yourself with the different sections of the test. Go to the Air Force ASVAB section of the site and review the different career fields, or Air Force Specialty Codes, that are available and the ASVAB scores that are required for each one. Take the website's practice ASVAB test to determine your areas of strength and weakness.
Purchase a study guide like: ASVAB for Dummies, Kaplan ASVAB, or Barrons ASVAB; or enroll in Kaplan's online test preparation course. Begin studying for the ASVAB at least two months before you plan to take the actual test. Dedicate at least one hour per day to study. Locate a quiet area where you can study uninterrupted and spend the most time studying your areas of weakness. Take an online practice ASVAB test weekly to determine your progress.
Familiarize yourself with test-taking strategies by visiting a website such as www.testtakingtips.com. Memorize the tips for multiple choice questions, true/false questions, short answer questions, and quantitative math questions. Practice the strategies when you take the weekly ASVAB practice test.
Get a good night's sleep the night before you take the ASVAB and eat a nutritious breakfast the morning of the test. Report to your assigned testing location at least 30 minutes prior to your scheduled testing time with three sharpened pencils and several pieces of scrap paper. Relax when you enter the testing area; being overly nervous could cause you to make a mistake. Read each question on the sub-test and answer the questions you know. Skip the questions you don't know to maximize your time but make sure to go back and answer them before time expires. Use your scrap paper to work through all of your mathematical computations to prevent making an error. Recheck each of the questions before handing the test in to be sure you have answered each one.