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[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 72 points 1 year ago (26 children)

USMC minimum score: 31 or higher (out of 100%)

Sample questions: https://www.officialasvab.com/applicants/sample-questions/

He has to be fully illiterate. 31 is such a low bar that it's reading a paragraph and doing addition/subtraction/division/multiplication.

[–] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (17 children)

Do they really use multiple choice for math questions in US education? That makes it very easy to guess the answers for some questions without fully performing any calculations.

Also I've answered some of the questions on that website and I haven't got a single one wrong yet. Is this really all you need, along with basic fitness, to become a marine? Because if so, I understand where all the stereotypes about them being crayon eaters come from.

Okay I got my first question wrong. I answered with backsaw for the question: "Which handsaw should be used to make a rough cut with the grain in a thick board?" Correct answer was ripsaw. My hopes and dreams of being a US Marine are over😭.

[–] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I never saw multiple choice math problems in class/homework, but it seemed common for standardized testing like this, where only a small writing section would be manually graded. Everything else (on those tests) was multiple choice or similar.

[–] Tunnelvision@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Damn was standardized testing in the US pushed so it would be an easier transition when you go to the ASVAB? I’m kinda having a revelation rn frfr thonk

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago

It was also initially adopted as part of a pre-(or post, can't remember) WW1 scheme to sort out the bunker kids from the "more expendable" trench kids

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