Sample Assembling Objects questions, with the answers
The first 3 of the 15 questions in version A of this subtest, exactly as the test asks them. Every question on the test comes with an explanation like these after you answer.
1. Which figure best shows how the objects will touch when each lettered point on the line is joined to the matching lettered point?
- A
- B
- C
- D
Answer: C. The line joins the top point of the pentagon to the bottom-right corner of the square. Only one figure has both shapes and joins them at exactly those two points; the others change a shape or move a joining point.
Remember: Check one end at a time: first the shape and point at A, then the shape and point at B. Rule out any figure that fails either check.
2. Which figure best shows how the objects will touch when each lettered point on the line is joined to the matching lettered point?
- A
- B
- C
- D
Answer: D. The line joins the top point of the triangle to the lower-right point of the pentagon. Only one figure has both shapes and joins them at exactly those two points; the others change a shape or move a joining point.
Remember: Check one end at a time: first the shape and point at A, then the shape and point at B. Rule out any figure that fails either check.
3. Which figure best shows how the objects will touch when each lettered point on the line is joined to the matching lettered point?
- A
- B
- C
- D
Answer: D. The line joins the bottom-right corner of the rectangle to the middle of the top side of the square. Only one figure has both shapes and joins them at exactly those two points; the others change a shape or move a joining point.
Remember: Check one end at a time: first the shape and point at A, then the shape and point at B. Rule out any figure that fails either check.
The format of all ten subtests, how the AFQT is scored and how to study for it are on the ASVAB practice test hub.
What Assembling Objects covers
Two kinds of picture question, in the order the computer test gives them: seven connection items (two shapes joined by a line at lettered points) and then eight puzzles (pieces that fit together into a shape). Each item is built from geometry, and a script proves that exactly one figure matches.
It does not count toward your AFQT. It feeds the line scores and composites each service uses to match you to jobs: see how the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps use it, or take the full ASVAB.