ASVAB Section Eight : Paragraph comprehension: ASVAB-SECTION-8

Any discussion of distinctive military capabilities would be incomplete without looking at their relationship to the Joint Service vision of the future. JV 2020 guides all the Services into the next century with its vision of future war fighting. JV 2020 sets forth four overarching operational concepts: dominant maneuver, precision engagement, focused logistics, and full-dimensional protection. Each of these operational concepts reinforces the others. The aggregate of these four concepts, along with their interaction with information superiority and innovation, allows joint forces to dominate the full range of military operations from humanitarian assistance through peace operations to the highest intensity conflict.

According to the passage above, which of the following is not an operational concept?

A. dominant maneuver

B. focused logistics

C. high intensity conflict

D. precision engagement

In 1965, a television show aired that would become a Christmas classic for many families. It was called "A Charlie Brown Christmas." This television movie has the distinction of being the cartoon special to run for the longest time in television history and has been shown every year since its debut. This tradition began when an ad agent for Coca-Cola contacted producer, Lee Mendelson. Peanuts had just been featured on a 1965 cover of Time Magazine and the agent told Mendelson about a documentary about Peanuts creator, Charles Schulz. Mendelson was asked if he had ever thought about producing a Peanuts Christmas special. The producer, wanting to appear on top of his game, assured the agent that he had. Hurriedly contacting Schulz, Mendelson met with him the next day and they created the story.

From the above passage, the reader would know that 1965 was an important year because __________.

A. "A Charlie Brown Christmas" first debuted and the Peanuts characters made the cover of Time Magazine.

B. The passage does not give a stated reason.

C. "A Charlie Brown Christmas" first debuted.

D. The Peanuts characters made the front of Time Magazine.

The American Flag began with a flag created in 1777 and used until 1795. Congress then ordered, with passage of an act, that the new flag be composed of 15 alternating red and white stripes and contain a blue field with 15 stars. Another change was made by Congress in 1818. This edition of the flag was to alternate only 13 stripes, but a new star was to be added for each state that joined the Union.

The word alternate, as used in the above passage, most nearly means __________.

A. rotate

B. swap

C. substitute

D. exchange