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Military Exam Prep

Ran Chen, EA, CFP®

Military Exam Prep is a free, daily podcast by OpenExamPrep covering the most in-demand military aptitude, classification, and advancement exams — including the ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery), AFCT, PiCAT, AFOQT (Air Force Officer Qualifying Test), OAR (Officer Aptitude Rating), ASTB-E (Aviation Selection Test Battery), SIFT (Selection Instrument for Flight Training), DLAB and DLPT (Defense Language tests), EDPT, NAPT, DoD Cyber Test, Air Force PFE, Navy NWAE, Coast Guard SWE,

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04:05

Navy OAR Exam Prep 53, Hydraulics and Pascal Principle

Military Exam Prep ·

2026/09/22

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.In this episode you will learn: - Pascal's principle states that pressure in an enclosed fluid is constant, leading to the formula F₁/A₁ = F₂/A₂. - How to calculate force multiplication in hydraulic

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03:16

Navy OAR Exam Prep 52, Fluid Pressure Density and...

Military Exam Prep ·

2026/09/21

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.In this episode you will learn: - Pressure is force concentrated over an area; a smaller area results in greater pressure for the same force. - An object's relative density (specific gravity)

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02:57

Navy OAR Exam Prep 51, Torque Equilibrium and Center...

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2026/09/20

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.In this episode you will learn: - Rotational equilibrium is achieved when the sum of clockwise torques equals the sum of counter-clockwise torques. - Torque is calculated by multiplying the force by

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03:03

Navy OAR Exam Prep 50, Gears Belts Wheels and...

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2026/09/19

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - How to quickly determine the final gear's rotation direction in any gear train. - The function of an idler gear and why it's a common distractor on the OAR exam. -

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02:48

Navy OAR Exam Prep 49, Levers Pulleys and Mechanical...

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2026/09/18

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.In this episode you will learn: - Master the three classes of levers using the 'FLE 123' mnemonic to quickly identify the fulcrum, load, and effort arrangement. - Understand that the Ideal Mechanical

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03:38

Navy OAR Exam Prep 48, Speed Velocity Acceleration...

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2026/09/17

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.In this episode you will learn: - The critical difference between scalar (distance, speed) and vector (displacement, velocity) quantities and how it's tested. - On a position-time graph, the slope of

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03:36

Navy OAR Exam Prep 47, Momentum Impulse and Collisions

Military Exam Prep ·

2026/09/16

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.In this episode you will learn: - Momentum (p=mv) is a vector quantity, meaning its direction is a critical component in exam problems. - Impulse is defined as the change in momentum (Δp) and is

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03:18

Navy OAR Exam Prep 46, Work Energy Power and Efficiency

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2026/09/15

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.In this episode you will learn: - Work is force applied over a distance and is measured in Joules; no movement means no work is done. - Energy is the capacity to do work, existing as potential

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03:19

Navy OAR Exam Prep 45, Newton Laws Force Mass and...

Military Exam Prep ·

2026/09/14

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.In this episode you will learn: - That net force is zero for any object that is either at rest or moving at a constant velocity. - How to apply the core formula F=ma to solve for force, mass, or

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03:58

Navy OAR Exam Prep 44, Mechanical Units Vectors and...

Military Exam Prep ·

2026/09/13

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.In this episode you will learn: - How to use units and dimensional analysis to quickly eliminate incorrect answer choices on the OAR. - The critical difference between scalar quantities like speed

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04:03

Navy OAR Exam Prep 43, Mixed OAR Reading Review

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2026/09/12

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.In this episode you will learn: - How to differentiate between a passage's main idea and a supporting detail, avoiding 'partial truth' traps. - The crucial difference between a supported inference

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03:16

Navy OAR Exam Prep 42, Reading Timing and Adaptive...

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2026/09/11

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.In this episode you will learn: - How to balance careful reading with the OAR's 90-second-per-question time limit. - A strategic approach for deciding when to reread a passage versus trusting your

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03:06

Navy OAR Exam Prep 41, Dense Technical Passages

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2026/09/10

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.In this episode you will learn: - That the OAR tests your ability to dissect supplied text, not your prior technical knowledge. - How to break down dense passages into four key components:

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03:49

Navy OAR Exam Prep 40, Comparing Claims and...

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2026/09/09

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.In this episode you will learn: - How to deconstruct a passage into its core components: the central claim, the supporting evidence, and the logical reasoning. - To identify new information that

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03:14

Navy OAR Exam Prep 39, Fact Opinion Assumption and...

Military Exam Prep ·

2026/09/08

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - A fact is a specific, verifiable statement, like a weapon's muzzle velocity. - An opinion is a subjective judgment, often using superlative words like "greatest" or

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03:12

Navy OAR Exam Prep 38, Passage Structure and...

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2026/09/07

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.In this episode you will learn: - To identify the five common passage structures on the OAR: chronology, cause and effect, problem-solution, comparison, and argument. - How transition words function

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03:28

Navy OAR Exam Prep 37, Vocabulary in Context

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2026/09/06

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.In this episode you will learn: - How to use definition, restatement, and contrast clues to infer a word's meaning. - The method for identifying example clues and using a passage's overall logic. -

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03:38

Navy OAR Exam Prep 36, Author Purpose Tone and Point...

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2026/09/05

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.In this episode you will learn: - To distinguish between the four main author purposes tested on the OAR: explaining, arguing, comparing, and critiquing. - How specific word choice, or diction,

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03:38

Navy OAR Exam Prep 35, Inference and Logical Conclusions

Military Exam Prep ·

2026/09/04

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.In this episode you will learn: - The critical difference between a necessary conclusion (what must be true) and plausible speculation (what could be true) on the OAR. - How to dissect an exam-style

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03:10

Navy OAR Exam Prep 34, Supporting Details and Evidence

Military Exam Prep ·

2026/09/03

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.In this episode you will learn: - How to locate explicit facts and paraphrased evidence within OAR reading passages. - A strategy to match every answer choice to a specific, defensible part of the

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