Ran Chen, EA, CFP®

Military Exam Prep

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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, and Army Promotion Board. Each 5-minute episode breaks down one exam topic with concrete examples,...

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Ran Chen, EA, CFP®

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AFOQT Exam Prep 24, Prefix and Suffix Attack — Eliminate Wrong Answers Fast 22.05.2026 3:43

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 prefixes like 'anti-' and 'pro-' instantly reveal a word's...

AFOQT Exam Prep 23, Latin and Greek Roots — 40 Roots Decode 60% of Unknown Words 21.05.2026 3:41

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: - Mastering 40-50 high-yield Latin and Greek roots can help deco...

AFOQT Exam Prep 22, Word Knowledge Tier-1 Vocabulary — 200 High-Frequency Words 20.05.2026 3:08

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: - The AFOQT Word Knowledge section provides no context, requirin...

AFOQT Exam Prep 21, Counting and Probability Basics 19.05.2026 4:02

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: - Permutations (n!/(n−r)!) are for arrangements where order is c...

AFOQT Exam Prep 20, Simple and Compound Interest 18.05.2026 3:41

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 master the simple interest formula (I=Prt) and the basic co...

AFOQT Exam Prep 19, Ratio and Proportion — Direct and Inverse 17.05.2026 1:31

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: - Direct proportion means as one value increases, the other incr...

AFOQT Exam Prep 18, Percent and Percent-Change Traps 16.05.2026 3:22

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: - How to correctly calculate percent change using the (New - Old...

AFOQT Exam Prep 17, Mixture Problems — Solutions, Coins, Alloys 15.05.2026 2:26

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 apply the core principle: the sum of the parts equals t...

AFOQT Exam Prep 16, Work-Rate Problems — 1/A + 1/B = 1/T 14.05.2026 2:56

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 fundamental combined work-rate formula: 1/A + 1/B = 1/T, a...

AFOQT Exam Prep 15, Rate, Distance, Time — d=rt and Average Speed Traps 13.05.2026 2:33

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 core formula for all motion problems is Distance = Rate ×...

AFOQT Exam Prep 14, Word Problem Translation Under 70 Seconds 12.05.2026 3:10

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: - How to instantly translate common English phrases into algebra...

AFOQT Exam Prep 13, Cause-Effect, Category, and Characteristic Analogies 11.05.2026 3:42

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 master three core AFOQT analogy types: Cause-Effect (germ:i...

AFOQT Exam Prep 12, Function, Tool, and Worker Analogies 10.05.2026 3:18

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: - How to identify three key analogy types on the AFOQT: tool-wor...

AFOQT Exam Prep 11, Part-to-Whole and Whole-to-Part Analogies 09.05.2026 2:15

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: - The critical difference between part-to-whole and whole-to-par...

AFOQT Exam Prep 10, Synonym, Antonym, and Degree-of-Intensity Analogies 08.05.2026 3:13

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 identify and solve synonym analogies by focusing on pre...

AFOQT Exam Prep 9, Anatomy of a Verbal Analogy — A:B::C:D and 7 Relationship Types 07.05.2026 2:51

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 core strategy for any verbal analogy is to define the rela...

AFOQT Exam Prep 8, Test-Day Logistics — 5 Hours, ID, Snacks, Mental Stamina 06.05.2026 3:17

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 AFOQT is a 5-hour marathon requiring mental stamina; train...

AFOQT Exam Prep 7, Bubble-Sheet Hygiene and Off-by-One Prevention 05.05.2026 3:34

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 prevent the catastrophic "off-by-one" bubbling error th...

AFOQT Exam Prep 6, Guessing Strategy — Never Leave Blank 04.05.2026 2:55

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 AFOQT has no penalty for wrong answers, making guessing st...

AFOQT Exam Prep 5, The 150-Day Retest Rule and 3-Attempt Lifetime Cap 03.05.2026 3:49

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 AFOQT has a strict 150-day mandatory waiting period betwee...

AFOQT Exam Prep 4, Cut Scores Demystified — 15V/10Q and Pilot 25/CSO 10/Sum 50 02.05.2026 3:38

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 non-negotiable commissioning requirement is a Verbal score...

AFOQT Exam Prep 3, Decoding the 6 Composite Scores 01.05.2026 3:35

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 AFOQT reports six key composite scores as percentiles (1-9...

AFOQT Exam Prep 2, The 12 Subtests in Order and Why Pacing Matters 30.04.2026 3:17

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 AFOQT consists of 12 subtests administered in a fixed, unc...

AFOQT Exam Prep 1, AFOQT vs ASVAB — Who Takes Each Test 26.04.2026 4:01

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 fundamental difference between the AFOQT for officer candi...