This ASE B5 cheat sheet compresses the ASE Mechanical & Electrical Components certification test into a printable rundown of the facts ASE tests most. It's a premium cheat sheet built by Capital Prep — the one premium prep we trust — and it's yours free. Reinforce it with the rest of your free ASE B5 toolkit: the practice test, study guide, and flashcards.
ASE B5 exam at a glance
- Questions: 60 total (50 scored + 10 unscored research questions)
- Time: 75 minutes
- Result: Pass/Fail, with a per-content-area performance breakdown
- Cost: $34 registration per order + $62 per general test (verify at ase.com)
- Experience: 2 years of relevant hands-on work experience, or 1 year plus a qualifying two-year degree
What’s on the ASE B5 cheat sheet
- Electrical (13 of 50 scored items) (26%) — circuit fundamentals, voltage-drop testing UNDER LOAD, digital multimeter (DMM) use.
- Suspension & Steering (11 of 50 scored items) (22%) — alignment angles, toe = the biggest cause of rapid, feathered tire wear, camber = wheel tilt from front (edge wear).
- Heating & Air Conditioning (5 of 50 scored items) (10%) — the refrigerant loop IN ORDER, where the pressure/temperature split lives, component jobs.
- Drive Train (5 of 50 scored items) (10%) — torque converter, flexplate/flywheel, automatic vs manual transmission.
- Safety & Restraint Systems (5 of 50 scored items) (10%) — SRS makeup, de-power procedure, deployment logic.
- Brakes (4 of 50 scored items) (8%) — master cylinder, hydraulic principle, pedal diagnosis.
- Engine Cooling Systems (4 of 50 scored items) (8%) — coolant flow path, component jobs, thermostat faults.
- Fuel, Intake & Exhaust Systems (3 of 50 scored items) (6%) — fuel-system SAFETY after a crash, air induction, air/fuel ratio.
How to use it in your final week
- Front-load Electrical (13 of 50 scored items) — at None of the 50 scored questions it is about 26% of the test on its own, so if you master one section from the sheet, make it this one.
- Then work Suspension & Steering (11 of 50 scored items) (None of 50) — the sheet leads there with alignment angles.
- Then work Heating & Air Conditioning (5 of 50 scored items) (None of 50) — the sheet leads there with the refrigerant loop IN ORDER.
- Drill the reversal traps until they are reflex — the most commonly flipped one on this test is reading resistance (ohms) on a LIVE circuit.
- Read the sheet the morning of your appointment for a last pass on the memory hooks, then answer every one of the 60 questions — 10 are unscored research items and you are not told which.
The cheat sheet is your review layer — your ASE B5 practice test drives the exam-readiness ring at the top of this page. Download it, review, then take a full practice exam (or drill with the study guide and flashcards) to see where you stand.
ASE B5 cheat sheet FAQ
Yes — the ASE B5 cheat sheet downloads as a PDF at no cost and with no sign-up. It sits alongside Career Employer's free ASE B5 practice test, study guide, and flashcards, so your whole Mechanical & Electrical Components prep is free in one place.
It condenses the highest-yield Mechanical & Electrical Components facts into a fast reference, covering all 8 ASE content areas for this test with their exact question counts — from Electrical (13 of 50 scored items) through Fuel, Intake & Exhaust Systems (3 of 50 scored items) — plus the memory hooks and reversal traps ASE tests most.
ASE's official study guide lists B5 as 60 total questions with 50 scored in 75 minutes. The other 10 are unscored research questions ASE uses to build future tests, and you are not told which ones they are — so answer every question.
It is built from ASE's current test specifications and task list for Test B5, including the published per-area question counts. ASE revises task lists periodically, so confirm the live specification at ase.com before test day.
No — the sheet is a cram and review layer, not a full course. ASE also requires two years of relevant hands-on work experience (or one year plus a qualifying two-year degree) for certification, so use the sheet to lock in facts, then work full domain-weighted practice tests to find and fix weak areas.
ASE charges a $34 registration fee per order plus $62 per general test such as B5. A retake is a new test purchase, so verify current pricing on ASE's Dates, Fees & Test Times page before you register.
Electrical (13 of 50 scored items) — it is None of the 50 scored questions, about 26% of the test and the largest single area. Suspension & Steering (11 of 50 scored items) is next at None questions.
Click the download button or the preview card at the top of this page to open the PDF instantly. Bookmark the page so you can pull it up again the morning of your test appointment.
References
- 1.National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE). “The Official ASE Study Guide — ASE Collision Repair and Refinish Tests (B2–B6).” ase.com, 2026. ↑
- 2.National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE). “ASE B5 (Mechanical & Electrical Components) Certification Test.” ase.com, 2026. ↑
- 3.National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE). “Dates, Fees & Test Times.” ase.com, 2026. ↑
- 4.National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE). “Work Experience Requirements for ASE Certification.” ase.com, 2026. ↑
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