PICAT 2026 EXAM TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔When we think of security for the home, most of us think of devices that will
physically hinder another person. Researchers have found that some simple, everyday,
fairly inexpensive objects can be as effective as much more expensive security
systems.
Which of the following sentences would most likely come next in the paragraph? -
✔✔For example, doors should only be opened after a visitor has been identified.
✔✔The fable always explicitly states a moral truth. The fairy tale, in contrast, leaves all
decisions about meaning up to us, whether we wish to make any application to our life
or simply to enjoy the fantastic events it tells about.
According to the passage, a fable differs from a fairy tale in that a fable has - ✔✔an
ethical meaning.
✔✔In the beginning, there is always the crunch. Bite into a red apple or a green one, a
red one streaked with yellow, a yellow one with a rosy blush, a round or oblong one,
baseball size or softball size, and before the flavor, before even the tang of acidity, there
is the crunch. At least, there had better be.
It can be inferred from the passage that the author considers the most important
characteristic of a good apple to be its - ✔✔Crispness
✔✔If a label says "one size fits all," there's one thing you can count on: that one size fits
no one. Store managers love the idea because inventory is simplified. Manufacturers
like it because it makes production easier and profit margins higher. And some
computer networks prefer it because it saves costly computer time and memory space.
It saves time and money for them, not for you.
According to the paragraph, the production of "one size fits all" merchandise benefits all
of the following EXCEPT - ✔✔Consumers
✔✔Enjoying a leisurely vacation can be a tough assignment for people who thrive on an
upbeat pace in their daily routines. For many, it just is not possible to switch gears into
neutral and lie by a pool for a week or more; they need excitement.
The author's main point is that
active people should take leisurely vacations. - ✔✔an exciting vacation should last a
week or more.
✔✔Flowers should be coming from a garden early in the morning or late in the
afternoon. Is better to cut them with a sharp knife or a razor rather than shears because
, shears compress the stem tissues. The stems of cut flowers should be put in water
immediately. Flowers from wet plants with mildew should never be cut because disease
might be transmitted from one plant to another.
According to this passage, you should - ✔✔*********
✔✔At the beginning of the twentieth century, Sir Henry Mill Pellat, the Canadian
financier and industrialist, built Casa Loma, a fabulous Norman-Gothic- Romanesque
castle, on a hilltop overlooking Toronto . He and his wife lived in the castle for a short
while, but then he lost his fortune and lost the castle. Today, Sir Henry is gone, but
Casa Loma still attracts hundreds of tourists every day.
Which of the following best describes the order of events? - ✔✔*******
✔✔Julius Erving is one of only few professional basketball players to score 30,000
points. When Erving was in Hugh school he was given the appropriate nickname, "the
doctor" because he "operated" so well on the basketball court. Later Ervings pro
basketball teammates changed the nickname to Dr.j
Assuming their job as well as Dr.J, all of the following persons are appropriately
nicknamed except. - ✔✔The trapeze artist nicknamed " butterfingers"
✔✔Mathematical knowledge - ✔✔
✔✔if x+3y=7 and y=2, then x equals? - ✔✔1 ( x +3(2)= 7 and 1+6=7)
✔✔What are the functions of x2+ 4x+3? - ✔✔(X+3)(x+1)
✔✔What is the area of a parallelogram if its length is x+4 and its height is x+3? -
✔✔X^2+7x+12
✔✔Simplify 3/5x+x - ✔✔8/5x
✔✔The hypotenuse of a right triangle has a length of 14 units and a side that is 9 units
long. Which equation can be used to find the length of the remaining side? - ✔✔x^2 =
14^2 - 9
✔✔The product of 3! is ? - ✔✔6
✔✔The factors of 2x ^2 +xy-3y^2 are - ✔✔(2x+3y)(x-y)
✔✔What is the product of the reciprocals of 2/3, and 1/8, and 5? - ✔✔5/12
✔✔What is the product of (a - 1) and (2a + 2) - ✔✔2(a^2 - 1)
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔When we think of security for the home, most of us think of devices that will
physically hinder another person. Researchers have found that some simple, everyday,
fairly inexpensive objects can be as effective as much more expensive security
systems.
Which of the following sentences would most likely come next in the paragraph? -
✔✔For example, doors should only be opened after a visitor has been identified.
✔✔The fable always explicitly states a moral truth. The fairy tale, in contrast, leaves all
decisions about meaning up to us, whether we wish to make any application to our life
or simply to enjoy the fantastic events it tells about.
According to the passage, a fable differs from a fairy tale in that a fable has - ✔✔an
ethical meaning.
✔✔In the beginning, there is always the crunch. Bite into a red apple or a green one, a
red one streaked with yellow, a yellow one with a rosy blush, a round or oblong one,
baseball size or softball size, and before the flavor, before even the tang of acidity, there
is the crunch. At least, there had better be.
It can be inferred from the passage that the author considers the most important
characteristic of a good apple to be its - ✔✔Crispness
✔✔If a label says "one size fits all," there's one thing you can count on: that one size fits
no one. Store managers love the idea because inventory is simplified. Manufacturers
like it because it makes production easier and profit margins higher. And some
computer networks prefer it because it saves costly computer time and memory space.
It saves time and money for them, not for you.
According to the paragraph, the production of "one size fits all" merchandise benefits all
of the following EXCEPT - ✔✔Consumers
✔✔Enjoying a leisurely vacation can be a tough assignment for people who thrive on an
upbeat pace in their daily routines. For many, it just is not possible to switch gears into
neutral and lie by a pool for a week or more; they need excitement.
The author's main point is that
active people should take leisurely vacations. - ✔✔an exciting vacation should last a
week or more.
✔✔Flowers should be coming from a garden early in the morning or late in the
afternoon. Is better to cut them with a sharp knife or a razor rather than shears because
, shears compress the stem tissues. The stems of cut flowers should be put in water
immediately. Flowers from wet plants with mildew should never be cut because disease
might be transmitted from one plant to another.
According to this passage, you should - ✔✔*********
✔✔At the beginning of the twentieth century, Sir Henry Mill Pellat, the Canadian
financier and industrialist, built Casa Loma, a fabulous Norman-Gothic- Romanesque
castle, on a hilltop overlooking Toronto . He and his wife lived in the castle for a short
while, but then he lost his fortune and lost the castle. Today, Sir Henry is gone, but
Casa Loma still attracts hundreds of tourists every day.
Which of the following best describes the order of events? - ✔✔*******
✔✔Julius Erving is one of only few professional basketball players to score 30,000
points. When Erving was in Hugh school he was given the appropriate nickname, "the
doctor" because he "operated" so well on the basketball court. Later Ervings pro
basketball teammates changed the nickname to Dr.j
Assuming their job as well as Dr.J, all of the following persons are appropriately
nicknamed except. - ✔✔The trapeze artist nicknamed " butterfingers"
✔✔Mathematical knowledge - ✔✔
✔✔if x+3y=7 and y=2, then x equals? - ✔✔1 ( x +3(2)= 7 and 1+6=7)
✔✔What are the functions of x2+ 4x+3? - ✔✔(X+3)(x+1)
✔✔What is the area of a parallelogram if its length is x+4 and its height is x+3? -
✔✔X^2+7x+12
✔✔Simplify 3/5x+x - ✔✔8/5x
✔✔The hypotenuse of a right triangle has a length of 14 units and a side that is 9 units
long. Which equation can be used to find the length of the remaining side? - ✔✔x^2 =
14^2 - 9
✔✔The product of 3! is ? - ✔✔6
✔✔The factors of 2x ^2 +xy-3y^2 are - ✔✔(2x+3y)(x-y)
✔✔What is the product of the reciprocals of 2/3, and 1/8, and 5? - ✔✔5/12
✔✔What is the product of (a - 1) and (2a + 2) - ✔✔2(a^2 - 1)
