PiCAT practice test Questions and Answers (Graded A)

A rose is - Answer- A flower General science - Answer- Which of these reduce friction? A. Car breaks B. Tire thread C. Ball bearings D. Sandpaper - Answer- Ball bearings If you place bean seed between moist paper towels and watch the stem and leaves appear, you will see a demonstration of A. Transpiration B. Germination C. Fertilization D. Pollination - Answer- Germination Any astronomical body that revolves around a large body is called - Answer- A satellite In chemistry, to be classified as an organic substance, a substance must contain - Answer- Carbon atoms Which element does Not contain any neutrons - Answer- Hydrogen What is the symbol for the hydroxyl ion - Answer- OH- perpetual motion machine can never be built because it is not possible to eliminate - Answer- elasticity The chemical formula of a compound describes the elements the compound contains and the - Answer- the ratio of elements in a compound When scientist measure liquids resistance to flow, they are measuring the liquids - Answer- viscosity The tympanic membrane's are also known as the - Answer- Ear drums When sodium atoms form sodium ions they: - Answer- lose electrons Chocking is prevented by then - Answer- Esophagus covering the voice box Which of the following actions produce a chemical change? A. Boiling water B. Burning the rice C. Adding salt to the water D. Melting butter on cooked rice - Answer- Burning the rice Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource A. Wood B. Water C. Copper D. Biomass - Answer- Copper What do a hydrogen molecule and and an oxygen molecule have in common - Answer- the charge on each electron Arithmetic reasoning - Answer- A student bought a sandwich for 80 cents , milk for 20 cents, and pie for 30 cents. How much does the Meal cost? - Answer- 1.30 A radar is designed to report the track of an aircraft every second. If this radar reports 30 tracks in one minute, what percentage of the time did the raider track in the aircraft? - Answer- 50 % A certain bag of potting soil is 1/4 Peat Moss, and the rest is dirt what part is dirt ? - Answer- ******** 3/4 or 75 percent An airplane is at 32,000 feet above sea level and descends at an average rate of 1,000 feet per minute. How many minutes will it take for the airplane to land at an airport 3,000 feet above sea level? - Answer- 29 A sweater originally priced at $80 and was marked down by 25%. What was the sale price of the sweater? - Answer- $60 Terry earns a $250 salary plus 5 dollars per sell. how many sales Must terry make to earn $765 altogether? - Answer- 103 Together, two people earn 28,000. One earns 2,000 more than the other. How much is the smaller income? - Answer- 13,000 Jerry walked a dog from 6:40 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. one day. If he was paid at the rate of $6 per hour, how much did he earn that day? - Answer- $5.90 If the perimeter of a square garden is 84 feet, what is the area of the garden? - Answer- 441 A woman is looking for a bigger square office. She finds an office twice the area of her current office. If the perimeter of her current office is 88 feet, how many square feet is the new office? - Answer- 968 square feet Five people, each working 8 hours a day can assemble 400 toys in a 5 day work week. what is the average number of toys assembled per hour per person? - Answer- 16 (used choices to determine that 5*16= 80, and 80 toys per day for 5 days= 400) If a 5-foot post casts an 8-foot shadow at the same time that a nearby tree casts a 48-foot shadow, how tall is the tree? - Answer- 30 feet A pie was cut into two equal pieces. Each of the pieces of pie was cut into halves again, and each of those smaller pieces was cut into two equal pieces. If two of the pieces of the pie were eaten what portion of the pie remains? - Answer- - 8 pieces of the pie in total (2+2+4) - 2 pieces were eaten - 6 pieces are left - 6/8 = 3/4 An electronics store had A 20% off sale. if a stereo originally cost $125, how much did the stereocost during the sale? - Answer- 100 A gas can is filled at the rate of 320 cubic inches per minute. The can is 10 inches long, 8 inches wide, and 12 inches high. How many minutes will it take to fill the can? - Answer- 5 A homeowner plans to hang wallpaper on one wall of a bedroom that is 10 feet long. If a strip of wallpaper is 20 INCHES wide and strips are hung vertically, how many strips of wallpaper will the homeowner require? - Answer- 2-1/2 word knowledge - Answer- *Emphasize* most nearly means - Answer- to accentuate We will long remember our *perilous*journey - Answer- Hazardous *Inept*most nearly means? - Answer- Silly *Oppressive*most nearly means? - Answer- Painful *Prestige* most nearly means - Answer- status *Complexity* most nearly means - Answer- intricacy *Void* most nearly means - Answer- empty *Fervently* most nearly mean - Answer- Passionately *Devout* most nearly means - Answer- pious *Erratically* most nearly means - Answer- irregularly *Sustain* most nearly means - Answer- Tolerate They *consoled*each other after the accident. - Answer- Solaced The cashier "negated" the charge on the item. - Answer- nullified *Skepticism* most nearly mean - Answer- Cynicism The officers *conceit*was very obvious - Answer- Vanity Paragraph comprehension - Answer- The Women's Flying Training Detachment was the brainchild of Jacqueline Cochran, the famous flyer. Because of the overwhelming demand for qualified men to fly in combat during World War II, she was able to persuade the Army to train women pilots to ferry military aircraft from manufacturers to embarkation points for later shipment overseas. The author implies that the primary motivation for establishing a training program for women pilots during World War II was the - Answer- unavailability of qualified male pilots. Riding the mail plane is a low-budget way to visit America's largest national park -- Wrangell-St. Elias --13 million acres of scenic beauty. Copper first drew prospectors to this part of Alaska. From 1911 to 1938, the Kennicott mine produced 200 million tons of it. Now a mecca for tourists, the town of Kennicott was abandoned to the ghosts when the copper ran out. According to the passage, which of the following illustrates the correct sequence of events? - Answer- copper drew prospectors, tourist attraction, copper ran out, town abandoned 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? - Answer- 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 - Answer- 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 - Answe