PICAT STUDY TEST QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
There are 9 equal stacks of tiles. A worker loads 4 stacks of tiles in a wheelbarrow and
5 stacks in a truck. How many tiles are in the truck, if there are 28 tiles in the
wheelbarrow? - Answer-140
A jeweler had a sale on rings marked "Two for the Price of One." If the jeweler normally
sells the rings for $50.00 and they cost him $20.00 each, his profit on the sale of two
rings will be - Answer-$10
Paulo 1s 120 cm tall. His younger brother is 3/4 as tall. How tall 1s Paulo's brother? -
Answer-90cm
If Gloria deposits $200 at 7% for 1 year, how much will that deposit be worth at the end
of that year? - Answer-$214
A group of 25 partners share the profit of a business. What percentage of profit does
each receive, if they share equally? - Answer-25%
A computer programmer writes an average of 40 lines of code per hour. The
programmer has 6 projects and takes 2 hours to write the code for each project. How
many total lines of code did the programmer write? - Answer-480 lines
The newspapers carried out an (unrelenting) campaign. - Answer-persistent
"Confidante" most nearly means: - Answer-close friend
Adorn most nearly means - Answer-to decorate
"Incisive" most nearly means: - Answer-punitive
Are you going to "rant" or move on ? - Answer-seethe
he slipped back into his once familiar vernacular - Answer-every day speech
Laden most nearly means - Answer-burdened
, The discussion was dominated by three
crudite participants. - Answer-learned
The greyhounds willowy body is conducive to high-speed running. - Answer-athletic
glean most nearly means - Answer-to gather
invariably most nearly means - Answer-customarily
fortuitous most nearly means - Answer-happening by chance
In every healthy democracy one will find, in addition to lively discussion and a thriving
press, lots of political satire. Political satire is a genre of written, oral, and graphic
communication that pokes fun at politicians, political parties, and the activities of
government. It is humor, but humor with a purpose; by exaggerating faults and foibles,
the satirist hopes to provoke laughter while making a point.
Leaders of governments and political parties often suffer most at the hands of the
satirist, so it is wise for those who wish to make a career of politics to be able to laugh at
themselves and take a joke. Like a forest without the sounds of birds, a democracy
without the sights and sounds of political satire is a sign that something - Answer-
explain what political satire is and why it is important.
International Falls, Minnesota, a city on the U.S. and Canadian border, earned the legal
right to call itself the "Icebox of the Nation" after battling the ski town of Fraser,
Colorado, for the title. After learning that Fraser had been using the slogan, which their
own town had claimed since 1948, International Falls officials headed for the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office and successfully obtained a registration certificate. The
legal victory is about more than simple bragging rights. International Falls uses the
icebox moniker to market itself as the country's best location for cold-weather testing
projects. - Answer-brings both dollars and recognition to International Falls.
The American newspaper columnist Art Buchwald wrote humor columns--first for the
European edition of the New York Herald Tribune in the 1950s and later for the
Washington Post. Rather than the stinging wit of some of his contemporaries,
Buchwald's style was kindly. Every once in a while, however, his patience with a
politician, institution, or policy would wear thin, and his readers would see another, less
avuncular side. Art Buchwald's newspaper column was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for
commentary in 1982. Over the course of his career he would write newspaper columns
and publish humorous books for half a century.
One can infer from the passage that Art Buchwald's writing, when he nearly lost his
patience, - Answer-dismissive
andrew carnegie - Answer-Admiring of Carnegie for donating a large part of his wealth
After hearing reports on the dangers of mercury vapor from silver fillings, many people
have decided to have these fillings replaced with a nonmetal material. While
AND ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
There are 9 equal stacks of tiles. A worker loads 4 stacks of tiles in a wheelbarrow and
5 stacks in a truck. How many tiles are in the truck, if there are 28 tiles in the
wheelbarrow? - Answer-140
A jeweler had a sale on rings marked "Two for the Price of One." If the jeweler normally
sells the rings for $50.00 and they cost him $20.00 each, his profit on the sale of two
rings will be - Answer-$10
Paulo 1s 120 cm tall. His younger brother is 3/4 as tall. How tall 1s Paulo's brother? -
Answer-90cm
If Gloria deposits $200 at 7% for 1 year, how much will that deposit be worth at the end
of that year? - Answer-$214
A group of 25 partners share the profit of a business. What percentage of profit does
each receive, if they share equally? - Answer-25%
A computer programmer writes an average of 40 lines of code per hour. The
programmer has 6 projects and takes 2 hours to write the code for each project. How
many total lines of code did the programmer write? - Answer-480 lines
The newspapers carried out an (unrelenting) campaign. - Answer-persistent
"Confidante" most nearly means: - Answer-close friend
Adorn most nearly means - Answer-to decorate
"Incisive" most nearly means: - Answer-punitive
Are you going to "rant" or move on ? - Answer-seethe
he slipped back into his once familiar vernacular - Answer-every day speech
Laden most nearly means - Answer-burdened
, The discussion was dominated by three
crudite participants. - Answer-learned
The greyhounds willowy body is conducive to high-speed running. - Answer-athletic
glean most nearly means - Answer-to gather
invariably most nearly means - Answer-customarily
fortuitous most nearly means - Answer-happening by chance
In every healthy democracy one will find, in addition to lively discussion and a thriving
press, lots of political satire. Political satire is a genre of written, oral, and graphic
communication that pokes fun at politicians, political parties, and the activities of
government. It is humor, but humor with a purpose; by exaggerating faults and foibles,
the satirist hopes to provoke laughter while making a point.
Leaders of governments and political parties often suffer most at the hands of the
satirist, so it is wise for those who wish to make a career of politics to be able to laugh at
themselves and take a joke. Like a forest without the sounds of birds, a democracy
without the sights and sounds of political satire is a sign that something - Answer-
explain what political satire is and why it is important.
International Falls, Minnesota, a city on the U.S. and Canadian border, earned the legal
right to call itself the "Icebox of the Nation" after battling the ski town of Fraser,
Colorado, for the title. After learning that Fraser had been using the slogan, which their
own town had claimed since 1948, International Falls officials headed for the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office and successfully obtained a registration certificate. The
legal victory is about more than simple bragging rights. International Falls uses the
icebox moniker to market itself as the country's best location for cold-weather testing
projects. - Answer-brings both dollars and recognition to International Falls.
The American newspaper columnist Art Buchwald wrote humor columns--first for the
European edition of the New York Herald Tribune in the 1950s and later for the
Washington Post. Rather than the stinging wit of some of his contemporaries,
Buchwald's style was kindly. Every once in a while, however, his patience with a
politician, institution, or policy would wear thin, and his readers would see another, less
avuncular side. Art Buchwald's newspaper column was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for
commentary in 1982. Over the course of his career he would write newspaper columns
and publish humorous books for half a century.
One can infer from the passage that Art Buchwald's writing, when he nearly lost his
patience, - Answer-dismissive
andrew carnegie - Answer-Admiring of Carnegie for donating a large part of his wealth
After hearing reports on the dangers of mercury vapor from silver fillings, many people
have decided to have these fillings replaced with a nonmetal material. While
