PICAT/ASVAB EXAM 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETED & VERIFIED SOLUTIONS.

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-2^5 = - ANS - 32

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\-25-8 = - ANS - 17
\ 9 (square root) - ANS - 3
\16 = x/20, then x = - ANS - 320
\3(x + 6) = 39, then x= - ANS - 13
\A ball is attached to one end of a rod AB, and the other end is attached to a vertical rotating
axle as shown. The joint at B contains a pin so that the ball can move up and down. If the axle
BC rotates faster, angle X will - ANS - Become 90 degrees
\A car stops suddenly. Why are the passengers thrown forward against their seat belts? - ANS -
The inertia of each passenger
\A human skin cell divides by - ANS - mitosis.
\A period of time is usually measured by comparing it with another period of time. For example,
a year on Mercury is equal to 88 Earth days. A year on Uranus is approximately 348 Mercury
years. According to the passage, the way time is usually measured shows that time is - ANS -
Relative
\A perpetual-motion machine can never be built because it is not possible to eliminate - ANS -
inertia,
\A printing press will print 6,000 copies in 20 minutes. second press can print 15,000 copies in
60 minutes. How many more copies per minute will the faster press print than the slower press?
- ANS - 50
\A standard multimeter does NOT measure - ANS - frequency.
\A train goes twice as fast downhill as it can go uphill, and 2/3 as fast uphill as it can go on level
ground. If it goes 120 miles per hour downhill, how long will it take to travel 45 miles on flat
land? - ANS - 1/2 hour
\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? -
ANS - 968 sq ft
\Abhor most nearly means - ANS - detest; hate
\Abrupt most nearly means - ANS - unanticipated, sudden, unexpected
\Abstemious most nearly means - ANS - temperate, abstinent, moderate
\Acquisition - ANS - Procurement, accretion, attainment
\ADAGE most nearly means - ANS - Proverb
\Adjacent most nearly means - ANS -
\ADMONITION most nearly means - ANS - Warning
\Agile most nearly means - ANS - nimble, lithe, supple
\An analysis of the mandatory oil quota program shows that separate quotas were established
for crude oil and for petroleum products. Petroleum products were divided into light products
(mostly gasoline, jet fuel, and distillate) and heavy or residual fuel oil products. The quota for
crude oil imports was set at approximately ten percent of crude oil consumption. The passage

, implies which of the following about the oil quota program? - ANS - The quota for petroleum
products was the same as for crude oil products.
\An artist once wrote, "I draw material from the history of the past, wherein we see how nations
have risen from savage state to that of power and glory, and then have fallen and become
extinct." - ANS - A perpetual state of unresolved turmoil
\Any astronomical body that revolves around a larger body is called - ANS - a satellite.
\ART 2 - Arithmetic Reasoning Each August, a restaurant's rent is adjusted to the cost-of-living
index. The rent has been $1,550 a month, and the cost-of-living index for this August was 3.7%.
What is the new rent per month? - ANS - $1,607.35
\As piston P moves up In the direction shown, lever Q - ANS - Moves alternately In direction 1
and 2
\Attrition most nearly means - ANS - debilitation
\Boring most nearly means - ANS - Tedious, dull, monotonous
\Brawn most nearly means - ANS - Physical strength, muscles, burliness
\BROACH most nearly means - ANS - Mention
\brussels sprouts. Writers know this, and those who take their nonsensical or "light." Many poets
writing today sign The world decorates its serious artists with laurel, and its wags with literary
selves with great seriousness are at considerable pains never to associate their names with
anything funny or flippant or their real names to their serious verse and pseudonyms to their
comical verse. It is a wise precaution. The passage is primarily concerned with the - ANS - lack
of respect given to humorous writing.
\CAJOLE most nearly means - ANS - Wheedle
\Centrifugal force is the - ANS - Outward force caused by rotation
\Chronicle most nearly means - ANS - Reason, record, history
\Clutter most nearly means - ANS - litter, dissarange, jumble, fill
\COMMUNIQUE most nearly means - ANS - Message
\Commuted most nearly means - ANS - travel
\CONSTRUE most nearly means - ANS - Interpret
\CONTENTIOUS most nearly means - ANS - Quarrelsome
\Coolant flow through an engine is regulated by the - ANS - Thermostat
\Coroner most nearly means - ANS - medical examiner, investigator
\Debra and Ian shared in a $1,000,000 estate. If lan received $125.000, and Debra the rest,
what fraction of the estate did Debra receive? - ANS - 7/8
\Debra and Ian shared in a 1,000,000$ estate. If Ian received 125,000, and Debra the rest, what
fraction of the estate did Debra receive? - ANS - 7-8
\Decorum most nearly means - ANS - propriety, properness, seemliness, decency
\DECRY most nearly means - ANS - Disparage
\Depleted most nearly means - ANS - empty, drain, expend
\Destitution most nearly means - ANS - poverty
\Diminish most nearly means - ANS - decrease, lessen, decline
\Disparity most nearly means - ANS - discrepancy, incongruity
\Emphasize most neary means - ANS - Accentuate
\Enclosure most nearly means - ANS - paddock, compound, stockade
\Excels most nearly means - ANS - shine, be excellent, be outstaterm