PiCAT/ASVAB Questions
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 seatbelts? - ANS -
The inertia of each passenger
\A printing press will print 6,000 copies in 20 minutes. A second press can print 15,000 in 60
minutes, How many more copies per minute will the faster press print than the slower press? -
ANS - 50
\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 radar track the aircraft? - ANS - 50%
\A starter gear disengages to avoid - ANS - Damage to the starter
\A torque wrench is used to tighten the bolt when - ANS - the exact amount of forces on the bolt
has to be measured
\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 per flat
land? - ANS - 1/2 an 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
\AC stands for - ANS - Alternating Current
\Adage - ANS - Proverb
\Adhesive Supplied in two parts - ANS - Epoxy
\Centrifugal Force - ANS - an apparent force that acts outward on a body moving around a
center, arising from the body's inertia.
\Chisel - ANS - Used to make deep cuts
\Communique - ANS - Message
\Consoled - ANS - Solaced
\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
\Devout - ANS - Pious
\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
\Embody - ANS - Exemplify
\Emphasize - ANS - Accentuate
\Engine flywheel bolts to the - ANS - Crankshaft
\Erratically - ANS - Irregularly
\Feverntly - ANS - Passionately
\Friction - ANS - A force that opposes motion between two surfaces that are in contact
\Friction - ANS - Prevents motion
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 seatbelts? - ANS -
The inertia of each passenger
\A printing press will print 6,000 copies in 20 minutes. A second press can print 15,000 in 60
minutes, How many more copies per minute will the faster press print than the slower press? -
ANS - 50
\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 radar track the aircraft? - ANS - 50%
\A starter gear disengages to avoid - ANS - Damage to the starter
\A torque wrench is used to tighten the bolt when - ANS - the exact amount of forces on the bolt
has to be measured
\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 per flat
land? - ANS - 1/2 an 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
\AC stands for - ANS - Alternating Current
\Adage - ANS - Proverb
\Adhesive Supplied in two parts - ANS - Epoxy
\Centrifugal Force - ANS - an apparent force that acts outward on a body moving around a
center, arising from the body's inertia.
\Chisel - ANS - Used to make deep cuts
\Communique - ANS - Message
\Consoled - ANS - Solaced
\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
\Devout - ANS - Pious
\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
\Embody - ANS - Exemplify
\Emphasize - ANS - Accentuate
\Engine flywheel bolts to the - ANS - Crankshaft
\Erratically - ANS - Irregularly
\Feverntly - ANS - Passionately
\Friction - ANS - A force that opposes motion between two surfaces that are in contact
\Friction - ANS - Prevents motion
