PICAT 1 COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST
2026 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
● What is the major force that changes peat to coal? Answer: pressure
● The graph shows changes over time in a population of bacteria added
to a test tube of growth medium. What activity characterizes the growth
cycle during phase II? Answer: Bacteria are dividing regularly by binary
fission
● Carbon-14 is an example of an Answer: isotope
● Which occupation would most likely be involved in genome mapping?
Answer: geneticist
● Which of the following is a true statement about an electron? Answer:
It exhibits some properties of waves
● Both parents of a child are carriers of a recessive allele for a disorder.
What is the probability of their child having the recessive disorder?
Answer: 25%
2026 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
● What is the major force that changes peat to coal? Answer: pressure
● The graph shows changes over time in a population of bacteria added
to a test tube of growth medium. What activity characterizes the growth
cycle during phase II? Answer: Bacteria are dividing regularly by binary
fission
● Carbon-14 is an example of an Answer: isotope
● Which occupation would most likely be involved in genome mapping?
Answer: geneticist
● Which of the following is a true statement about an electron? Answer:
It exhibits some properties of waves
● Both parents of a child are carriers of a recessive allele for a disorder.
What is the probability of their child having the recessive disorder?
Answer: 25%
