Picat Exam Questions with Correct Answers
Which characteristic is present in most crustaceans.
exoskeleton
The graph shows changes overtime in a population of bacteria added to a test tube of
growth medium. What activity characterizes the growth cycle during phase 2?
Bacteria are increasing in a metabolic activity, though not dividing.
What is the major force that changes peat to coal?
pressure
The graph shows changes overtime in a population of bacteria added to a test tube of
growth medium. What activity characterizes the growth cycle during phase 2?
Bacteria are increasing in metabolic activity, though not dividing.
Where are the reproductive organs located in angiosperms?
flowers
CARBON-14 is an example of an?
isotope
Which occupation would most likely involved in genome mapping?
Geneticist
Which of the following blood components is responsible for forming a clot at a wound
site?
platelets
,What is a measuring unit for the pressure of a liquid?
Pounds per square inch (PSI)
Which of the following terms is used to describe an organisms tendency to maintain its
idea internal state relative to properties such as a temperature and a pH?
Homeostasis
Which of the following processes occurs when a substance changes phase from solid
directly to vapor?
Sublimation
Which of the following is the PH of a neutral solution?
7
What term refers to the force of attraction between two objects?
Friction
The science of classification is called?
taxonomy
At an airport, 25% of the flights arrive from within the state, 35% from out of state,
and the rest from other countries. How many flights arrived from out of state, if a total
of 240 flights arrived.
84
A friend gives a neighbor 13 2/3 of twine from a brand new spool, leaving 38 2/5 feet of
twine on the spool how many feet of twine were originally on the spool?
52 1/15
, If an employee invest 5% of his pretax salary into a retirement plan, the company will
match 25% of that amount how much will the company contribute to the plan if the
employee earns $50,000 before taxes?
$625
Two tanks are each partially filled with 96 gallons of water, as shown in the illustration.
Tank a is 4/5 full and tank B is 2/3 full. What is the maximum amount of water that can
be held in both tanks together?
192 gallons
Sherwin has a small rectangular garden plot that has a 24 foot perimeter. The width
width of the garden is exactly 1/2 of its length. What is the area of Sherlyn's garden in
square feet?
32
A photograph was reduced to width of 15.6 cm using a scale factor of 3:2. What was the
width of the original photograph?
23.4 cm
The music concert is three hours long. During the concert there is 127 minute
intermission. Approximately what percentage of the concert is the intermission.
12%
I sweater design cost for the following balls of yarn: 10 white, 3 green, and 2 yellow.
What percentage of the yarn is green?
5%
Which characteristic is present in most crustaceans.
exoskeleton
The graph shows changes overtime in a population of bacteria added to a test tube of
growth medium. What activity characterizes the growth cycle during phase 2?
Bacteria are increasing in a metabolic activity, though not dividing.
What is the major force that changes peat to coal?
pressure
The graph shows changes overtime in a population of bacteria added to a test tube of
growth medium. What activity characterizes the growth cycle during phase 2?
Bacteria are increasing in metabolic activity, though not dividing.
Where are the reproductive organs located in angiosperms?
flowers
CARBON-14 is an example of an?
isotope
Which occupation would most likely involved in genome mapping?
Geneticist
Which of the following blood components is responsible for forming a clot at a wound
site?
platelets
,What is a measuring unit for the pressure of a liquid?
Pounds per square inch (PSI)
Which of the following terms is used to describe an organisms tendency to maintain its
idea internal state relative to properties such as a temperature and a pH?
Homeostasis
Which of the following processes occurs when a substance changes phase from solid
directly to vapor?
Sublimation
Which of the following is the PH of a neutral solution?
7
What term refers to the force of attraction between two objects?
Friction
The science of classification is called?
taxonomy
At an airport, 25% of the flights arrive from within the state, 35% from out of state,
and the rest from other countries. How many flights arrived from out of state, if a total
of 240 flights arrived.
84
A friend gives a neighbor 13 2/3 of twine from a brand new spool, leaving 38 2/5 feet of
twine on the spool how many feet of twine were originally on the spool?
52 1/15
, If an employee invest 5% of his pretax salary into a retirement plan, the company will
match 25% of that amount how much will the company contribute to the plan if the
employee earns $50,000 before taxes?
$625
Two tanks are each partially filled with 96 gallons of water, as shown in the illustration.
Tank a is 4/5 full and tank B is 2/3 full. What is the maximum amount of water that can
be held in both tanks together?
192 gallons
Sherwin has a small rectangular garden plot that has a 24 foot perimeter. The width
width of the garden is exactly 1/2 of its length. What is the area of Sherlyn's garden in
square feet?
32
A photograph was reduced to width of 15.6 cm using a scale factor of 3:2. What was the
width of the original photograph?
23.4 cm
The music concert is three hours long. During the concert there is 127 minute
intermission. Approximately what percentage of the concert is the intermission.
12%
I sweater design cost for the following balls of yarn: 10 white, 3 green, and 2 yellow.
What percentage of the yarn is green?
5%
