PICAT Exam Question and Answer |
Comprehensive Preparation Pack |
Grade A+
• 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%
• A poster is 18 inches high and 24 inches long. It was made by enlarging a photograph
that was 3 inches high. If the photograph was proportionally enlarged, how long was the
original photograph? -✓✓6 inches
• A square room has a 12 foot long wall. What is the full area? -✓✓144 sq.ft
• Two brothers plan to mow lawn together. If one brother can mow six lines in one hour,
and the other brother can mow 12 lines in one hour and 30 minutes, how many lines
can they mow altogether in two hours? -✓✓18
• A clerk processes, 62 invoices in four hours. How many invoices can the clerk process
by working at this rate for 40 hours per week for six weeks? -✓✓2,480
• A person wants to install an inground swimming pool that will be 25 feet long, 18 feet
wide, and 4 feet deep. What volume of dirt will need to be excavated for this pool? -
✓✓450 cu.ft
Comprehensive Preparation Pack |
Grade A+
• 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%
• A poster is 18 inches high and 24 inches long. It was made by enlarging a photograph
that was 3 inches high. If the photograph was proportionally enlarged, how long was the
original photograph? -✓✓6 inches
• A square room has a 12 foot long wall. What is the full area? -✓✓144 sq.ft
• Two brothers plan to mow lawn together. If one brother can mow six lines in one hour,
and the other brother can mow 12 lines in one hour and 30 minutes, how many lines
can they mow altogether in two hours? -✓✓18
• A clerk processes, 62 invoices in four hours. How many invoices can the clerk process
by working at this rate for 40 hours per week for six weeks? -✓✓2,480
• A person wants to install an inground swimming pool that will be 25 feet long, 18 feet
wide, and 4 feet deep. What volume of dirt will need to be excavated for this pool? -
✓✓450 cu.ft
