PiCAT practice test
*Complexity* most nearly means - ANS - intricacy
\*Devout* most nearly means - ANS - pious
\*Emphasize* most nearly means - ANS - to accentuate
\*Erratically* most nearly means - ANS - irregularly
\*Fervently* most nearly mean - ANS - Passionately
\*Inept*most nearly means? - ANS - Silly
\*Oppressive*most nearly means? - ANS - Painful
\*Prestige* most nearly means - ANS - status
\*Skepticism* most nearly mean - ANS - Cynicism
\*Sustain* most nearly means - ANS - Tolerate
\*Void* most nearly means - ANS - empty
\A belt passes over a drum and its ends are connected to springs,if the drum rotates in the
direction shown and there is friction between the drum and the belt,then? - ANS - A. spring 1 will
get shorter and spring 2 longer.
\A book is placed against a wall as shown in this illustration-if the book slides down the wall at
constant speed,what two force are acting on the book? - ANS - gravity and friction
\A box sits on a smooth table.Three strings are attached to the box,each having a weight of 10
lbs attached to the other end. The box will move in direction? - ANS - D
\A car with a manual clutch will always have - ANS - standard transmission
\A certain bag of potting soil is 1/4 Peat Moss, and the rest is dirt what part is dirt ? - ANS -
******** 3/4 or 75 percent
\A fan belt is part of which system of automobile? - ANS - emission control
\A filled water tank is placed above an empty bucket. A hose filled with air is placed in both the
tank and the bucket as shown.What will cause the water to flow from the tank to the bucket? -
ANS - Fill the bucket with water.
\A gas can is filled at the rate of 320 cubic inches per minute. The can is 10 inches long, 8
inches wide, and 12 inches high. How many minutes will it take to fill the can? - ANS - 5
\A homeowner plans to hang wallpaper on one wall of a bedroom that is 10 feet long. If a strip of
wallpaper is 20 INCHES wide and strips are hung vertically, how many strips of wallpaper will
the homeowner require? - ANS - 2-1/2
\a material that has very high resistance to the flow of electric current is - ANS - insulator******
\A pie was cut into two equal pieces. Each of the pieces of pie was cut into halves again, and
each of those smaller pieces was cut into two equal pieces. If two of the pieces of the pie were
eaten what portion of the pie remains? - ANS - - 8 pieces of the pie in total (2+2+4)
- 2 pieces were eaten
- 6 pieces are left
- 6/8 = 3/4
, \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 raider track in the aircraft? - ANS - 50 %
\A rose is - ANS - A flower
\A series of four gears (W,X,Y,Z) is driven by pulley V and a belt-if V turns in the direction
shown,which gears will rotate clockwise? - ANS - y, w
\A spring is compressed against a wall by a wooden block that has a force applied to it.If the
force is removed from the block - ANS - A. The spring will move to the left
\A spring will compress one inch for every 50 pounds of force that is applied to it.How much
force is needed to compress the same spring 10 inches? - ANS - 500 lbs
\A standard multimeter does NOT measure? - ANS - frequency
\A student bought a sandwich for 80 cents , milk for 20 cents, and pie for 30 cents. How much
does the Meal cost? - ANS - 1.30
\A sweater originally priced at $80 and was marked down by 25%. What was the sale price of
the sweater? - ANS - $60
\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 square feet
\An airplane is at 32,000 feet above sea level and descends at an average rate of 1,000 feet per
minute. How many minutes will it take for the airplane to land at an airport 3,000 feet above sea
level? - ANS - 29
\An anti - lock braking system ( ABS ) is designed to prevent - ANS - B
\An Anvil is typically used to.... - ANS - Shape hot metal
\an automobile fuel filter is primarily used to clean - ANS - gasoline or diesel fuel
\An electronics store had A 20% off sale. if a stereo originally cost $125, how much did the
stereocost during the sale? - ANS - 100
\Any astronomical body that revolves around a large body is called - ANS - A satellite
\Arithmetic reasoning - ANS -
\As part A moves to the left, gear C will turn - ANS - C. first in direction 1 and then in direction 2
\Assembling objects - ANS -
\At the beginning of the twentieth century, Sir Henry Mill Pellat, the Canadian financier and
industrialist, built Casa Loma, a fabulous Norman-Gothic- Romanesque castle, on a hilltop
overlooking Toronto . He and his wife lived in the castle for a short while, but then he lost his
fortune and lost the castle. Today, Sir Henry is gone, but Casa Loma still attracts hundreds of
tourists every day.
Which of the following best describes the order of events? - ANS - *******
\Automotive information* - ANS -
\Brake shoes stop a car by exerting pressure on the... - ANS - Tires
\Chocking is prevented by then - ANS - Esophagus covering the voice box
\Electrical arcing occurs when. - ANS - High voltage electricity jumps between two conductors
\Electronics information - ANS -
\Enjoying a leisurely vacation can be a tough assignment for people who thrive on an upbeat
pace in their daily routines. For many, it just is not possible to switch gears into neutral and lie by
a pool for a week or more; they need excitement.
*Complexity* most nearly means - ANS - intricacy
\*Devout* most nearly means - ANS - pious
\*Emphasize* most nearly means - ANS - to accentuate
\*Erratically* most nearly means - ANS - irregularly
\*Fervently* most nearly mean - ANS - Passionately
\*Inept*most nearly means? - ANS - Silly
\*Oppressive*most nearly means? - ANS - Painful
\*Prestige* most nearly means - ANS - status
\*Skepticism* most nearly mean - ANS - Cynicism
\*Sustain* most nearly means - ANS - Tolerate
\*Void* most nearly means - ANS - empty
\A belt passes over a drum and its ends are connected to springs,if the drum rotates in the
direction shown and there is friction between the drum and the belt,then? - ANS - A. spring 1 will
get shorter and spring 2 longer.
\A book is placed against a wall as shown in this illustration-if the book slides down the wall at
constant speed,what two force are acting on the book? - ANS - gravity and friction
\A box sits on a smooth table.Three strings are attached to the box,each having a weight of 10
lbs attached to the other end. The box will move in direction? - ANS - D
\A car with a manual clutch will always have - ANS - standard transmission
\A certain bag of potting soil is 1/4 Peat Moss, and the rest is dirt what part is dirt ? - ANS -
******** 3/4 or 75 percent
\A fan belt is part of which system of automobile? - ANS - emission control
\A filled water tank is placed above an empty bucket. A hose filled with air is placed in both the
tank and the bucket as shown.What will cause the water to flow from the tank to the bucket? -
ANS - Fill the bucket with water.
\A gas can is filled at the rate of 320 cubic inches per minute. The can is 10 inches long, 8
inches wide, and 12 inches high. How many minutes will it take to fill the can? - ANS - 5
\A homeowner plans to hang wallpaper on one wall of a bedroom that is 10 feet long. If a strip of
wallpaper is 20 INCHES wide and strips are hung vertically, how many strips of wallpaper will
the homeowner require? - ANS - 2-1/2
\a material that has very high resistance to the flow of electric current is - ANS - insulator******
\A pie was cut into two equal pieces. Each of the pieces of pie was cut into halves again, and
each of those smaller pieces was cut into two equal pieces. If two of the pieces of the pie were
eaten what portion of the pie remains? - ANS - - 8 pieces of the pie in total (2+2+4)
- 2 pieces were eaten
- 6 pieces are left
- 6/8 = 3/4
, \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 raider track in the aircraft? - ANS - 50 %
\A rose is - ANS - A flower
\A series of four gears (W,X,Y,Z) is driven by pulley V and a belt-if V turns in the direction
shown,which gears will rotate clockwise? - ANS - y, w
\A spring is compressed against a wall by a wooden block that has a force applied to it.If the
force is removed from the block - ANS - A. The spring will move to the left
\A spring will compress one inch for every 50 pounds of force that is applied to it.How much
force is needed to compress the same spring 10 inches? - ANS - 500 lbs
\A standard multimeter does NOT measure? - ANS - frequency
\A student bought a sandwich for 80 cents , milk for 20 cents, and pie for 30 cents. How much
does the Meal cost? - ANS - 1.30
\A sweater originally priced at $80 and was marked down by 25%. What was the sale price of
the sweater? - ANS - $60
\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 square feet
\An airplane is at 32,000 feet above sea level and descends at an average rate of 1,000 feet per
minute. How many minutes will it take for the airplane to land at an airport 3,000 feet above sea
level? - ANS - 29
\An anti - lock braking system ( ABS ) is designed to prevent - ANS - B
\An Anvil is typically used to.... - ANS - Shape hot metal
\an automobile fuel filter is primarily used to clean - ANS - gasoline or diesel fuel
\An electronics store had A 20% off sale. if a stereo originally cost $125, how much did the
stereocost during the sale? - ANS - 100
\Any astronomical body that revolves around a large body is called - ANS - A satellite
\Arithmetic reasoning - ANS -
\As part A moves to the left, gear C will turn - ANS - C. first in direction 1 and then in direction 2
\Assembling objects - ANS -
\At the beginning of the twentieth century, Sir Henry Mill Pellat, the Canadian financier and
industrialist, built Casa Loma, a fabulous Norman-Gothic- Romanesque castle, on a hilltop
overlooking Toronto . He and his wife lived in the castle for a short while, but then he lost his
fortune and lost the castle. Today, Sir Henry is gone, but Casa Loma still attracts hundreds of
tourists every day.
Which of the following best describes the order of events? - ANS - *******
\Automotive information* - ANS -
\Brake shoes stop a car by exerting pressure on the... - ANS - Tires
\Chocking is prevented by then - ANS - Esophagus covering the voice box
\Electrical arcing occurs when. - ANS - High voltage electricity jumps between two conductors
\Electronics information - ANS -
\Enjoying a leisurely vacation can be a tough assignment for people who thrive on an upbeat
pace in their daily routines. For many, it just is not possible to switch gears into neutral and lie by
a pool for a week or more; they need excitement.
