PICAT/ASVAB Exam

PICAT/ASVAB Exam

Which of these is the best explanation of how a smooth round stone became smooth? - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS It was in a stream for a long

When a lobster grows a claw to replace one that was lost, the process is called - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS regeneration.

Any astronomical body that revolves around a larger body is called - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS a satellite.

In chemistry, to be classified as an organic substance, a substance must contain - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS Carbon atoms.

Which element does NOT contain any neutrons? - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS hydrogen

The chemical formula of a compound describes the elements the compound contains and the - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS ratio of elements in the compound.

What is the symbol for the hydroxyl ion? - THE CORRECT ASNWE R IS Н30

Which of the following is a renewable resource? - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS natural gas

How many atoms are in a single molecule of water (H20)? - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS 3

Regeneration in man is limited to - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS healing of wounds.

When scientists measure a liquid's resistance to flow, they are measuring the liquid's - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS viscosity.

When sodium atoms form sodium ions, they - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS lose electrons.

A perpetual-motion machine can never be built because it is not possible to eliminate - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS inertia,

A human skin cell divides by - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS mitosis.

The filament in an electric light bulb is made from - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS tungsten.

Terry earns a $250 salary plus $5 per sale. How many sales must Terry make to earn $765 altogether? - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS 103

Jerry walked a dog from 6:40 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. one day. If he was paid at the rate of $6 per hour, how much did he earn that day? - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS $5.00

How many feet of chain fence are necessary to enclose a dog pen that is square and has an area of 64 square feet? - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS 32

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? - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS 968 sq ft

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 on flat land? - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS 1/2 hour

ART 2 - Arithmetic Reasoning 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? - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS

$1,607.35

There are 9 red and 6 green marbles in a bag. A child reaches in the bag and randomly takes one marble. What is the probability of that child getting a green marble? - THE

CORRECT ASNWER IS .66

The pet store had 6 puppies selling for $104 each and 12 kittens selling for $24 each.Today, only 2 puppies and 8 kittens were left. In dollar terms, what was the ratio of sales of puppies to kittens? - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS 13 to 3

Jamie just bought two boxes. The first box is square, with each side measuring 10 units, and is 4 units high. The second box is rectangular and has twice the volume of the square box. If the height of the second box is 5 units, and the width is 10 units, what is the length of the second box? - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS 16 units

If the ratio of the sides of two squares is 3:1, what is the ratio of their perimeters? - THE

CORRECT ASNWER IS 4:1

If the perimeter of a square garden feet, what is the area of the garden? - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS 441 sq ft

The price of salmon at a fish market is $5.40 per pound. This is 150% of its cost at a supermarket. How much would it cost per pound at the supermarket? - THE CORRECT

ASNWER IS $3.60

A printing press will print 6,000 copies in 20 minutes. second press can print 15,000 copies in 60 minutes. How many more copies per minute will the faster press print than the slower press? - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS 50

If the population of a certain city increased 25% in two years, the new population was what percent of the old? - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS 125%

Debra and Ian shared in a $1,000,000 estate. If lan received $125.000, and Debra the rest, what fraction of the estate did Debra receive? - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS 7/8

Emphasize most neary means - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS Accentuate

We will long remember our PERILOUS journey - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS Hazardous

INEPT most nearly means - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS Bungling

ADAGE most nearly means - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS Proverb

ADMONITION most nearly means - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS Warning

DECRY most nearly means - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS Disparage

MORATORIUM most nearly means - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS Suspension

CAJOLE most nearly means - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS Wheedle

Most companies have a policy against NEPOTISM - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS Hiring Relatives

CONTENTIOUS most nearly means - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS Quarrelsome

UNPRETENTIOUS most nearly means - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS Simple

BROACH most nearly means - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS Mention

COMMUNIQUE most nearly means - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS Message

VIRULENT most nearly means - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS Abrasive

LAMBASTE most nearly means - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS Chastise

What are the two main gases that make up stars? - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS Hydrogen and helium

Together, two people earn $28,000. One earns $2,000 more than the other. How much is the smaller income? - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS $13,000

Shawn purchased a shirt for $22.05 If this includes a 5% sales tax, what was the actual price of the shirt? - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS $20.95

PRESTIGE most nearly means - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS Status

CONSTRUE most nearly means - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS Interpret

Roosevelt made conscious use of the media almost from the moment he entered the White House. His press conferences served writers, and through them the nation, about the complex, novel measures he was advocating. It can be inferred from the passage that Roosevelt - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS was a president who recognized the power of the press.

Riding the mail plane is a low-budget way to visit America's largest national park Wrangell-St. Elias --13 million acres of scenic beauty. Copper first drew prospectors to this part of Alaska. From 1911 to 1938, the Kennicott mine produced 200 million tons of it. Now a mecca for tourists, the town of Kennicott was abandoned to the ghosts when the copper ran out. According to the passage, which of the following illustrates the correct sequence of events? - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS copper drew prospectors, copper ran out, town abandoned, tourist attraction

Physicists seek out those features of nature that are finding answers as it is asking the right questions. The trick is simple and universal. The secret of their success is not so much a matter of keeping the questions simple and sticking to universal phenomena.Simple questions can be answered unambiguously by careful observation of repeated experiments and by logical thinking. - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS How fast do stones of a particular size fall?

system malfunctions and marshals up an army of causes a large amount of histamine to flood An allergy is a hypersensitivity to substances that are essentially harmless. For as yet poorly understood reasons, the immune antibodies to fight these substances. For many allergies, this malfunction into the bloodstream. It is the overabundance of histamine that causes allergic symptoms such as headaches, rashes, and sneezing.The passage states all of the following about allergies EXCEPT - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS medical science does not fully understand why the body has an allergic reaction to certain substances.

A period of time is usually measured by comparing it with another period of time. For example, a year on Mercury is equal to 88 Earth days. A year on Uranus is approximately 348 Mercury years. According to the passage, the way time is usually measured shows that time is - THE CORRECT ASNWER IS Relative