ASVAB PICAT Test (2023/ 2024 Update) |
Questions and Verified Answers| Grade A
QUESTION
Together, two people earn $28,000. One earns $2,000 more
... [Show More] than the other. How much is the
smaller income?
Answer:
$13,000
QUESTION
Shawn purchased a shirt for $22.05 If this includes a 5% sales tax, what was the actual price of
the shirt?
Answer:
$20.95
QUESTION
PRESTIGE most nearly means
Answer:
Status
QUESTION
CONSTRUE most nearly means
Answer:
Interpret
QUESTION
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
Answer:
was a president who recognized the power of the press.
QUESTION
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?
Answer:
copper drew prospectors, copper ran out, town abandoned, tourist attraction
QUESTION
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.
Answer:
How fast do stones of a particular size fall?
QUESTION
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
Answer:
medical science does not fully understand why the body has an allergic reaction to certain
substances.
QUESTION
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
Answer:
Relative
QUESTION
without noticing it; we enter a room and There is a tremendous difference between "seeing" and
orienting yourself. know where we are without being Mostly we orient ourselves. We walk
through a door conscious of the color or texture of the walls. But it is consciousness of visual
detail that constitutes seeing. Which of the following is the best example of seeing as described
in the passage?
Answer:
She was surprised shiny black shell and odd limbs of the beetle. [Show Less]