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PiCAT Full Study GuideA ball is attached to one end of a rod AB... - ANS-Decrease
A car stops suddenly. Why are the passengers thrown forward against their seat belts? -
ANS-The inertia of each passenger
A definition of a vacuum is... - ANS-The absence of matter
A device that converts sound waves to electrical current is a... - ANS-Microphone
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. - ANS-Relative
A printing press will print 6,000 copies in 20 minutes... - ANS-50
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 radar track the aircraft? - ANS-50%
A restaurants rent is adjusted to the cost of living index... - ANS-1607.35
A rope which passes over a pulley... - ANS-Gravitational
A space probe is coasting through space... - ANS-8000 ft. per second
A standard multimeter does not measure... - ANS-Frequency
A technique for joining copper water pipes is... - ANS-Soldering
A train goes twice as fast downhill... - ANS-1/2 hour
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 ft
According to Mark Twain, October is a particularly dangerous month to speculate in stocks... -
ANS-Speculating in stocks is not a safe investment for your money
Adage most nearly means - ANS-Proverb
Admonition most nearly means - ANS-Warning
, An allergy is a hypersensitivity to substances that are essentially harmless. For as yet poorly
understood reasons, the immune system malfunctions and marshals up an army of antibodies
to fight these substances. For many allergies, this malfunction causes a large amount of
histamine to flood into the bloodstream. It is overabundance of histamine that causes allergic
symptoms such as headaches, rashes, and sneezing. - ANS-Result of a false alarm in the
body's immune system
An analysis of the mandatory oil quota program shows that separate quotas were established
for crude oil and for petroleum products. Petroleum products were divided into light products
mostly gasoline jet fuel and desolate and heavy or residual fuel oil products. The quota for crude
oil imports was set at approximately 10% of crude oil consumption the passage implies which of
the following about the oil quota program? - ANS-The quota for residential fuel oil products was
the same for crude oil products
An anvil is typically used to... - ANS-Shape hot metal
Astronomical body that revolves around a larger body - ANS-Satellite
At what altitude is atmospheric pressure the greatest? - ANS-Sea level
Broach most nearly means - ANS-Mention
Cajole most nearly means - ANS-Wheedle
Centrifugal force is the... - ANS-Outward force caused by rotation
Choking is prevented by the... - ANS-Epiglottis covering the voice box
Communique most nearly means - ANS-Message
Contentious most nearly means - ANS-Quarrelsome
Coolant flow through the engine is regulated by the... - ANS-Thermostat
Debra and Ian shared in a 1,000,000$ estate. If Ian received 125,000, and Debra the rest, what
fraction of the estate did Debra receive? - ANS-1/8
Decry most nearly means - ANS-Disparage
Electrical current flowing from one component to the next is an example of what kind of circuit? -
ANS-Open
Emphasize most nearly means - ANS-Accentuate
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