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Title of test:
Paragraph Comprehension

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PiCAT practice

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AVATAR

Creation Date:
27/03/2023

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Number of questions: 10
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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 distillate) and heavy or residual fuel oil products. The quota for crude oil imports was set at approximately ten percent of crude oil consumption. The passage implies which of the following about the oil quota program? Jet fuel was included in the crude oil quota. Approximately ninety percent of crude oil needs were to be met domestically. The quota for petroleum products was the same as for crude oil products. The quota for residual fuel oil products was the same as for crude oil products.
According to Mark Twain, October is a particularly dangerous month to speculate in stocks. Others include July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August, and February. What was Mark Twain’s point? Certain times of the year are better than others for buying stocks. October is an specially bad month for speculating in stocks. Speculating in stocks is not a safe investment for your money. It’s always a good time to make a sound investment in stocks.
Weather radar is a great help to pilots in detecting thunderstorms. However, pilots must be aware that radar does not reliably detect hail. Radar operates by transmitting a pulse of radio energy and receiving the pulse again after it is reflected by a target. Large raindrops, the kind found in intense thunderstorms, are the best radar reflectors and will show up as intense targets on the screen. Hail is somewhat porous and has an uneven structure; it tends to absorb or scatter the radar pulse rather than reflect it back to the antenna. According to the paragraph, weather radar does not reliably detects hail because of the size of hail its penetrable surface faulty pulse transmission by the radar Pilot error in reading radar transmissions .
From Texas to Southern California, low-water maintenance landscaping and the popularity of the desert themes have made cactus very valuable. Considering the fact that cactus have extremely slow growth and reproduction rates, rustlers anticipate significant profits for this shallow rooted succulent. Removing cactus from state-owned land, however, is a felony, and if state lines are crossed, the 1900 Lacey Act makes this same crime a federal offense. From the passage, determine the sequence of events. Lacey Act passage, cactus popularity, cactus rustling cactus popularity, transport of stolen cactus, cactus theft cactus theft, Lacey Act, cactus popularity diminishes Lacey Act passage, prosecution, transport of stolen cactus.
There is a tremendous difference between “seeing” and orienting yourself. Mostly we orient ourselves. We walk through a door without noticing it; we enter a room and know where we are without being 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? He walked all the way to town, lost in thought about his future. She was surprised at the shiny black shell and odd limbs of the beetle. She could not remember driving to school, but she must have done it because there she was. They traveled River Road for over ten years but could not recall its state route number.
A period of time is usually measured by comparing it with another period of time. For example, a year on Mercury is equal and to 88 Earth days. A year on Uranus is approximately 348 Mercury years. According to the passage, the way tome is usually measured shows that time is Flexible Relative Cyclical Calendar-based .
An allergy is an hipersensitivity 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 the overabundance of histamine that causes allergic symptoms such as headaches, rashes, and sneezing The passage states that all of the following about allergies EXCEPT allergic headaches, rashes, and sneezing are caused by an overabundance of histamine in the bloodstream. an allergic reaction is the result of a false alarm in the body’s immune system. medical science does not fully understand why the body has an allergic reaction to certain substances. the body reacts to histamine in the bloodstream by producing antibodies to fight it.
Physicists seek out those features of nature that are simple and universal. The secret of their success is not so much a matter of finding answers as it is asking the right questions. The trick is 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. Which of the following questions is most clearly an example of the kind discussed in the paragraph? How can the destruction of the environment can be prevented? What can people do to live happier lives? How fast do stones of a particular size fall? How large was the meteorite that was observed last night?.
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 or 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? copper drew prospectors, copper ran out, town abandoned, tourist attraction. copper drew prospectors, tourist attraction, copper ran out, town abandoned. copper drew prospectors, copper ran out, tourist attraction, town abandoned. copper drew prospectors, tourist attraction, town abandoned, copper ran out.
Roosevelt made conscious use of the media almost from the moment he entered the White House. His press conferences served to educate newspapers writers, and though them the nation, about the complex, novel measures he was advocating. It can be inferred from the passage that Roosevelt improved the quality of journalism in the United States. educated the nation about the press. did not use the media to influence public opinion. was a president who recognized the power of the press.
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