Free Psychometric Entrance Test (PET), Israel Exam Questions and Answers

The table shows the number of books borrowed, in hundreds, at three library branches in three months. Branch | January | February | March North | 40 | 55 | 45 South | 30 | 35 | 55 East | 50 | 30 | 50 By what percent did the total number of books borrowed at the three branches increase from January to March? (1) 20% (2) 25% (3) 30% (4) 33%

• AA. 20%
• BB. 25%
• CC. 30%
• DD. 33%

Read the passage and answer the question. Sea otters, unlike most marine mammals, have no thick layer of blubber. Instead, they rely on fur that is the densest of any animal, with up to a million hairs per square inch, to trap a layer of air against the skin. This insulation works only if the fur is kept clean, so otters spend several hours each day grooming. When oil from a spill coats the fur, the trapped air is lost and the animals can die of cold even though the water temperature has not changed. According to the passage, why is an oil spill dangerous to sea otters? (1) It poisons the shellfish that the otters depend on for food. (2) It dissolves the layer of blubber that lies beneath the skin. (3) It lowers the temperature of the water in which they swim. (4) It destroys the layer of air that the fur normally holds.

• AA. It dissolves the layer of blubber that lies beneath the skin.
• BB. It poisons the shellfish that the otters depend on for food.
• CC. It destroys the layer of air that the fur normally holds.
• DD. It lowers the temperature of the water in which they swim.

The table shows the number of students in each grade of a school and the percent of them who play a sport. Grade | Number of students | Percent who play a sport 9 | 200 | 30% 10 | 150 | 40% 11 | 250 | 40% 12 | 100 | 60% What percent of all the students in these four grades play a sport? (1) 35% (2) 38% (3) 40% (4) 42.5%

• AA. 35%
• BB. 38%
• CC. 40%
• DD. 42.5%

The table shows the price per kilogram of three fruits at a market stall and the number of kilograms sold on two days. Fruit | Price per kg (NIS) | Kg sold Monday | Kg sold Tuesday Apples | 8 | 50 | 70 Pears | 10 | 40 | 30 Grapes | 15 | 20 | 40 By how many NIS did the stall's total revenue from these fruits on Tuesday exceed its total revenue on Monday? (1) 240 (2) 300 (3) 330 (4) 360

• AA. 240
• BB. 300
• CC. 330
• DD. 360

The table shows a household's monthly electricity bill, in NIS. Month | January | February | March | April | May Bill | 400 | 300 | 240 | 150 | 120 Between which two consecutive months was the percent decrease in the bill the greatest? (1) March to April (2) January to February (3) February to March (4) April to May

• AA. March to April
• BB. February to March
• CC. January to February
• DD. April to May

Read the passage and answer the question. Dendrochronology, the dating of events by tree rings, relies on the fact that trees in temperate climates usually add one ring per year, wider in wet years and narrower in dry ones. A researcher can therefore match the ring pattern of a beam from an old building to a long reference sequence built from living and dead trees, and so find the year the tree was felled. The method has limits. Trees growing where rainfall is steady show little variation between rings, which makes matching unreliable, and a beam trimmed of its outer rings can only give a date earlier than the felling. A researcher wants to date a beam cut from an oak that grew in a region where rainfall was almost the same every year. According to the passage, what is the likely problem?

• AA. The ring pattern would vary too little to be matched reliably
• BB. The beam would record only the years in which heavy rain fell
• CC. The reference sequence would contain too few dead trees to be used
• DD. The oak probably formed more than one ring in each year of its life

The table shows the number of visitors to a museum, in thousands. Year | Adults | Children 2021 | 120 | 80 2022 | 135 | 90 2023 | 150 | 70 2024 | 180 | 60 By what percent did the total number of visitors increase from 2021 to 2024?

• AA. 20%
• BB. 25%
• CC. 40%
• DD. 50%

Read the passage and answer the question. Many transport planners prefer high-frequency service to timetables, arguing that when a bus comes every five minutes, riders need not consult a schedule. The argument is sound for the busiest routes. But on a route with a bus every 30 minutes, riders who arrive at random wait 15 minutes on average, whereas riders who consult a timetable can arrive a minute or two before the bus. On such routes, what determines a rider's wait is the timetable, not the number of buses. Which of the following is best supported by the passage?

• AA. Publishing a timetable can shorten the average wait of riders on a route with infrequent service
• BB. Riders on five-minute routes spend less time traveling than riders on thirty-minute routes
• CC. Publishing a timetable on a busy route makes the average wait of riders longer than before
• DD. Planners prefer high-frequency service because it costs less to operate than timetabled service

The table shows the number of students in each of three grades at a school and the percentage of each grade that joined a field trip. Grade | Students | Percent who joined 7 | 120 | 60% 8 | 150 | 40% 9 | 200 | 25% How many students in total joined the trip?

• AA. 150
• BB. 170
• CC. 182
• DD. 196

The sum of two positive numbers, x and y, is 14, and their difference is 4, with x greater than y. What is the product xy?

• AA. 45
• BB. 49
• CC. 56
• DD. 63