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Under melle or ranged attack, can a creature use all attacks listed when it uses a full attack? If it has more then one attack listed, can GM choose one of those attacks when it moves and does a normal attack?
It just lists attacks seperated by a comma. Not sure if they can use all those attacks in a round.
Yes, as a full round action, a creature with multiple primary and/or secondary attacks can use them all.
Yes, the GM can determine which attack a creature uses when it moves and does a single attack. This is usually the most powerful or damaging of it's primary attacks.
If there is no comma between the attack entries, it is likely a typo. I can't recall seeing any that didn't have a comma between them.
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To clarify, just in case: A creature with iterative / multiple attacks can make all of them, but only as a full-round action. As a standard action, the creature may make only one attack.
Sometimes (see below) a creature will have multiple "sets" of attacks (two weapons or two slams, a two-handed weapon and a bite or bite/claw/claw, etc); these are separate 'sets' of attacks - a creature can make all of either one of the sets as a full-round action, but it does not get both sets of attacks at once.
For example, here is the 'attacks" line from the Balor statblock (pulled from here):
Melee +1 vorpal unholy longsword +31/+26/+21/+16 (2d6+13), +1 vorpal flaming whip +30/+25/+20 (1d4+7 plus 1d6 fire and entangle) or 2 slams +31 (1d10+12)
So a balor could, as a standard action, make a single attack with a longsword, a whip, or a slam. As a full-round action, it could make 4 attacks with a longsword AND 3 attacks with a whip, OR 2 slam attacks. The balor does not get 4 swords and 3 whips AND 2 slams, as it only has the two arms; it could, however, attack with the sword and one slam, or the whip and one slam, if it wanted to.