NURSING ENTRANCE EXAM(NEX)-Virtual

SECTION 1 Reading Comprehension Assessments

Question 1

NURSING ENTRANCE EXAM(NEX)-Virtual. The change in policy superseded the previous regulations. As used in the sentence, superseded means

took the place of.
added to.
ignored.
weakened.

Question 2

Given the words solitary, solitude, and solo, what does the root sol mean?

Alone
Light
Sun
Together

Question 3

Given the words recede, concede, and intercede, what does the root ced mean?

To stay
To speak
To go
To hold

Question 4

Given the words collaborate, cooperate, coordinate, and corroborate, what does the prefix co- mean?

Against
Together
Apart
Before

Question 5

The rock climbers were hanging __________ from the edge of the cliff.

precariously
safely
comfortably
distantly

Question 6

The paucity of evidence made it difficult for the investigators to close the case. As used in the sentence, paucity means

abundance.
scarcity.
clarity.
variety.

Question 7

The doctor prescribed medication to mitigate the patient’s pain. As used in the sentence, mitigate means

increase.
reduce.
ignore.
understand.

Question 8

Seeing a snowstorm in the middle of July was quite an anomaly. As used in the sentence, anomaly means

a common occurrence.
an unusual event.
a planned celebration.
a scientific breakthrough.

Question 9

In recent years, recruiters in fields such as education and nursing have sought to shift the __________ that identifies these professions as solely female. NURSING ENTRANCE EXAM(NEX)-Virtual

paradigm
reprimand
aspiration
subterfuge

Question 10

The usually harmonious friendship was fraught with discord. As used in the sentence, discord means

anger.
gossip.
disagreement.
exploitation.

Question 11

The __________ villain was too powerful; even the team of superheroes had a hard time fighting them.

omnipotent
iniquitous
benevolent
impotent

Question 12

The writer’s __________ novels were characterized with spiritual allegory in hopes that they would one day be used in the classroom.

moralistic
unenlightened
voluminous
eccentric

moralistic
unenlightened
voluminous
eccentric

Passage #1: Type 1 Diabetes

Question 1

According to the passage, which of the following is true?

Type 1 diabetes only affects children.
Type 1 diabetes is a chronic condition that can be diagnosed at any age.
Type 1 diabetes can be cured with a healthy diet.
Type 1 diabetes is less common than it was forty years ago.

Question 2

As it is used in paragraph 3, the definition of cannula is a

machine that measures insulin.
syringe used to give an injection.
vial containing medication.
tube that carries medication.

Question 3

Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

Advancements in technology have improved the quality of life for those with T1D.
Insulin pumps are more painful than traditional injections.
Most people with T1D prefer manual blood glucose monitoring.
Type 1 diabetes is no longer considered a serious medical condition.

Question 4

According to the passage, what can happen if someone with T1D takes too much insulin for the amount of food they have eaten?

They can develop type 2 diabetes.
They can experience hypoglycemia.
Their blood sugar will become dangerously high.
They will immediately need to use a CGM.

Question 5

Which of the following is the best summary of the passage?

Type 1 diabetes is a childhood disease that causes social alienation.
Modern medicine has replaced the need for insulin in T1D patients.
Technological advances like insulin pumps and CGMs have made managing type 1 diabetes easier and less invasive than in the past.
The history of diabetes treatment shows that manual injections are the safest method

SECTION 2 MATHS

Question 1

A snack consists of 2 ounces Swiss cheese, six whole wheat crackers, and 1.5 tablespoons of milk in a cup of coffee.

One ounce of Swiss cheese provides 7.7 grams of protein.
Each cracker provides 0.4 grams of protein.
2 tablespoons of milk provides 1.1 grams of protein.

How many grams of protein does this snack provide? NURSING ENTRANCE EXAM(NEX)-Virtual

19.45
9.2
17.925
18.625

Question 2

A cook found a recipe to make steamed artichokes. The recipe makes 6 servings and needs the following ingredients:

6 whole artichokes
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup lemon juice
3 cloves garlic

How many cloves of garlic will the recipe need to serve 12 people?

Question 3

A student is traveling out of the United States to visit family living in Europe. The room booked for the trip costs €120.00 (Euro) per night. Given that $1.00 (US dollar) is equal to €1.2, how much will it cost per night in US Dollars?

$144.00
$120.01
$120.00
$100.00

Question 4

A 120 milliliter (mL) solution contains a mixture of water and acid. The acid makes up 40% of the solution. How many milliliters of water make up the solution?

40 mL
48 mL
60 mL
72 mL

Question 5

A healthcare provider recommends that a patient take 200 milligrams (mg) of a pain reliever for back pain every 4 hours. How many grams of the pain reliever should the patient have taken after 8 hours if the recommendation was followed? Given 1,000 mg = 1 gram.

40 grams
20 grams
0.4 grams
0.2 grams

Question 6

If one kilogram weighs about 35 ounces, how many grams (g) are there in 2 ounces? Round to the nearest gram.

57 g
56 g
59 g
58 g

Question 7

Figure A is a scale image of Figure B. (Figure A has sides 7 1/5 and 4; Figure B has sides x and 3). What is the value of x? Round to the nearest tenth.

1.7
0.2
5.4
86.4

Question 8

There are 27 milliliters (mL) of acid in 90 mL of a solution. How much acid should be added to the solution so that the resulting solution contains 40% acid?

13.5 mL
15 mL
9 mL
10 mL

Question 9

If p is to 12 as 6 is to 9, what does p equal?

Question 10

Which equation below is equivalent to 5(x – 2) = 3x – 1?

2x = 9
8x = -11
2x = -11
8x = 9

Question 11

Solve for x: -10 – x = 5x + 14

-4
1
-1
4

Question 12

A person wants to download episodes of a favorite TV show to their cell phone.

Each 20-minute episode will use about 0.3 Gigabytes (GB) of space.
There are 9 GB of space available on the cell phone.

At most, how many minutes of the show can be downloaded?

600 minutes
50 minutes
500 minutes
30 minutes

Question 13

(Based on graph of Miles vs Hours with lines A, B, C, D) Which car has the highest rate of speed?

Question 14

40 is 8% of what number? NURSING ENTRANCE EXAM(NEX)-Virtual

500
320
5
400

Question 15

A recipe for pancakes serves 4 people and requires 1.5 cups of flour. If the cook wants to make enough pancakes to serve 8 people, how much flour is needed?

3 cups
1.5 cups
5.5 cups
8 cups

Question 16

Which statement below describes the overall trend shown in the graph?

Income increases by 20,000 for every year of education.
As education decreases income generally increases.
As education increases income generally increases.
Student loan debt decreases income gained by education.

Question 17

Three-eighths of a yard is the same as what percent of a yard?

62.5%
37.5%
23%
40%

Question 18

What is the area of a rectangle that is 4 feet wide and 9 feet long? Given Area = width x length.

36 square feet
18 square feet
72 square feet
26 square feet

Question 19

An infant was to be given 120 milliliters (mL) of formula every 3 hours. If one ounce = 30 mL, how many ounces should be placed in the bottle each time?

12
4
0.25
0.75

Question 1

A nurse notices that the heart rates of five patients are as follows: 75, 85, 72, 90, and 65 beats per minute. What is the median heart rate of this data set?

Question 20

A neonatal nursery measured the length of nine infants as they were born. Listed below are their lengths in inches in the order in which they were born. What was the median length of these infants?

4
20 1/4
19 3/4
19 1/4

Question 23

A financial counselor is reviewing the annual tax refunds received by a group of clients to understand their typical refund amounts. The refunds are shown in the table below. What is the median tax refund?

2,230
1,500
500
1,665

Question 24

The graph displays the heights in centimeters (cm) of 15-year-old boys in three classrooms who play basketball on the junior varsity team. Based on the information in the graph, what can be said about the boys in the school?

Over half of the 15-year-old boys in the sampled classes are over 170 cm tall.
Classes A and B have the same average height.
The mode of the 15-year-old boys’ heights in the sampled classes is 175 cm.
Class C contains most of the basketball team.

Question 25

Following a heat stroke, a patient’s temperature averaged 100.5 °F over a 4-day period. On the fifth and sixth days, the patient’s temperature averaged 99.3 °F. What was the patient’s average temperature over the six days?

100.1 °F
98.6 °F
99.9 °F
99.1 °F

Question 26

Below are six vitamin B2 levels for a patient taken over 15 months in petagram/milliliter (pg/mL). What is the patient’s average vitamin B2 level? Round to the nearest whole number.

723 pg/mL
505 pg/mL
671 pg/mL
241 pg/mL

Question 27

Review the scatter plot below of hours students studied for a test and their results. What can you conclude from the graph?

Test scores are higher when no hours are spent studying.
As hours studied increase, test scores tend to decrease.
There is no relationship between hours studied and test scores.
As hours studied increase, test scores tend to increase.

Question 28

Based on these samples, what is the mean height of the population of four-year-old children?

20
102
31
104.5

Question 29

The graphs below display the systolic blood pressure of four clients for 30 days before and 30 days after starting a new medication on March 1. What can be inferred from the information displayed in the graphs?

The new medication caused a decrease in some clients’ systolic blood pressure.
Some clients’ systolic blood pressure tended to decrease over time.
The systolic blood pressure for each client decreased over time.
The new medication caused more variability in the clients’ systolic blood pressure.

Question 30

Based on the data in the graph, which measure of central tendency would be the best representation of blood sugar measurements?

Mean
Range
Mode
Median

SECTION 3 SCIENCE

Question 1

A client is admitted to the healthcare facility with a diagnosis of a stroke. The client has difficulty maintaining balance and equilibrium. Which of the following areas of the brain is most likely affected?

Thalamus
Hypothalamus
Cerebellum
Hippocampus

Question 2

Homeostasis is often maintained by simple negative feedback. Which of the following is an example of simple negative feedback?

A rise in thyroxine levels causes the pituitary gland to increase the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone.
The pituitary gland releases a hormone that stimulates another gland to release a hormone.
As the level of a hormone increases, the effect of that hormone also increases.
When glucose levels rise, increased insulin is secreted.

Question 3

The body’s most readily available fuel is:

fat.
cellulose.
glucose.
protein.

Question 4

The glomerulus is:

an organ that controls pH and the amount of fluid in the body.
a functional and histologic unit of the kidney.
a network of capillaries located in the kidney that filters plasma.
an organ that contains cells to help regulate blood pressure.

Question 5

The process of breaking down food into small molecules is:

excretion
absorption
digestion
chewing

Question 6

Salivary amylase begins the digestion of:

nucleic acid.
fats.
starch.
proteins.

Question 7

Which of the following arteries is the primary blood supply to the area highlighted in blue?

Superior Mesenteric
Ileocolic
Middle Colic
Inferior Mesenteric

Question 8

Which of the following identifies the renal pelvis?

Question 9

Based on the structure shown in the image, what is its primary function?

Protection
Speech production
Gas exchange
Breathing

Question 10

The surgeon is performing a hysterectomy. Which of the following structures is most likely to be at risk of injury when the surgeon ligates the uterine artery as it passes directly under it?

Fallopian tube
Kidney
Vagina
Ureter

Question 11

Which of the following structures remains contracted to prevent the backflow of gastric contents into the esophagus?

Angle of His
Upper esophageal sphincter
Lower esophageal sphincter
Esophageal muscularis

Question 12

A client is admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of a brain tumor. The client reports a loss of physical sensation, such as pressure and touch, but can still taste food. Which of the following lobes of the brain is most likely affected?

Insular
Frontal
Temporal
Parietal

Question 13

Which of the following structures prevents food from entering the trachea during swallowing?

Glottis
Pharynx
Esophageal sphincter
Epiglottis

Question 14

Peristalsis is an involuntary action of which of the following muscle types?

cardiac.
striated.
smooth.
voluntary.

Question 15

During which phase of the ovarian cycle is Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH) secreted to trigger the maturation of an ovarian follicle?

Luteal phase
Follicular phase
Ovulation
Menstruation

Question 16

What is the functional unit of the kidney?

Glomerulus
Nephron
Renal pelvis
Calyx

Question 20

Which of the following is the most common route of transmission of respiratory infections?

Sexual intercourse
Coughing
IV drug use
Fecal-oral

Question 21

Review the diagram below which depicts distinct types of phase changes. During which phase does gas change into a solid?

Deposition
Sublimation
Condensation
Vaporization

Question 22

In order to neutralize a solution of HCl, one could add

H_2SO_4
NaOH.
CH_3COOH
HNO_3

Question 23

What type of chemical reaction is represented by the balanced chemical equation below?

Ag(NO_3) + NaCl \rightarrow AgCl + Na(NO_3)$$

Combustion
Single Replacement
Double Replacement
Decomposition

Question 24

What is a substance called that increases the speed of a reaction by lowering its activation energy?

Reactant
Activator NURSING ENTRANCE EXAM(NEX)-Virtual
Reducer
Catalyst

Question 25

Which chemical bond results in a complete transfer of electrons?

Hydrogen
Polar covalent
Ionic
Non-polar covalent

Question 26

Review the diagram below of the human eye. Structure number 1 is necessary in order for the eye to

focus images on the retina.
protect itself from the entrance of foreign objects and debri.
pick up light stimuli from the environment.
regulate the amount of light entering the posterior chamber.

Question 27

The endocrine function of the organ represented by the image is secretion of ______. NURSING ENTRANCE EXAM(NEX)-Virtual

amylase
glucagon
bicarbonate
lipase

Question 28

In which of these structures does the process represented by stage A normally occur?

Uterus
Vagina
Fallopian tube
Ovary

Question 29

Which of the following would increase the rate of a chemical reaction?

Increasing the temperature of the reaction
Decreasing the concentration of the reactants
Increasing the activation energy
Using larger particles of a solid reactant NURSING ENTRANCE EXAM(NEX)-Virtual

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NURSING ENTRANCE EXAM(NEX)-Virtual

SECTION 1 Reading Comprehension Assessments

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3

Question 4

Question 5

Question 6

Question 7

Question 8

Question 9

Question 10

Question 11

Question 12

Passage #1: Type 1 Diabetes

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3

Question 4

Question 5

SECTION 2 MATHS

Question 1

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Question 3

Question 4

Question 5

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Question 8

Question 9

Question 10

Question 11

Question 12

Question 13

Question 14

Question 15

Question 16

Question 17

Question 18

Question 19

Question 1

Question 20

Question 23

Question 24

Question 25

Question 26

Question 27

Question 28

Question 29

Question 30

SECTION 3 SCIENCE

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Question 4

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Question 11

Question 12

Question 13

Question 14

Question 15

Question 16

Question 20

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Question 23

Question 24

Question 25

Question 26

Question 27

Question 28

Question 29

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