PAX VERBAL ABILITY TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
The chairman of the committee said that all of their complaints were petty. Petty
means...
A) significant
B) restrained
C) unimportant
D) persistent - Correct Answers -Unimportant.
The nursing student was absent for nine days in a row. She had missed the entire
instructional unit because her absences were...
A) collective
B) consecutive
C) obsolete
D) deleted - Correct Answers -consecutive
The surgeons instructions were very clearly stated. In other words, they were...
A) callous
B) implied
C) explict
D) legible - Correct Answers -implied
The senator strongly supported one side of the issue. He was...
A) partisan
B) arrogant
C) impertinent
D) ambitious - Correct Answers -partisan
The patient was going through a long period during which the symptoms of his disease
disappeared. He disease was in a state of...
A) inertia
B) remission
C) limbo
D) suspense - Correct Answers -remission
An employee who pretends to be ill in order to avoid work is guilty of...
A) fantasizing
B) abducting
C) succumbing
D) malingering - Correct Answers -malingering
, There was great ill will between the two physicians. It was hard to ignore their...
A) avarice
B) animosity
C) admonition
D) veneration - Correct Answers -animosity
The aide was given work regarded as low or degrading. These tasks could be
considered...
A) menial
B) obscure
C) contemptible
D) nominal - Correct Answers -menial
The mayors comments were always honest and open. For this reason, reporters felt
that his interviews were...
A) cynical
B) eloquent
C) candid
D) casual - Correct Answers -candid
The medical and nursing staffs participated in the conference organized to discuss
hospital policy. They took part in a...
A) continuum
B) momentum
C) symposium
D) pandemonium - Correct Answers -symposium
The animal ate both meat and plants. It was a...
A) carnivore
B) omnivore
C) predator
D) herbivore - Correct Answers -omnivore
A person who is inclined to do things suddenly and with little thought is?
A) impassioned
B) impertinent
C) impetuous
D) impressionable - Correct Answers -Impetuous
Someone who is always blamed for the mistakes of others is?
A) a martyr
B) a scapegoat
C) an interloper
D) a stereotype - Correct Answers -A scapegoat
She showed an indomitable spirit in facing her illness. Indomitable means:
ANSWERS
The chairman of the committee said that all of their complaints were petty. Petty
means...
A) significant
B) restrained
C) unimportant
D) persistent - Correct Answers -Unimportant.
The nursing student was absent for nine days in a row. She had missed the entire
instructional unit because her absences were...
A) collective
B) consecutive
C) obsolete
D) deleted - Correct Answers -consecutive
The surgeons instructions were very clearly stated. In other words, they were...
A) callous
B) implied
C) explict
D) legible - Correct Answers -implied
The senator strongly supported one side of the issue. He was...
A) partisan
B) arrogant
C) impertinent
D) ambitious - Correct Answers -partisan
The patient was going through a long period during which the symptoms of his disease
disappeared. He disease was in a state of...
A) inertia
B) remission
C) limbo
D) suspense - Correct Answers -remission
An employee who pretends to be ill in order to avoid work is guilty of...
A) fantasizing
B) abducting
C) succumbing
D) malingering - Correct Answers -malingering
, There was great ill will between the two physicians. It was hard to ignore their...
A) avarice
B) animosity
C) admonition
D) veneration - Correct Answers -animosity
The aide was given work regarded as low or degrading. These tasks could be
considered...
A) menial
B) obscure
C) contemptible
D) nominal - Correct Answers -menial
The mayors comments were always honest and open. For this reason, reporters felt
that his interviews were...
A) cynical
B) eloquent
C) candid
D) casual - Correct Answers -candid
The medical and nursing staffs participated in the conference organized to discuss
hospital policy. They took part in a...
A) continuum
B) momentum
C) symposium
D) pandemonium - Correct Answers -symposium
The animal ate both meat and plants. It was a...
A) carnivore
B) omnivore
C) predator
D) herbivore - Correct Answers -omnivore
A person who is inclined to do things suddenly and with little thought is?
A) impassioned
B) impertinent
C) impetuous
D) impressionable - Correct Answers -Impetuous
Someone who is always blamed for the mistakes of others is?
A) a martyr
B) a scapegoat
C) an interloper
D) a stereotype - Correct Answers -A scapegoat
She showed an indomitable spirit in facing her illness. Indomitable means:
