TEAS Nursing School Entrance Exam Questions
and Answers
1. resolute correct answer: determined (think of new years resolutions that you are determined to
fufill)
2. germinate correct answer: sprout, seed, bud
3. congeal correct answer: solidify, coagulate, harden
4. rudimentary correct answer: basic, opposite of advanced
5. dandy correct answer: someone who is elegant in dress or has manners
6. whimsical correct answer: playful, opposite of grim or grave
7. penitent correct answer: person who tends to regret
8. querulous correct answer: habitually whining person, tends to complain or argue over minor
details
9. virtuouso correct answer: having great skill, opposite of incompetent
10. mutable correct answer: prone to change (think of a mutation or an abnormal change)
11. antediluvial correct answer: before a flood
12. diluvial correct answer: having to do with a flood
13. legislate correct answer: mandate throught the creation of laws
14. prattle correct answer: talk aimlessly or idly
15. erroneous correct answer: mistake (err-think error)
16. ominous correct answer: predicts or foreshadows disaster
17. unguent correct answer: ointment used to soothe or heal, opposite of irritant
18. orator correct answer: public speaker who needs to be able to articulate
19. exculpate correct answer: clear from blame
20. ravenous correct answer: extremely hungry
21. supplicant correct answer: humble begger has humility
22. maven correct answer: expert, has expertise
23. insidious correct answer: something that spreads harmfully in a subtle or stealthy manner
24. cede correct answer: yield, give up, transfer title to someone else
25. eschew correct answer: forbid, shun, abatain from, avoid it
26. proscribe correct answer: forbid or prohibit as harmful
27. percent increase formula correct answer: (change/original number) x 100%
,28. circumfrence of a circle formula correct answer: 2 x pie x radius OR
diameter x pie
,29. commensal relationship correct answer: form of a symbiotic relationship, two
organisms live in close association with each other. One benefits while the other is neither harms or
benefites. +/0 relationship
30. polysome correct answer: cluster of ribosomes
31. notochord correct answer: a semi-rigid rod in the dorsal part of all chordates, this
remains as a semi-rigid chord, although in highrt chordates it is seen only in the embryo and as a
vestigial organ.
-a flexible material made out of similar material to cartilage. If a species has notochord it is by definition it is a
chordate. Ex correct answer: fish, birds, mammals
32. enzymes correct answer: proteins, typically work best at pH7.2
33. electron transport chain correct answer: directly produces the pH gradient by
pumping protons out of the mitochon- drial matrix. the proton gradient is used to make ATP.
34. closed circuit correct answer: has continuity and allows current to flow in it
35. as you go from left to right across a period, what happens to
electrons correct answer: electrons are added one at a time, the electrons of the
outermost shell experience an increasing amount of nuclear attraction becoming closer and more
tightly bound to the nucleus.
36. voltage drop correct answer: happens as current passes through a resistance,
represents an energy loss, this energy is usually dissipated in the form of heat.
37. what temperature does water at sea level boil correct answer:
212F, 100C, 373K
38. logy correct answer: lethargic, lacking in energy or vitality, mental and physical slowness
39. gametes correct answer: sex cells (sperm and egg), humans have 23 chromosomes in
each sex cell (made of 22 autosomes), 1n, haploid because they have half as many as regular human
cells. In a regular cell (not sex cell) there is a total of 46 chromosomes in each cell or a set of 23.
40. regular cells correct answer: 2n, or diploid a set of 23 chromosomes or 46
, chromosomes
and Answers
1. resolute correct answer: determined (think of new years resolutions that you are determined to
fufill)
2. germinate correct answer: sprout, seed, bud
3. congeal correct answer: solidify, coagulate, harden
4. rudimentary correct answer: basic, opposite of advanced
5. dandy correct answer: someone who is elegant in dress or has manners
6. whimsical correct answer: playful, opposite of grim or grave
7. penitent correct answer: person who tends to regret
8. querulous correct answer: habitually whining person, tends to complain or argue over minor
details
9. virtuouso correct answer: having great skill, opposite of incompetent
10. mutable correct answer: prone to change (think of a mutation or an abnormal change)
11. antediluvial correct answer: before a flood
12. diluvial correct answer: having to do with a flood
13. legislate correct answer: mandate throught the creation of laws
14. prattle correct answer: talk aimlessly or idly
15. erroneous correct answer: mistake (err-think error)
16. ominous correct answer: predicts or foreshadows disaster
17. unguent correct answer: ointment used to soothe or heal, opposite of irritant
18. orator correct answer: public speaker who needs to be able to articulate
19. exculpate correct answer: clear from blame
20. ravenous correct answer: extremely hungry
21. supplicant correct answer: humble begger has humility
22. maven correct answer: expert, has expertise
23. insidious correct answer: something that spreads harmfully in a subtle or stealthy manner
24. cede correct answer: yield, give up, transfer title to someone else
25. eschew correct answer: forbid, shun, abatain from, avoid it
26. proscribe correct answer: forbid or prohibit as harmful
27. percent increase formula correct answer: (change/original number) x 100%
,28. circumfrence of a circle formula correct answer: 2 x pie x radius OR
diameter x pie
,29. commensal relationship correct answer: form of a symbiotic relationship, two
organisms live in close association with each other. One benefits while the other is neither harms or
benefites. +/0 relationship
30. polysome correct answer: cluster of ribosomes
31. notochord correct answer: a semi-rigid rod in the dorsal part of all chordates, this
remains as a semi-rigid chord, although in highrt chordates it is seen only in the embryo and as a
vestigial organ.
-a flexible material made out of similar material to cartilage. If a species has notochord it is by definition it is a
chordate. Ex correct answer: fish, birds, mammals
32. enzymes correct answer: proteins, typically work best at pH7.2
33. electron transport chain correct answer: directly produces the pH gradient by
pumping protons out of the mitochon- drial matrix. the proton gradient is used to make ATP.
34. closed circuit correct answer: has continuity and allows current to flow in it
35. as you go from left to right across a period, what happens to
electrons correct answer: electrons are added one at a time, the electrons of the
outermost shell experience an increasing amount of nuclear attraction becoming closer and more
tightly bound to the nucleus.
36. voltage drop correct answer: happens as current passes through a resistance,
represents an energy loss, this energy is usually dissipated in the form of heat.
37. what temperature does water at sea level boil correct answer:
212F, 100C, 373K
38. logy correct answer: lethargic, lacking in energy or vitality, mental and physical slowness
39. gametes correct answer: sex cells (sperm and egg), humans have 23 chromosomes in
each sex cell (made of 22 autosomes), 1n, haploid because they have half as many as regular human
cells. In a regular cell (not sex cell) there is a total of 46 chromosomes in each cell or a set of 23.
40. regular cells correct answer: 2n, or diploid a set of 23 chromosomes or 46
, chromosomes
