Nursing ATI TEAS 7 Test Exam Questions and
Answers
1. Topic correct answer: the general subject of the the text
2. Main idea correct answer: the key message or thesis of the text
3. Key points correct answer: key points and their supporting details develop the main idea
4. Summary correct answer: a brief restatement of the main idea and the most important key
points and details
5. Inference correct answer: a conclusion reached by critical thinking, reading between the
lines, applying logic to facts and evidence while recognizing context clues
6. Inference (explicit) correct answer: clearly stated
7. Inference (implied) correct answer: implied; not directly stated
8. Conclusion correct answer: a deduction made about an unstated outcome based on prediction,
details, evidence, and results
9. Descriptive correct answer: includes sensory details to create a clear mental picture for the
reader
10. Expository correct answer: informs, explains, or tells how to do something; uses only
facts and examples
11. Narrative correct answer: tells a story to entertain, inform, or challenge
12. Persuasive correct answer: includes facts and strong opinions to make the reader feel,
think, or behave a certain way
13. Bias correct answer: tendency toward a preconceived idea
14. Connotative meaning correct answer: the implied meaning of a word, with
assumptions or an emotional charge attached to it
15. Denotative meaning correct answer: the standard dictionary definition of a word
16. Rhetorical device correct answer: stylistic language used to have an emotional or
persuasive ettect on the reader
17. Tone correct answer: the writer's attitude or emotions concerning the topic
18. Argument correct answer: a point the author believes
19. Compare and Contrast correct answer: to compare means to look for
similarities; to contrast means to look for ditterences
20. Prediction correct answer: a reader's guess of what could happen, based on details
found in the text
,21. Primary source correct answer: a firsthand, unaltered document by the original author
or creator; includes novels, letters, original research papers, datasets, paintings photographs
22. Secondary source correct answer: a document that analyzes, discusses, or
reproduces a primary source; includes text- books and many other nonfiction books, review
articles, biographies
23. Tertiary source correct answer: a reference work that consolidates information
from primary and secondary sources; includes encyclopedias, handbooks, study guides
24. PEMDAS correct answer: parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, and
subtraction
25. Least common denominator correct answer: the smallest number into which two
or more denominators will divide evenly
, 26. Decimals correct answer: represent parts of a whole
27. Ratio correct answer: a comparison between the quantity of one item and the quantity of
another item
28. Mean correct answer: the average of a set of numbers
29. Median correct answer: the middle number
30. Mode correct answer: the number that appears most often in a set of numbers
31. Range correct answer: measures the spread of a given set of numbers
32. Area correct answer: the amount of space within the boundary of the shape
33. Perimeter correct answer: the distance around the shape
34. Volume correct answer: the amount of space the object occupies or can hold, as
measured in cubic units
35. Pythagorean theorem correct answer: applies to right triangles; a^2 + b^2 =
c^2
36. Acute angles correct answer: angles <90 degrees
37. Hypotenuse correct answer: the side opposite the right angle
38. Straight angle correct answer: 180 degree angle
39. Celsius to Fahrenheit correct answer: (C x 1.8) + 32
40. Fahrenheit to Celsius correct answer: (F - 32) / 1.8
41. Independent variable correct answer: can be manipulated
42. Dependent variable correct answer: the variable that is a possible ettect
43. Balance correct answer: instrument used to measure an object's mass
44. Correlation correct answer: the relationship between variables
45. Positive correlation correct answer: both variables move in the same direction
46. Negative correlation correct answer: one variable increases while the other
decreases
47. Distribution of data correct answer: symmetry, unimodal, bimodal, bell curve,
skewed, uniform
48. Meniscus correct answer: the curve at the surface of a liquid in a tube
49. Outlier correct answer: a value that does not fit the pattern in the data
50. Simple probability correct answer: equals the number of specific desired
outcomes divided by the total number of possible outcomes
51. Standard deviation correct answer: expresses how much a set of values is spread
out from the mean
52. Coefficients correct answer: numbers that can be multiplied by one or more variables
Answers
1. Topic correct answer: the general subject of the the text
2. Main idea correct answer: the key message or thesis of the text
3. Key points correct answer: key points and their supporting details develop the main idea
4. Summary correct answer: a brief restatement of the main idea and the most important key
points and details
5. Inference correct answer: a conclusion reached by critical thinking, reading between the
lines, applying logic to facts and evidence while recognizing context clues
6. Inference (explicit) correct answer: clearly stated
7. Inference (implied) correct answer: implied; not directly stated
8. Conclusion correct answer: a deduction made about an unstated outcome based on prediction,
details, evidence, and results
9. Descriptive correct answer: includes sensory details to create a clear mental picture for the
reader
10. Expository correct answer: informs, explains, or tells how to do something; uses only
facts and examples
11. Narrative correct answer: tells a story to entertain, inform, or challenge
12. Persuasive correct answer: includes facts and strong opinions to make the reader feel,
think, or behave a certain way
13. Bias correct answer: tendency toward a preconceived idea
14. Connotative meaning correct answer: the implied meaning of a word, with
assumptions or an emotional charge attached to it
15. Denotative meaning correct answer: the standard dictionary definition of a word
16. Rhetorical device correct answer: stylistic language used to have an emotional or
persuasive ettect on the reader
17. Tone correct answer: the writer's attitude or emotions concerning the topic
18. Argument correct answer: a point the author believes
19. Compare and Contrast correct answer: to compare means to look for
similarities; to contrast means to look for ditterences
20. Prediction correct answer: a reader's guess of what could happen, based on details
found in the text
,21. Primary source correct answer: a firsthand, unaltered document by the original author
or creator; includes novels, letters, original research papers, datasets, paintings photographs
22. Secondary source correct answer: a document that analyzes, discusses, or
reproduces a primary source; includes text- books and many other nonfiction books, review
articles, biographies
23. Tertiary source correct answer: a reference work that consolidates information
from primary and secondary sources; includes encyclopedias, handbooks, study guides
24. PEMDAS correct answer: parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, and
subtraction
25. Least common denominator correct answer: the smallest number into which two
or more denominators will divide evenly
, 26. Decimals correct answer: represent parts of a whole
27. Ratio correct answer: a comparison between the quantity of one item and the quantity of
another item
28. Mean correct answer: the average of a set of numbers
29. Median correct answer: the middle number
30. Mode correct answer: the number that appears most often in a set of numbers
31. Range correct answer: measures the spread of a given set of numbers
32. Area correct answer: the amount of space within the boundary of the shape
33. Perimeter correct answer: the distance around the shape
34. Volume correct answer: the amount of space the object occupies or can hold, as
measured in cubic units
35. Pythagorean theorem correct answer: applies to right triangles; a^2 + b^2 =
c^2
36. Acute angles correct answer: angles <90 degrees
37. Hypotenuse correct answer: the side opposite the right angle
38. Straight angle correct answer: 180 degree angle
39. Celsius to Fahrenheit correct answer: (C x 1.8) + 32
40. Fahrenheit to Celsius correct answer: (F - 32) / 1.8
41. Independent variable correct answer: can be manipulated
42. Dependent variable correct answer: the variable that is a possible ettect
43. Balance correct answer: instrument used to measure an object's mass
44. Correlation correct answer: the relationship between variables
45. Positive correlation correct answer: both variables move in the same direction
46. Negative correlation correct answer: one variable increases while the other
decreases
47. Distribution of data correct answer: symmetry, unimodal, bimodal, bell curve,
skewed, uniform
48. Meniscus correct answer: the curve at the surface of a liquid in a tube
49. Outlier correct answer: a value that does not fit the pattern in the data
50. Simple probability correct answer: equals the number of specific desired
outcomes divided by the total number of possible outcomes
51. Standard deviation correct answer: expresses how much a set of values is spread
out from the mean
52. Coefficients correct answer: numbers that can be multiplied by one or more variables
