NEW GENERATION (NGN) NCLEX RN EXAM TEST BANK 500
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED AND WELL
DETAILED ANSWERS) LATEST UPDATE 2025/2026
The graduate nurse understands the purpose of the NCLEX-RN® exam when
stating which of the following?
a.
"The exam provides feedback to the candidate regarding areas of weakness in
nursing practice."
b.
"The exam determines the candidate's ability or inability to meet minimum
standards for safe practice."
c.
"The exam gives employers an opportunity to hire graduates who have scored
highest among first-time licensure candidates."
d.
"The exam prepares new graduates as efficient, effective staff nurses."
. - CORRECT ANSWER - ANS: B
The purpose of the NCLEX-RN® Exam is to determine whether a candidate is
competent to perform safe, effective, entry-level nursing care. It does not prepare
nurses but rather measures their performance on a test. Candidates who are
unsuccessful receive information about their weak areas on the test, but this is not
the purpose of it. Employers want to know if the person has passed because there is
no specific score given other than pass or fail
Which statement by the nursing professor is accurate about the NCLEX-RN®
exam? The purpose of the NCLEX-RN® test plan is to ensure that all
,a.
"test takers answer items of comparable difficulty."
b.
"test takers answer approximately the same number of items."
c.
"test items are job related."
d.
"clinical specialties will be equally represented." - CORRECT ANSWER - ANS:
C
The content of the NCLEX® Exam is based on a test plan that is determined by the
National Council. The test plan reflects entry-level nursing practice as identified by
research and the job analysis study of newly licensed registered nurses. Each
candidate will receive different levels of questions in a computer adaptive format.
The focus of the exam is not on clinical specialties. The test has a minimum of 75
questions and a maximum of 265 questions, so a test taker can answer any number
of questions between these two numbers until they either reaches a passing
standard or fails.
In trends class, a student tells the instructor, "I don't think I can possibly pass the
NCLEX-RN®. I hated psych nursing, but now I've heard that a huge amount of the
NCLEX® is psych related." What is the best response from the instructor?
a.
"Perhaps you should consider retaking the psychiatric nursing course."
b.
"There are equal numbers of questions related to each aspect of client needs."
c.
"Psychosocial integrity is the basis for 6% to 12% of the examination."
,d.
"You will need to take a review course in which they teach psychiatric nursing
principles." - CORRECT ANSWER - ANS: C
The last detailed test plan (2013) from the National Council designated from 6% to
12% of the total questions to be from the area of psychosocial integrity. The
student may not be able to retake nursing courses or a review course. Stating that
content area has the same amount of questions would be inaccurate. Each of the
categories of client needs has a different percentage, so questions are based on that
percentage from the detailed test plan, not on equal numbers from each area.
Students often hear incorrect information and rumors about NCLEX.
Which statement indicates the graduate nurses understanding of the process at the
NCLEX® testing site?
a.
"I will be thumbprinted and photographed."
b.
"I will be placed in a locked testing cubicle."
c.
"I will answer 300 test questions."
d.
"I will be given some questions as a paper-and-pencil test." - CORRECT
ANSWER - ANS: A
Read the Candidate Bulletin and the instruction packet carefully. An Authorization
to Test (ATT) will be required for admission into the testing center; however, after
January 1, 2014, the NCLEX will be going paperless, so the ATT will not have to
be brought to the testing center. All candidates will be thumbprinted and
photographed and will have a palm vein reader as part of the identification process
at the testing location. Candidates are not locked in a testing cubicle or given a
, paper-and-pencil test. The number of questions on each candidates test may vary
with a minimum of 75 questions and a maximum of 265 questions
Which statement made by the graduate nurse indicates understanding of the
NCLEX-RN® exam passing score?
a.
"Candidates seeking licensure in California and New York must score higher."
b.
"The passing score is the same for licensure in all states."
c.
"Candidates from BSN programs must score one standard deviation higher than the
ADN graduates."
d.
"ADN graduates must answer 80% of the 265 questions correctly to pass." -
CORRECT ANSWER - ANS: B
Every state has the same passing criteria. There is no percentage identified as to the
number to get correct. The test has a minimum of 75 questions and a maximum of
265 questions. When the student reaches a passing level of competency or has not
reached the passing competency, the test turns off. There is no differentiation in
education level or state requirements.
What type of nursing position would most likely provide experience in the type of
nursing situations upon which the NCLEX® Exam questions are based?
a.
Home care nurse
b.
Psychiatric staff nurse
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED AND WELL
DETAILED ANSWERS) LATEST UPDATE 2025/2026
The graduate nurse understands the purpose of the NCLEX-RN® exam when
stating which of the following?
a.
"The exam provides feedback to the candidate regarding areas of weakness in
nursing practice."
b.
"The exam determines the candidate's ability or inability to meet minimum
standards for safe practice."
c.
"The exam gives employers an opportunity to hire graduates who have scored
highest among first-time licensure candidates."
d.
"The exam prepares new graduates as efficient, effective staff nurses."
. - CORRECT ANSWER - ANS: B
The purpose of the NCLEX-RN® Exam is to determine whether a candidate is
competent to perform safe, effective, entry-level nursing care. It does not prepare
nurses but rather measures their performance on a test. Candidates who are
unsuccessful receive information about their weak areas on the test, but this is not
the purpose of it. Employers want to know if the person has passed because there is
no specific score given other than pass or fail
Which statement by the nursing professor is accurate about the NCLEX-RN®
exam? The purpose of the NCLEX-RN® test plan is to ensure that all
,a.
"test takers answer items of comparable difficulty."
b.
"test takers answer approximately the same number of items."
c.
"test items are job related."
d.
"clinical specialties will be equally represented." - CORRECT ANSWER - ANS:
C
The content of the NCLEX® Exam is based on a test plan that is determined by the
National Council. The test plan reflects entry-level nursing practice as identified by
research and the job analysis study of newly licensed registered nurses. Each
candidate will receive different levels of questions in a computer adaptive format.
The focus of the exam is not on clinical specialties. The test has a minimum of 75
questions and a maximum of 265 questions, so a test taker can answer any number
of questions between these two numbers until they either reaches a passing
standard or fails.
In trends class, a student tells the instructor, "I don't think I can possibly pass the
NCLEX-RN®. I hated psych nursing, but now I've heard that a huge amount of the
NCLEX® is psych related." What is the best response from the instructor?
a.
"Perhaps you should consider retaking the psychiatric nursing course."
b.
"There are equal numbers of questions related to each aspect of client needs."
c.
"Psychosocial integrity is the basis for 6% to 12% of the examination."
,d.
"You will need to take a review course in which they teach psychiatric nursing
principles." - CORRECT ANSWER - ANS: C
The last detailed test plan (2013) from the National Council designated from 6% to
12% of the total questions to be from the area of psychosocial integrity. The
student may not be able to retake nursing courses or a review course. Stating that
content area has the same amount of questions would be inaccurate. Each of the
categories of client needs has a different percentage, so questions are based on that
percentage from the detailed test plan, not on equal numbers from each area.
Students often hear incorrect information and rumors about NCLEX.
Which statement indicates the graduate nurses understanding of the process at the
NCLEX® testing site?
a.
"I will be thumbprinted and photographed."
b.
"I will be placed in a locked testing cubicle."
c.
"I will answer 300 test questions."
d.
"I will be given some questions as a paper-and-pencil test." - CORRECT
ANSWER - ANS: A
Read the Candidate Bulletin and the instruction packet carefully. An Authorization
to Test (ATT) will be required for admission into the testing center; however, after
January 1, 2014, the NCLEX will be going paperless, so the ATT will not have to
be brought to the testing center. All candidates will be thumbprinted and
photographed and will have a palm vein reader as part of the identification process
at the testing location. Candidates are not locked in a testing cubicle or given a
, paper-and-pencil test. The number of questions on each candidates test may vary
with a minimum of 75 questions and a maximum of 265 questions
Which statement made by the graduate nurse indicates understanding of the
NCLEX-RN® exam passing score?
a.
"Candidates seeking licensure in California and New York must score higher."
b.
"The passing score is the same for licensure in all states."
c.
"Candidates from BSN programs must score one standard deviation higher than the
ADN graduates."
d.
"ADN graduates must answer 80% of the 265 questions correctly to pass." -
CORRECT ANSWER - ANS: B
Every state has the same passing criteria. There is no percentage identified as to the
number to get correct. The test has a minimum of 75 questions and a maximum of
265 questions. When the student reaches a passing level of competency or has not
reached the passing competency, the test turns off. There is no differentiation in
education level or state requirements.
What type of nursing position would most likely provide experience in the type of
nursing situations upon which the NCLEX® Exam questions are based?
a.
Home care nurse
b.
Psychiatric staff nurse
