CHAPTER 05: NCLEX-RN®
EXAMINATION AND THE NEW
GRADUATE EXAM WITH CORRECT
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
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-ANSWERSANS: 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-ANSWERSANS: 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-ANSWERSANS: 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.
EXAMINATION AND THE NEW
GRADUATE EXAM WITH CORRECT
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
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-ANSWERSANS: 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-ANSWERSANS: 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-ANSWERSANS: 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.
