# PSB Nursing School Aptitude Exam (Version 4) –
Practice Exam
## Random Length – 95 Questions
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## Section 1: Academic Aptitude – Verbal (Questions 1–20)
**1.** A synonym for "meticulous" is:
A) Careless
B) Thorough
C) Quick
D) Sloppy
💡 **RATIONALE** – Meticulous means showing great attention to detail; thorough and precise.
✔️ **ANSWER** – B) Thorough
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**2.** "Ambiguous" means:
A) Clear
B) Unclear
C) Certain
D) Definite
,💡 **RATIONALE** – Ambiguous means open to more than one interpretation; unclear or vague.
✔️ **ANSWER** – B) Unclear
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**3.** An antonym for "beneficial" is:
A) Helpful
B) Advantageous
C) Harmful
D) Useful
💡 **RATIONALE** – Beneficial means favorable or advantageous; harmful is the opposite.
✔️ **ANSWER** – C) Harmful
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**4.** "Cumulative" means:
A) Decreasing
B) Increasing by addition
C) Isolated
D) Single
💡 **RATIONALE** – Cumulative means increasing or growing by successive additions (e.g., cumulative
dosage, cumulative effect).
✔️ **ANSWER** – B) Increasing by addition
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**5.** The prefix "post-" means:
,A) Before
B) After
C) During
D) Against
💡 **RATIONALE** – Post- means after (postoperative = after surgery, postpartum = after childbirth).
✔️ **ANSWER** – B) After
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**6.** The prefix "pre-" means:
A) After
B) Before
C) During
D) Around
💡 **RATIONALE** – Pre- means before (preoperative = before surgery, prenatal = before birth).
✔️ **ANSWER** – B) Before
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**7.** "Intramuscular" means:
A) Within a vein
B) Within a muscle
C) Under the skin
D) Into the spine
💡 **RATIONALE** – Intra- = within; muscular = muscle. Intramuscular injections are given into muscle
tissue.
, ✔️ **ANSWER** – B) Within a muscle
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**8.** "Subcutaneous" means:
A) Within a vein
B) Within a muscle
C) Under the skin
D) Into the joint
💡 **RATIONALE** – Sub- = under; cutaneous = skin. Subcutaneous injections are given into the fatty
tissue between skin and muscle.
✔️ **ANSWER** – C) Under the skin
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**9.** "Intravenous" means:
A) Within a vein
B) Within a muscle
C) Under the skin
D) Within the heart
💡 **RATIONALE** – Intra- = within; venous = vein. Intravenous medications are administered directly
into a vein.
✔️ **ANSWER** – A) Within a vein
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**10.** "NPO" is an abbreviation that means:
Practice Exam
## Random Length – 95 Questions
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## Section 1: Academic Aptitude – Verbal (Questions 1–20)
**1.** A synonym for "meticulous" is:
A) Careless
B) Thorough
C) Quick
D) Sloppy
💡 **RATIONALE** – Meticulous means showing great attention to detail; thorough and precise.
✔️ **ANSWER** – B) Thorough
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**2.** "Ambiguous" means:
A) Clear
B) Unclear
C) Certain
D) Definite
,💡 **RATIONALE** – Ambiguous means open to more than one interpretation; unclear or vague.
✔️ **ANSWER** – B) Unclear
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**3.** An antonym for "beneficial" is:
A) Helpful
B) Advantageous
C) Harmful
D) Useful
💡 **RATIONALE** – Beneficial means favorable or advantageous; harmful is the opposite.
✔️ **ANSWER** – C) Harmful
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**4.** "Cumulative" means:
A) Decreasing
B) Increasing by addition
C) Isolated
D) Single
💡 **RATIONALE** – Cumulative means increasing or growing by successive additions (e.g., cumulative
dosage, cumulative effect).
✔️ **ANSWER** – B) Increasing by addition
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**5.** The prefix "post-" means:
,A) Before
B) After
C) During
D) Against
💡 **RATIONALE** – Post- means after (postoperative = after surgery, postpartum = after childbirth).
✔️ **ANSWER** – B) After
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**6.** The prefix "pre-" means:
A) After
B) Before
C) During
D) Around
💡 **RATIONALE** – Pre- means before (preoperative = before surgery, prenatal = before birth).
✔️ **ANSWER** – B) Before
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**7.** "Intramuscular" means:
A) Within a vein
B) Within a muscle
C) Under the skin
D) Into the spine
💡 **RATIONALE** – Intra- = within; muscular = muscle. Intramuscular injections are given into muscle
tissue.
, ✔️ **ANSWER** – B) Within a muscle
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**8.** "Subcutaneous" means:
A) Within a vein
B) Within a muscle
C) Under the skin
D) Into the joint
💡 **RATIONALE** – Sub- = under; cutaneous = skin. Subcutaneous injections are given into the fatty
tissue between skin and muscle.
✔️ **ANSWER** – C) Under the skin
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**9.** "Intravenous" means:
A) Within a vein
B) Within a muscle
C) Under the skin
D) Within the heart
💡 **RATIONALE** – Intra- = within; venous = vein. Intravenous medications are administered directly
into a vein.
✔️ **ANSWER** – A) Within a vein
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**10.** "NPO" is an abbreviation that means:
