NHS 111 LATEST 2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔terminal illness - ✔✔a disease or condition that will eventually cause death
✔✔antibiotic resistance - ✔✔Resistance in effect of antibiotics due to misuse
✔✔Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) - ✔✔caused by violent shaking; symptoms include
fussiness, tiredness, breathing problems, poor eating, vomiting, seizures, paralysis
✔✔ectopic pregnancy - ✔✔A pregnancy outside of the womb, usually in a fallopian tube
- cant develop to a baby and can be serious
✔✔Cancer - ✔✔Cells growing uncontrollably or rapidly
✔✔compensation - ✔✔Blood being diverted to focus on other organs when lack of
blood flow
✔✔blood pressure - ✔✔Force of blood in arteries
Systolic pressure(as heart beats)/diastolic pressure(between beats)
✔✔heart palpitations - ✔✔Irregular or rapid beating of the heart.
✔✔Angina - ✔✔Pain in chest from lack of oxygen reaching heart muscle
✔✔aneurysm - ✔✔Bulging weakened area in an artery wall
✔✔AAA - ✔✔abdominal aortic aneurysm
✔✔Atherosclerosis - ✔✔fatty deposits (plaque) build up on the arteries walls making
them weaker
✔✔dissection (aneurysm) - ✔✔Artery wall tears, blood leaks in wall layers, if this bursts
can cause major internal bleeding depriving organs from blood.
✔✔central nervous system - ✔✔brain and spinal cord
✔✔peripheral nervous system - ✔✔the sensory and motor neurons that connect the
central nervous system to the rest of the body
✔✔autonomic nervous system - ✔✔the automatic control system of the body; regulates
breathing, heart rate, digestion, and so on
✔✔Meninges - ✔✔three protective membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord
, ✔✔celebrospinal fluid - ✔✔Clear fluid protecting brain
✔✔Meningitis - ✔✔inflammation of the meninges, can be caused by bacteria or viruses
✔✔Sepsis - ✔✔Dangerous infection of the blood
✔✔stroke - ✔✔blood flow to the brain is stopped and brain cells may begin to die
✔✔clinical shock - ✔✔A life-threatening failure of the circulatory system circulating
oxygen around the body
✔✔Marfan Syndrome - ✔✔genetic connective tissue disorder that can cause a ruptured
aorta
✔✔Addison's disease (adrenal insufficiency) - ✔✔Adrenal glands on top of kidneys
don't produce enough hormones
✔✔disposition - ✔✔Outcome
✔✔pathway - ✔✔Section
✔✔Question Rationale - ✔✔Why is the question being asked?
✔✔stem - ✔✔Option
✔✔Hypoglycemia - ✔✔low blood sugar
✔✔Hyperglycemia symptoms - ✔✔high blood sugar
✔✔DoS - ✔✔Directory of service
✔✔EAR - ✔✔Emergency Ambulance Response
✔✔What is normal body temperature - ✔✔37 degrees Celsius
✔✔What is sepsis - ✔✔A reaction to an infection causing the body to attack its own
organs and tissues
✔✔What is anaphylaxis? - ✔✔Severe allergic reaction
✔✔What does neutropenic mean - ✔✔Low immunity
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔terminal illness - ✔✔a disease or condition that will eventually cause death
✔✔antibiotic resistance - ✔✔Resistance in effect of antibiotics due to misuse
✔✔Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) - ✔✔caused by violent shaking; symptoms include
fussiness, tiredness, breathing problems, poor eating, vomiting, seizures, paralysis
✔✔ectopic pregnancy - ✔✔A pregnancy outside of the womb, usually in a fallopian tube
- cant develop to a baby and can be serious
✔✔Cancer - ✔✔Cells growing uncontrollably or rapidly
✔✔compensation - ✔✔Blood being diverted to focus on other organs when lack of
blood flow
✔✔blood pressure - ✔✔Force of blood in arteries
Systolic pressure(as heart beats)/diastolic pressure(between beats)
✔✔heart palpitations - ✔✔Irregular or rapid beating of the heart.
✔✔Angina - ✔✔Pain in chest from lack of oxygen reaching heart muscle
✔✔aneurysm - ✔✔Bulging weakened area in an artery wall
✔✔AAA - ✔✔abdominal aortic aneurysm
✔✔Atherosclerosis - ✔✔fatty deposits (plaque) build up on the arteries walls making
them weaker
✔✔dissection (aneurysm) - ✔✔Artery wall tears, blood leaks in wall layers, if this bursts
can cause major internal bleeding depriving organs from blood.
✔✔central nervous system - ✔✔brain and spinal cord
✔✔peripheral nervous system - ✔✔the sensory and motor neurons that connect the
central nervous system to the rest of the body
✔✔autonomic nervous system - ✔✔the automatic control system of the body; regulates
breathing, heart rate, digestion, and so on
✔✔Meninges - ✔✔three protective membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord
, ✔✔celebrospinal fluid - ✔✔Clear fluid protecting brain
✔✔Meningitis - ✔✔inflammation of the meninges, can be caused by bacteria or viruses
✔✔Sepsis - ✔✔Dangerous infection of the blood
✔✔stroke - ✔✔blood flow to the brain is stopped and brain cells may begin to die
✔✔clinical shock - ✔✔A life-threatening failure of the circulatory system circulating
oxygen around the body
✔✔Marfan Syndrome - ✔✔genetic connective tissue disorder that can cause a ruptured
aorta
✔✔Addison's disease (adrenal insufficiency) - ✔✔Adrenal glands on top of kidneys
don't produce enough hormones
✔✔disposition - ✔✔Outcome
✔✔pathway - ✔✔Section
✔✔Question Rationale - ✔✔Why is the question being asked?
✔✔stem - ✔✔Option
✔✔Hypoglycemia - ✔✔low blood sugar
✔✔Hyperglycemia symptoms - ✔✔high blood sugar
✔✔DoS - ✔✔Directory of service
✔✔EAR - ✔✔Emergency Ambulance Response
✔✔What is normal body temperature - ✔✔37 degrees Celsius
✔✔What is sepsis - ✔✔A reaction to an infection causing the body to attack its own
organs and tissues
✔✔What is anaphylaxis? - ✔✔Severe allergic reaction
✔✔What does neutropenic mean - ✔✔Low immunity
