NGN NCLEX-PN Test Bank
2025-2026: Master the Next
Generation Exam with 480
Questions & Detailed
Answers for First-Attempt
Success
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 answers--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 answers--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 answers--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 answers--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
answers--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.
2025-2026: Master the Next
Generation Exam with 480
Questions & Detailed
Answers for First-Attempt
Success
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 answers--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 answers--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 answers--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 answers--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
answers--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.
