Nursing ATI TEAS 7 Test 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
Topic - the general subject of the the text
Main idea - the key message or thesis of the text
Key points - key points and their supporting details develop the main idea
Summary - a brief restatement of the main idea and the most important key points and details
Inference - a conclusion reached by critical thinking, reading between the lines, applying logic to
facts and evidence while recognizing context clues
Inference (explicit) - clearly stated
Inference (implied) - implied; not directly stated
Conclusion - a deduction made about an unstated outcome based on prediction, details,
evidence, and results
Descriptive - includes sensory details to create a clear mental picture for the reader
Expository - informs, explains, or tells how to do something; uses only facts and examples
Narrative - tells a story to entertain, inform, or challenge
,Persuasive - includes facts and strong opinions to make the reader feel, think, or behave a
certain way
Bias - tendency toward a preconceived idea
Connotative meaning - the implied meaning of a word, with assumptions or an emotional
charge attached to it
Denotative meaning - the standard dictionary definition of a word
Rhetorical device - stylistic language used to have an emotional or persuasive effect on the
reader
Tone - the writer's attitude or emotions concerning the topic
Argument - a point the author believes
Compare and Contrast - to compare means to look for similarities; to contrast means to look for
differences
Prediction - a reader's guess of what could happen, based on details found in the text
Primary source - a firsthand, unaltered document by the original author or creator; includes
novels, letters, original research papers, datasets, paintings photographs
Secondary source - a document that analyzes, discusses, or reproduces a primary source;
includes textbooks and many other nonfiction books, review articles, biographies
, Tertiary source - a reference work that consolidates information from primary and secondary
sources; includes encyclopedias, handbooks, study guides
PEMDAS - parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction
Least common denominator - the smallest number into which two or more denominators will
divide evenly
Decimals - represent parts of a whole
Ratio - a comparison between the quantity of one item and the quantity of another item
Mean - the average of a set of numbers
Median - the middle number
Mode - the number that appears most often in a set of numbers
Range - measures the spread of a given set of numbers
Area - the amount of space within the boundary of the shape
Perimeter - the distance around the shape
Volume - the amount of space the object occupies or can hold, as measured in cubic units
Pythagorean theorem - applies to right triangles; a^2 + b^2 = c^2
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
Topic - the general subject of the the text
Main idea - the key message or thesis of the text
Key points - key points and their supporting details develop the main idea
Summary - a brief restatement of the main idea and the most important key points and details
Inference - a conclusion reached by critical thinking, reading between the lines, applying logic to
facts and evidence while recognizing context clues
Inference (explicit) - clearly stated
Inference (implied) - implied; not directly stated
Conclusion - a deduction made about an unstated outcome based on prediction, details,
evidence, and results
Descriptive - includes sensory details to create a clear mental picture for the reader
Expository - informs, explains, or tells how to do something; uses only facts and examples
Narrative - tells a story to entertain, inform, or challenge
,Persuasive - includes facts and strong opinions to make the reader feel, think, or behave a
certain way
Bias - tendency toward a preconceived idea
Connotative meaning - the implied meaning of a word, with assumptions or an emotional
charge attached to it
Denotative meaning - the standard dictionary definition of a word
Rhetorical device - stylistic language used to have an emotional or persuasive effect on the
reader
Tone - the writer's attitude or emotions concerning the topic
Argument - a point the author believes
Compare and Contrast - to compare means to look for similarities; to contrast means to look for
differences
Prediction - a reader's guess of what could happen, based on details found in the text
Primary source - a firsthand, unaltered document by the original author or creator; includes
novels, letters, original research papers, datasets, paintings photographs
Secondary source - a document that analyzes, discusses, or reproduces a primary source;
includes textbooks and many other nonfiction books, review articles, biographies
, Tertiary source - a reference work that consolidates information from primary and secondary
sources; includes encyclopedias, handbooks, study guides
PEMDAS - parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction
Least common denominator - the smallest number into which two or more denominators will
divide evenly
Decimals - represent parts of a whole
Ratio - a comparison between the quantity of one item and the quantity of another item
Mean - the average of a set of numbers
Median - the middle number
Mode - the number that appears most often in a set of numbers
Range - measures the spread of a given set of numbers
Area - the amount of space within the boundary of the shape
Perimeter - the distance around the shape
Volume - the amount of space the object occupies or can hold, as measured in cubic units
Pythagorean theorem - applies to right triangles; a^2 + b^2 = c^2
