NLN NEX
Nursing Entrance Exam
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Verbal Ability
Reading comprehension and word knowledge
Passage 1
Sleep is often mistaken for a passive state in which the body simply shuts
down. In fact, during deep sleep the body is quite active: growth hormone
is released, tissues are repaired, and the brain consolidates memories.
Most adults need seven to nine hours of sleep each night. Chronic sleep
deprivation has been linked to high blood pressure, obesity, weakened
immunity, and poor concentration. Even so, surveys suggest that about
one-third of adults regularly sleep fewer than seven hours. Experts
recommend a consistent sleep schedule, limiting caffeine late in the day,
and reducing screen time before bed.
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,1. Which statement best expresses the main idea of the passage?
A. Sleep is an active, essential process, and too little of it harms health.
B. Adults should avoid caffeine entirely.
C. Most people sleep more than nine hours each night.
D. Screen time is the main cause of obesity.
Answer: A
Rationale: The passage explains what happens during sleep and the
risks of not getting enough. The other choices are details or are not
supported.
2. According to the passage, how many hours of sleep do most adults
need?
A. Six to seven hours
B. Nine to eleven hours
C. Seven to nine hours
D. Five to six hours
Answer: C
Rationale: The passage states that most adults need seven to nine hours
of sleep each night.
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,3. Which conclusion is best supported by the passage?
A. A person who regularly sleeps five hours a night may be at greater
risk for health problems.
B. Memory is unrelated to sleep.
C. Caffeine is harmless at any time of day.
D. Sleeping longer than nine hours cures high blood pressure.
Answer: A
Rationale: Chronic sleep deprivation is linked to several health problems,
so consistently sleeping five hours is a risk. The others contradict or are
not addressed by the passage.
4. As used in the passage, the word "passive" most nearly means:
A. Voluntary
B. Noisy
C. Dangerous
D. Inactive
Answer: D
Rationale: The author contrasts passive with the body being "quite active"
during sleep, so passive means inactive.
Passage 2
In the 1840s, Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis noticed that women
who gave birth in a hospital ward staffed by doctors died of childbed fever
far more often than women in a ward staffed by midwives. He also
observed that the doctors frequently went directly from performing
autopsies to delivering babies. Semmelweis required doctors to wash their
hands with a chlorinated lime solution, and the death rate dropped sharply.
Nevertheless, most of his colleagues rejected his findings, partly because
the germ theory of disease had not yet been established. Only decades
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, later, after the work of Louis Pasteur and Joseph Lister, was his
contribution widely recognized.
5. What observation led Semmelweis to require handwashing?
A. Pasteur told him about germs.
B. Doctors moved from autopsies to deliveries, and their ward had
higher death rates.
C. Midwives washed with soap and water.
D. Patients complained of dirty hospital rooms.
Answer: B
Rationale: The passage links the higher death rate in the doctors' ward to
doctors handling cadavers before deliveries.
6. Why did most of Semmelweis's colleagues reject his findings?
A. His results showed no change in death rates.
B. Germ theory had not yet been established to explain them.
C. Midwives disagreed with him.
D. He refused to publish his work.
Answer: B
Rationale: The passage states that rejection occurred partly because
germ theory was not yet established.
7. The word "sharply" as used in the passage most nearly means:
A. Slowly
B. Suddenly and significantly
C. Painfully
D. Slightly
Answer: B
Rationale: A sharp drop in death rates is a sudden, large decrease.
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Nursing Entrance Exam
Questions with Answers| Latest Update
Verbal Ability
Reading comprehension and word knowledge
Passage 1
Sleep is often mistaken for a passive state in which the body simply shuts
down. In fact, during deep sleep the body is quite active: growth hormone
is released, tissues are repaired, and the brain consolidates memories.
Most adults need seven to nine hours of sleep each night. Chronic sleep
deprivation has been linked to high blood pressure, obesity, weakened
immunity, and poor concentration. Even so, surveys suggest that about
one-third of adults regularly sleep fewer than seven hours. Experts
recommend a consistent sleep schedule, limiting caffeine late in the day,
and reducing screen time before bed.
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,1. Which statement best expresses the main idea of the passage?
A. Sleep is an active, essential process, and too little of it harms health.
B. Adults should avoid caffeine entirely.
C. Most people sleep more than nine hours each night.
D. Screen time is the main cause of obesity.
Answer: A
Rationale: The passage explains what happens during sleep and the
risks of not getting enough. The other choices are details or are not
supported.
2. According to the passage, how many hours of sleep do most adults
need?
A. Six to seven hours
B. Nine to eleven hours
C. Seven to nine hours
D. Five to six hours
Answer: C
Rationale: The passage states that most adults need seven to nine hours
of sleep each night.
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,3. Which conclusion is best supported by the passage?
A. A person who regularly sleeps five hours a night may be at greater
risk for health problems.
B. Memory is unrelated to sleep.
C. Caffeine is harmless at any time of day.
D. Sleeping longer than nine hours cures high blood pressure.
Answer: A
Rationale: Chronic sleep deprivation is linked to several health problems,
so consistently sleeping five hours is a risk. The others contradict or are
not addressed by the passage.
4. As used in the passage, the word "passive" most nearly means:
A. Voluntary
B. Noisy
C. Dangerous
D. Inactive
Answer: D
Rationale: The author contrasts passive with the body being "quite active"
during sleep, so passive means inactive.
Passage 2
In the 1840s, Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis noticed that women
who gave birth in a hospital ward staffed by doctors died of childbed fever
far more often than women in a ward staffed by midwives. He also
observed that the doctors frequently went directly from performing
autopsies to delivering babies. Semmelweis required doctors to wash their
hands with a chlorinated lime solution, and the death rate dropped sharply.
Nevertheless, most of his colleagues rejected his findings, partly because
the germ theory of disease had not yet been established. Only decades
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, later, after the work of Louis Pasteur and Joseph Lister, was his
contribution widely recognized.
5. What observation led Semmelweis to require handwashing?
A. Pasteur told him about germs.
B. Doctors moved from autopsies to deliveries, and their ward had
higher death rates.
C. Midwives washed with soap and water.
D. Patients complained of dirty hospital rooms.
Answer: B
Rationale: The passage links the higher death rate in the doctors' ward to
doctors handling cadavers before deliveries.
6. Why did most of Semmelweis's colleagues reject his findings?
A. His results showed no change in death rates.
B. Germ theory had not yet been established to explain them.
C. Midwives disagreed with him.
D. He refused to publish his work.
Answer: B
Rationale: The passage states that rejection occurred partly because
germ theory was not yet established.
7. The word "sharply" as used in the passage most nearly means:
A. Slowly
B. Suddenly and significantly
C. Painfully
D. Slightly
Answer: B
Rationale: A sharp drop in death rates is a sudden, large decrease.
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