Hesi RN Entrance Exam questions and correct answers

Rule #2) When the subject is a collective noun - correct answersSuch as family, community, faculty, or audience; they sound like plural while any of these act as single entity. Thus, a singular form of verb is appropriate unless the subject serves as a group. Rule #3) When the subject is compound subject - correct answersWhen the subject contains two or more words and connected by 'and' , the verb form would be the plural. Example-The FACULTY and the STUDENTS were in the class during the biology lecture. 2) Comma use in a compound sentence - correct answersA compound sentence , one that contains two or more independent clauses. Each independent clause has its own subject and predicate. ** When two independent clauses are joined by a coordinating conjunction such as and, but, or, or, nor, use a comma before the conjunction.** Example- The professor thought the test was easy, BUT the student thought it was too hard. 3) Run-On sentence - correct answersA run-on sentence occurs when two or more complete sentences are written as though they were one sentence. Example- The professor thought the test was too easy the students thought it was too hard. When two independent clauses are joined by only one comma (a comma splice); the comma could be replaced by, dash, semicolon, or colon; or adding a conjunction. 4) Pronoun Case - correct answersRefers to the form of a noun or pronoun that indicates its relation to the other words in a sentence. Three types of P.case are- 1) Nominative: I, we, he, or you 2) Objective: a pronoun is placed at the end of a sentence 3) Possessive: His, hers, their, or your 5) Comma in a series - correct answersA comma is used to separate three or more items in the series or a list. Example- Sanjay took nursing classes in English, biology, and chemistry. 6) Unclear and Vague Pronoun Reference - correct answersAn unclear pronoun or vague pronoun reference makes a sentence confusing. Example- The teacher and the student knew that SHE was wrong. it is unspecific that who was SHE. 7) Sentence Fragments - correct answersSentence fragments are incomplete sentence. Example- While students were taking the test. It is an incomplete sentence, the use of word while makes it dependent clause; so, it needs an independent clause to be completed. Corrected- While the student were taking the test, the professor walked around the classroom. 8) Misplaced Modifier - correct answersThe words or groups of words that are placed improperly in a sentence. Example- I fear my teaching assistant may have discarded the test I was grading in the trash can. Corrected- I fear that the test I was grading may have been discarded in the trash can by my teaching assistant. 9) Dangling Participial Phrase *General rule, it is not graceful to end a sentence with a preposition* - correct answersWhen the participial phrase directly precedes or directly follows a noun that it does not modify. Example- Taking the patient 's symptoms into account, a diagnosis was made by the physician. The participial phrase always modifies the closest noun or pronoun; according to the sentence, it should modify the physician not a diagnosis. Thus, corrected one- Taking the patient's symptoms into account, the physician made a diagnosis. Fifteen Troublesome Word Pairs - correct answersare described in next slides 1) Affect versus Effect - correct answersAffect is usually written as a verb and meant, "to change or to influence." Example- Verb, the chemotherapy affected my daily life. Noun, the trouble teenager with the flat affect attempted suicide. As a noun, the word "affect" is an emotional response or disposition. Effect may be used as a noun or a verb. As a noun, it means " result or outcome." Example- the chemotherapy had a strange effect on me. Verb, as a result of the chemotherapy, I was able to effect a number of changes in my daily life. As a verb, it means " to bring about or accomplish." 2) Among versus Between - correct answersUse among to reflect relationship involving more than two persons or things Use between to reflect relationship involving two persons or things. 3) Amount versus Number - correct answersWhen refer to things in bulk or uncountable, use amount When refer to individual things or units which are countable, use number