NCLEX RN CARDIAC EXAM /RN NCLEX CARDIAC
EXAM REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES 2026
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+
1. 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." -
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
,2. 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." - 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.
3. 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." - 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.
4. Which statement indicates the graduate nurses understanding of the process
at the NCLEX testing site?
a. "I will be thumb-printed 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." - 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 thumb-
printed 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
EXAM REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES 2026
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+
1. 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." -
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
,2. 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." - 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.
3. 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." - 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.
4. Which statement indicates the graduate nurses understanding of the process
at the NCLEX testing site?
a. "I will be thumb-printed 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." - 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 thumb-
printed 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
