NLN PAX RN PRACTICE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
SOLUTIONS 2026
▶ con-. Answer: with, together
▶ ecto-. Answer: outside, external
▶ hetero-. Answer: different, other
▶ homo-. Answer: same
▶ inter-. Answer: between
▶ intra-. Answer: within
▶ mal-. Answer: ill, evil
▶ mis-. Answer: incorrect
▶ neo-. Answer: new
▶ omni-. Answer: all
▶ patho-. Answer: ill
▶ sub-. Answer: under
▶ trans-. Answer: across
▶ aqua (root). Answer: water
▶ chron (root). Answer: time
▶ clude, clus (roots). Answer: shut, close
,▶ cog, cogn (roots). Answer: know, knowledge
▶ duce, duct (roots). Answer: lead
▶ fact, fect, fict (roots). Answer: make, do
▶ graph, gram (roots). Answer: write, record, picture
▶ hydr, hydro (roots). Answer: water
▶ ject, jac (roots). Answer: throw, cast
▶ logue, logy (roots). Answer: study of speech and science
▶ man, manu (roots). Answer: hand, by hand
▶ meter (roots). Answer: measure
▶ ped, pod (roots). Answer: foot
▶ pend, pense (roots). Answer: hang, weigh
▶ scribe, script (roots). Answer: write
▶ sec, sect (roots). Answer: cut
▶ spire, spirat (roots). Answer: breathe, breath
▶ tract (root). Answer: draw, drag
▶ troph (root). Answer: feed
▶ vene, vent (roots). Answer: come
▶ vocat, voke (roots). Answer: call
▶ volve, volv (roots). Answer: roll, turn
, ▶ - able, -ible (suffixes). Answer: capable or worthy of
▶ -ance, -ence. Answer: relating to, state of
▶ -ic. Answer: pertaining to
▶ -ish. Answer: like, somewhat
▶ -less. Answer: without
▶ -ment. Answer: result, action
▶ -ness. Answer: condition, quality of
▶ -phobe. Answer: hate, dislike
▶ brack (root). Answer: salty
▶ fract (root). Answer: break
▶ expediting. Answer: speed up
▶ frugal. Answer: economical, thrifty
▶ brackish. Answer: salt water
▶ fracture. Answer: a break
▶ fraction. Answer: a portion, break of whole
▶ diffract. Answer: break up light
▶ fractious. Answer: unruly, irritable, breaking from propriety
▶ antecedent. Answer: preceding event or word
▶ anaplasia. Answer: reversion of cells to earlier form
▶ antidote. Answer: something that acts against poison
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
SOLUTIONS 2026
▶ con-. Answer: with, together
▶ ecto-. Answer: outside, external
▶ hetero-. Answer: different, other
▶ homo-. Answer: same
▶ inter-. Answer: between
▶ intra-. Answer: within
▶ mal-. Answer: ill, evil
▶ mis-. Answer: incorrect
▶ neo-. Answer: new
▶ omni-. Answer: all
▶ patho-. Answer: ill
▶ sub-. Answer: under
▶ trans-. Answer: across
▶ aqua (root). Answer: water
▶ chron (root). Answer: time
▶ clude, clus (roots). Answer: shut, close
,▶ cog, cogn (roots). Answer: know, knowledge
▶ duce, duct (roots). Answer: lead
▶ fact, fect, fict (roots). Answer: make, do
▶ graph, gram (roots). Answer: write, record, picture
▶ hydr, hydro (roots). Answer: water
▶ ject, jac (roots). Answer: throw, cast
▶ logue, logy (roots). Answer: study of speech and science
▶ man, manu (roots). Answer: hand, by hand
▶ meter (roots). Answer: measure
▶ ped, pod (roots). Answer: foot
▶ pend, pense (roots). Answer: hang, weigh
▶ scribe, script (roots). Answer: write
▶ sec, sect (roots). Answer: cut
▶ spire, spirat (roots). Answer: breathe, breath
▶ tract (root). Answer: draw, drag
▶ troph (root). Answer: feed
▶ vene, vent (roots). Answer: come
▶ vocat, voke (roots). Answer: call
▶ volve, volv (roots). Answer: roll, turn
, ▶ - able, -ible (suffixes). Answer: capable or worthy of
▶ -ance, -ence. Answer: relating to, state of
▶ -ic. Answer: pertaining to
▶ -ish. Answer: like, somewhat
▶ -less. Answer: without
▶ -ment. Answer: result, action
▶ -ness. Answer: condition, quality of
▶ -phobe. Answer: hate, dislike
▶ brack (root). Answer: salty
▶ fract (root). Answer: break
▶ expediting. Answer: speed up
▶ frugal. Answer: economical, thrifty
▶ brackish. Answer: salt water
▶ fracture. Answer: a break
▶ fraction. Answer: a portion, break of whole
▶ diffract. Answer: break up light
▶ fractious. Answer: unruly, irritable, breaking from propriety
▶ antecedent. Answer: preceding event or word
▶ anaplasia. Answer: reversion of cells to earlier form
▶ antidote. Answer: something that acts against poison
