NLN PAX Practice Test Questions And Answers

NLN PAX Practice Test Questions And Answers The editor rejected the illustrations saying the color was too drab. The illustrations lacked -Contrast -Detail -Variation -Luster - CORRECT ANSWER Luster The lawyer found the witness's testimony assailable from certain angles. Assailable means -Morbid -Hollow -Rescindable -Vulnerable - CORRECT ANSWER Vulnerable Anna was invariably late for her classes. Invariably means -Never -Rarely -Occasionally -Constantly - CORRECT ANSWER Constantly The association of a roadrunner to a coyote is that the coyote -Has an imaginary relationship with the roadrunner -is the mortal enemy of the roadrunner -Share the desert spoils willingly with the roadrunner -is a victim of the roadrunner. - CORRECT ANSWER has an imaginary relationship with the roadrunner Guard cells which can be found in the leaves of plants are most closely associated with which of these processes? -Reproduction of a new plant -Evaporation of water from the plant -Synthesis of organic substances in the plant -Movement of organic and inorganic substances from soil to the plant - CORRECT ANSWER Evaporation of water from the plant The bending of a wave around an obstacle is known as -Diffraction -Deflection -Refraction -Reflection - CORRECT ANSWER Diffraction Which of these conditions is associated with smoking? -Esophageal Varices -Tonsillitis -Emphysema -Blindness - CORRECT ANSWER Emphysema A gram stain is an important technique used in the laboratory that -Identifies different type of blood cells. -Is sensitive to specific types of plants -Highlights nucleus containing cells. -Distinguishes between different kinds of bacterial cells walls. - CORRECT ANSWER Distinguishes between different kinds of bacterial cells well A material that settles out of a reaction is termed a(n) -suspension -precipitate -colloid -emulsion - CORRECT ANSWER Emulsion All living cells contain cytoplasm. Cytoplasm is important because it -Carries hereditary traits -Controls what moves in and out of the cells. -Produces protein -Is where most of the cell's chemical reactions take place - CORRECT ANSWER Controls what moves in and out of the cells An example of the most complex level of the organization in a frog is the -Epithelium -Striated muscle -Respiratory system -Stomach - CORRECT ANSWER Respiratory system Energy that is in an object because of its position is called -Kinetic energy -Nuclear energy -Potential energy -Electromagnetic energy - CORRECT ANSWER Potential energy Enzymes that are involved in biochemical reactions are organic -Colloid -Catalysts -Cathodes -Constants - CORRECT ANSWER Catalysts In classical physics, light is viewed as part of the electromagnetic spectrum, traveling in form of transverse waves. Quantum physics proposes that light is composed of quanta called -Rays -Newtons -Atoms -Photons - CORRECT ANSWER Photons In corn plants, the gene that codes for the presence of chlorophyll is sometimes missing. The results seedlings are albino and will not survive. The lethal genes appears in corn populations because -The soil nutrients will not allow the plant to produce chlorophyll. -The parent plants that produced the seeds carried the recessive gene for the albino trait. -The farmer used herbicides, which destroyed the chlorophyll in the seedlings. -The seeds were old and stored improperly, resulting in the lethal trait. - CORRECT ANSWER The parent plans that produced the seeds carried the recessive gene for the albino trait The scientific name of the wolf is Canis Lupus. The name indicates the wolf's -Genus and species -Phylum and species -Kingdom and genus -Phylum and Genus - CORRECT ANSWER Genus and species