ATI TEAS NURSING ENTRANCE EXAM KEY
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
2025/2026.
Topic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ the general subject of the the
text
Main idea - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ the key message or thesis
of the text
Key points - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ key points and their
supporting details develop the main idea
Summary - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ a brief restatement of the
main idea and the most important key points and details
Inference - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ a conclusion reached by
critical thinking, reading between the lines, applying logic to facts and
evidence while recognizing context clues
Inference (explicit) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ clearly stated
Inference (implied) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ implied; not
directly stated
1|P age
,Conclusion - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ a deduction made about
an unstated outcome based on prediction, details, evidence, and
results
Descriptive - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ includes sensory details
to create a clear mental picture for the reader
Expository - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ informs, explains, or tells
how to do something; uses only facts and examples
Narrative - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ tells a story to entertain,
inform, or challenge
Persuasive - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ includes facts and strong
opinions to make the reader feel, think, or behave a certain way
Bias - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ tendency toward a preconceived
idea
Connotative meaning - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ the implied
meaning of a word, with assumptions or an emotional charge attached
to it
Denotative meaning - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ the standard
dictionary definition of a word
2|P age
,Rhetorical device - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ stylistic language
used to have an emotional or persuasive effect on the reader
Tone - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ the writer's attitude or emotions
concerning the topic
Argument - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ a point the author believes
Compare and Contrast - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ to compare
means to look for similarities; to contrast means to look for
differences
Prediction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ a reader's guess of what
could happen, based on details found in the text
Primary source - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ a firsthand, unaltered
document by the original author or creator; includes novels, letters,
original research papers, datasets, paintings photographs
Secondary source - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ a document that
analyzes, discusses, or reproduces a primary source; includes
textbooks and many other nonfiction books, review articles,
biographies
Tertiary source - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ a reference work that
consolidates information from primary and secondary sources;
includes encyclopedias, handbooks, study guides
3|P age
, PEMDAS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ parentheses, exponents,
multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction
Least common denominator - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ the
smallest number into which two or more denominators will divide
evenly
Decimals - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ represent parts of a whole
Ratio - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ a comparison between the
quantity of one item and the quantity of another item
Mean - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ the average of a set of numbers
Median - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ the middle number
Mode - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ the number that appears most
often in a set of numbers
Range - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ measures the spread of a given
set of numbers
Area - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ the amount of space within the
boundary of the shape
4|P age
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
2025/2026.
Topic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ the general subject of the the
text
Main idea - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ the key message or thesis
of the text
Key points - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ key points and their
supporting details develop the main idea
Summary - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ a brief restatement of the
main idea and the most important key points and details
Inference - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ a conclusion reached by
critical thinking, reading between the lines, applying logic to facts and
evidence while recognizing context clues
Inference (explicit) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ clearly stated
Inference (implied) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ implied; not
directly stated
1|P age
,Conclusion - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ a deduction made about
an unstated outcome based on prediction, details, evidence, and
results
Descriptive - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ includes sensory details
to create a clear mental picture for the reader
Expository - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ informs, explains, or tells
how to do something; uses only facts and examples
Narrative - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ tells a story to entertain,
inform, or challenge
Persuasive - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ includes facts and strong
opinions to make the reader feel, think, or behave a certain way
Bias - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ tendency toward a preconceived
idea
Connotative meaning - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ the implied
meaning of a word, with assumptions or an emotional charge attached
to it
Denotative meaning - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ the standard
dictionary definition of a word
2|P age
,Rhetorical device - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ stylistic language
used to have an emotional or persuasive effect on the reader
Tone - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ the writer's attitude or emotions
concerning the topic
Argument - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ a point the author believes
Compare and Contrast - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ to compare
means to look for similarities; to contrast means to look for
differences
Prediction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ a reader's guess of what
could happen, based on details found in the text
Primary source - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ a firsthand, unaltered
document by the original author or creator; includes novels, letters,
original research papers, datasets, paintings photographs
Secondary source - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ a document that
analyzes, discusses, or reproduces a primary source; includes
textbooks and many other nonfiction books, review articles,
biographies
Tertiary source - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ a reference work that
consolidates information from primary and secondary sources;
includes encyclopedias, handbooks, study guides
3|P age
, PEMDAS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ parentheses, exponents,
multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction
Least common denominator - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ the
smallest number into which two or more denominators will divide
evenly
Decimals - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ represent parts of a whole
Ratio - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ a comparison between the
quantity of one item and the quantity of another item
Mean - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ the average of a set of numbers
Median - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ the middle number
Mode - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ the number that appears most
often in a set of numbers
Range - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ measures the spread of a given
set of numbers
Area - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ the amount of space within the
boundary of the shape
4|P age
