NURSING ATI TEAS 7 TEST EXAMS 2026
QUESTION AND ANSWERS
Topic - answerthe general subject of the the text
Main idea - answerthe key message or thesis of the text
Key points - answerkey points and their supporting details develop the main idea
Summary - answera brief restatement of the main idea and the most important key
points and details
Inference - answera conclusion reached by critical thinking, reading between the lines,
applying logic to facts and evidence while recognizing context clues
Inference (explicit) - answerclearly stated
Inference (implied) - answerimplied; not directly stated
Conclusion - answera deduction made about an unstated outcome based on prediction,
details, evidence, and results
Descriptive - answerincludes sensory details to create a clear mental picture for the
reader
Expository - answerinforms, explains, or tells how to do something; uses only facts and
examples
Narrative - answertells a story to entertain, inform, or challenge
Persuasive - answerincludes facts and strong opinions to make the reader feel, think, or
behave a certain way
Bias - answertendency toward a preconceived idea
Connotative meaning - answerthe implied meaning of a word, with assumptions or an
emotional charge attached to it
Denotative meaning - answerthe standard dictionary definition of a word
Rhetorical device - answerstylistic language used to have an emotional or persuasive
effect on the reader
Tone - answerthe writer's attitude or emotions concerning the topic
,Argument - answera point the author believes
Compare and Contrast - answerto compare means to look for similarities; to contrast
means to look for differences
Prediction - answera reader's guess of what could happen, based on details found in
the text
Primary source - answera firsthand, unaltered document by the original author or
creator; includes novels, letters, original research papers, datasets, paintings
photographs
Secondary source - answera document that analyzes, discusses, or reproduces a
primary source; includes textbooks and many other nonfiction books, review articles,
biographies
Tertiary source - answera reference work that consolidates information from primary
and secondary sources; includes encyclopedias, handbooks, study guides
PEMDAS - answerparentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, and
subtraction
Least common denominator - answerthe smallest number into which two or more
denominators will divide evenly
Decimals - answerrepresent parts of a whole
Ratio - answera comparison between the quantity of one item and the quantity of
another item
Mean - answerthe average of a set of numbers
Median - answerthe middle number
Mode - answerthe number that appears most often in a set of numbers
Range - answermeasures the spread of a given set of numbers
Area - answerthe amount of space within the boundary of the shape
Perimeter - answerthe distance around the shape
Volume - answerthe amount of space the object occupies or can hold, as measured in
cubic units
, Pythagorean theorem - answerapplies to right triangles; a^2 + b^2 = c^2
Acute angles - answerangles <90 degrees
Hypotenuse - answerthe side opposite the right angle
Straight angle - answer180 degree angle
Celsius to Fahrenheit - answer(C x 1.8) + 32
Fahrenheit to Celsius - answer(F - 32) / 1.8
Independent variable - answercan be manipulated
Dependent variable - answerthe variable that is a possible effect
Balance - answerinstrument used to measure an object's mass
Correlation - answerthe relationship between variables
Positive correlation - answerboth variables move in the same direction
Negative correlation - answerone variable increases while the other decreases
Distribution of data - answersymmetry, unimodal, bimodal, bell curve, skewed, uniform
Meniscus - answerthe curve at the surface of a liquid in a tube
Outlier - answera value that does not fit the pattern in the data
Simple probability - answerequals the number of specific desired outcomes divided by
the total number of possible outcomes
Standard deviation - answerexpresses how much a set of values is spread out from the
mean
Coefficients - answernumbers that can be multiplied by one or more variables
Constants - answerspecific numbers that are not multiplied by any variables
Expressions - answerare group of terms
Operators - answerare symbols used to show an operation (such as + and -)
Terms - answercan be constants, the product of a coefficient and a variable, or the
product of two or more variables
QUESTION AND ANSWERS
Topic - answerthe general subject of the the text
Main idea - answerthe key message or thesis of the text
Key points - answerkey points and their supporting details develop the main idea
Summary - answera brief restatement of the main idea and the most important key
points and details
Inference - answera conclusion reached by critical thinking, reading between the lines,
applying logic to facts and evidence while recognizing context clues
Inference (explicit) - answerclearly stated
Inference (implied) - answerimplied; not directly stated
Conclusion - answera deduction made about an unstated outcome based on prediction,
details, evidence, and results
Descriptive - answerincludes sensory details to create a clear mental picture for the
reader
Expository - answerinforms, explains, or tells how to do something; uses only facts and
examples
Narrative - answertells a story to entertain, inform, or challenge
Persuasive - answerincludes facts and strong opinions to make the reader feel, think, or
behave a certain way
Bias - answertendency toward a preconceived idea
Connotative meaning - answerthe implied meaning of a word, with assumptions or an
emotional charge attached to it
Denotative meaning - answerthe standard dictionary definition of a word
Rhetorical device - answerstylistic language used to have an emotional or persuasive
effect on the reader
Tone - answerthe writer's attitude or emotions concerning the topic
,Argument - answera point the author believes
Compare and Contrast - answerto compare means to look for similarities; to contrast
means to look for differences
Prediction - answera reader's guess of what could happen, based on details found in
the text
Primary source - answera firsthand, unaltered document by the original author or
creator; includes novels, letters, original research papers, datasets, paintings
photographs
Secondary source - answera document that analyzes, discusses, or reproduces a
primary source; includes textbooks and many other nonfiction books, review articles,
biographies
Tertiary source - answera reference work that consolidates information from primary
and secondary sources; includes encyclopedias, handbooks, study guides
PEMDAS - answerparentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, and
subtraction
Least common denominator - answerthe smallest number into which two or more
denominators will divide evenly
Decimals - answerrepresent parts of a whole
Ratio - answera comparison between the quantity of one item and the quantity of
another item
Mean - answerthe average of a set of numbers
Median - answerthe middle number
Mode - answerthe number that appears most often in a set of numbers
Range - answermeasures the spread of a given set of numbers
Area - answerthe amount of space within the boundary of the shape
Perimeter - answerthe distance around the shape
Volume - answerthe amount of space the object occupies or can hold, as measured in
cubic units
, Pythagorean theorem - answerapplies to right triangles; a^2 + b^2 = c^2
Acute angles - answerangles <90 degrees
Hypotenuse - answerthe side opposite the right angle
Straight angle - answer180 degree angle
Celsius to Fahrenheit - answer(C x 1.8) + 32
Fahrenheit to Celsius - answer(F - 32) / 1.8
Independent variable - answercan be manipulated
Dependent variable - answerthe variable that is a possible effect
Balance - answerinstrument used to measure an object's mass
Correlation - answerthe relationship between variables
Positive correlation - answerboth variables move in the same direction
Negative correlation - answerone variable increases while the other decreases
Distribution of data - answersymmetry, unimodal, bimodal, bell curve, skewed, uniform
Meniscus - answerthe curve at the surface of a liquid in a tube
Outlier - answera value that does not fit the pattern in the data
Simple probability - answerequals the number of specific desired outcomes divided by
the total number of possible outcomes
Standard deviation - answerexpresses how much a set of values is spread out from the
mean
Coefficients - answernumbers that can be multiplied by one or more variables
Constants - answerspecific numbers that are not multiplied by any variables
Expressions - answerare group of terms
Operators - answerare symbols used to show an operation (such as + and -)
Terms - answercan be constants, the product of a coefficient and a variable, or the
product of two or more variables
