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The NLN PAX exam has 163 questions and runs 3 hours.
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Although the new scheduling system was designed to streamline check-in, its labyrinthine menus left staff more confused than before. As used in this sentence, "labyrinthine" most nearly means:
Correct answer: C - Confusing and maze-like
Which word is CLOSEST in meaning to "tenuous"?
Correct answer: A - Flimsy
Read the passage and answer the question that follows. The familiar image of a forest is one of competition: trees racing upward, each shading out its neighbors. Research into underground fungal networks has complicated that picture. In many forests, fungi wrap around tree roots and extend far beyond them, drawing in water and minerals the tree could not reach on its own. In return, the fungi receive sugars the tree produces through photosynthesis. Researchers have even traced carbon moving through these networks from mature trees to seedlings growing in deep shade. Some scientists describe this as cooperation. Others reply that the fungi may simply be moving resources in whatever pattern serves the fungi. What is no longer in dispute is that the connections are there. Which statement BEST expresses the main idea of the passage?
Correct answer: D - Fungal networks have changed how researchers understand forest life.
Read the passage and answer the question that follows. The familiar image of a forest is one of competition: trees racing upward, each shading out its neighbors. Research into underground fungal networks has complicated that picture. In many forests, fungi wrap around tree roots and extend far beyond them, drawing in water and minerals the tree could not reach on its own. In return, the fungi receive sugars the tree produces through photosynthesis. Researchers have even traced carbon moving through these networks from mature trees to seedlings growing in deep shade. Some scientists describe this as cooperation. Others reply that the fungi may simply be moving resources in whatever pattern serves the fungi. What is no longer in dispute is that the connections are there. The author's attitude toward the claim that trees "cooperate" is BEST described as:
Correct answer: B - Careful neutrality between competing interpretations
A clinic's monthly patient visits fell from 250 in March to 200 in April. What was the percent decrease?
Correct answer: A - 20%
Convert 0.045 kilograms to milligrams.
Correct answer: A - 45,000 mg
Thirty minutes after a large meal, a healthy person's blood glucose rises sharply. Which response returns blood glucose to its normal range?
Correct answer: A - The pancreas releases insulin, which moves glucose into cells
Which vessel carries deoxygenated blood AWAY from the heart?
Correct answer: B - Pulmonary artery
A red blood cell is placed in a solution containing a much higher concentration of dissolved solute than the cell's cytoplasm. What will happen to the cell?
Correct answer: D - Water will leave the cell, causing it to shrink
Both parents are heterozygous carriers of a recessive genetic condition (Bb x Bb). What percentage of their children would be expected to be unaffected carriers of the trait?
Correct answer: B - 50%
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