5.4 Comprehensive Practice Questions
Key Takeaways
- This section contains mixed practice questions from all three NEX sections for final review
- Practice answering questions under timed conditions to build test-taking stamina
- Review the explanation for EVERY question — even ones you get right — to reinforce understanding
- Questions you get wrong are your most valuable study material — track patterns in your mistakes
- If you consistently miss questions in one topic, return to that chapter for targeted review
- Aim to complete this practice set in under 30 minutes to simulate exam pacing
- After completing practice, identify your top 3 weakest topics and review those sections
- Consider this your pre-exam readiness check — if you score above 70%, you are well-prepared
This section contains mixed practice questions covering all three NEX sections. Use these to assess your overall readiness and identify any remaining weak areas.
Instructions:
- Try to answer each question before looking at the explanation
- Track how many you get right vs. wrong
- Note which topics your wrong answers fall into
- Use your results to guide final review
Verbal Ability Practice
How to Use This Practice Set
Treat these questions as an active-recall checkpoint for Comprehensive Practice Questions, not as a reading assignment. Answer the full set before looking at explanations, then mark each miss by skill area, rule, or service name. For every wrong answer, write the reason the correct option wins and why one tempting distractor fails. That habit matters because real exam questions often test the same concept with different wording. If you miss several questions from the same domain, pause and reread that chapter before continuing.
A strong final review loop is: timed attempt, explanation review, targeted reread, then a second attempt after a short break.
Review Routine
After you finish this set, make a three-column log: topic, missed rule, and the clue you should have noticed. Retake only missed questions the next day, then mix them with new questions so you do not memorize order. For calculations or scenario rules, say the first step aloud before choosing an option; that prevents rushing into a familiar but wrong answer.
The word "contraindicated" most nearly means:
Which word is an ANTONYM of "acute"?
"The patient presented with bilateral edema in the lower extremities." The word "bilateral" means:
Mathematics Practice
A patient needs to take 2.5 mL of medication 3 times daily for 10 days. How many total mL will be needed?
A patient's temperature is 39.5°C. What is this in Fahrenheit?
What is 2/3 of 450?
If a nurse works 3 twelve-hour shifts per week for 4 weeks, and her hourly rate is $35, what are her total earnings?
Science Practice
Which organ system is responsible for filtering blood and removing waste products as urine?
Diffusion is the movement of molecules from:
The pancreas produces insulin. What is the primary function of insulin?
Which type of blood vessel has walls that are only ONE cell thick, allowing for gas and nutrient exchange?
A Punnett square cross of Bb x bb would produce what ratio of phenotypes?
Which vitamin deficiency causes scurvy?
Match each body system to its primary function.
Match each item on the left with the correct item on the right
The word "asymptomatic" means:
A solution contains 15 mL of medication in 500 mL of saline. What is the concentration as a percentage?
Which of the following correctly describes the flow of blood through the heart?
If a patient's weight drops from 180 lbs to 162 lbs, what is the percentage of weight loss?
The suffix "-ectomy" in the word "appendectomy" indicates:
How many mL are in 2.5 cups?
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