AS Cheat Sheet 2026

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1. What molecule directly carries amino acids to the ribosome during translation? → tRNA
2. Which term describes the process of a company buying back its own shares from the open market? → Share repurchase (buyback)
3. Which research method involves systematically manipulating one variable to observe its effect on another? → Experiment
4. What is the solution to the inequality 2x − 3 > 7? → x > 5
5. In human resources management, 'on-the-job training' differs from 'off-the-job training' because it: → Occurs while the employee performs actual work duties
6. Which economic concept describes the additional cost of producing one more unit of a good or service? → Marginal cost
7. When teaching a patient about a low-sodium diet, which food should the nurse advise the patient to avoid? → Canned soup
8. A patient with a chest tube has continuous bubbling in the water-seal chamber. This finding most likely indicates: → An air leak in the system or pleural space
9. Which financial statement shows a company's revenues and expenses over a specific period? → Income statement
10. What is the term for the tendency to attribute one's own behaviors to situational factors while attributing others' behaviors to their character? → Actor-observer bias
11. What jobs could a student with an associate degree in computer science apply for? → Application developer, software engineer, game developer, Help desk technician
12. Which property states that a(b + c) = ab + ac? → Distributive property
13. A nurse delegates vital sign measurement to an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) for a stable postoperative patient. This delegation is: → Appropriate because it is a routine task within the UAP's scope
14. What is the main claim of the DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 5th edition)? → It classifies and describes mental disorders for diagnostic purposes
15. Which instruction is most important when teaching a patient about warfarin therapy? → Avoid foods high in vitamin K such as leafy green vegetables
16. Which element is found in all organic compounds? → Carbon
17. A nurse is reviewing a patient's ABG results: pH 7.30, PaCO2 52 mmHg, HCO3 24 mEq/L. How should the nurse interpret these values? → Respiratory acidosis, uncompensated
18. What is the integral of f(x) = 4x³? → x⁴ + C
19. A nurse is caring for a patient receiving a blood transfusion who develops fever, chills, and back pain 15 minutes after initiation. The priority action is: → Stop the transfusion and maintain IV access with normal saline
20. In which type of reaction do two or more substances combine to form a single product? → Synthesis (combination) reaction
21. What is the term for the variety of life on Earth including genetic, species, and ecosystem diversity? → Biodiversity
22. Which concept in OOP allows a subclass to provide a specific implementation of a method defined in its superclass? → Overriding
23. Which trigonometric identity states that sin²θ + cos²θ = 1? → Pythagorean identity
24. According to the law of conservation of mass, what is true about a chemical reaction? → The total mass of reactants equals the total mass of products
25. When performing oropharyngeal suctioning on an adult patient, the nurse should apply suction for no longer than: → 10–15 seconds
26. Which document outlines the rules and internal management structure of a corporation? → Corporate bylaws
27. Under the US Federal Reserve system, the 'federal funds rate' is: → The overnight lending rate between banks
28. Which data structure is best suited for implementing a breadth-first search (BFS)? → Queue
29. Which psychologist is credited with developing the theory of classical conditioning? → Ivan Pavlov
30. The five rights of medication administration include the right patient, right drug, right dose, right route, and: → Right time