Epic Skills Assessment Quantitative Reasoning & Math Questions and Answers

Question 1

A pharmacy technician is preparing a saline solution.
The instructions state that for every 500 mL of distilled water, 4.5 grams of sodium chloride must be added.
If the technician needs to prepare 2.4 Liters of the saline solution, how many grams of sodium chloride will they need?

Accepted Answer

21.6 g

Answer

18.0 g

Answer

19.2 g

Answer

24.0 g

Question 2

A hospital's data server processes an average of 1,200 patient data requests per hour. During peak hours (3 PM to 6 PM), the request volume increases by 35%. What is the total number of patient data requests the server processes between 3 PM and 6 PM?

Accepted Answer

4,860

Answer

3,600

Answer

1,620

Answer

5,400

Question 3

A medical clinic schedules patient appointments in 15-minute intervals. A doctor works an 8-hour shift with a 45-minute unpaid lunch break. If 3 appointment slots are kept open for emergencies, what is the maximum number of regular patients the doctor can see in one shift?

Accepted Answer

26

Answer

32

Answer

29

Answer

30

Question 4

Which of the following fractions is the closest approximation to the decimal 0.58?

Accepted Answer

7/12

Answer

4/7

Answer

5/9

Answer

3/5

Question 5

The sequence of numbers in a clinical trial's patient ID codes follows a specific pattern: 18, 27, 22, 31, 26, 35, ... What is the next number in this sequence?

Accepted Answer

30

Answer

44

Answer

29

Answer

40

Question 6

A software update takes 2 hours and 30 minutes to deploy on 5 servers. If a team of technicians needs to update 18 servers and they start at 9:00 AM, at what time will they finish?

Accepted Answer

6:00 PM

Answer

5:00 PM

Answer

5:30 PM

Answer

6:30 PM