PAX Cheat Sheet 2026

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1. Select the correctly punctuated sentence. → The patient, although nervous, agreed to the procedure.
2. The evolutionary ancestor of both fungus and plants, according to scientists, was: → Protists
3. How many questions are in the PAX Mathematics section? → 40
4. If x + 7 = 15, what is the value of 3x? → 24
5. Select the answer choice that correctly completes the following: Some human beings are mortal. Plato is a human being. → Plato may be mortal
6. Which fraction is equivalent to 0.625? → 5/8
7. If a car depreciates from $24,000 to $18,000, what is the percent decrease? → 25%
8. Which word means 'to make something less severe'? → Mitigate
9. Which sentence is grammatically correct? → Neither the doctor nor the nurses were available.
10. How many questions are in the PAX Verbal section? → 60
11. What is the median of the following data set: 4, 7, 9, 2, 6, 8, 1? → 6
12. Read the following: 'The results were inconclusive.' What does 'inconclusive' mean? → Not leading to a clear result
13. In the sentence 'The nurse administered the medication carefully,' the word 'carefully' functions as a: → Adverb
14. Particularly if they are eating with their fingers, people should only eat with their right hands. → their
15. Which type of muscle is found in the walls of hollow organs such as the stomach and intestines? → Smooth muscle
16. Newton's Second Law of Motion states that force equals: → Mass × acceleration
17. What is the result of 2³ × 2²? → 2^5
18. Genetic material exchanged during prophase 1 of meiosis between homologous chromosomes. → Crossing over
19. If a patient's temperature is 100.4°F, what is it in Celsius? (C = (F − 32) × 5/9) → 38.0°C
20. What is a 'composite score' on the PAX exam? → A combined score derived from all three section scores
21. What happens during an exothermic reaction? → Energy is released to the surroundings
22. A solution contains 20g of solute dissolved in 500 mL of solution. What is the concentration in g/mL? → 0.04 g/mL
23. Why does activation energy exist? → The minimum amount of energy required for a reaction to proceed
24. The word 'benign' most nearly means: → Favorable or harmless
25. Which organelle is responsible for producing ATP through cellular respiration? → Mitochondria
26. As a result, etiquette guidelines vary depending on where a person resides. → Therefore, the etiquette rules differ
27. The Richter scale is used to measure the: → Magnitude of earthquakes
28. Which element has the chemical symbol 'Na'? → Sodium
29. What is the term for a plate boundary where two plates slide horizontally past each other? → Transform boundary
30. What is the role of DNA in a cell? → Store genetic information