PAX PAX Nursing Admission 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A patient's heart rate is 52 beats per minute. Which term best describes this finding?
- Tachycardia
- Bradycardia (Correct answer)
- Arrhythmia
- Hypertension
Correct answer: Bradycardia
Bradycardia refers to a heart rate below 60 beats per minute.
Question 2: Which of the following fractions is equivalent to 0.375?
- 1/4
- 3/7
- 3/8 (Correct answer)
- 2/5
Correct answer: 3/8
0.375 = 375/1000, which simplifies to 3/8.
Question 3: Which organ is primarily responsible for filtering waste products from the blood?
- Liver
- Spleen
- Kidney (Correct answer)
- Pancreas
Correct answer: Kidney
The kidneys filter waste and excess substances from the blood to form urine.
Question 4: In the sentence 'The nurse administered the medication carefully,' the word 'carefully' functions as a:
- Adjective
- Adverb (Correct answer)
- Preposition
- Conjunction
Correct answer: Adverb
Carefully modifies the verb 'administered,' making it an adverb.
Question 5: What is the approximate pH of healthy human blood?
- 6.4
- 7.0
- 7.4 (Correct answer)
- 8.0
Correct answer: 7.4
Normal blood pH ranges from 7.35 to 7.45, with 7.4 as the standard reference.
Question 6: A solution contains 20g of solute dissolved in 500 mL of solution. What is the concentration in g/mL?
- 0.04 g/mL (Correct answer)
- 0.4 g/mL
- 4 g/mL
- 0.004 g/mL
Correct answer: 0.04 g/mL
Concentration = 20g ÷ 500 mL = 0.04 g/mL.
Question 7: Which part of the cell contains the genetic information?
- Mitochondria
- Ribosome
- Nucleus (Correct answer)
- Golgi apparatus
Correct answer: Nucleus
The nucleus houses DNA, the cell's genetic material.
PAX PAX Nursing Admission 2
A patient's heart rate is 52 beats per minute.
Which term best describes this finding?