Free ATI TEAS 7 practice questions

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Answer: B. The finding links fewer than six hours of sleep to scores twelve points lower, so the central claim is that sleep deprivation hurts academic performance. Nothing in the passage discusses exam timing, so rescheduling exams is an unsupported recommendation. The study compares six and eight hours but never says exactly eight is required for everyone. How often college students get enough sleep is never measured, so that option adds information the passage lacks.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — Reading: Key Ideas and Details — R.1.1 Summarize a multi-paragraph text

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Answer: B. Rising ocean temperatures causing widespread bleaching is evidence that environmental change threatens the reef's health. The passage says the reef spans over 1,400 miles, not exactly 1,400 miles in every direction. It states the reef is visible from space, the opposite of the claim that it no longer is. Tourism is never mentioned, so a tourism ban cannot be concluded.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — Reading: Key Ideas and Details — R.1.2 Make inferences and draw conclusions

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Answer: B. Calling vaccines 'one of the greatest achievements' ranks them against other accomplishments, which is a value judgment, so the author is giving a subjective evaluation. The claim is widely accepted rather than a controversial hypothesis. No quotation marks or attribution suggest the words come from a textbook. Although smallpox eradication is factual, the ranking phrase itself carries judgment, so it is not a neutral statement of fact.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — Reading: Craft and Structure — R.2.3 Evaluate the author's purpose in a given text

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Answer: B. The sentence says the surge was 'previously considered rare,' so 'phenomenon' here means an unusual or remarkable occurrence. Type 2 diabetes is not contagious, so an outbreak meaning does not fit. A diagnosis is a label given to one patient, not a trend across a population. Nothing in the sentence refers to treatment, so 'treatment protocol' has no support from context.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — Reading: Craft and Structure — R.2.2 Interpret the meaning of words and phrases using context

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Answer: D. A blood glucose of 250 mg/dL is well above the normal fasting level of under 100 mg/dL, and glucose spills into urine once blood levels pass the kidney threshold of roughly 180 mg/dL, so hyperglycemia is the supported conclusion. These values rule out normal blood sugar. Neither finding measures fluid status, so dehydration is not established. Protein intake has no connection to either lab value.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — Reading: Integration of Knowledge — R.3.4 Integrate information from multiple sources

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Answer: C. The policy sets two conditions, an adult escort and the charge nurse's approval, and only the 11-year-old with a grandparent and approval meets both. The 10-year-old has approval but arrives without any adult. The 9-year-old has a parent along, yet nobody obtained the charge nurse's approval. The 7-year-old's escort is a 10-year-old sibling, who is under 12 and therefore not an adult.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — Reading: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

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Answer: D. Multiply the fraction by the whole: 3/4 × 60 mL = 180/4 = 45 mL. The other choices match different fractions of 60 mL: 30 mL is 1/2, 40 mL is 2/3, and 50 mL is 5/6. Dividing 60 by 4 first gives 15 mL per quarter, and three quarters is 45 mL.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — Math: Numbers and Algebra — M.1.1 Apply arithmetic operations to fractions

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Answer: D. Subtract the starting temperature from the ending one with the decimals lined up: 102.4 − 98.6 = 3.8°F. Answering 2.8°F drops one degree during borrowing. A result of 4.2°F comes from subtracting the tenths backward (6 − 4 = 2) instead of borrowing. The value 3.2°F has the right whole number but the wrong tenths digit.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — Math: Numbers and Algebra — M.1.3 Solve real-world problems with rational numbers

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Answer: C. Flow rate equals volume divided by time: 1,500 mL ÷ 12 hr = 125 mL/hr. At 100 mL/hr only 1,200 mL would infuse in 12 hours. A rate of 150 mL/hr would deliver 1,800 mL, and 200 mL/hr would deliver 2,400 mL, both more than ordered.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — Math: Measurement and Data — M.2.1 Interpret charts, tables, and graphs

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Answer: A. Kilograms convert to pounds by multiplying by 2.2: 5 × 2.2 = 11.0 lb. Getting 10.0 lb means rounding the factor down to 2. The answer 12.5 lb uses 2.5 lb per kilogram, which is too large. The value 8.8 lb equals 4 × 2.2, so it converts only four kilograms.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — Math: Measurement and Data — M.2.3 Convert within and between measurement systems

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Answer: A. The kidneys, part of the urinary system, filter blood plasma, remove wastes such as urea and creatinine, and excrete them in urine. The digestive system breaks down food and eliminates undigested material, but it does not filter the blood. The lymphatic system returns tissue fluid to the circulation and supports immunity. The respiratory system removes carbon dioxide through gas exchange, not metabolic wastes in general.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — Science: Human Body Systems — S.1.1 Describe the structures and functions of body systems

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Answer: C. Hemoglobin's iron-containing heme groups bind oxygen in the lungs and release it in body tissues; it also carries some carbon dioxide back. Clotting at wound sites depends on platelets and clotting factors such as fibrinogen. Blood sugar is regulated by pancreatic hormones like insulin and glucagon. White blood cells and antibodies, not hemoglobin, fight bacterial infections.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — Science: Human Body Systems — S.1.12 Describe the structures and functions of the cardiovascular system

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Answer: D. Cell theory states that all living things are made of cells and that the cell is the smallest unit that carries out life functions. An atom is a unit of matter, but it is not alive on its own. Tissue is a group of similar cells working together, so it is one level above the cell. An organ is built from several tissue types, an even higher level of organization.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — Science: Life and Physical Sciences — S.2.1 Describe cell structure, function, and organization

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Answer: A. The law of conservation of mass says that in a closed system matter is neither created nor destroyed, so the mass of the reactants equals the mass of the products. An apparent gain or loss in an open container means a gas entered or escaped, not that the total changed. That rules out the claims that mass always increases or is always lost. Allowing matter to be created but not destroyed breaks the same law.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — Science: Life and Physical Sciences — S.3.3 Describe chemical reactions and energy changes

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Answer: D. The independent variable is what the experimenter deliberately changes, here whether a plant gets fertilizer or not. Plant height is what she measures, which makes it the dependent variable. Soil type is not varied between groups; it should be held constant as a controlled variable. The four-week length is likewise kept the same for both groups.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — Science: Scientific Reasoning — S.4.1 Apply reasoning skills to scientific investigations

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Answer: C. Ice cream sales and drownings both rise in hot weather, when more people buy cold treats and go swimming, so a third variable best explains the pattern. Correlation alone does not show that eating ice cream causes drowning. The reverse direction, drowning causing ice cream purchases, has no logical mechanism. The data does reveal a real seasonal association, so saying it shows no pattern is wrong.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — Science: Scientific Reasoning — S.4.3 Evaluate scientific explanations using evidence

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Answer: B. For one patient, the singular possessive is formed by adding an apostrophe and s: patient's. Writing patients' marks a plural possessive, which does not fit a single patient. The version with no apostrophe and a comma before 'before administering' both drops the possessive and inserts a comma that splits the verb from its adverb phrase. Leaving out the apostrophe entirely turns the possessive into a plain plural noun.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — English: Conventions of Language — E.1.2 Use conventions of standard English punctuation

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Answer: A. In a neither/nor pair, the verb agrees with the subject closer to it, and 'the nurse' is singular, so 'was' is correct. Keeping 'nor' but switching to 'were' breaks that agreement. 'Neither' must pair with 'nor,' so the version using 'and' is wrong even though its verb is singular. The version with 'or' has both the wrong conjunction and the plural verb.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — English: Conventions of Language — E.1.3 Use correct sentence structures

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Answer: B. In 'The nurse administered the medication,' the subject (the nurse) performs the action of the verb, which is active voice. The other three sentences put the receiver of the action first and use a form of 'to be' plus a past participle: 'were reviewed,' 'was cleaned and bandaged,' and 'was administered.' Each names the doer only in a 'by' phrase, the marker of passive voice.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — English: Knowledge of Language — E.2.1 Use grammar to enhance clarity in writing

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Answer: C. 'However' introduces an idea that contrasts with or qualifies what came before. 'Furthermore' and 'additionally' both add another point in the same direction. 'Therefore' signals a result or conclusion drawn from the previous idea, so it shows cause and effect rather than contrast.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — English: Knowledge of Language — E.2.1 Use grammar to enhance clarity in writing

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Answer: C. 'Despite aggressive treatment' sets up a contrast: treatment should help, yet the condition still changed for the worse, so 'deteriorated' means worsened. 'Improved' would remove the contrast that 'despite' signals. 'Remained stable' does not fit 'rapidly,' which describes a change. 'Changed unpredictably' misses the clear negative direction the sentence implies.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — English: Vocabulary Acquisition — E.3.1 Determine meaning of words using context clues

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Answer: D. The occipital lobe, at the back of the cerebrum, holds the primary visual cortex, which processes signals from the eyes. The frontal lobe handles planning, decision-making, and voluntary movement. The temporal lobe processes sound and plays a large part in memory. The parietal lobe interprets touch, pain, temperature, and the position of the body.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — Science: Human Anatomy and Physiology

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Answer: C. The command-style title 'Walk More, Drive Less,' backed by savings figures and the mayor's endorsement, argues that investing in walking pays off, so the purpose is to persuade. Cost statistics and official quotes are not the tools of a humorous piece. The article focuses on one result, not a history of road building told in time order. It describes a single town, so it is not a comparison of neighboring towns.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — Reading: Craft and Structure — R.2.3 Evaluate the author’s purpose in a given text

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Answer: B. The chapter first defines diabetes and its symptoms, the problem, then moves to diagnosis, treatment, and prevention, which are ways of addressing it, so problem and solution fits best. Chronological order would trace events through time, such as the history of a patient's illness. Cause and effect would center on what produces diabetes and what it leads to. Order of importance would rank points from most to least significant.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — Reading: Craft and Structure — R.2.4 Analyze how a text is organized

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Answer: C. A sample of 10,000 adults followed for ten years makes chance findings less likely and gives the study weight, so these design features best support the claim. Green tea's popularity in Japan is background, not evidence about heart disease. Taste is a preference and says nothing about cardiac outcomes. What the researchers personally drink is irrelevant to the data and could even suggest bias.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — Reading: Integration of Knowledge — R.3.1 Make logical inferences and draw conclusions based on text evidence

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Answer: A. Three testimonials and no clinical studies mean the energy claim rests only on anecdotes, so skepticism is warranted. 'Natural' is a marketing word and does not guarantee safety. Testimonials are among the weakest forms of evidence, while controlled trials hold the gold-standard spot. Satisfied customers cannot rule out a placebo effect, so their praise does not prove the product works.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — Reading: Integration of Knowledge — R.3.2 Evaluate the credibility and reliability of sources

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Answer: C. Find each subtotal, then add: 12 × $15 = $180 for syringes and 9 × $8 = $72 for saline, so the total is $252. The $207 figure applies the quantity 9 to the syringes as well (9 × $15 + $72). The $264 and $232 totals do not come from the stated quantities and prices, so they reflect arithmetic slips.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — Math: Numbers and Algebra — M.1.5 Solve real-world problems with multiple operations

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Answer: C. The mode is the most frequent value, and 38 is the only number listed twice. The value 42 is the median, the middle of the sorted list 38, 38, 42, 47, 55. The mean is 220 ÷ 5 = 44, so 40 is neither the mean nor any listed value. The value 47 appears only once.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — Math: Measurement and Data — M.2.5 Calculate mean, median, mode, and range

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Answer: B. Write 45% as 0.45 and multiply by the group size: 0.45 × 200 = 90 patients. The answer 110 is the 55% who did not prefer mornings. Choosing 100 uses 50%, and 80 uses 40%, so both apply the wrong percentage.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — Math: Measurement and Data — M.2.5 Apply percentage concepts

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Answer: C. Ordered pairs are written (x, y). Moving right 3 sets x = 3 and moving up 4 sets y = 4, giving (3, 4). Writing (4, 3) swaps the coordinates. The point (−3, 4) is 3 units left of the origin, and (3, −4) is 4 units below it.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — Math: Measurement and Data — M.2.2 Plot points on the coordinate plane

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Answer: D. When the ventricles contract, rising pressure snaps the atrioventricular valves, the tricuspid and mitral, shut so blood cannot flow back into the atria. The semilunar valves, pulmonary and aortic, open during ejection to let blood leave the ventricles. Every other choice includes at least one semilunar valve as closed, which is wrong for the ejection phase of systole.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — Science: Human Body Systems — S.1.12 Describe the structures and functions of the cardiovascular system

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Answer: D. Alveolar walls are a single layer of thin cells wrapped in capillaries, so oxygen and carbon dioxide diffuse across a very short distance. Alveoli have no thick muscle layer; breathing is driven by the diaphragm and chest muscles. Mucus that traps pathogens is made by goblet cells in the airways; alveoli secrete surfactant instead. Each alveolus is microscopic, and the lungs gain surface area from having hundreds of millions of them.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — Science: Human Body Systems — S.1.14 Describe the structures and functions of the respiratory system

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Answer: D. Six protons identify the element as carbon, because atomic number equals proton count. Mass number is protons plus neutrons, 6 + 6 = 12, so this is carbon-12 with a mass of 12. Listing a mass of 6 gives the proton count, not the mass. Oxygen has 8 protons and nitrogen has 7, so neither can have only 6 protons.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — Science: Life and Physical Sciences — S.3.1 Describe atomic structure and the periodic table

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Answer: D. A Tt × Tt square gives TT, Tt, Tt, and tt. Only tt shows the recessive phenotype, so the expected fraction is 1/4. The 3/4 figure is the dominant share (TT plus both Tt). One half is the heterozygous Tt share, and 1/3 does not appear in a four-box Punnett square for this cross.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — Science: Life and Physical Sciences — S.2.3 Apply concepts underlying Mendel's laws of inheritance

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Answer: D. During meiosis, independent assortment sends maternal and paternal chromosomes to gametes in random combinations, and crossing over swaps segments between homologous chromosomes, producing new allele combinations. Natural selection acts on variation that already exists rather than creating it. Mutation can add new alleles, but it is a change in DNA sequence, not chromosome assortment. DNA replication aims to make exact copies before division.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — Science: Life and Physical Sciences — S.2.3 Apply concepts underlying Mendel's laws of inheritance

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Answer: B. In the correct sentence all three items are gerund phrases: taking vitals, charting patient data, and updating the care plan. The first wrong version slips an infinitive, 'to chart,' between two gerunds. Another mixes a gerund, a past-tense verb ('charted'), and an infinitive ('to update'). The last combines 'to take,' 'charting,' and the present-tense 'updates,' so no two items match.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — English: Knowledge of Language — E.2.1 Use parallel structure in sentences

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Answer: D. The phrase 'walking the hallways with only minimal assistance' explains 'ambulatory' directly: the patient is able to walk. A bedridden patient could not walk the halls, so that meaning contradicts the context. Needing a wheelchair also conflicts with walking with minimal help. Severe pain is never mentioned, and walking the halls suggests the patient is managing well.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — English: Vocabulary Acquisition — E.3.1 Determine meaning of words using context clues

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Answer: C. The sentence defines the term itself: 'meaning the condition developed suddenly rather than gradually,' so 'acute' means sudden onset, often severe. 'Chronic and long-lasting' is the opposite of acute. Nothing in the sentence describes the symptoms as mild. 'Painful but improving' adds ideas about pain and recovery that the sentence never mentions.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — English: Vocabulary Acquisition — E.3.1 Determine meaning of words using context clues

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Answer: D. Comparing metabolism to a furnace with the word 'like' makes this a simile. Hyperbole is deliberate exaggeration, and the sentence describes continuous metabolism accurately. Alliteration repeats the first consonant sound in nearby words, which does not happen here. Personification gives human traits to a nonhuman thing, but a furnace is not a human quality.

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — English: Knowledge of Language — E.2.2 Recognize literary and rhetorical devices in text

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Answer: D. 'Cardi' means heart and '-ologist' means specialist, so a cardiologist treats heart disease. Bone disorders are treated by orthopedists. Skin disease is treated by dermatologists, from the root 'derm.' Lung disease is treated by pulmonologists, from 'pulmon.'

Source: ATI TEAS 7 — English: Vocabulary Acquisition — E.3.2 Determine word meaning using word parts