TEAS Prep Session 4

TEAS Prep Session 4

• ​Review Reading Strategies - Context Clues

• Vocabulary Building for the TEAS​

• Math practice - 5 questions

• Science strategies and practice - 10 questions

• Q&A from your own practice​

Reading Practice

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Always read the question and answer options FIRST, then read only the part of the passage that relates to the question.

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​​TEAS Reading

Cardinal Rule

Multiple Choice

The term “frivolous” implies that the author

• is fascinated by the endless capabilities on smart phones.

• wants to see more developments added to smart phone technology.

• has a smart phone.

• believes that the average individual does not need a smart phone.

• hopes that technology ceases to expand its scope.

“Frivolous” means useless or unnecessary.

This is based on the contextual description of trivial uses and knowledge. So if the author believes that individuals not involved in business are unnecessarily using smart phones, then the author would think that these people do not need smart phones.

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the conclusion sentence?

• Draw a conclusion about what we know smart phones can do

• Assume where technology is headed and how it will affect society

• Comment on human connectivity through the use of smart phones

• Predict how the government will regulate and guide future technology

• Present two possible explanations for the growing popularity of smart phones

The conclusion sentence states two possible paths that could explain the arrival of a growth in smart phone popularity.

These two possibilities are guesses at what is causing this trend. Because the author injects minimal bias and leaves the answer to the reader’s interpretation, the author is simply presenting explanations.

The other choices are either irrelevant or insufficiently supported by text evidence.

Multiple Choice

The main point from the author's view is that

• Man's safety is assured by the delicate balance of power in terms of nuclear weapons.

• Man's soul and spirit are immortal.

• Man's destiny is not fully clear or visible.

• Man's soul and spirit can not be destroyed by superpowers.

• Human society will survive despite the serious threat of total annihilation.

The survival of Humanity

because the author talks about survival and the threats of annihilation.

Multiple Choice

The phrase 'Go to the brink' in the passage means

• Retreating from extreme danger.

• Declare war on each other.

• Advancing to the stage of war but not engaging in it.

• Commit suicide.

• Negotiate for peace.

Brink = the extreme edge of a cliff

The threat of nuclear war is compared to standing on the edge of a cliff, ready to jump, but not doing it.

Multiple Choice

In the author's opinion,

• huge stockpiles of destructive weapons have so far saved mankind from a catastrophe.

• superpowers have at last realized the need for abandoning the production of lethal weapons.

• mankind is heading towards complete destruction.

• nations in possession of huge stockpiles of lethal weapons are trying hard to avoid actual conflict.

• there is a silver lining over the production of deadly weapons.

". . .the very nations which have spent incalculable resources and energy for the production of deadly weapons are desperately trying to find out how they might never be used."

The author clearly states the opinion of nations in possession of huge stockpiles of lethal weapons are trying hard to avoid actual conflict.

Multiple Choice

Irrepressible" in the second line means ______.

• incompatible

• strong

• oppressive

• unrestrainable

• unspirited

Irrepressible = Unrestrainable

Man cannot be destroyed, nor will he vanish. These two ideas occur earlier in the sentence, connoting that humanity's will to survive overrides its self-destructive tendencies.

Vocabulary Building for the TEAS

Using context to figure out unknown words

4 examples from Mometrix ATI TEAS Secrets Study Guide

Multiple Choice

Adelaide attempted to assuage her guilt over the piece of cheesecake by limiting herself to salads the following day.

Assuage means

• increase

• support

• appease

• conceal

Multiple Choice

Although his friends believed him to be enjoying a lavish lifestyle in the large family estate he had inherited, Enzo was in reality impecunious.

Impecunious means

• Penniless

• Unfortunate

• Emotional

• Commanding

Multiple Choice

At first, the woman's contractions were only intermittent so the nurse had trouble determining how far her labor had progressed.

Intermittent means

• frequent

• irregular

• painful

• dependable

Multiple Choice

The heavy spring rain resulted in a plethora of zucchini in Kit's garden, and left her desperately giving the vegetables to anyone who was interested.

Plethora means

• irritation

• quantity

• abundance

• waste

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Math Strategies and Practice

Multiple Choice

Casey walked 2.1 m to the grocery store. She then walked 0.5 m to the post office and 0.8 m to work. How many kilometers did she walk in total?

• 3.4 m

• 34 km

• 0.034 km

• 0.0034

Multiple Choice

Amanda wants to paint the walls of a room. She knows that each can of paint contains one gallon. A half-gallon will cover 55 square feet of wall. Each of the four walls is 10 feet high. Two of the walls are 10 feet wide and two of the walls are 15 feet wide. How many 1-gallon buckets of paint does Amanda need to buy in order to fully paint the room?

• 4

• 5

• 9

• 10

Multiple Choice

Kyra has a budget of $300 for her holiday spending. Kyra decides to buy shoes for her grandchildren. If each pair of shoes costs $40, and Kyra has n grandchildren, which of the following inequalities represents Kyra's budget constraint?

• $$40n>300$$  

• $$40n\le300$$  

• $$40+n\ >300$$  

• $$40+n\le300$$  

Multiple Choice

A nurse working at a medical clinic earns $17.81 per hour. The nurse works three 8-hour shifts and one 12-hour shift every week and is paid weekly. Weekly deductions are federal tax $102.80, state tax 24.58, federal insurance $18.13, and family health insurance $52.15. What is the nurse's take-home pay each week?

• $158.54

• $443.50

• $514.74

• $641.16

Multiple Choice

Derek purchased concert tickets in the month of June for $74, $66, $96, $17, and $66. Which of the following is the closest estimate of the total amount he spent on concert tickets in June?

• $300

• $330

• $360

• $400

Science Strategies and Practice

Science Strategies

• ​Use the process of elimination to find test answers more quickly when you’re undecided on how to answer a question.

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• If it is taking you too long to figure out an answer, either pick an answer option and come back to it if you have time OR skip it and come back to it later. It’s far better to move on to questions you can more easily answer than mull over those you aren’t sure how to solve.

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• Don't get distracted by an answer choice that is factually true, but doesn't answer the question. Focus on what the question is actually asking for so you don't accidentally pick an answer that is true but incorrect.​​

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Multiple Choice

Which vitamin is mainly synthesized within the human body?

• vitamin E

• vitamin C

• vitamin D

• vitamin A

Multiple Choice

Which of these statement regarding the "oxygen debt" created during heavy exercise is true?

• Oxygen debt is created due to the buildup of lactic acid in the liver, which needs a high level of oxygen to be stored.

• Oxygen debt is created due to the buildup of lactic acid in the muscles, which needs a high level of oxygen to be oxidized.

• Oxygen debt is created due to buildup of acetic acid in the muscles, which needs a high level of oxygen to be oxidized.

• Oxygen debt is created due to buildup of lactic acid in the muscles, which needs a high level of carbon dioxide to be oxidized.

Multiple Choice

The graph shows the phases of water. Which of the following statements makes a correct prediction regarding phase change?

• Reducing pressure at a fixed temperature will generally lower a liquid to a solid

• Solids have the highest temperature value at a given pressure

• At the triple point, solids, liquids, and vapor form disappear

• At low temperatures and high pressures, solids are the only form present

Multiple Choice

Trypsinogen, an enzyme secreted by the pancreas, is activated into trypsin in the duodenum by which enzyme?

• enterokinase

• hydrochloric acid

• pepsin

• protease

Multiple Choice

Which of these sets of measurements of the fluid volume in the graduated cylinder above shows the greatest precision?

• 112 mL, 125 mL, 130 mL, 127 mL

• 122 mL, 121 mL, 121 mL, 121 mL

• 125 mL, 123 mL, 126 mL, 125 mL

• 132 mL, 126 mL, 124 mL, 122 mL

Precision refers to how close measurements of the same item are to each other. Three answer options had measurements that varied 3 - 18 mL between each other. Only one option varied no more than 1 mL.

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​Precision

Multiple Choice

Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), which is responsible for maturation of follicles in the ovary, is produced by which gland in the body?

• corpus luteum

• ovary

• anterior lobe of the pituitary gland

• posterior lobe of the pituitary gland

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true about protons?

• They have a negative charge.

• The number of protons in the nucleus is the defining property of an element.

• Some atoms have no protons.

• They have more mass than a neutron.

Multiple Choice

The _____ carries oxygen-depleted blood away from the heart, while the _____ carries oxygen-rich blood back towards the heart.

• pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein

• vena cava, pulmonary artery

• pulmonary vein, pulmonary artery

• aorta, pulmonary artery

Multiple Choice

Which word describes the allele for green eyes?

• dominant

• heterozygous

• homozygous

• recessive

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of a primary carbohydrate?

• banana

• butter

• wheat germ

• olive oil

What questions do you have?