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The KNAT exam has 91 questions and runs 2 hours 45 minutes.
These 10 free KNAT questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the Kaplan Nursing School Admission Test (KNAT) blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.
Domain 1: Reading 24% of exam
Question 1
Read the passage below, then answer the question that follows.
(1) For more than a century, naturalists puzzled over how migratory birds cross thousands of miles of featureless ocean without losing their way. (2) Early explanations relied on coastal landmarks and prevailing winds, but neither could account for the accuracy of birds released far from any route they had flown before. (3) Laboratory work in the 1960s showed that European robins kept in enclosed chambers still oriented themselves consistently, even when no part of the sky was visible to them. (4) When researchers altered the magnetic field surrounding those chambers, the birds' preferred heading shifted accordingly. (5) More recent work suggests that a light-sensitive protein in the retina may allow some species to perceive magnetic fields visually, though the mechanism is still being investigated.
It can be inferred that the chamber experiments described in sentences 3 and 4 were important primarily because they:
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Correct answer: A - Ruled out landmarks as the sole explanation for the birds' orientation
Question 2
Read the passage below, then answer the question that follows.
(1) The saguaro cactus grows only in the Sonoran Desert, where it can reach forty feet in height and live longer than 150 years. (2) Its root system spreads outward just a few inches below the surface, allowing the plant to take up water from brief desert rains before that water evaporates. (3) The pleated exterior expands like an accordion as moisture is absorbed, and a mature saguaro may hold several hundred gallons of water in its tissue. (4) Growth is famously slow: a young saguaro may need a decade to reach a single inch in height, and most do not produce a first arm until they are between fifty and seventy years old. (5) Gila woodpeckers excavate nesting cavities in the trunk, and the cactus seals these wounds with a hardened tissue that remains long after the plant itself has died.
According to the passage, all of the following are true of the saguaro cactus EXCEPT:
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Correct answer: A - Its roots extend deep into the soil to reach groundwater
Domain 2: Math 31% of exam
Question 3
A patient's temperature is recorded as 101.3°F. What is this temperature in degrees Celsius?
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Correct answer: C - 38.5°C
Question 4
The number of applicants to a program fell from 640 one year to 512 the next. By what percent did the number of applicants decrease?
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Correct answer: B - 20%
Question 5
A medication is supplied as 80 mg in 4 mL of solution. How many milliliters are required to deliver a 30 mg dose?
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Correct answer: B - 1.5 mL
Domain 3: Writing 23% of exam
Question 6
Read the passage below, then answer the question that follows.
(1) The city's first public library opened in a converted grain warehouse in 1897. (2) Because the building had been designed to hold sacks of wheat rather than volumes of poetry. (3) Engineers reinforced the floors before a single shelf was installed. (4) Growing steadily through donations and bequests, the collection had outgrown the space entirely within a decade.
Which numbered sentence is a sentence fragment?
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Correct answer: B - Sentence 2
Question 7
Read the passage below, then answer the question that follows.
(1) Most of the honey sold in supermarkets is filtered and gently warmed so that it will stay liquid on the shelf for months. (2) Raw honey is neither filtered nor warmed, and it usually crystallizes within a few weeks of being jarred. (3) ______ many buyers assume that crystallized honey has spoiled, and they throw out jars that are perfectly good.
Which transition would best fill the blank at the beginning of sentence 3?
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Correct answer: A - As a result,
Domain 4: Science 22% of exam
Question 8
Which of the following statements about the pulmonary circulation is correct?
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Correct answer: A - The pulmonary arteries carry oxygen-poor blood from the heart to the lungs
Question 9
Which of the following is an example of a positive feedback mechanism?
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Correct answer: A - Uterine contractions intensifying during labor and delivery
Question 10
Which brain structure is primarily responsible for controlling the involuntary rate and rhythm of breathing?
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Correct answer: C - The medulla oblongata
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