[单项选择]Which of the following would be the best approach when trying to take a crying toddler’s temperature（）
A. Ignore the crying and screaming.
B. Encourage the mother to hold the child.
C. Talk to the mother first and then to the toddler.
D. Bring extra help so it can be done quickly.

[单项选择]Which of the following statements would best serve as an introduction to the passage
A. It is easy to see why the confusion of skepticism with relativism, or of justification with truth, is rationally so debilitating.
B. The presumption that genuine truth is possible without a measure of justification is a most mischievous error.
C. If scientists would stop lauding scientific rationality in the face of reason, irrationalism would be less popular.
D. Scientific hypotheses are not untrustworthy or unreliable except in the sense of being sometimes false.
E. Faced with their detractors, scientists characteristically retort that science, unlike witchcraft, works.

[单项选择]Which of the following titles would best describe the content of the text
A) Several Theories of Ocean Basin Formation. C) Temperature Differences Among the Oceans.
B) The Traditional View of the Oceans. D) Motions and Ocean Currents.


A. Which of the following titles would best describe the content of the text
B. The Traditional View of the Oceans.
C. Several Theories of Ocean Basin Formation. C) Temperature Differences Among the Oceans.
D. Motions and Ocean Currents.

[单项选择]Which of the following would be best to help prepare a preschool-aged child for an injection（）
A. Having an older child explain that shots do not hurt.
B. Helping the child to imagine she is in a different place.
C. Giving the child a play syringe and a bandage to give a doll injections.
D. Giving the child a pounding board to encourage expressions of anger.

[单项选择]Which of the following nursing interventions would be included in the care of a client with anorexia nervosa as therapy progresses（）
A. Let the client eat alone to avoid embarrassment.
B. Weigh the client once a week in the same clothing.
C. Monitor the client for self-destructive tendencies.
D. Praise the client for "looking better" and remind the client that she isn’t "too fat. ”

[单项选择]Which of the following pricing strategies would likely be used in a market where no other competitive products are available ？（）
A. cost-based pricing
B. penetration pricing
C. predatory pricing
D. price skimming
E. defensive pricing

[单项选择]Which of the following nursing measures would the nurse institute to help reduce eyelid edema in a child with nephrotic syndrome（　）
A. Instill eye drops every 8 hours.
B. Limit the child’s television watching.
C. Apply cool compresses to the child’s eyes.
D. Elevate the head of the child’s bed.

[单项选择]Which of the following nursing diagnoses would be most appropriate for a client newly diagnosed with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus（）
A. Risk for infection related to newly diagnosed diabetes.
B. Altered nutrition, more than body requirements related to overproduction of insulin.
C. Altered health maintenance related to lack of knowledge of proper foot care.
D. Pain related to elevated blood glucose levels.

[单项选择]Which of the following nursing measures would be most important to decrease the risk of a surgical wound infection in a client with an internal fixation and hip pinning（）
A. Inserting an indwelling urinary catheter to prevent possible soiling of the dressing.
B. Accurately measuring drainage from the surgical drainage tube.
C. Changing the surgical dressings using strict sterile technique.
D. Monitoring the incision for signs of redness, swelling, and warmth.

[单项选择]Which of the following nurse responses would be endorsed by the American Nurses Association（　）
A. A nurse promises a dying patient that he will do everything possible to keep her comfortable but that he cannot administer an injection or overdose to cause her death.
B. A nurse tells a dying patient who is on a ventilator that under no condition can he be removed from the ventilator because this is active euthanasia and it is expressly forbidden by the Code for Nurses.
C. After exhausting every intervention in her bag of tricks to keep a dying patient comfortable the nurse says, "I think you are now at a point where I’m prepared to do what you’ve been asking me. Let’s talk about when and how you want to die. "
D. In response to a patient who asks for assistance in committing suicide a nurse replies, "I’m personally opposed to assisted suicide but I’ll find you a colleague who can help you. /

[单项选择]Which of the following random variables would be most likely to follow a discrete uniform distribution（）
A. The outcome of the roll of two standard, six - sided dice where X is the sum of the numbers facing up.
B. The number of heads on the flip of two coins.
C. The outcome of a roll of a standard, six - sided die where X equals the number facing up on the die.

[单项选择]Which of the following statements is the best title for the passage
A. Causes of Accelerating Language Disappearance
B. The Future of Language
C. The Acceleration of Language Death
D. Government Language Policies

[单项选择]
Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your ANSWER SHEET.