Kaplan Admission Practice Questions (2026) — Free Sample Questions with Answers

Answer: A

It marks a shift from early hopes to the problem the passage discusses: Correct. It turns from the early belief that infections would vanish to the reality of resistance, which the rest of the passage explains.

It gives evidence that physicians prescribed antibiotics too rarely: The sentence makes no claim about how often antibiotics were prescribed.

It states the main solution that the author recommends to clinics: The solution, patient education, appears later in the passage.

It introduces an example of a viral illness that antibiotics treat: The passage says antibiotics cannot cure viral illnesses; the sentence gives no example.

For logic questions, ask how a sentence connects what comes before it with what comes after it.

Answer: B

To trace how hospitals first came to schedule nurses overnight: The passage mentions round-the-clock staffing only as background; it does not give a history.

To argue that planned naps are a sound remedy for night-shift fatigue: Correct. The passage describes the problem, weighs a criticism and concludes that planned naps are the more reliable remedy.

To criticize hospitals for requiring nurses to work through the night: The passage accepts night work as a given and does not blame hospitals for it.

To compare how well different brands of coffee keep workers alert: Coffee is mentioned once, as a less reliable remedy; brands are never compared.

The purpose is what the whole passage is built to do; check the final sentence, which often states the author's position.

Answer: B

$40: This applies only the 20% decrease to the original $50.

$48: Correct. $50 x 1.20 = $60; $60 x 0.80 = $48.

$50: A 20% rise and a 20% fall do not cancel, because the second percentage applies to a larger amount.

$52: The decrease is taken from $60, so the final fee is below $50, not above it.

Successive percent changes multiply: (1 + 0.20)(1 - 0.20) = 0.96, a 4% net decrease.

Answer: A

The waiting room was crowded; however, the wait was short.: Correct. A semicolon joins the two independent clauses, and a comma follows "however".

The waiting room was crowded; however the wait was short.: "However" used as a conjunctive adverb needs a comma after it.

The waiting room was crowded, however, the wait was short.: A comma before "however" joining two independent clauses creates a comma splice.

The waiting room was crowded however; the wait was short.: The semicolon must come before "however", not after it.

Independent clause; conjunctive adverb (however, therefore), independent clause.

Answer: B

Positive feedback, which pushes a change further in the same direction: Positive feedback amplifies a change (as in labor contractions); sweating reverses the change.

Negative feedback, which reverses a change to restore the set point: Correct. Sweating counteracts the rise in temperature, bringing it back toward normal.

An immune response, which removes the cause of the high temperature: Sweating is a thermoregulatory response, not an immune one.

Acclimatization, which permanently raises the body's set point: Acclimatization is a long-term adjustment; it does not describe this immediate reflex.

Negative feedback opposes a change (temperature, glucose, blood pressure); positive feedback amplifies it (childbirth, clotting).

Answer: A

Pulmonary artery: Correct. The pulmonary artery (trunk) carries deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs.

Pulmonary vein: Pulmonary veins return oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium.

Aorta: The aorta carries oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the body.

Superior vena cava: The superior vena cava brings deoxygenated blood into the right atrium, not out of the ventricle.

Right side pumps to the lungs (pulmonary artery); left side pumps to the body (aorta). Arteries carry blood away from the heart.