TEAS Test of Essential Academic Skills - Set 1 - Part 3

Correct Answer: informational

Informational writing explains facts, concepts, or processes in a neutral manner. The reader walks away knowing more rather than being convinced of a position, told a story, or guided through a procedure step by step in detail. Option b is incorrect because persuasive writing argues for a position. The defining feature is advocacy, which is exactly what the passage in the question lacks. Without a position to defend, a passage cannot be persuasive in any meaningful sense. Option c is incorrect because narrative writing tells a story with characters and events. Informational writing explains a topic neutrally and does not depend on plot, dialogue, or scenes the way narratives do for their effect on the reader. Option d is incorrect because instructional writing teaches a skill or procedure with imperative verbs and ordered steps. Explaining how something works in general terms is different from teaching the reader to perform a specific task at hand.

Correct Answer: the way attention to individuals builds relationships

The passage shows Mrs. Chen learning names and personal facts and using them to build connections by week's end. The central pattern is that small, consistent attention to individuals creates relationships even with shy students over time as a teacher. Option a is incorrect because the passage does not present teaching as difficult. Mrs. Chen's actions succeed and her week unfolds smoothly. Difficulty is not the theme the author develops through her actions in any way here. Option c is incorrect because strict rules play no role in the passage. Mrs. Chen builds relationships through names and facts, not through discipline or enforcement. The story emphasizes warmth rather than authority in the classroom. Option d is incorrect because classroom decoration is never mentioned. Mrs. Chen sets up her room briefly, but the passage does not develop any idea about visual design or environment. The relational story carries the meaning instead.

Correct Answer: The policy was followed by significant staff loss with possible effects on care.

The passage reports a clear timing relationship between the new policy and staff loss while leaving the causal claim cautious. Option C reflects that timing without overstating proof of cause and effect or ignoring the possible consequences for care. Option a is incorrect because the timing alone makes some relationship plausible. Calling the policy unrelated ignores the close sequence of events that the passage explicitly emphasizes between the policy change and the staff loss that followed. Option b is incorrect because the passage does not report formal patient-outcome analysis. Claiming results have been shown to be safe goes beyond the available evidence in the passage and contradicts what the text actually says about analysis. Option d is incorrect because no personal reasons are mentioned. Attributing the departures to unrelated personal causes ignores the policy timing and substitutes outside speculation for evidence in the passage that links the events together in time.

Correct Answer: The historical decline of these diseases was due primarily to improved sanitation, not vaccination.

The argument credits vaccination with the disease declines. If sanitation drove most of the historical drop instead, the cited evidence does not actually support the central claim. That reattribution undermines the reasoning at its core. Option a is incorrect because needing boosters is consistent with vaccines being effective. Boosters extend protection rather than discrediting vaccination's role. The author's argument can absorb this fact without losing force in the public health debate. Option c is incorrect because rare measles in developed countries actually fits the success story. The author would point to that rarity as evidence in favor of the argument, not as a counter that weakens the case at hand for vaccination. Option d is incorrect because the existence of other contributing factors does not refute vaccination's role. The argument is about supporting vaccination, not denying that other factors exist alongside it within public health systems and programs.

Correct Answer: admiring

The descriptions emphasize quiet weight, careful listening, and a gift for making patients feel seen. These choices form a portrait of respect and warmth, which adds up to an admiring perspective on Dr. Hahn's presence on the unit. Option a is incorrect because no negative judgments appear in the passage. A critical author would emphasize shortcomings, but this passage instead frames Dr. Hahn's quietness as a strength and her presence as valuable to those around her at work. Option b is incorrect because the passage takes Dr. Hahn seriously rather than waving her aside. A dismissive treatment would minimize her impact, but the author shows colleagues and patients valuing her presence in clear and detailed ways throughout. Option c is incorrect because the passage is coherent and consistent in its portrait. There are no contradictions or shifting impressions that would suggest the author is uncertain about how to characterize Dr. Hahn's presence on the unit at all.

Correct Answer: a general pattern over time or categories

A trend is the overall direction of data across categories or time, such as increasing, decreasing, stable, or fluctuating. It describes the general shape of the data rather than any single value or label on the chart. Option b is incorrect because a single high value is just one data point. A trend describes how values move across the whole chart, not the height or position of any one bar or point in isolation from the rest. Option c is incorrect because the title of the chart describes what is being measured. A title labels the data, but a trend describes the pattern that emerges within the data once the chart is read carefully across all values. Option d is incorrect because the legend explains symbols, colors, or patterns. The legend is a key for reading the chart but does not itself describe the direction or pattern of the data values shown on the figure.

Correct Answer: Satisfaction has improved sharply since the model was introduced.

The chart shows a jump from 7.5 in 2022 to 8.6 in 2023, with continued increases through 2025. The passage attributes the model's introduction to 2022, so the data and the timing both align with sharp improvement on the unit. Option a is incorrect because the chart shows rising values after 2022, not falling ones. Claiming a decline directly contradicts the data, which moves upward every year following the model's introduction at Westside Hospital on this floor. Option b is incorrect because the passage describes results three years in, with continued improvement through 2025. Abandonment would not be consistent with ongoing data collection and rising scores under the model's continued operation in the ward. Option d is incorrect because cost is not addressed in the chart, and the passage states that staff hoped to avoid increased costs. Drawing a cost conclusion from these sources would go beyond what the data and text support together at this point.

Correct Answer: count the beats for a full minute

The directions move from placing fingers to pressing gently to counting beats for a full minute. The step that follows the gentle pressure is the counting, not the recording or any other action listed in the choices on this question. Option a is incorrect because placing fingers on the wrist comes before pressing gently. It is the first step rather than what follows pressing. The directions begin with finger placement, then describe the pressure to apply on the area. Option b is incorrect because recording the number is the final step, after counting has been completed. The number to record only exists once the count is finished, so it cannot directly follow gentle pressing on the wrist itself. Option c is incorrect because cleaning with alcohol is not part of these directions at all. The instructions describe pulse measurement, not skin preparation, so adding an alcohol step would mean inventing a step the directions never include in the procedure.

Correct Answer: contrary to what was anticipated

A drug for high blood pressure is supposed to lower it. When the effect went the opposite direction in some patients, the result was contrary to what was anticipated. That reversal is what paradoxical describes here in the text. Option a is incorrect because expected describes the intended effect, not the surprising one. The passage explicitly contrasts the drug's purpose with the unusual outcome in some patients, which makes expected the opposite of what the word means here. Option b is incorrect because dangerous addresses risk rather than direction. The unusual outcome may carry risk, but paradoxical specifically captures the reversal of expectation rather than how harmful the resulting effect might be on health. Option d is incorrect because mild describes intensity rather than direction. The passage does not say whether the rise in blood pressure was mild or severe; it simply highlights that the direction was opposite to what was anticipated by the team.

Correct Answer: The PSA is timely because awareness varies, with some metrics lower than others.

The chart shows awareness ranging from 50 to 75 percent across the four metrics. Some metrics sit well below the highest, which means a campaign to raise awareness fits the gap that the data reveal across the population in this case. Option b is incorrect because awareness sits between 50 and 75 percent, not 100 percent. The claim that everyone knows their numbers is contradicted by the chart, which shows clear gaps across all four health metrics measured in adults. Option c is incorrect because the chart shows data for all four metrics, which confirms rather than contradicts the four-metric claim. The PSA's framework matches the structure of the chart's categories without any conflict between the sources. Option d is incorrect because primary-care visit rates are not measured in either source. The chart shows awareness percentages and the passage describes the campaign, neither of which speaks to how often people see their providers regularly.