TEAS Breakdown questions

Protongirl · Jul 18, 2009

Have you gotten the study guide that ATI sells? Usually if a college requires the TEAS, they will sell it in the college bookstore. If not, you can look on eBay or order it from ATI through their online site.

I found that the study guide was an excellent indicator of what would be on the test. For each subject area they tend to have a few questions from each subject. Whatever you do, don't write anything in the study guide off - they most likely will have at least a couple conversion questions, a couple physics, a couple genetics, etc. I made the mistake of studying the areas that seemed most related to nursing - but the test was full of questions that had nothing to do with any nursing classes! I still got a 90.6, but if I had been smarter about using the study guide, I would have done better.

Here is the list of subjects that is from my own TEAS test results, I had scores (and thus questions) for each subject:

TEAS: English - (55 Items)

Spelling

Contextual Words

Sentence Structure

Grammar

Punctuation

TEAS: Science - (30 Items)

Human Body Science

Physical Science

Chemical Science

Life Science

General Science

Scientific Reasoning

TEAS: Math - (45 Items)

Data Interpretation

Percentages

Algebraic Application

Metric Conversions

Ratio and Proportion

Fractions and Decimals

Whole Numbers

TEAS: Reading - (40 Items)

Inferences and Conclusions

Passage Comprehension

Paragraph Comprehension

Good luck! :pumpiron:

ChicagoICU_RN · Jul 19, 2009

I have the study guide and I also bought the kaplan study guide as well...hopefully they help...what did you feel was the toughest portion of the test.

Protongirl · Jul 19, 2009

In my opinion, the math portion has the most gimme questions. Stuff like balancing a checkbook or deciding which BBQ in an ad is the best value if you want it to have x characteristic. They do throw in a some harder stuff - make sure you are confortable with percent change, ratios, and conversions (esp. pints to quarts to gallons). There was a little bit of algebra, but nothing too difficult.

For me the English and Reading comp were a breeze - but that is my strength in general. In my test this area contained no surprises - it completely mirrored the examples in the book.

In the science area, Human Body Science will be easy if you have had A&P. Make sure you are comfortable interpreting Food Chain charts, Venn diagrams, and Punnet squares and that you understand genetics really well for the bio portion. They have quite a few questions testing your understanding of the scientific method and controls in experiments. My test also had several chem 1a type questions that had not been alluded to in my study guide.

The bad thing about the test is that they will most likely cover every subject area, so you can't just hope a subject won't be on the test. The good thing is that they have so many areas to cover that they can only ask five or so questions on each sub-section. So, even if you bomb a few sub-sections you can still recover. I got 50% on physical sciences and life sciences, but still got 90.6% on the test. You just have to be careful that you don't get hung up on a hard question - take your best guess, move on, and don't let it shake your confidence!

Good luck!

ChicagoICU_RN · Jul 20, 2009

thanks prontongirl...one more question...how long did you study for the test?....Im going to start right after summer school is over so I should have a little over a month to study...

prfstdnt · Jul 21, 2009

Also make sure you know the terms of statistics, and there is a lot of comma/semi-colon placement questions too. Also know Centigrade/Farenheit conversion formula forward and backward. The study guide really gives you an idea of how the questions are worded as well. One month should be sufficient for studying as well as a review a few days before the test. Take the online sample test too if you can. Good Luck!

Protongirl · Jul 21, 2009

How much time you need really depends on how familar you already are with the subjects - I was lucky because I had just finished a calculus class and I work in a lab so I just needed to brush up.

Either way a month should be enough time, once you start studying you will quickly realize what areas you need to spend the most time on! Definitely prepare, but don't let it freak you out, it's not that bad a test.

nkara, CNA · Jul 21, 2009

Ick! I'm glad I read this post. My hardest part is the conversions... I better crack down on them. Pint to Qt and all that stuff. :omy: