Directions: Click on the choice that best completes the item.   (1)In a study published in 2011, 93 obese people aged 65 and up with various physical problems were divided into four groups. (2)One group was put on a low-calorie diet and attended 90-minute exercise sessions three times a week. (3)The other three groups just dieted, just exercised, or did not change their habits. (4)After one year, the groups all took a physical performance test. (5)The dieters improved by 12 percent, and the exercisers improved by 15 percent. (6)However, the group that did both improved by 21 percent. (7)This study suggests that older people will be healthier if they combine diet and exercise than if they do just one or the other.   The main pattern of organization of the paragraph is

Directions: Read the passage below. Then click on the choice that best completes the item.   (1)Before reading your first assignment in a textbook, acquaint yourself with the format and content of the book. (2)_____, read the table of contents. (3)Next, skim the book, looking for ways the author organizes information and highlights important points.   Click on the appropriate transition to fill in the blank

Directions: Read the passage below. Then click on the choice that best completes the item.   (1)Have you ever had trouble remembering information despite hours of studying? (2)This trouble may make your studying a frustrating experience. (3)However, there are a number of methods you can use to improve your memory—and your test scores. (4)One method is to overlearn information. (5)This means that after you feel that you really know the material, you should still review it one to three more times. (6)A second good method is to organize and categorize information. (7)Many students take notes on class material but fail to organize it into more easily learned lists or steps. (8)_____, you should interact in some way with the information you have learned. (9)For example, if you take notes on and outline a biology chapter, you will understand and remember it better than if you had just tried to memorize parts of it.   Click on the appropriate transition to fill in the blank

Directions: Click on the choice that best completes the item.   (1)A supervisor must sometimes counsel employees about certain long-term practices that must change for the good of the company. (2)Such problems include drug abuse, frequent errors, and tardiness. (3)There are four stages in the process of counseling employees. (4)The first stage is identifying the problem. (5)During this stage, the supervisor helps the employee identify and explain a problem and its causes. (6)The second stage is seeing how determined the employee is. (7)If he or she shows little or no interest in solving the problem, it’s time to consider removing that person from the organization. (8)If, however, the employee shows some desire to solve the problem, then the supervisor should move on to the next stage. (9)Stage three is solving the problem. (10)The problem will be solved more effectively if the employee is involved in creating and evaluating methods of correction. (11)The final stage is following up on the solution. (12)The supervisor and employee meet again at a specified time to review the results of their action plan. (13)If the situation has improved, then praise or some other reward is in order. (14)If it has not changed or has worsened, then the next meeting must once again emphasize the problem and its consequences.   The main pattern of organization of the paragraph is

For each concept on the left, select the best matching HTML tag on the right.   Note: some of the tags may be used more than once; some tags not at all.

The presence of a multi-nucleated cell called a Reed-Sternberg cell on a patient’s blood smear may indicate this child has what type of cancer?

Identify ALL of the adverb(s) in the following sentence. Select all that apply.   Do you see that cute puppy sleeping there?

A previously healthy child presents to the emergency department (ED) with a 2 week history of intermittent fever, bruising and decrease activity. CBC with differential and a chemistry panel are drawn. The child is started on IV fluids. The nurse receives a call from the lab with some critical values – the WBC is 1.4(K), with 50% blasts reported, ANC is 200 and hemoglobin is 9.0%. What is the nurse’s next best action?

A 15 year old male arrives to the outpatient clinic for his chemotherapy infusion.  The teenager begins vomiting as soon as he gets into his room and sees the nurse who will be accessing his Port-a-cath to start the infusion.  What medication would be the BEST choice for this patient at this time and what is the rationale for selecting this medication? [medication1] [rationale2]  

Identify ALL of the conjunction(s) in the following sentence. Select all that apply.   The book and workbook were lost because someone stole them.