[单项选择]Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the author’s proposed solution for increasing African-American employment
A. Domestic work and apparel manufacturing is increasingly lucrative.
B. The educational requirements in the public sector are on the increase.
C. The immigrant section of the population is increasing its educational level.
D. The private sector is shrinking at a faster rate than the public sector.
E. Government employment has become increasingly more competitive.

[单项选择]Which of the following, if true, would most seriously undermine the validity of the model of star formation that is presented in the passage
A. A star is discovered that emits lower levels of trace ions than those discovered by x-rays of our galaxy’s sun.
B. A section of the universe is discovered to lack both stars and any sort of interstellar medium.
C. A galaxy is discovered with a negative rate of star formation.
D. In one corner of the galaxy, coronal gas is discovered to rarify as it becomes cooler.
E. A superbubble is found of equal mass to the galaxy surrounding it.

[单项选择]Which nursing measure would be most effective in helping the client cough and deep breathe after a cholecystectomy
A. Having the client take rapid, shallow breaths to decrease pain.
B. Having the client lay on the left side while coughing and deep breathing.
C. Teaching the client to use a folded blanket or pillow to splint the incision.
D. Withholding pain medication so the client can be alert enough to follow the nurse’s instructions.

[单项选择]Which of the following would be most appropriate for the nurse to include in the plan of care for a dying child to meet the child’s emotional needs during the last days of life
A. Restrict visitors to the parents to avoid overtaxing the child.
B. Answer the child’s questions about illness and death honestly.
C. Focus on the child’s physical needs to attempt to prevent sadness.
D. Encourage the child to play quietly with a roommate to provide pleasur

[单项选择]Which of the following would be most important to teach a client older than 65 years to prevent a recurrence of bacterial pneumonia
A. Change current diet habits.
B. Seek prompt antibiotic therapy for viral infections.
C. Receive prophylactic antibiotic therapy.
D. Obtain annual influenza and pneumococcal vaccines.

[单项选择]Which nursing intervention would most likely lead to a hyposmolar state（）
A. Performing nasogastric (NG) tube irrigation with normal saline solution.
B. Weighing the client daily.
C. Administering tap water enema until the return is clear.
D. Encouraging the client with excessive perspiration to drink broth.

[单项选择]Which of the following factors would be most important in selecting the needle length to use for a subcutaneous injection of hydromorphone hydrochloride
A. The diameter of the needle.
B. The amount of adipose tissue at the administration site.
C. The amount of medication to be administered.
D. The viscosity of the solution to be injecte

[单项选择]Which toy would be most appropriate for a 3-year-old（）
A. A bicycle.
B. A puzzle with large pieces.
C. A pull toy.
D. A computer game.

[单项选择]Which of the following interventions would be most helpful in preventing pressure ulcer formation in at-risk client
A. Massaging reddened areas on the sacrum.
B. Ensuring a generous fluid intake.
C. Repositioning every hour.
D. Providing a low protein diet.

[单项选择]Which nursing diagnosis would be the most appropriate for a client with coronary artery disease (CAD)
A. Ineffective thermoregulation.
B. Impaired gas exchange.
C. Risk for injury.
D. Decreased cardiac output.

[单项选择]Which of the following statements would most logically conclude the last paragraph of the passage
A. All human activity is ultimately a product of the organization of our brains, and subject to its laws.
B. In art, something must always be left over for the imagination to perform.
C. Art has been a creative refuge for other unsatisfied ideals created by the brain through its abstractive process.
D. The future branch of aesthetics will study the neural basis of artistic creativity and achievement.
E. Art’s richness lies in the fact that its power to disturb and arouse varies between individuals.

[单项选择]All else equal, which of the following would most likely cause a firm's price-earnings ratio to decline（）
A. The level of inflation is expected to decline.
B. The dividend payout ratio increases.
C. The yield on Treasury bills increases.

[单项选择]Which of the following constraints would most likely appear in the unique needs and preferences section of a trust’s investment policy statement (IPS) The portfolio is:（）
A. subject to the prudent-man standard.
B. prohibited from investing in tobacoo companies.
C. prohibited from holding less than 5% in cash instruments.

[单项选择]Which is true of Kuwait


A. Kuwait is one of the leading countries which produce oil.
B. Kuwait is a rich and little-known country.
C. Kuwait is one of the coldest countries in the world.
D. Kuwait has become an approximately prosperous welfare country.

[单项选择]Which of the following, if true, most logically completes the passage
Every fusion reaction releases neutrinos. To test a hypothesis about the frequency of fusion reactions in the Sun, physicists calculated the number of neutrinos the Sun would produce annually if the hypothesis were correct. From this they estimated how many neutrinos should pass through a particular location on Earth. The fact that far fewer neutrinos were counted than were predicted to pass through the location would seem to prove that the hypothesis is wrong, except that
A. the physicists, using a different method for estimating how many neutrinos should reach the location, confirmed their original estimate
B. there are several competing hypotheses about the frequency of solar fusion reactions
C. there is not enough energy in the Sun to destroy a neutrino once it is released
D. the method used to count neutrinos detects no more than approximately ten percent of the neutrinos that pass through
E. (E) neutrinos released in the fusion reactions of other stars also reach the Earth

[填空题]Which is the most recent species