Academic & Admissions

Admissions tests such as the TEAS decide who gets into competitive programs, covering reading, math, science, and English usage. These practice sections let you find your weak spot and drill it before test day.

Explanations are available in English, Chinese, and Spanish, so multilingual students can check their understanding in whichever language makes a concept click.

Nursing and allied-health programs typically set their own minimum TEAS scores and may weigh section scores differently, so check your target program's requirements before deciding what to drill. Retakes are allowed but often limited per application cycle with waiting periods, which makes diagnosing your weakest section early the highest-leverage move.

Entrance exams differ from licensing exams in one important way: there is no fixed pass or fail, only a score that institutions use to rank and select. The TEAS is the standard entrance test for many nursing and allied-health programs, taken by applicants who are often returning to school years after their last math or science class. The ASVAB opens a different door entirely: it is the enlistment test for the U.S. military, and beyond qualifying a recruit to enlist, its subtest scores shape which occupational specialties can be offered. In both cases the number follows you into a competitive selection process, so preparation changes your actual options, not just your odds of clearing a bar.

Which test you need is decided by your goal, and the two are built differently. The TEAS is an academic exam — this bank mirrors its four sections with 241 questions across reading, math, science, and English usage — and the science section, dense with anatomy and physiology, is usually where nursing applicants need the most review. The ASVAB is an aptitude battery: the five pools here cover arithmetic reasoning, mathematics knowledge, word knowledge, paragraph comprehension, and general science, including the four subtests that form the military's core qualification score. TEAS candidates are mostly refreshing material they once knew; ASVAB candidates are proving reasoning speed and vocabulary as much as remembered coursework.

Because both exams are sectioned, sectioned practice is the right shape for studying. Take one pool cold to get an honest baseline, then spend most of your hours on your lowest section — gains come faster from repairing a weak area than from polishing a strong one. Math sections reward re-learning procedures step by step, and the explanations here show the worked path, not just the final answer. Vocabulary and reading respond better to short daily sessions than to weekend marathons. When every section feels stable, switch to full mixed passes to build the pacing and stamina longer exams demand, and keep a running list of anything you miss twice — that list is your syllabus for the final week.

What each practice test covers