HESI A2 ENTRANCE EXAM | NEWEST VERSION |
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
• virulence -✓✓ANSWER: the ability to produce disease
• efface -✓✓ANSWER: to wipe out, to rub out, do away with; (medical) the
thinning of the cervix during labor
• ubiquitous -✓✓ANSWER: omnipresent, existing or being everywhere
• osmosis -✓✓ANSWER: process of fluid passing through semi-permeable
membrane from higher to lower concentration
• labile -✓✓ANSWER: apt or likely to change, changing quickly
-Because the children fever was very labile the nurse instructed the unlicensed
assistive personnel to check the temp frequently.
• febrile -✓✓ANSWER: having or showing symptoms of a fever
• dynamic -✓✓ANSWER: energetic, lively
• insidious -✓✓ANSWER: dangerous, treacherous, so gradual as to not become
apparent for a long time
-The doctor explained that the cancer probably started years ago but had not
been detected because it spread was so insidious.
,• empathy -✓✓ANSWER: understanding another's pain, suffering alongside
someone else
• anticipatory -✓✓ANSWER: showing anticipation, looking forward to
• ominous -✓✓ANSWER: threatening, menacing
• preferred -✓✓ANSWER: to set above or hold above another, to like better than
another
• acute -✓✓ANSWER: sharp, intense, coming about quickly
• chronic -✓✓ANSWER: (medical) refers to a disease or condition that is long-
lasting and reoccurring
• exploratory -✓✓ANSWER: (medical) refers to a surgery or procedure used to
diagnose a disease or condition but not treat it
• recessive -✓✓ANSWER: (genetics) A trait or a gene that can be dominated by
another (dominant) trait or gene
• assent -✓✓ANSWER: To agree (not the same as ascend, to go up or higher), to
give consent
, • toxic -✓✓ANSWER: poisonous
• subjective data -✓✓ANSWER: (medical) Symptoms. Information that is apparent
only to the person affected; that person is the only one who can verify it.
Examples are pain, fear, and itching.
• objective data -✓✓ANSWER: (medical) Signs. Information that can be detected
or measured by an observer against a standard. Examples are blood pressure,
body temperature, and observing a patient crying.
• effect -✓✓ANSWER: more often used as a noun, meaning result or outcome
• affect -✓✓ANSWER: Often seen as a verb, meaning to influence or to change. In
medical terminology, it may be used as a noun meaning a person's emotional
response or disposition.
• overt -✓✓ANSWER: in the open, clearly visible, not hidden
• anterior -✓✓ANSWER: toward the front
• contract -✓✓ANSWER: pronounced with the accent on the second syllable (and
used as a verb), it means to draw up, to draw together
-The physical therapist exercises the patients muscles so they contract and
expand.
• rigidity -✓✓ANSWER: stiffness, the stat of not being flexible
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
• virulence -✓✓ANSWER: the ability to produce disease
• efface -✓✓ANSWER: to wipe out, to rub out, do away with; (medical) the
thinning of the cervix during labor
• ubiquitous -✓✓ANSWER: omnipresent, existing or being everywhere
• osmosis -✓✓ANSWER: process of fluid passing through semi-permeable
membrane from higher to lower concentration
• labile -✓✓ANSWER: apt or likely to change, changing quickly
-Because the children fever was very labile the nurse instructed the unlicensed
assistive personnel to check the temp frequently.
• febrile -✓✓ANSWER: having or showing symptoms of a fever
• dynamic -✓✓ANSWER: energetic, lively
• insidious -✓✓ANSWER: dangerous, treacherous, so gradual as to not become
apparent for a long time
-The doctor explained that the cancer probably started years ago but had not
been detected because it spread was so insidious.
,• empathy -✓✓ANSWER: understanding another's pain, suffering alongside
someone else
• anticipatory -✓✓ANSWER: showing anticipation, looking forward to
• ominous -✓✓ANSWER: threatening, menacing
• preferred -✓✓ANSWER: to set above or hold above another, to like better than
another
• acute -✓✓ANSWER: sharp, intense, coming about quickly
• chronic -✓✓ANSWER: (medical) refers to a disease or condition that is long-
lasting and reoccurring
• exploratory -✓✓ANSWER: (medical) refers to a surgery or procedure used to
diagnose a disease or condition but not treat it
• recessive -✓✓ANSWER: (genetics) A trait or a gene that can be dominated by
another (dominant) trait or gene
• assent -✓✓ANSWER: To agree (not the same as ascend, to go up or higher), to
give consent
, • toxic -✓✓ANSWER: poisonous
• subjective data -✓✓ANSWER: (medical) Symptoms. Information that is apparent
only to the person affected; that person is the only one who can verify it.
Examples are pain, fear, and itching.
• objective data -✓✓ANSWER: (medical) Signs. Information that can be detected
or measured by an observer against a standard. Examples are blood pressure,
body temperature, and observing a patient crying.
• effect -✓✓ANSWER: more often used as a noun, meaning result or outcome
• affect -✓✓ANSWER: Often seen as a verb, meaning to influence or to change. In
medical terminology, it may be used as a noun meaning a person's emotional
response or disposition.
• overt -✓✓ANSWER: in the open, clearly visible, not hidden
• anterior -✓✓ANSWER: toward the front
• contract -✓✓ANSWER: pronounced with the accent on the second syllable (and
used as a verb), it means to draw up, to draw together
-The physical therapist exercises the patients muscles so they contract and
expand.
• rigidity -✓✓ANSWER: stiffness, the stat of not being flexible
