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ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT HESI LATEST
2026/2027 ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+|
||PROFESSOR VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!|| SURE
PASS!!!
To test the sensory function of the trigeminal nerve in an
infant, the examiner would:
a. Elicit the startle reflex
b. Elicit the gag reflex
c. Assess direct and consensual pupillary response to light
d. Elicit the corneal (blink) reflex - ANSWER-d. Elicit the
corneal (blink) reflex
To elicit the plantar reflex:
a. Ask the child to slide the heel of the foot along the
opposite shin
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b. Place a vibrating tuning fork on the child's ankle and ask
the child when the vibration stops
c. Strike the lateral aspect of the sole of the foot with the
end of the reflex hammer
d. Ask the child to perform a heel-to-toe walk - ANSWER-
c. Strike the lateral aspect of the sole of the foot with the
end of the reflex hammer
A child has been hit by a car while riding her bicycle. The
Glasgow Coma Scale assessment reveals a total score of
10. This is considered indicative of a:
a. Mild head injury
b. Moderate head injury
c. Severe head injury
d. Normal finding - ANSWER-b. Moderate head injury
Which of the following postural reflexes should disappear
between age 12 and 24 months?
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a. Positive support
b. Landau
c. Parachute
d. Protective extension sitting position - ANSWER-b.
Landau
The Glasgow Coma Scale includes all of the following
assessment areas except:
a. Eye opening
b. Thought processes
c. Motor response
d. Verbal response - ANSWER-b. Thought processes
Because of the need for the child's cooperation during
assessment, the sensory examination is not typically
conducted until age:
a. 2 years
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b. 3 years
c. 4 years
d. 5 years - ANSWER-b. 3 years
Neurologic soft signs, when found on neurologic
examination, indicate:
a. A likely history of severe asphyxia and a poor
neurologic outcome
b. A sign of a moderate cerebral ischemic injury and likely
motor and cognitive delays
c. A minor abnormality and often are resolved by late
school age to adolescence
d. A lingering effect of traumatic brain injury - ANSWER-c.
A minor abnormality and often are resolved by late school
age to adolescence
Which of the following neurologic assessments test
proprioception?
ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT HESI LATEST
2026/2027 ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+|
||PROFESSOR VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!|| SURE
PASS!!!
To test the sensory function of the trigeminal nerve in an
infant, the examiner would:
a. Elicit the startle reflex
b. Elicit the gag reflex
c. Assess direct and consensual pupillary response to light
d. Elicit the corneal (blink) reflex - ANSWER-d. Elicit the
corneal (blink) reflex
To elicit the plantar reflex:
a. Ask the child to slide the heel of the foot along the
opposite shin
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b. Place a vibrating tuning fork on the child's ankle and ask
the child when the vibration stops
c. Strike the lateral aspect of the sole of the foot with the
end of the reflex hammer
d. Ask the child to perform a heel-to-toe walk - ANSWER-
c. Strike the lateral aspect of the sole of the foot with the
end of the reflex hammer
A child has been hit by a car while riding her bicycle. The
Glasgow Coma Scale assessment reveals a total score of
10. This is considered indicative of a:
a. Mild head injury
b. Moderate head injury
c. Severe head injury
d. Normal finding - ANSWER-b. Moderate head injury
Which of the following postural reflexes should disappear
between age 12 and 24 months?
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a. Positive support
b. Landau
c. Parachute
d. Protective extension sitting position - ANSWER-b.
Landau
The Glasgow Coma Scale includes all of the following
assessment areas except:
a. Eye opening
b. Thought processes
c. Motor response
d. Verbal response - ANSWER-b. Thought processes
Because of the need for the child's cooperation during
assessment, the sensory examination is not typically
conducted until age:
a. 2 years
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b. 3 years
c. 4 years
d. 5 years - ANSWER-b. 3 years
Neurologic soft signs, when found on neurologic
examination, indicate:
a. A likely history of severe asphyxia and a poor
neurologic outcome
b. A sign of a moderate cerebral ischemic injury and likely
motor and cognitive delays
c. A minor abnormality and often are resolved by late
school age to adolescence
d. A lingering effect of traumatic brain injury - ANSWER-c.
A minor abnormality and often are resolved by late school
age to adolescence
Which of the following neurologic assessments test
proprioception?
