HESI A2 Practice Questions
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1. 1) Which of the following describes the primary func- to take oxygen into the
tion of the respiratory system? body while removing car-
bon dioxide
A) to create sound and speech
B) to take oxygen into the body while removing carbon
dioxide
C) to transport nutrients to the cells and tissue of the
body
D) to act as a barrier between the body's organs and
outside influences
2. 2) Which of the following is the first step of the scien- make observations
tific method?
A) construct a hypothesis
B) make observations
C) analyze data
D) form a question
3. 3) The process of organisms with an advantageous natural selection
trait surviving more often and producing more off-
spring than organisms without the advantageous trait
describes which of the following basic mechanisms?
A) gene flow
B) genetic drift
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C) mutation
D) natural selection
4. 4) Which of the following is the group of basophils gonadotrophs
that produces follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and
luteinizing hormone?
A) gonadotrophs
B) thyotroph
C) chromophil
D) pituicytes
5. 5) Which of the following are considered the basic follicles
units of the female reproductive system, each contain-
ing a single immature egg cell that is released during
ovulation?
A) oocytes
B) follicles
C) ovaries
D) fundus
6. 6) Which of the following describes the muscular or- tongue
gan that processes food material into increasingly
smaller pieces, mixes it with saliva to create a bolus,
and creates a barrier to transport food into the esoph-
agus?
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A) pharynx
B) tongue
C) diaphragm
D) stomach
7. 7) Which of the following chambers of the heart re- left atrium
ceives blood returning from the lungs during pul-
monary circulation?
A) left atrium
B) right atrium
C) left ventricle
D) right ventricle
8. 8) Which of the following is the lobe in the cerebral parietal lobe
cortex primarily responsible for processing and inte-
grating sensory information received from the rest of
the body?
A) frontal lobe
B) occipital lobe
C) parietal lobe
D) temporal lobe
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9. 9) Which of the following is an example of adaptive, or humoral
specific, immunity?
A) inflammation
B) fever
C) humoral
D) phagocytosis
10. 10) Which of the following describes a situation in reliable, but not valid
which research results are consistent with every sub-
sequent experiment, but the test used in the experi-
ment does not measure what it claims to measure?
A) reliable, but not valid
B) valid, but not reliable
C) neither reliable or valid
D) both reliable and valid
11. 11) Which of the following Mendellian laws describes law of independent as-
how pairs of alleles within genes separate and recom- sortment
bine separately from other genes?
A) law of segregation
B) law of dominance
C) law of independent assortment
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1. 1) Which of the following describes the primary func- to take oxygen into the
tion of the respiratory system? body while removing car-
bon dioxide
A) to create sound and speech
B) to take oxygen into the body while removing carbon
dioxide
C) to transport nutrients to the cells and tissue of the
body
D) to act as a barrier between the body's organs and
outside influences
2. 2) Which of the following is the first step of the scien- make observations
tific method?
A) construct a hypothesis
B) make observations
C) analyze data
D) form a question
3. 3) The process of organisms with an advantageous natural selection
trait surviving more often and producing more off-
spring than organisms without the advantageous trait
describes which of the following basic mechanisms?
A) gene flow
B) genetic drift
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C) mutation
D) natural selection
4. 4) Which of the following is the group of basophils gonadotrophs
that produces follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and
luteinizing hormone?
A) gonadotrophs
B) thyotroph
C) chromophil
D) pituicytes
5. 5) Which of the following are considered the basic follicles
units of the female reproductive system, each contain-
ing a single immature egg cell that is released during
ovulation?
A) oocytes
B) follicles
C) ovaries
D) fundus
6. 6) Which of the following describes the muscular or- tongue
gan that processes food material into increasingly
smaller pieces, mixes it with saliva to create a bolus,
and creates a barrier to transport food into the esoph-
agus?
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A) pharynx
B) tongue
C) diaphragm
D) stomach
7. 7) Which of the following chambers of the heart re- left atrium
ceives blood returning from the lungs during pul-
monary circulation?
A) left atrium
B) right atrium
C) left ventricle
D) right ventricle
8. 8) Which of the following is the lobe in the cerebral parietal lobe
cortex primarily responsible for processing and inte-
grating sensory information received from the rest of
the body?
A) frontal lobe
B) occipital lobe
C) parietal lobe
D) temporal lobe
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_4uuc4j
9. 9) Which of the following is an example of adaptive, or humoral
specific, immunity?
A) inflammation
B) fever
C) humoral
D) phagocytosis
10. 10) Which of the following describes a situation in reliable, but not valid
which research results are consistent with every sub-
sequent experiment, but the test used in the experi-
ment does not measure what it claims to measure?
A) reliable, but not valid
B) valid, but not reliable
C) neither reliable or valid
D) both reliable and valid
11. 11) Which of the following Mendellian laws describes law of independent as-
how pairs of alleles within genes separate and recom- sortment
bine separately from other genes?
A) law of segregation
B) law of dominance
C) law of independent assortment
