HESI A2 Entrance Exam Review 2026 | Most Tested
Questions & Verified Answers | Graded A+
1. How does predisposition influence an individual's risk for developing health
conditions?
Predisposition only applies to infectious diseases.
Predisposition increases the likelihood of developing a health
condition due to genetic or environmental factors.
Predisposition has no effect on an individual's health risks.
Predisposition guarantees that an individual will develop a health
condition.
2. Describe the process of respiration in your own words.
Respiration is the absorption of nutrients in the digestive tract.
Respiration is the movement of blood through the circulatory system.
Respiration is the process of converting food into energy.
Respiration involves taking in air (inhalation) and releasing air
(exhalation) from the lungs.
3. What is the definition of predisposition in the context of health conditions?
To eliminate their risk factors for a health condition.
To make them more susceptible or likely to develop that condition.
To cure them of an existing health condition.
To provide them with preventive measures against a health condition.
4. What anatomical structure does the term 'otic' specifically relate to?
Ear
, Mouth
Eye
Nose
5. What is the definition of 'precipitous' in relation to childbirth?
A rapid, uncontrolled delivery.
A delivery that requires surgical intervention.
A delivery that occurs after the due date.
A delivery that is assisted by medication.
6. Describe the concept of abstaining from an activity or substance in your own
words.
Abstaining means choosing not to engage in a particular activity or
not to use a specific substance.
Abstaining means consuming a substance in moderation.
Abstaining means encouraging others to partake in an activity.
Abstaining means actively participating in an activity.
7. Interpret the term 'convulsive' in the context of physical reactions.
The term 'convulsive' refers to a state of complete stillness.
The term 'convulsive' refers to a state characterized by violent
shaking or spasms of the body.
The term 'convulsive' describes a gradual and controlled movement.
The term 'convulsive' indicates a calm and relaxed state of the body.
,8. What is the definition of extension in joint movement?
Rotating a joint
Stabilizing a joint
Lengthening or unbending of a joint
Bending of a joint
9. What are the common characteristics of inflamed tissue in a medical context?
pale, soft, and cool
thickened, dark, and numb
reddened, swollen, warm, and often tender
dry, cold, and hard
10. Located within the body.
Insidious
Intact
Internal
Invasive
11. What does it mean to voluntarily refrain from an activity or substance?
To consume
To indulge
To participate
To abstain
, 12. What term is used to describe the expected outcome of a patient's medical
condition?
Treatment
Symptom
Diagnosis
Prognosis
13. If a doctor describes a patient's injury as 'lateral', what specific area of the
body are they likely referring to?
The center of the body
The sides of the body
The back of the body
The front of the body
14. A personal support worker is asked by his patient what an 'exacerbation' of
his disease means. Which of the following would be a correct response?
D. The patient is feeling unhealthy, even though he has no active
disease at the present time.
A. The patient is showing a worsening of the signs of his disease.
B. The patient is showing no symptoms of his disease at the present
time.
C. The patient is showing a group of symptoms.
15. What is the purpose of the Precautionary Principle?
to inhibit scientific discovery
All of the above
Questions & Verified Answers | Graded A+
1. How does predisposition influence an individual's risk for developing health
conditions?
Predisposition only applies to infectious diseases.
Predisposition increases the likelihood of developing a health
condition due to genetic or environmental factors.
Predisposition has no effect on an individual's health risks.
Predisposition guarantees that an individual will develop a health
condition.
2. Describe the process of respiration in your own words.
Respiration is the absorption of nutrients in the digestive tract.
Respiration is the movement of blood through the circulatory system.
Respiration is the process of converting food into energy.
Respiration involves taking in air (inhalation) and releasing air
(exhalation) from the lungs.
3. What is the definition of predisposition in the context of health conditions?
To eliminate their risk factors for a health condition.
To make them more susceptible or likely to develop that condition.
To cure them of an existing health condition.
To provide them with preventive measures against a health condition.
4. What anatomical structure does the term 'otic' specifically relate to?
Ear
, Mouth
Eye
Nose
5. What is the definition of 'precipitous' in relation to childbirth?
A rapid, uncontrolled delivery.
A delivery that requires surgical intervention.
A delivery that occurs after the due date.
A delivery that is assisted by medication.
6. Describe the concept of abstaining from an activity or substance in your own
words.
Abstaining means choosing not to engage in a particular activity or
not to use a specific substance.
Abstaining means consuming a substance in moderation.
Abstaining means encouraging others to partake in an activity.
Abstaining means actively participating in an activity.
7. Interpret the term 'convulsive' in the context of physical reactions.
The term 'convulsive' refers to a state of complete stillness.
The term 'convulsive' refers to a state characterized by violent
shaking or spasms of the body.
The term 'convulsive' describes a gradual and controlled movement.
The term 'convulsive' indicates a calm and relaxed state of the body.
,8. What is the definition of extension in joint movement?
Rotating a joint
Stabilizing a joint
Lengthening or unbending of a joint
Bending of a joint
9. What are the common characteristics of inflamed tissue in a medical context?
pale, soft, and cool
thickened, dark, and numb
reddened, swollen, warm, and often tender
dry, cold, and hard
10. Located within the body.
Insidious
Intact
Internal
Invasive
11. What does it mean to voluntarily refrain from an activity or substance?
To consume
To indulge
To participate
To abstain
, 12. What term is used to describe the expected outcome of a patient's medical
condition?
Treatment
Symptom
Diagnosis
Prognosis
13. If a doctor describes a patient's injury as 'lateral', what specific area of the
body are they likely referring to?
The center of the body
The sides of the body
The back of the body
The front of the body
14. A personal support worker is asked by his patient what an 'exacerbation' of
his disease means. Which of the following would be a correct response?
D. The patient is feeling unhealthy, even though he has no active
disease at the present time.
A. The patient is showing a worsening of the signs of his disease.
B. The patient is showing no symptoms of his disease at the present
time.
C. The patient is showing a group of symptoms.
15. What is the purpose of the Precautionary Principle?
to inhibit scientific discovery
All of the above
