Test Prep Test Prep Certifications HESI-A2 Questions & Answers

• Question 371:

  What is the best description for the term overt?

  A. Closed or obstructed

  B. First or most significant

  C. Adverse or negative

  D. Easily observed and obvious

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 372:

  Which word means "reddened or ruddy appearance"?

  A. Flaccid

  B. Distended

  C. Flushed

  D. Lethargic

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 373:

  Which word means "produced within the body"?

  A. Endogenous

  B. Exogenous

  C. Occluded

  D. Paroxysmal

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 374:

  Which word means "beginning suddenly or abruptly"?

  A. Complication

  B. Paroxysmal

  C. Contraindication

  D. Exacerbate

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 375:

  Which word means "a gradual, subtle process"?

  A. Recur

  B. Insidious

  C. Latent

  D. Precipitous

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 376:

  Which word, meaning "to examine by touch," fits best into this sentence?

  "The pediatrician ____ the young patient's abdomen to see if she could discover what was causing the girl's pain."

  A. pondered

  B. palpated

  C. perpetuated

  D. projected

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 377:

  Which word means most nearly the same as the underlined word in this sentence?

  "During the bypass surgery, the surgeon had to locate the anterior veins first before she could reach the heart itself."

  A. frontal

  B. posterior

  C. exterior

  D. aft

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 378:

  Select the meaning of the underlined word.

  There was an abrupt change in the patient's temperature.

  A. Slow and gradual

  B. Changing rapidly and often

  C. Sudden

  D. Subtle, insignificant

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 379:

  What is the meaning of the word acute?

  A. permanent

  B. chronic

  C. tempered

  D. quick

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 380:

  What is the best definition of the word sinuous?

  A. thin

  B. supple

  C. mischievous

  D. slender

  Correct Answer: B