Test Prep Test Prep Certifications HESI-A2 Questions & Answers

• Question 51:

  What is the normal pH of blood?

  A. 7.0-7.5

  B. 7.25-7.35

  C. 7.50-7.65

  D. 7.35-7.45

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 52:

  What is the bladder capacity of the average adult?

  A. 200 ml

  B. 1,000 ml

  C. 500 ml

  D. 800 ml

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 53:

  Which lobe of the brain is associated with judgement, planning, impulse control, and social behavior?

  A. temporal

  B. frontal

  C. parietal

  D. occipital

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 54:

  What does lipase do?

  A. It breaks down nucleic acids into nucleotides.

  B. It breaks down carbohydrates into starch and sugar.

  C. It breaks down fats into fatty acids and glycerol.

  D. It breaks down proteins into peptides and amino acids.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 55:

  Which is not a function of the liver?

  A. storage of glycogen, minerals, and vitamins

  B. production of bile

  C. blood detoxification and purification

  D. production of insulin

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 56:

  Which salivary gland produces mostly mucin?

  A. submandibular

  B. sublingual

  C. parotid

  D. thyroid

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 57:

  Blood vessels enter and exit bones through ____.

  A. fovea

  B. fossa

  C. foramina

  D. facets

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 58:

  Which cells are responsible for bone formation?

  A. chondrocytes

  B. osteoclasts

  C. osteoblasts

  D. osteocytes

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 59:

  Which one of these is a reason bones are considered to be organs?

  A. They contain nervous and connective tissue.

  B. They are part of the framework of the body.

  C. They are not considered to be organs.

  D. They contain cells.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 60:

  Which of these shows the correct order of the flow of waste through the large intestine?

  A. cecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon

  B. sigmoid colon, ascending colon, descending colon, transverse colon, cecum

  C. ascending colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, transverse colon, cecum

  D. cecum, ascending colon, descending colon, transverse colon, sigmoid colon

  Correct Answer: A