Health Educational Systems HESI Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Health Educational Systems HESI Online Questions & Answers

• Question 131:

  Which of these is the best definition of the word contrite?

  A. sad
  B. lonely
  C. excited
  D. remorseful
  D. remorseful

• Question 132:

  Read the following passage and answer the question.

  DID CESAR CHAVEZ ADVANCE WORKERS’ RIGHTS?

  César Estrada Chávez (1927–1993) was an American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers (UFW).

  A Mexican American, Chávez became the best known Latino civil rights activist, and was strongly promoted by the American labor movement, which was eager to enroll Hispanic members. His public-relations approach to unionism and aggressive but nonviolent tactics made the farm workers' struggle a moral cause with nationwide support. By the late 1970s, his tactics had forced growers to recognize the UFW as the bargaining agent for 50,000 field workers in California and Florida. However, by the mid-1980s membership in the UFW had dwindled to around 15,000.

  Chavez was a charismatic, gifted speaker who inspired Latinos to band together and devote themselves to the farmworkers' movement. Claiming as his models Emiliano Zapata, Gandhi, Nehru, and Martin Luther King, he called on his people to "Make a solemn promise: to enjoy our rightful part of the riches of this land, to throw off the yoke of being considered as agricultural implements or slaves. We are free men and we demand justice."

  After his death he became a major historical icon for the Latino community, and for liberals generally, symbolizing militant support for workers and for Hispanic power based on grass roots organizing and his slogan "Sí, se puede" (Spanish for "Yes, it is possible" or, roughly, "Yes, it can be done"). His supporters say his work led to numerous improvements for union laborers. His birthday has become César Chávez Day, a state holiday in eight US states. Many parks, cultural centers, libraries, schools, and streets have been named in his honor in cities across the United States.

  Which of the following is NOT a meaning of the phrase “throw off the yoke of being considered as agricultural implements or slaves”?

  A. Agricultural workers have more value than mere tools
  B. Workers have freedom and rights
  C. Workers should fight to keep their jobs
  D. Workers are more than animals that can be harnessed to do work
  E. Workers should not be treated as economic slaves
  C. Workers should fight to keep their jobs

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• Question 133:

  The limbic system of the brain is responsible for the regulation of ___________?

  A. Vision
  B. Emotion
  C. Motor movement
  D. Speech production
  E. Metabolic processes
  B. Emotion

• Question 134:

  Select the word or phrase that will make the sentence grammatically correct.

  The stroke had an _______ on the patient's ability to move her right arm.

  A. affect
  B. effect
  C. inference
  D. innuendo
  B. effect

• Question 135:

  Which sentence is the clearest?

  A. At the age of twelve, my parents sent me to boarding school.
  B. When I was twelve, my parents sent me to boarding school.
  C. At the age of twelve, I sent my parents to boarding school.
  D. My parents, at the age of twelve, sent me to boarding school.
  B. When I was twelve, my parents sent me to boarding school.

• Question 136:

  Select the correct word(s) for the blank in the following sentence.

  When will you be able to go to dinner with ___________?

  A. I
  B. me
  C. myself
  D. ourselves
  B. me

• Question 137:

  Which salivary gland produces mostly mucin?

  A. submandibular
  B. sublingual
  C. parotid
  D. thyroid
  B. sublingual

• Question 138:

  Which two bones make up the structure of the lower leg?

  A. Radius and Ulna
  B. Femur and Patella
  C. Metatarsal and Tarsal
  D. Sternum and Clavicle
  E. Fibula and Tibia
  E. Fibula and Tibia

• Question 139:

  What is the name of the structure that transfers urine from the kidneys to the bladder?

  A. Urethra.
  B. Tubules.
  C. Ureters.
  D. Nephron.
  C. Ureters.

• Question 140:

  A woman's body usually ovulates around what day in a normal 30-day cycle?

  A. Day 5.
  B. Day 10.
  C. Day 14.
  D. Day 22.
  C. Day 14.