EXAM QUESTIONS AND
HESI VET TECH EXIT
ANSWERS UPDATED (2024/2025)
(VERIFIED ANSWERS)
You are doing a CBC on an anaemic patient. What cells, if you see them
while doing the differential, will change the final leukocyte count? - ANS
✓nucleated red blood cells
When placing lateral radiographs of the stifle joint on a viewer for a
veterinarian to evaluate, how should the film be oriented? - ANS ✓the
cranial or dorsal side of the limb should be to the left and the proximal aspect
should be toward the top of the view box.
Electrical activity that serves as the pacemaker in the heart originates from
what specific area? - ANS ✓sinoatrial node in the right atrium
Which of these are used in the MAJOR cross-match for blood products to be
transfused to a dog? - ANS ✓DONOR- red blood cells
RECIPIENT- plasma
Which of the following is not considered a clinically important large
strongyle in the horse? - ANS ✓strongylus equorum
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Ivermectin would not be used when treating which parasite? - ANS
✓Trematodes
Erythropoietin (EPO) is a glycoprotein hormone produced mainly by the... -
ANS ✓kidney
Which drug is known as an ACE-inhibitor? - ANS ✓enalapril
What is the most common swine gastrointestinal parasite? - ANS ✓Ascaris
suum - large roundworm of pigs
Which species is most susceptible to copper toxicity due to accumulation of
copper in the liver from the diet? - ANS ✓sheep
Which of the following is NOT true regarding platelets? - ANS ✓birds and
reptiles have nucleated platelets
Which of the following are intended to shield the user from the primary x-
ray beam? - ANS ✓collimater
A diet high in concentrated or grains may lead to which of the following in
cattle? - ANS ✓decreased ramen ph
Aka rumenal acidosis
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What equine gastrointestinal parasite, when deposited at an abnormal site
on the skin or mucous membranes, is responsible for causing the
eosinophilic granulomas known as summer sores? - ANS ✓habronema spp
What term describes an enlarged thyroid gland? - ANS ✓goiter
What is the function of a goblet cell? - ANS ✓produce mucus
The "hock joint" of a horse is more appropriately identified as what
structure? - ANS ✓tarsocrural joint
Where is the thymus located? - ANS ✓In the cranial mediastinum in the chest
For which of the following disorders is an intravenous pyelogram most
useful in detecting? - ANS ✓urethral stones
A blood smear is performed and a large variation is seen in erythrocyte
shape. What is this called? - ANS ✓poikilocytosis
Which of the following narcotics does NOT have an antagonist against its
primary action? - ANS ✓apomorphine
Which species is not susceptible to "hoof-and-mouth" disease? - ANS
✓horses
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