HESI A2 EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
| (2024/ 2025 UPDATE) Which of these statements is true regarding the way light travels?
a. Sound travels faster than light.
b. The speed of light is always the same regardless of the medium through which it travels.
c. Light travels as both a wave an...
HESI A2 EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
| (2024/ 2025 UPDATE)
Which of these statements is true regarding the way light travels?
a. Sound travels faster than light.
b. The speed of light is always the same regardless of the medium through which it travels.
c. Light travels as both a wave and a particle.
d. Light can not travel through a vacuum. - ✔□✔□C. Light travels as both a wave and a
particle.
Light is a curiosity in that it acts as both a wave and a particle. It only changes direction via
reflection (bouncing off of something) or refraction (passing from one medium to another). In a
vacuum, the speed of light is constant, but when passing through a medium that has an index of
refraction different from a vacuum, light's speed slows.
Which of these elements is liquid at room temperature?
a. mercury
b. zinc
c. manganese
d. magnesium - ✔□✔□A. mercury
Mercury is the only one of the elements listed here that is liquid at room temperature. The
element bromine also has this property.
Where is the hyoid bone located?
a. neck
b. pelvis
c. rib cage
d. leg - ✔□✔□A. neck
,The hyoid bone is located between the chin and thyroid cartilage.
A person with AB- blood should not receive blood from which other blood type?
a. B-
b. A-
c. O-
d. AB+ - ✔□✔□D. AB+
Those with an AB- blood type should not receive blood from those with AB+ blood. Although
both AB+ and AB- blood have A and B antigens, the person with AB- blood lacks a special
protein, or "Rhesus" Factor (Rh), circulating in their blood. If they are given blood that has the
Rh factor present, their body will make antibodies to this foreign substance and complications
will occur. This is especially true in pregnancy situations where the mother is Rh- and the baby
she is carrying is Rh+.
Which blood type is considered the universal donor?
a. O-
b. O+
c. AB-
d. AB+ - ✔□✔□A. O-
O- blood lacks both A and B antigens and the Rh factor, making it the only blood type that can
donate to everyone.
Note the correct use of the terms antibody and antigen:
O- is the best donor because it does not have A, B or Rh antigens.
AB+ is the universal receiver because it does not have A, B or Rh antibodies. What is the only
artery in the body to carry oxygen-poor blood?
a. renal artery
b. interosseous artery
c. vena cava
d. pulmonary artery - ✔□✔□D. pulmonary artery
, Most arteries in the body carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart, but the pulmonary artery
carries oxygen-poor blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs. The vena cava would
not be correct because it is not an artery, it is a vein and the question asks for an artery.
Chocolate cysts of the ovaries are attributed to .
a. menorrhagia
b. ectopic pregnancy
c. pelvic inflammatory disease
d. endometriosis - ✔□✔□D. endometriosis
Endometriosis is a condition in which the tissue from the uterus (endometrium) grows in other
parts of the body, such as the ovaries or bowel. If a woman has endometrial tissue in her ovary,
the tissue bleeds and builds up over time, and as the blood ages it turns brown, hence the term
"chocolate cyst."
Which is not true of synovial joints?
a. They are found in the intervertebral discs of the spinal column
b. They have a fluid-filled capsule that surrounds their articulating surface
c. They are the most common joint in the body
d. They are the most moveable joint type in the body - ✔□✔□A. They are found in the
intervertebral discs of the spinal column
Instead of a synovial joint, the intervertebral discs of the spinal column form a fibrocartilaginous
joint, which allows slight movement of the vertebrae of the spine.
Ligaments connect .
a. tendon to bone
b. muscle to bone
c. bone to bone
d. muscle to bone - ✔□✔□C. bone to bone
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