HESI A2 ENTRANCE EXAM
FOR
CHAMBERLAIN COLLGE OF
NURSING
2023 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS
Biology, Grammar, Reading,Math&
vocabulary
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Biology ,Grammar, Reading ,Math and vocabulary added possible questions
Biology
How many chromosomes do sperm and egg produce in meiosis is?
23
how many chromosomes do sperm and egg produce in mitosis?
46
What helps the cells shape and cell to adapt?
cytoskeleton
What givesthe cell the ability to move and proper?
microtubules
What is the main component of blood plasma?
water
What is the first step in metabolism of food to cellular energy?
glycolysis
What drives the cell/ pushes it forward?
propulsion
All humans have how many pairs of chromosomes?
23 pairs
The plasma membrane is made of/ composed of what?
lipids, proteins, and carbohydrates
What organelle isresponsible for packaging, processing, and shipping?
Gold Apparatus
Plant cells have what organelle that functions as storage, waste disposal, and protection?
vacuoles
What are the site of cellular respiration? (eukaryotic cells)
mitochondria
What are plasma membranes mostly made of?
lipids
What is the magnification of an ocular lens on a microscope?
10x
What part of the microscope isthe side going to be placed on?
stage
what holdsthe genetic code for each person?
DNA
what is DNA made of?
nucleotides
is the most important component of the cell, contributing toprotection,
communication, and the passage of substances into and out the cell.
The cellular membrane
the plasma membrane is made of how many phospholipid layers?
2
How id oxygen transported through blood or body?
circulatory system
The mRNA strand is what to DNA strand?
identical except T is replaced with U
What organelle is responsible for protein synthesis and membrane production?
endoplasmic reticulum (rough ER)
What is the intake of food through the cell membrane creating food vacuole?
phagocytosis
The birds body and function of wings?
hereditary
What phase does replication take place in?
S phase
What are different versions of a gene? (variations)
alleles
is the sequence of reactions by which most living cells general energy
during the process of aerobic respiration; it take place in the mitochondria
The Kerb Cycle
What kind of cells are in meiosis (sex cells)
gametes
What organelle pushes water out of the cell?
vacuoles (contractile)
What is the diffusion of water through a semi-permeable membrane from areas of high
concentration to areas of low concentration?
osmosis
The expulsion or discharge of substances from the cell (removal)?
exocytosis
What does aerobic respiration require?
oxygen
What skin layer can produce fingerprints?
dermis papillae
What is an animal cell?
eukaryotic
Movement of ions and other molecular substances across cell membranes without the need of
energy is
Passive transport
English
Grammar/Vocabulary File:
Grammar Test 1:
Select the word or phrase that makes the sentence grammatically correct.
1. A tuberculin skin test should be read within 24 hrs.
administration.
a. Of
b. Since
c. As
d. From
2. The student for the final exam.
a. Didn’t studied
b. Was studying
c. Studied hardly
d. Would have study
3. My mother and went shopping for clothes yesterday.
a. Us
b. Me
c. Myself
d. I
4. She went to the party _ her dislike for the host.
a. Although
b. Even though
c. Despite of
d. In spite of
5. The accident if the motorist had obeyed the speed limit
sign.
a. Never would have happened
b. Never would happen
c. Never happened
d. Would happen never
6. She was so mad at her boyfriend, she on him when he called.
a. Terminated
b. Hung Up
c. Yelled
d. Hang up
7. are very ancient people.
a. The chineses
b. Chineses
c. The Chinese
d. Chinese
8. If they that the weather was going to be so bad, they wouldn’t
have gone to the beach.
a. Had known
b. Were knowing
c. Knew
d. Known
9. John Kennedy was a senator before he _ President in 1960.
a. Was electing
b. Elected
c. Had elected
d. Was elected
10.It is required that he _ the payment immediately.
a. Send
b. Sent
c. Sends
d. Sended
11.He tried to remember that names of all the people were
there that night.
a. Whom
b. That
c. Whose
d. Which
12.A synonym is a word a meaning similar to another word.
a. Who have
b. That have
c. Who is having
d. Having
13.After having robbed the bank, .
a. The back president offered a reward for the thief.
b. The thief’s wife became very nervous.
c. The police searched for the thief from many weeks.
d. The thief hid at the house of a friend.
Select the word or phrase in the sentence that is not used correctly.
1) After the policeman had ran for several miles, he finally caught up with
the man who had stolen the purse.
a) Had ran
b) Several miles
c) Who
d) Up with
2) The man’s heart attack scared him badly and he decided having a regular
check-up from then on.
a) Having
b) Man’s
c) Badly
d) From
3) Based on the principals of asepsis, the nurse should consider asterile
packet below waist level to be contaminated.
a) To be
b) Principals
c) Asepsis
d) Waist
4) I will call you when I will get back from visiting my sister.
a) Visiting
b) My
c) When
d) Will get
5) Her mother asked her what would she do after she graduated from
college.
a) From
b) Her
c) Would/she
d) mother
6) When you add sugar to it, your cup of coffee becomes not only sweet,
also fattening.
a) Also
b) Becomes
c) To
d) Cup of
7) The sales man recommended that he keeps his receipt for at least a
month.
a) That
b) For
c) Keeps
d) At least
Which of the following is incorrect? (8- 20)
8) It seem like the sun never shines on Saturday.
a) Seem
b) It
c) Never
d) Shines
9) Of the many people what she interviewed; she chose the one with most
experience.
a) What
b) Experience
c) With
d) Of the
10) Long before his death, Pablo Picasso had became one of themost
important artists in history.
a) In
b) Long before
c) Had became
d) The most
11) The physician started to preform the operation, but the patient was not
yet completely under anesthesia.
a) Started to
b) Preform
c) Was not
d) Completely under
12) Before his death at age 82, comedian Rodney Dangerfield’s motto
was, “I don’t get no respect.”
a) No
b) Was
c) At
d) Before
13) The mailperson’s job is to put the envelope’s in every mailbox on the
block.
a) Every
b) Block
c) Envelope’s
d) Mailperson’s
14) The charge nurse overheard the nursing assistant discussing the
private details of a client medical condition with personnel friend in the
hospital cafeteria.
a) Details
b) Overheard
c) Client’s
d) Personnel
15) The car that he had seen at the Ford dealer was the one that he final
decided to buy.
a) Was
b) Had seen
c) To buy
d) Final
16) He had already finished studying at an university when he was called
to join the army.
a) Was called
b) Studying
c) Had already
d) An
17) The nurse asked the patient to choose ate items from the menu that are
his favorites.
a) Ate items
b) To choose
c) His favorites
d) That are
18) He ate for pieces of fried chicken at dinner, and no vegetables.
a) Ate
b) For
c) No
d) At
19) The most important things in my life are making money, traveling
abroad, and to live well.
a) In
b) To live
c) The most
d) Are
20) It’s true that children depend in their parents for food, clothing and
shelter.
a) It’s
b) In
c) Clothing
d) That
21) Identify the dependent clause in this sentence: The mother dog left her
bed as soon as the puppies were asleep.
a) As soon as the puppies were asleep
b) Left her bed as soon as
c) The puppies were asleep
d) The mother dog left her bed
22) Which sentence is grammatically correct?
a) Somebody left his or her jacket on the train
b) Several lost his or her keys on this train ride.
c) Does everyone have their train tickets ready?
d) Is everyone ready for their ice cream sundaes?
23) Identify the incomplete sentence.
a) He wept.
b) Everything worked out all right.
c) While they were sleeping.
d) Babies are sure cure and cuddly.
24) Which sentence is grammatically correct?
a) The dog catches the Frisbee good.
b) The band did good during the half time show.
c) Sarah plays her new saxophone well.
d) The band that played before ours was well.
25) Select the sentence in which legal is used as an adjective.
a) It is legal to were green on March 17th
.
b) He did not know that jaywalking was not legal.
c) It is not legal to jaywalk
d) He is a legal resident of the United States.
26) What sentence should replace the following incorrect sentence? “This
door to remain unlocked when occupied.”
a) This door to remain unclosed while open.
b) This office must have the door unlocked at all times.
c) This door will remain unlocked when office is occupied.
d) This sentence is correct as written.
27) Which word is used incorrectly? Which procedure for giving
injections were explained thoroughly to the student nurses.
a) Were
b) Thoroughly
c) Student
d) Procedure
28) Which phrase should be moved to the end of the sentence? The
painter decided to use the urn as his subject with flowers on the table.
a) With flowers
b) The urn
c) The painter decided
d) As his subject
29) Select the sentence in which snake is used as a verb.
a) The cobra is venomous snake.
b) The spy had to snake his way furtively onto the train.
c) The plumber used his snake to open up the clogged pipe.
d) You are being a snake when you steal from me.
30) Which sentence is grammatically correct?
a) Gosh, I be odering a V-8!
b) Gosh, I coulda had a V-8!
c) Gosh, I could have had a V-8! (correct also)
d) Gosh, I should have ordered a V-8!
31) In which sentence is the form fast used as an adverb?
a) The fast car drove over the bridge.
b) The batter could not hit the fast pitch
c) The clock on the wall is 10 minutes fast.
d) The cars on the overpass moved fast.
Answer key for Grammar Test 1:
1. A
2. B
3. D
4. D
5. A
6. B
7. C
8. A
9. D
10.A
11.B
12.D
13.D
1.A
2.A
3.B
4.D
5.C
6.B
7.C
8.A
9.A
10.C
11.B
12.A
13.C
14.D
15.D
16.D
17.A
18.A
19.B
20.B
21.A
22,A
23. C
24.C
25.D
26.C
27.A
28.D
29.B
30.D
31.D
Grammar Test 2:
14. He was by her kind words.
A. Affect
B. Effect
C. Effected
D. Affected
15. Which of the following sentences is grammatically
incorrect?
A. He performed well on the test
B. He performed good on the test
C. He performed poorly on the test
D. He performed adequately on the test
16. In the following sentence, which is the dependent
clause?
A. We played
B. Then we had dinner
C. While we waited
D. A game
17. Which of the following sentences is grammatically
correct?
A. She drove much farther than I did
B. The campus is further up the road
C. I will have to consider farther before making a
decision
D. The hospital was further away than he thought
18.Select the best word for the blank in the following
sentence.
He thought it was
A. Further
B. Fewer
C. Bigger
D. Less
19. The patient wanted to
than 3 miles to the hospital
down on the bed, but first
she had to her try of food on the table.
A. Lie, lay
B. Lay, lie
C. Lie, laid
D. Lain, lying
20. Which word from the following sentence is a noun?
The bird flew across the blue sky.
A. Across
B. Flew
C. Bird
D. Blue
21. Which word in the following sentence is a
conjunction?
The little girl wanted a cookie, but she didn’t take
one.
A. Little
B. But
C. Take
D. The
22. Which of the following is a direct object? (affected by
the verb)
The nurse helped the patient with the medication
A. Helped
B. Nurse
C. patient
D. Medication
23. Which of the following sentences is grammatically
correct?
A. Walking home from class, the students watched
the snow begin to fall.
B. Walking home from class, the snow began falling
on the students
C. Walking home from class, snow fell on the
students.
D. Walking home from class, the students watched
the snow fell.
24. The student sang well, but she danced
A. Bad
B. Badly
C. Poor
D. Poorer
25. Select the best word for the blank in the following
sentence:
The college he chose is in New York
a. Which
b. That
c. Who
d. What
26. Which of the following sentences is grammatically
correct?
A. I wanted ice cream; he wanted cake.
B. I wanted ice cream he wanted cake
C. I wanted ice cream, he wanted cake.
D. I wanted ice cream but he wanted cake.
27. Not only the students but also the professor
stunned by the test results.
A. Was
B. Were
C. Are
D. Be
28. The pack of wolves _running through the forest
A. Are
B. Were
C. Is
D. Be
29. Which word in the following sentence is
grammatically incorrect?
Dr. Jones, who all the patients like, plays the piano
well.
A. Who
B. Well
C. Plays
D. Like
30. Select the sentence that is grammatically correct?
A. The nurse spoke to my sister and I about our
mother’s condition
B. The nurse spoke to my sister and me about our
mother’s condition
C. The nurse spoke to me and my sister about our
mother’s condition
D. The nurse spoke to I and my sister about our
mother’s condition
31. Select the word or phrase in the sentence that is not
used correctly:
The data confirms that the patient is suffering from
extreme anxiety, and a tranquilizing medication is
immediately required.
A. Extreme anxiety
B. Confirms
C. Is
D. Immediately
32. Select the best word for the blank in the following
sentence:
I will that chart to the patient’s room later today.
A. Bring
B. Take
C. Brought
D. Took
33. Which of the following sentences is grammatically
correct?
A. The patient and the nurse knew he could walk
B. While the patient was walking
C. The patient, the nurse and the doctor were walking.
D. Because the patient could walk, he was allowed to
leave his room.
34. Which of the following sentences is grammatically
correct? (misplaced modifier).
A. The child’s torn shirt was laying on the floor
B. The torn child’s shirt was laying on the floor
C. The child’s shirt was laying on the floor torn
D. The child’s shirt torn was laying on the floor
35.What word is used incorrectly in thissentence?
The six students in the class discussed the test results
between themselves
A. Discussed
Answer Key for Test 2:
14.D
15.B
16.C
17.A
18.D
19.A
20.C
21.B
22.C
23.B
24.B
25.B
26.A
27.B
28.C
29.A
30.B
31.B
32.B
33.D
34.A
35.C
B. Results
C. Between
D. Themselves
Vocabulary
1. An apartment is advertised as being furnished. What does this mean?
a. The first month’s rent must be paid in advance
b. It is equipped with articles
c. It has just been repainted
d. The utility bills are included in the rental cost.
Select the meaning of the underlined word in thissentence
2. The instructions were concise.
a. Incomplete
b. Hard to understand
c. To the point
d. Easy to understand
3. This is an ominous sign.
a. Without deceit
b. A good omen
c. Threatening
d. Full of though
4. The client lost his equilibrium when he woke up.
a. Ability to sallow
b. Sense of balance
c. Ability to speak
d. Sense of taste
5. The doctor tried to explain the fundamental difference of the two
medications.
a. Underlying
b. Appropriate
c. Basic
d. Dosage
6. The nurse assisted the physician in removing the cast fromthe
patient’s arm.
a. Protective device
b. Bandage
c. Medicated salve
d. Sling
7. The nurse was asked to record the residual urine in the patient’s
bladder.
a. Total volume
b. Measurement
c. Color and clarity
d. What is left
8. The patient’s tremors ceased when the medication was administrated.
a. Intensified
b. Stopped
c. Decreased
d. Changed
9. The dietician instructed the patient to supplement her diet.
a. Limit
b. Add to
c. Substitute
d. Increase
10.A mother called her healthcare provider to report she had discovered a
node on her child’s upper arm?
a. A small rounded mass
b. Oozing blood
c. A blister
d. A reddened area
11. The nurse reported that patient’s circulation to that foot was occluded.
a. Impaired
b. Normal
c. Obstructed
d. Inadequate
12. The doctor wanted to ensure adequate pain relief for the patient.
a. Available
b. Appropriate
c. Enough
d. Required
13. My grandmother used to tell me, “Anything in excess can be a sin.”
a. Creating a nuisance
b. More than is needed
c. Not allowed
d. Desirable
14. Recovery is contingent on many factors.
a. Reliable
b. Important
c. Increasing
d. Dependent
15. When something is diluted, what is the outcome?
a. Decreases the temperature
b. Makes it weaker
c. Combines with an acid
d. Creates a sterile field
16. The healthcare provider gave the patient a comprehensive
examination.
a. Thorough
b. Follow-up
c. Sketchy
d. Referral.
17. The drug’s purpose was to suppress the coughing instinct.
a. Initiate
b. Subdue
c. Decrease
d. Urge
18. The medication was intended to constrict the pupils.
a. Make smaller
b. Sensitize
c. Dilate
d. Make bigger
19. Which word means to place under observation?
a. Surveillance
b. Cogitation
c. Assessment
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