HESI A2: Vocabulary & General Knowledge (Quiz 4) Welcome to your HESI A2 Practice Quizzes. Note: We designed Five (5) sets of practice quizzes for this Domain. Each set has 30 questions. Domain 8 (quiz 4): Vocabulary & General Knowledge. (30 questions) Please click NEXT to start your Free HESI Practice Quizzes right away. Best of Luck! 1. Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The nurse entered the room to conduct an initial examination of the patient. final complete first written None 2. Select the word that means “feeling anger because of something unjust”. This hospital is seriously understaffed. It′s indignant to see ailing patients waiting for hours to be seen by an exhausted medical professional. understaffed indignant exhausted ailing None 3. Fill the blank with the correct word. Romania’s population is shrinking and aging because thousands of young Romanians ___________ every year. Emigrate Expand Import Immigrate None 4. Which word can be defined as “tired; slow; lazy”? neophyte agile languid dissonant None 5. Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The nurse noticed that the joints in the patient’s fingers were inflamed. swollen jammed broken blanched None 6. What is the meaning of “laden”? Having a lot of ideas and enthusiasm Carrying or holding a lot of something Extremely stupid Showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern None 7. Which word can be defined as “a feeling of general discomfort”? While taking these pills, patients may experience migraines, nausea, loss of appetite, and malaise. loss of appetite nausea migraines malaise None 8. Which word in the sentence means “easily dealt with”? The horse, enormous and daunting, turned out to be tractable and used to deal with children, so Judy, who was exhilarated, can’t wait for her parents to take her horseback riding again this weekend. Exhilarated Enormous Tractable Daunting None 9. Select the word that means “contamination or invasion of body tissue by pathogenic organisms”. The pathology report indicated that infection was the cause of the patient’s labile symptoms. infection pathology symptoms labile None 10. What is the meaning of “immigrant”? A medical student in training A person who leaves their own country in order to settle permanently in another A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country A member of a group of people who move from one place to another rather than living in one place all of the time None 11. What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence? The trees, laden with fruits, had benefited from the rainy weather. Carrying or holding a lot of something Needing a lot of time and effort Too poor to produce much or any vegetation Having a very bright or beautiful appearance None 12. Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. Her fortitude definitely helped her recover from severe trauma. strength and endurance during a difficult time educated guess or theory doing what is right strict isolation None 13. Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The nurse practitioner instructed the patient to ingest three doses of medication daily. swallow inject prescribe insufflate None 14. What is the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence? The two political parties have devoted their efforts to demonize the country’s immigrant population in, as they say, an attempt to prevent our culture from disappearing. Someone who leaves their own country, often for political reasons or because of war, and who travels to another country hoping that the government will protect them and allow them to live there A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country A person who leaves their own country in order to settle permanently in another A member of a group of people who move from one place to another rather than living in one place all of the time None 15. What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence? Her nephew, who used to work as a contractor, was kind enough to offer assistance in building our new garage. Something that will solve all problems The quality of being friendly and cheerful A system of graphic symbols with a specialized use, other than ordinary writing The action of helping someone by sharing work None 16. Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The patient implied she wouldn′t feel as comfortable with a male gynecologist. to state or announce something publicly to very quietly relay information to someone else to suggest without explicitly stating to raise your voice and shout None 17. What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence? Morphine and codeine are the two most common types of narcotics. A drug that relieves pain and induces drowsiness, stupor, or insensibility A small, solid pill containing a drug that is put inside the anus, where it dissolves easily Something that causes an increase in the production of urine A drug or other substance that prevents or slows down the process of blood forming a clot None 18. What word meaning “extremely stupid” fits best in the sentence? Everybody pretended they hadn’t heard his __________ remark about what kind of clothes decent women should wear, but Linda still felt self-conscious in her miniskirt. Auspicious Burgeoning Asinine Illogical None 19. Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The patient was happy to hear that the virus was latent. inactive cured untransmittable not fatal None 20. Which word has a similar meaning to “child”? Resident Graduate Toddler Immigrant None 21. What word meaning “producing a great number of something” fits best in the following sentence? Rabbits are very _________ animals: put a male and a female together and you’ll have tens of rabbit kits in the blink of an eye. Vacuous Prolific Rigorous Fatal None 22. Fill the blank with the correct word. The veterinarian administered a(n) __________ solution to get the cat to vomit the poisoned food. Palliative Analgesic Emetic Laxative None 23. What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence? Everyone could hear the toddler throwing a tantrum because his mother wouldn’t allow him to get out of the stroller. A person who knows everything A young child Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country A medical student in training None 24. What is the meaning of “prolific”? someone producing a great number or amount of something something that makes you feel very weak and without energy showing hard work, care, and attention to detail lasting for only a short time None 25. Fill the blank with the correct word. As long as you see _______ or lice in your hair, you should avoid close contact with other people and sharing hats or brushes. Ringlets Nits Bed bugs Dandruff None 26. Which of the following best describes a nit? The eggs of a fish especially when still enclosed in the ovarian membrane The egg of an insect, especially a louse A disease An animal or plant that lives on or in another animal or plant of a different type and feeds from it. None 27. What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence? Western media denounces that the tyrannical regime exhibits no respect for fundamental human rights. Having or showing desire or interest Resulting in death Something that forms the base, from which everything else develops Of or at the beginning None 28. What word has a similar meaning to “harmful; pernicious”? Injurious Salubrious Mediocre Exquisite None 29. Which word has a similar meaning to “analgesic; opiate”? Vasodilator Disinfectant Narcotic Antibiotic None 30. Fill the blank in the following question. __________ about not having been elected club president, Cynthia stopped attending the weekly meetings. Mercurial Resentful Injurious Obdurate None 1 out of 30 Time is Up! Time's up
