HESI FUNDAMENTALS PRACTICE
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
▶ formal operational stage (11-19 years). Answer: Piaget's stages of
cognitive development when children begin to think abstractly, reason
hypothetically, use deductive logic,
▶ Infancy (birth to 2 years). Answer: Piaget's sensoriomotor stage of
cognitive development when children develop object permanence
▶ Early childhood (2-5 years). Answer: Piagets preoperational stage
▶ Middle childhood (6-11 years). Answer: Piagets concrete operational
stage
▶ Adolescence (11-19 years). Answer: Piagets formal operational stage
▶ Social phobia. Answer: Commonly seen in Japan and Korea taijin
kyofusho is a form of what mental illness
▶ 4-6 weeks. Answer: Time frame for Celexa to have a therapeutic effect
▶ 4-6 weeks, 6-12 months. Answer: When started on an SSRI may take
_____ weeks for effect and should be continued for _____ months to
prevent relapse
▶ Decrease; increase. Answer: Thiazide diuretics such as
hydrochlorothiazide [increase/decrease?] lithium clearance, thus
[increase/decrease?] the amount of lithium in the body
▶ t-test. Answer: inferential statistics that assess whether the means of
two groups are statistically different from each other
, ▶ Analysis of variance (ANOVA). Answer: inferential statistics that tests
the difference among three or more groups
▶ Pearson's r correlation. Answer: inferential statistics that tests the
relationship etween two variables
▶ probability. Answer: inferential statistics that shows the likelihood of an
event occurring
▶ p-value/level of significance. Answer: inferential statistic that describes
the probability of a particular result occurring by chance alone
▶ variance. Answer: any event that alters patient progress toward
expected outcomes (practitioner competency, severity of illness)
▶ health production function. Answer: mathematical expression that shows
the relationship between an individual's health and a number of other
variables, including the amount of health care consumed (multiple choice:
health alliance, health economics, health care system, health production
function)
▶ health care system. Answer: describes the organizational and
institutional structures through which an economy makes choices regarding
production, consumption, and distribution of medical services (multiple
choice: health alliance, health economics, health care system, health
production function)
▶ health economics. Answer: related to the value, effectiveness, and
efficiency of care received (multiple choice: health alliance, health
economics, health care system, health production function)
▶ health alliance. Answer: public agency that uses its bargaining power to
negotiate competitive prices for health insurance from the private insurance
market (multiple choice: health alliance, health economics, health care
system, health production function)
▶ Splitting. Answer: What defense mechanism is patient using that is
causing her to see people as either all good or all evil
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
▶ formal operational stage (11-19 years). Answer: Piaget's stages of
cognitive development when children begin to think abstractly, reason
hypothetically, use deductive logic,
▶ Infancy (birth to 2 years). Answer: Piaget's sensoriomotor stage of
cognitive development when children develop object permanence
▶ Early childhood (2-5 years). Answer: Piagets preoperational stage
▶ Middle childhood (6-11 years). Answer: Piagets concrete operational
stage
▶ Adolescence (11-19 years). Answer: Piagets formal operational stage
▶ Social phobia. Answer: Commonly seen in Japan and Korea taijin
kyofusho is a form of what mental illness
▶ 4-6 weeks. Answer: Time frame for Celexa to have a therapeutic effect
▶ 4-6 weeks, 6-12 months. Answer: When started on an SSRI may take
_____ weeks for effect and should be continued for _____ months to
prevent relapse
▶ Decrease; increase. Answer: Thiazide diuretics such as
hydrochlorothiazide [increase/decrease?] lithium clearance, thus
[increase/decrease?] the amount of lithium in the body
▶ t-test. Answer: inferential statistics that assess whether the means of
two groups are statistically different from each other
, ▶ Analysis of variance (ANOVA). Answer: inferential statistics that tests
the difference among three or more groups
▶ Pearson's r correlation. Answer: inferential statistics that tests the
relationship etween two variables
▶ probability. Answer: inferential statistics that shows the likelihood of an
event occurring
▶ p-value/level of significance. Answer: inferential statistic that describes
the probability of a particular result occurring by chance alone
▶ variance. Answer: any event that alters patient progress toward
expected outcomes (practitioner competency, severity of illness)
▶ health production function. Answer: mathematical expression that shows
the relationship between an individual's health and a number of other
variables, including the amount of health care consumed (multiple choice:
health alliance, health economics, health care system, health production
function)
▶ health care system. Answer: describes the organizational and
institutional structures through which an economy makes choices regarding
production, consumption, and distribution of medical services (multiple
choice: health alliance, health economics, health care system, health
production function)
▶ health economics. Answer: related to the value, effectiveness, and
efficiency of care received (multiple choice: health alliance, health
economics, health care system, health production function)
▶ health alliance. Answer: public agency that uses its bargaining power to
negotiate competitive prices for health insurance from the private insurance
market (multiple choice: health alliance, health economics, health care
system, health production function)
▶ Splitting. Answer: What defense mechanism is patient using that is
causing her to see people as either all good or all evil
