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HESI Practice Test two: Comprehensive
Answer Guide for Nursing School Entrance
Exams to Enhance Skills, Build Confidence,
and Improve Testing
Nursing School Entrance Exams
Practice Test Two, Kaplan Answer
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Practice Test Two, Kaplan
READING COMPREHENSION
Questions 1−2 are based on the following passage.
Until quite recently, hypnosis has been a specialized—and o en
controversial—technique used only in marginal areas of medicine.
However, hypnosis is now increasingly finding mainstream use. For
example, mental health experts have found that the suggestions of a skilled
therapist are o en remarkably effective in countering anxiety and
depression. The benefits of hypnosis, though, are not limited to the
emotional and psychological realm. Hypnosis helps burn center patients
manage excruciating pain, and a recent research study found that hypnosis
can dramatically shorten the time required for bone fractures to heal, o en
by several weeks.
1. Which answer option BEST expresses the main idea of the
passage?
(A) Hypnosis has become established as one of the most effective
means to manage pain.
(B) Despite its controversial history, hypnosis has proven useful
across many areas of medicine.
(C) Hypnosis remains controversial, especially when used to treat
anxiety and depression.
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(D) The benefits of hypnosis have been shown to be limited to
certain areas, but nonetheless effective.
2. Which term or phrase best defines the word manage as it is used in
the passage?
(A) Direct.
(B) Administer.
(C) Bring about.
(D) Cope with.
Questions 3−4 are based on the following passage.
In recent years, shark attacks in U.S. waters have received wide attention.
Are such attacks a growing threat to swimmers and surfers? Statistics
suggest not. The rate of attacks per number of swimmers has not increased
over time. What has increased is the popularity of aquatic sports, such as
surfing, sail boarding, and kayaking. More people are in the water these
days, and therefore the chances of a shark encounter increase. Still, to keep
the issue in perspective we should remember there were only six fatal
shark attacks in U.S. coastal waters from 1990 to 2000.
3. According to the author, which of the following has NOT increased
over time?
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(A) The total number of shark attacks in U.S. waters.
(B) The popularity of aquatic sports.
(C) The number of fatal shark attacks in U.S. coastal waters.
(D) The rate of shark attacks per number of people in the water.
4. Why does the author MOST likely provide the statistic in the final
sentence?
(A) To point out that U.S. coastal waters are safer than those of
other countries.
(B) To illustrate that relatively few fatal shark attacks have
occurred in U.S. waters.
(C) To show that the period 1990–2000 marked a decrease in the
number of fatal shark attacks.
(D) To caution swimmers and surfers against dangers.
Questions 5–6 are based on the following passage.
Although much about dolphin communication remains a mystery, scientists
have discovered three distinct sounds that dolphins frequently make:
chirps, clicks, and whistles. Scientists have learned that dolphins use clicks
to create a sonar map, which allows them to navigate and hunt. But, apart
from possibly transmitting location, the clicks do not appear to serve any
communication purpose. Rather, research indicates that dolphins
communicate with each other by whistling. This discovery has necessitated
HESI Practice Test two: Comprehensive
Answer Guide for Nursing School Entrance
Exams to Enhance Skills, Build Confidence,
and Improve Testing
Nursing School Entrance Exams
Practice Test Two, Kaplan Answer
Sheet
, 2
Practice Test Two, Kaplan
READING COMPREHENSION
Questions 1−2 are based on the following passage.
Until quite recently, hypnosis has been a specialized—and o en
controversial—technique used only in marginal areas of medicine.
However, hypnosis is now increasingly finding mainstream use. For
example, mental health experts have found that the suggestions of a skilled
therapist are o en remarkably effective in countering anxiety and
depression. The benefits of hypnosis, though, are not limited to the
emotional and psychological realm. Hypnosis helps burn center patients
manage excruciating pain, and a recent research study found that hypnosis
can dramatically shorten the time required for bone fractures to heal, o en
by several weeks.
1. Which answer option BEST expresses the main idea of the
passage?
(A) Hypnosis has become established as one of the most effective
means to manage pain.
(B) Despite its controversial history, hypnosis has proven useful
across many areas of medicine.
(C) Hypnosis remains controversial, especially when used to treat
anxiety and depression.
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(D) The benefits of hypnosis have been shown to be limited to
certain areas, but nonetheless effective.
2. Which term or phrase best defines the word manage as it is used in
the passage?
(A) Direct.
(B) Administer.
(C) Bring about.
(D) Cope with.
Questions 3−4 are based on the following passage.
In recent years, shark attacks in U.S. waters have received wide attention.
Are such attacks a growing threat to swimmers and surfers? Statistics
suggest not. The rate of attacks per number of swimmers has not increased
over time. What has increased is the popularity of aquatic sports, such as
surfing, sail boarding, and kayaking. More people are in the water these
days, and therefore the chances of a shark encounter increase. Still, to keep
the issue in perspective we should remember there were only six fatal
shark attacks in U.S. coastal waters from 1990 to 2000.
3. According to the author, which of the following has NOT increased
over time?
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(A) The total number of shark attacks in U.S. waters.
(B) The popularity of aquatic sports.
(C) The number of fatal shark attacks in U.S. coastal waters.
(D) The rate of shark attacks per number of people in the water.
4. Why does the author MOST likely provide the statistic in the final
sentence?
(A) To point out that U.S. coastal waters are safer than those of
other countries.
(B) To illustrate that relatively few fatal shark attacks have
occurred in U.S. waters.
(C) To show that the period 1990–2000 marked a decrease in the
number of fatal shark attacks.
(D) To caution swimmers and surfers against dangers.
Questions 5–6 are based on the following passage.
Although much about dolphin communication remains a mystery, scientists
have discovered three distinct sounds that dolphins frequently make:
chirps, clicks, and whistles. Scientists have learned that dolphins use clicks
to create a sonar map, which allows them to navigate and hunt. But, apart
from possibly transmitting location, the clicks do not appear to serve any
communication purpose. Rather, research indicates that dolphins
communicate with each other by whistling. This discovery has necessitated
