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Admission Assessment Exam Review E-Book
(2012)
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Abstract
Passing your admission assessment exam is the first step on the journey to becoming a successful health professional — make sure you’re prepared with Admission Assessment Exam Review, 3rd Edition from the testing experts at HESI! It offers complete content review and nearly 400 practice questions on the topics typically found on admission exams, including math, reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, biology, chemistry, anatomy and physiology, and physics. Plus, it helps you identify areas of weakness so you can focus your study time.
- Sample problems and step-by-step examples with explanations in the math and physics sections show you how to work through each problem so you understand the steps it takes to complete the equation.
- Practice tests with answer keys for each topic — located in the appendices for quick access — help you assess your understanding of each topic and familiarize you with the types of questions you’re likely to encounter on the actual exam.
- HESI Hints boxes offer valuable test-taking tips, as well as rationales, suggestions, examples, and reminders for specific topics.
- End-of-chapter review questions help you gauge your understanding of chapter content.
- A full-color layout and more illustrations in the life science chapters visually reinforce key concepts for better understanding.
- Expanded and updated content in each chapter ensures you’re studying the most current content.
- Basic algebra review in the math section offers additional review and practice.
- Color-coded chapters help you quickly find specific topic sections.
- Helpful organizational features in each chapter include an introduction, key terms, chapter outline, and a bulleted chapter summary to help you focus your study.
- A glossary at the end of the text offers quick access to key terms and their definitions.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| Admission Assessment Exam Review | i | ||
| Copyright | ii | ||
| Preface | iii | ||
| Study Hints | iii | ||
| Test-Taking Hints | iv | ||
| Contents | v | ||
| 1 Mathematics | 1 | ||
| Basic Addition and Subtraction | 2 | ||
| Vocabulary | 2 | ||
| Basic Addition | 2 | ||
| Addition with Regrouping | 2 | ||
| Basic Subtraction | 3 | ||
| Subtraction with Regrouping | 3 | ||
| Basic Multiplication (Whole Numbers) | 4 | ||
| Vocabulary | 4 | ||
| Basic Division (Whole Numbers) | 6 | ||
| Vocabulary | 6 | ||
| Decimals | 8 | ||
| Vocabulary | 8 | ||
| Addition and Subtraction of Decimals | 8 | ||
| Multiplication of Decimals | 10 | ||
| Division of Decimals | 11 | ||
| Fractions | 13 | ||
| Vocabulary | 13 | ||
| Reducing Fractions Using the Greatest Common Factor | 14 | ||
| Least Common Denominator | 15 | ||
| Changing Improper Fractions into Mixed Numbers | 15 | ||
| Changing Mixed Numbers into Improper Fractions | 16 | ||
| Addition of Fractions | 16 | ||
| Addition with Common Denominators | 16 | ||
| Addition with Unlike Denominators | 16 | ||
| Addition of Mixed Numbers | 17 | ||
| Subtraction of Fractions | 17 | ||
| Subtracting Fractions with Common Denominators | 17 | ||
| Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators | 18 | ||
| Borrowing from Whole Numbers | 18 | ||
| Multiplication of Fractions | 19 | ||
| Division of Fractions | 21 | ||
| Changing Fractions to Decimals | 23 | ||
| Changing Decimals to Fractions | 25 | ||
| Ratios and Proportions | 26 | ||
| Vocabulary | 26 | ||
| Percentages | 28 | ||
| Vocabulary | 28 | ||
| Using the Percent Formula | 29 | ||
| Regular Time versus Military Time | 32 | ||
| Algebra | 33 | ||
| Vocabulary | 33 | ||
| Evaluating the Expression | 33 | ||
| Solving Equations for a Specific Variable | 34 | ||
| Helpful Information to Memorize | 35 | ||
| Answers to Sample Problems | 36 | ||
| Basic Addition and Subtraction | 36 | ||
| Basic Multiplication (Whole Numbers) | 36 | ||
| Basic Division (Whole Numbers) | 37 | ||
| Addition and Subtraction of Decimals | 37 | ||
| Multiplication of Decimals | 37 | ||
| Division of Decimals | 37 | ||
| Addition of Fractions | 38 | ||
| Subtraction of Fractions | 38 | ||
| Multiplication of Fractions | 39 | ||
| Division of Fractions | 39 | ||
| Changing Fractions to Decimals | 39 | ||
| Changing Decimals to Fractions | 40 | ||
| Ratios and Proportions | 40 | ||
| Percentages | 40 | ||
| Using the Percent Formula | 41 | ||
| Regular Time versus Military Time | 41 | ||
| Algebra | 41 | ||
| 2 Reading Comprehension | 42 | ||
| Identifying the Main Idea | 43 | ||
| Identifying Supporting Details | 43 | ||
| Finding the Meaning of Words in Context | 43 | ||
| Identifying a Writer's Purpose and Tone | 44 | ||
| Distinguishing between Fact and Opinion | 45 | ||
| Making Logical Inferences | 45 | ||
| Summarizing | 45 | ||
| Bibliography | 47 | ||
| 3 Vocabulary | 48 | ||
| 4 Grammar | 55 | ||
| Eight Parts of Speech | 56 | ||
| Noun | 56 | ||
| Common Noun | 56 | ||
| Proper Noun | 56 | ||
| Abstract Noun | 56 | ||
| Collective Noun | 56 | ||
| Pronoun | 56 | ||
| Personal Pronoun | 56 | ||
| Possessive Pronoun | 56 | ||
| Adjective | 56 | ||
| Verb | 56 | ||
| Adverb | 57 | ||
| Preposition | 57 | ||
| Conjunction | 57 | ||
| Interjection | 58 | ||
| Nine Important Terms to Understand | 58 | ||
| Clause | 58 | ||
| Independent Clause | 58 | ||
| Dependent Clause | 58 | ||
| Direct Object | 58 | ||
| Indirect Object | 58 | ||
| Phrase | 58 | ||
| Predicate | 58 | ||
| Predicate Adjective | 58 | ||
| Predicate Nominative | 58 | ||
| Sentence | 59 | ||
| Declarative | 59 | ||
| Interrogative | 59 | ||
| Imperative | 59 | ||
| Exclamatory | 59 | ||
| Subject | 59 | ||
| Ten Common Grammatical Mistakes | 59 | ||
| Subject-Verb Agreement | 59 | ||
| When the Subject and Verb Are Separated | 59 | ||
| When the Subject Is a Collective Noun | 59 | ||
| When the Subject Is a Compound Subject | 59 | ||
| Comma in a Compound Sentence | 59 | ||
| Run-On Sentence | 59 | ||
| Pronoun Case | 60 | ||
| Pronouns that Indicate Possession | 60 | ||
| Comma in a Series | 61 | ||
| Unclear or Vague Pronoun Reference | 61 | ||
| Sentence Fragments | 61 | ||
| Misplaced Modifier | 61 | ||
| Prepositions at the End of a Sentence | 61 | ||
| Four Suggestions for Success | 62 | ||
| Eliminate Clichés | 62 | ||
| Eliminate Euphemisms | 62 | ||
| Eliminate Sexist Language | 62 | ||
| Eliminate Profanity and Insensitive Language | 62 | ||
| Fifteen Troublesome Word Pairs | 62 | ||
| Affect versus Effect | 62 | ||
| Among versus Between | 63 | ||
| Amount versus Number | 63 | ||
| Good versus Well | 63 | ||
| Bad versus Badly | 63 | ||
| Bring versus Take | 63 | ||
| Can versus May (Could versus Might) | 63 | ||
| Farther versus Further | 63 | ||
| Fewer versus Less | 63 | ||
| Hear versus Here | 64 | ||
| i.e. versus e.g. | 64 | ||
| Learn versus Teach | 64 | ||
| Lie versus Lay | 64 | ||
| Which versus That | 64 | ||
| Who versus Whom | 64 | ||
| Summary | 65 | ||
| 5 Biology | 67 | ||
| Biology Basics | 68 | ||
| Water | 68 | ||
| Biologic Molecules | 68 | ||
| Carbohydrates | 68 | ||
| Lipids | 68 | ||
| Fatty Acids | 68 | ||
| Phospholipids | 68 | ||
| Steroids | 68 | ||
| Proteins | 69 | ||
| Nucleic Acids | 69 | ||
| Metabolism | 69 | ||
| The Cell | 69 | ||
| Nucleus | 69 | ||
| Ribosomes | 70 | ||
| Endoplasmic Reticulum | 70 | ||
| Golgi Apparatus | 70 | ||
| Lysosomes | 70 | ||
| Vacuoles | 70 | ||
| Mitochondria and Chloroplasts | 72 | ||
| Cellular Membrane | 72 | ||
| Cellular Respiration | 72 | ||
| Photosynthesis | 73 | ||
| Cellular Reproduction | 73 | ||
| Asexual Reproduction | 73 | ||
| Sexual Reproduction | 74 | ||
| Genetics | 75 | ||
| DNA | 77 | ||
| 6 Chemistry | 81 | ||
| Scientific Notation, the Metric System, and Temperature Scales | 82 | ||
| Scientific Notation | 82 | ||
| 7 Anatomy and Physiology | 96 | ||
| General Terminology | 97 | ||
| Histology | 97 | ||
| Mitosis and Meiosis | 98 | ||
| Skin | 98 | ||
| Skeletal System | 98 | ||
| Muscular System | 100 | ||
| Nervous System | 101 | ||
| Endocrine System | 102 | ||
| Circulatory System | 104 | ||
| Respiratory System | 104 | ||
| Digestive System | 105 | ||
| Urinary System | 107 | ||
| Reproductive System | 108 | ||
| Male Reproductive System | 108 | ||
| Female Reproductive System | 108 | ||
| 8 Physics | 112 | ||
| Nature of Motion | 113 | ||
| Speed and Velocity | 113 | ||
| Acceleration | 113 | ||
| Projectile Motion | 114 | ||
| Newton's Laws of Motion | 115 | ||
| Newton's First Law of Motion | 115 | ||
| Newton's Second Law of Motion | 115 | ||
| Newton's Third Law of Motion | 116 | ||
| Friction | 116 | ||
| Rotation | 116 | ||
| Uniform Circular Motion | 117 | ||
| Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy | 118 | ||
| Linear Momentum and Impulse | 118 | ||
| Universal Gravitation | 119 | ||
| Waves and Sound | 119 | ||
| Mechanical Waves | 120 | ||
| Electromagnetic Waves | 120 | ||
| Classification of Waves | 120 | ||
| Light | 121 | ||
| Optics | 123 | ||
| Atomic Structure | 123 | ||
| The Nature of Electricity | 124 | ||
| Coulomb's Law | 124 | ||
| Electric Fields | 124 | ||
| Nature and Properties of Circuits | 125 | ||
| Magnetism and Electricity | 126 | ||
| Appendix A: Mathematics Practice Test | 127 | ||
| Appendix B: Reading Comprehension Practice Test | 131 | ||
| Blood Pressure | 131 | ||
| Blood Pressure Regulators | 132 | ||
| Doppler Effect | 133 | ||
| Electrocardiogram | 134 | ||
| The Water Cycle | 135 | ||
| Appendis C: Vocabulary Pratice Test | 137 | ||
| Appendis D: Grammar Practice Test | 143 | ||
| Appendis E: Biology Practice test | 148 | ||
| Appendis F: Chemistry Practice Test | 152 | ||
| Appendis G: Anatomy and Physiology Practice Test | 156 | ||
| Appendis H: Physics Practice Test | 160 | ||
| Glossary | 164 | ||
| Index | 170 |