HESI A2 Practice Test - Question List

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86. In which of the following examples is heat transferred primarily by radiation?
  1. A fan blows warm air around a room.
  2. A hot water bottle warms a person’s feet.
  3. Water vapor from a shower warms the room.
  4. A spoon held near the side of a flame gets warm.
87. Which of the following observations demonstrates that visible light waves are electromagnetic and not mechanical?
  1. Sunlight can pass through gas.
  2. Sunlight can pass through solids.
  3. Sunlight can pass through liquids.
  4. Sunlight can pass through a vacuum.
88. The momentum of an object in space is
  1. dependent on its mass.
  2. independent of its inertia.
  3. independent of its velocity.
  4. dependent on its potential energy.
89. Which of the following is an example of heat transfer by conduction?
  1. sunlight heating a floor
  2. an electric stove heating an iron pan
  3. a wood stove heating nearby objects through electromagnetic waves
  4. an electric heater heating air, which rises and is replaced with cooler air
90. The source of a sound is moving away from an observer who is standing still. How do the sound waves received by the observer compare with those emitted by the source?
  1. They are heard as having a greater velocity.
  2. They are heard as having a higher frequency.
  3. They are heard as having a lower frequency.
  4. They are heard as having a smaller wavelength.

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