Free HESI A2 practice test
A mixed test drawn from the five components programs require most often, with a plain explanation after every answer. Your program decides which components you actually sit — start by finding that out.
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Practice one section at a time
The mixed test above tells you where you stand. These tell you what to do about it — each one draws only from its own bank, so a weak section can be worked until it is not one.
The HESI A2 is a menu, not a fixed exam
Elsevier publishes 8 academic components — Mathematics, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary and General Knowledge, Grammar, Biology, Chemistry, Anatomy and Physiology, Physics — and each nursing program picks which ones its applicants sit. Two students can both say they took the HESI A2 and have taken different exams of different lengths.
So there is no universal question count, no universal time limit and no universal price, and any site that quotes one is describing a single school. Before you plan anything, get your required component list from the program in writing.
The five components below are the ones programs ask for most often. That is a statement about how programs configure the exam, not about the exam itself — if yours requires chemistry or physics, they are as real as any other component.
Where your study hours go furthest
Anatomy and physiology, without much competition. It is a HESI component in its own right and roughly half of the TEAS science section, so if you are sitting both exams — or have not yet found out which one your program wants — it is the block that counts twice.
After that, conversions. Household to metric, pounds to kilograms, milligrams to grams. They appear on the math component, again on the TEAS, and again in your first semester of dosage calculation, and they are the cheapest marks on any of the three.
Where these questions come from
They are written here, from the topics each published component covers. They are not exam questions and they are not taken from leaked files. What transfers from practice is the content and the reasoning; the explanation after each answer is the part that does the work.
Frequently asked
- How many questions are on the HESI A2?
- It depends on your program. Elsevier publishes eight academic components and each program selects which ones its applicants sit, so there is no universal question count or time limit.
- Which HESI A2 components will I have to take?
- Whichever ones your program requires. Mathematics, reading comprehension, vocabulary and grammar are commonly required, often with anatomy and physiology added.
- Is the HESI A2 the same as the Evolve Reach exam?
- Yes — HESI A2 is also called the Evolve Reach Admission Assessment. Elsevier publishes it through its Evolve platform.
- Is this the official HESI A2?
- No. These are original practice questions written for study. The official exam is administered by Elsevier.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of the documents below, with the date it was read. Requirements change; if a source has moved on since that date, the source is right and this page is out of date.
- Elsevier / Evolve — HESI Admission Assessment (A2) exam components Read August 22, 2026
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