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HESI A2 practice tests: official and free options

Elsevier's official HESI A2 practice comes with its review book (over 200 online questions). Free vendor tests exist; match them to your sections.

Checked November 15, 2026
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Short answer: The official HESI A2 practice comes with Elsevier's Admission Assessment Exam Review (6th edition), which includes comprehensive practice exams with over 200 questions on Elsevier's Evolve website, a 25-question pre-test and a 50-question post-test, for US$45.99 in print or US$42.99 as an eBook. Free practice tests also exist from prep companies such as Union Test Prep (270 free questions) and NurseHub, but they are not made by Elsevier, so check each one against the sections your school requires.

Checklist for judging a free HESI A2 practice test (matches your sections, explains answers, can be timed, no leaked question claims, no card needed) beside the official option with over 200 online questions

The official option: Elsevier's review book

Elsevier makes the HESI A2. Its review book is the only practice we found that comes from Elsevier itself. Elsevier describes:

  • Comprehensive practice exams on Evolve with "over 200 questions", now with rationales.
  • A 25-question pre-test at the start of the book, to find your weak areas.
  • A 50-question post-test at the end, with rationales for correct and incorrect answers.
  • Sample questions in every chapter, with step-by-step math examples.

The chapters are math, reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, biology, chemistry, and anatomy and physiology. Elsevier's US store listed the book at US$45.99 in print and US$42.99 as an eBook on November 15, 2026, with a lower print sale price shown that day. Elsevier says an eBook access code is single use and valid only for the edition you buy, so a code from someone else or from an old edition will not work.

We did not find a separate official HESI A2 practice test sold on its own on Elsevier's pages. More on choosing guides: HESI study guide: which one for which HESI exam?

Free and paid options from prep companies

These companies are not linked to Elsevier. Prices and counts are as each company showed them on its own page on November 15, 2026.

Source Cost Sections covered What you get
Elsevier, Admission Assessment Exam Review US$45.99 print, US$42.99 eBook 7 academic subjects Over 200 online questions, pre-test, post-test
Union Test Prep Free; premium price not shown on the page 8 subjects, including physics 270 free questions; premium adds 510 more
NurseHub Free tests by subject; paid plan US$29.99 per month or US$59.99 for 3 months 8 subjects, including physics Paid plan also covers the TEAS; cancel any time
Archer Review Question bank US$15 per month; video library US$25 per month; combined plan US$35 per month 7 academic subjects 1,700+ questions, videos, free webinars

Who each suits.

  • Elsevier's book suits you if you want material from the company that writes the exam and you like to study from a book with a pre-test.
  • Union Test Prep suits a first, free check of each subject before you spend money.
  • NurseHub suits you if you are not yet sure whether your school will ask for the HESI A2 or the TEAS, since one plan covers both.
  • Archer Review suits you if you want a large question bank and videos for a month or two and can study online.

NurseHub's page shows two different question totals for its paid plans, 3000+ and 4,280, so ask which number applies before you buy.

How to judge a free practice test

A free test is useful only if it trains the exam your school gives. Check five things:

  1. It matches your sections. Your school picks the A2 sections. Skip practice for sections you will not take, such as physics, which Elsevier's own review book does not cover.
  2. It explains every answer. A score alone teaches little. You need the reason each option is right or wrong.
  3. You can time it. Practice at the pace your test site sets. Elsevier says your timer keeps running if you leave a section.
  4. It makes no "leaked question" claims. Elsevier says it watermarks every question and that its security team issues takedown notices for posted content. Using leaked questions can break your school's honesty rules.
  5. Free means free. A free test should not need your card number.

A simple practice plan

  1. Take one free test per section you will sit, untimed, to find your weak areas.
  2. Study the weakest section first, using the matching chapter of the official review.
  3. Take a full timed practice test under test-day conditions.
  4. Review every wrong answer and write down the rule you missed.

For math, see the formula sheet in HESI A2 math: what is covered. For the whole exam, see HESI A2: the full guide.

What to do next

  1. Get your school's list of required sections before you pick any practice.
  2. Start with one free test per section, then decide whether you need a paid tool.
  3. If you buy Elsevier's book, buy the current edition.

Common questions

Does Elsevier offer a free HESI A2 practice test?

We did not find one on Elsevier's public pages on November 15, 2026. The official practice comes with the review book.

Are vendor practice scores the same as HESI scores?

No. Each company scores its own tests. Only the real exam gives a HESI A2 result.

Does All Nursing Exams or its partner sites sell HESI A2 practice?

No. Our team runs NCLEXPace, which is for the NCLEX-RN only and has no HESI A2 content, so it will not help with this exam. All Nursing Exams, NCLEXPace and NPractitioner are run by the same team.

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