HESI American Career College Practice Exam 2026 – The All-in-One Guide to Master Your Exam!

The concept being tested is choosing a word that conveys saying something with certainty. Assured fits best because it carries the sense of confidence and certainty in what is stated. When you make an assured statement, you express it in a way that shows you are sure of its truth, which matches “to state with confidence.” The other terms don’t align with that idea: anticipatory is about expecting something in advance, audible relates to sound, and cease means to stop.