Vitals Quiz

systolic

• top number

• bottom number

diastolic

• top number

• bottom number

Vital signs are an important indication of how a person is doing

• True

• False

Choose which is the range for an oral temperature

• 100.1-100.2

• 97.6-99.6

• 96.6-98.6

• 98.6-100.6

The most common body part used to measure the pulse in an adult is

• The wrist (radial)

• The foot (pedal)

• The neck (carotid)

• The crook of the elbow (brachial)

The client has hypertension that means the their blood pressure is

• Low

• Normal

• High

The systolic pressure measure the blood against the arteries when

• The heart is relaxed

• The heart is pumping

• The client is active

• None

high temperature, over heated

• hyperthermia

• hypercritical

• supernatural

• superimpose

Which of the following individuals has the fastest pulse rate?

• Infant

• School-age child

• Adolescent

• Adult

How does physical exercise temporarily affect the pulse?

• Increases the pulse rate

• Decreases the pulse rate

• Has no effect

• Results in a dysrhythmia