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Study Guide Multiple-Choice Questions

Total questions: 66

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is SBAR used for?

a)

Lung volume measurement

b)

Communication between healthcare workers

c)

Heart rate assessment

d)

Blood pressure reporting

2.

What does the S stand for in SBAR

a)

Statement

b)

Situation

c)

Saftey

d)

Scary

3.

What does the Borg scale measure?

a)

How a patient feels on a 1-0 scale for pain

b)

How a patient feels on a 0–10 scale for pain

c)

How a patient feels on a 0–10 scale for anything

d)

How a patient feels on a 1–10 scale for anything

4.

What does NBRC stand for?

a)

National Board for Respiratory Care

b)

National Breathing Regulation Council

c)

Nursing Board of Respiratory Certification

d)

National Body of Respiratory Clinicians

5.

NBRC purpose

a)

Administer exams (measurement of compentance)

b)

Saftey (for patients)

c)

Pass Laws

d)

Administer licensisure for states

6.

What is AARC’s main role?

a)

Administer Exams

b)

Influences, promotes, and advocates for RT profession

c)

Measures vital signs

d)

Make laws for Rts

7.

Symptoms are:

a)

Objective

b)

Measurable

c)

Subjective

d)

Always visible

8.

Signs are:

a)

Subjective

b)

What the patient feels

c)

Objective

d)

Emotional changes

9.

Hyperinflation means:

a)

Too little air in lungs

b)

Fluid in alveoli

c)

Too much air trapped in lungs

d)

Airway collapse

10.

While admitting a 55-year-old asthma patient you document the following:
“The patient states, ‘I can hear myself wheezing and my chest feels tight.’”

a)

Subjective(Symptom)

b)

Objective(Sign)

c)

Subjective(Sign)

d)

Objective(Symptom)

11.

You inspect the incision and observe a 4-cm area of redness and swelling along the suture line.

Is this piece of data

a)

Subjective(Sign)

b)

Subjective(Symptom)

c)

Objective(Sign)

d)

Objective(Symptom)

12.

Air trapping is common in:

a)

Pneumonia

b)

COPD

c)

Asthma only

d)

Heart failure

13.

Severe COPD appearance:

a)

Flat chest

b)

Barrel chest / Hoover sign

c)

Funnel chest

d)

Scoliosis

14.

Hyperinflation percussion sound:

a)

Dull

b)

Flat

c)

High resonance

d)

No sound

15.

Hyperinflation breath sounds:

a)

Absent

b)

Diminished

c)

Crackling

d)

Loud

16.

Hyperinflation heart sounds:

a)

Increase

b)

Become louder

c)

Decrease

d)

Become irregular only

17.

Not a vital sign:

a)

BP

b)

HR

c)

H&H

d)

RR

e)

Temp

18.

TB PPE requires:

a)

Eye protection

b)

N95

c)

Sterile goves

d)

Gown

19.

Inhibits bacterial growth

a)

Sterilazation

b)

Disinfecting

c)

Sporicidal

20.

Primary source of infection

a)

Humans

b)

Equipment

c)

Time

21.

Sterilizing:

a)

Cleans skin

b)

Kills all microbial life

c)

Removes dirt only

d)

Stops growth only

22.

HIPAA protects:

a)

Food safety

b)

Medical equipment

c)

Patient confidentiality

d)

Ventilator settings

23.

What is the precaustion for TB

a)

Airborne

b)

Droplet

c)

Contact

24.

A Patient go to a baseball game and realize they arent feeling well what type of sickness could this be described as

a)

Onset

b)

Community onset

c)

Nosocmial

d)

rommate sickness

25.

A hospitilized patient was adminstered into the hospital for a shortness of breath after taking antibiotics for a couple of days the physcian realize that patient has C-diff what type of sickness is this : Choose the BEST answer

a)

Doctor infection

b)

Community onset

c)

Nosocomial

d)

Patient sickness

26.

Contact precaution for Influenza

a)

Airbone

b)

Contact

c)

Droplet

27.

A 78-year-old woman is admitted directly from the ED with sudden-onset “can’t catch my breath.” While you perform the quick assessment you note:

  • Respiratory rate 32, laboured, with coughing

  • Audible bilateral crackles to mid-chest

  • JVP 6 cm above sternal angle while sitting at 45°

  • What are these signs of

a)

Body fluid retention

b)

Right heart failure

c)

Low HR

d)

Heart shrinking

28.

Sites to measure tempature: Select all that apply

a)

Mouth

b)

Ear

c)

Axilla

d)

Rectum

29.

A 58-year-old man with a history of chronic bronchitis and recurrent pulmonary infections presents to the ED reporting, “I keep coughing up bright-red blood.”Which of the following terms best describes this patient’s primary respiratory symptom?

a)

Hemoptysis

b)

Hematemesis

c)

Epistaxis

d)

Petechiae

30.

RHF caused by:

a)

Pulmonary issues

b)

Kidney failure

c)

Brain injury

d)

Liver dysfunction

31.

A 63-year-old man with a 45-pack-year smoking history is admitted for COPD exacerbation. On physical exam you note decreased tactile fremitus, a dull percussion note, and diminished breath sounds over the right lower lung field; the trachea is midline. Bedside spirometry shows no bronchodilator response. Which of the following is the MOST likely explanation for these localized findings?

a)

Pneumothorax

b)

Consolidation

c)

Pleural effusion

d)

Emphysema

32.

Pleural effusion :

a)

Fluid outside the lungs

b)

Fluid inside the lungs

c)

Air outside the lungs

d)

Air Inside the lungs

33.

Position to confirm pleural effusion:

a)

Supine

b)

Sitting upright

c)

Lateral decubitus

d)

Prone

34.

Weight monitoring checks:

a)

Skin color

b)

Input & Output

c)

BP only

d)

Clothing fit

35.

Tachypnea:

a)

Slow breathing

b)

Fast breathing

c)

Irregular

d)

None

36.

Hyperventilation:

a)

Shallow

b)

Slow

c)

Breathing more than needed

d)

Obstructed airway

37.

Wheezing indicates:

a)

Open airway

b)

Lower airway narrowing

c)

Fluid in pleura

d)

Collapse

38.

A 4-year-old boy is brought to the ED by his mother who states he suddenly began “gasping and barking” after playing with a handful of small toy parts. On exam he is sitting upright, drooling, and appears anxious. His respiratory rate is 38/min. You auscultate a loud, high-pitched, crowing noise that is heard predominantly over the neck and is present during inspiration only. Oxygen saturation is 94% on room air. Which of the following breath sounds is the MOST critical finding indicating upper-airway obstruction?

a)

Wheezes

b)

Crackles

c)

Stridor

d)

Pleural friction rub

39.

Stridor indicates:

a)

Lower airway narrowing

b)

Upper airway obstruction

c)

Fluid in alveoli

d)

Normal airflow

40.

Radial pulse used because:

a)

Closest to heart

b)

Deep

c)

Easy to access, close to surface

d)

Used only in CPR

41.

Hypoxemia causes:

a)

Irregular rhythms

b)

High BP only

c)

Sweating

d)

Red skin

42.

GCS < 8:

a)

Discharge

b)

Mild impairment

c)

Intubate

d)

Fully awake

43.

Small pneumo on expiratory film:

a)

Whiter

b)

Darker

c)

Blurry

d)

White-out

44.

Mediastinum shifts away from:

a)

Atelectasis

b)

Pleural effusion

c)

Normal lungs

d)

No air movement

45.

Mediastinum shifts toward:

a)

Pneumonia

b)

Atelectasis

c)

Pleural effusion

d)

Pneumothorax

46.

Radiolucent:

a)

Dark

b)

White

c)

Gray

d)

Clear

47.

Radiopaque:

a)

Black

b)

White

c)

Clear

d)

Invisible

48.

Teach-back:

a)

Patient watches only

b)

Patient teaches info back

c)

Doctor repeats orders

d)

Staff repeat instructions

49.

Social space:

a)

0–18 in

b)

2–4 ft

c)

4 to 12 ft

d)

Touching distance

50.

Polycythemia caused by:

a)

Low sugar

b)

Smoking

c)

Asthma

d)

HF

51.

Most common COPD cause:

a)

Pollution

b)

Smoking

c)

Obesity

d)

Pneumonia

52.

Digital clubbing linked to:

a)

COPD

b)

GERD

c)

MI

d)

Liver disease

53.

Nosocomial infection from:

a)

School

b)

Home

c)

Hospital

d)

Outdoors

54.

Brain death testing requires:

a)

One physician

b)

Two physicians

c)

A nurse

d)

Family

55.

Tests used for brain death:

a)

CT

b)

MRI

c)

Apnea test

d)

All of the above

56.

Apnea test checks:

a)

Sweating

b)

Blinking

c)

Breathing when CO2 rises

d)

HR change

57.

When performing an allen test whithin what time frame you would expect circulation to comeback

a)

5s

b)

3s

c)

20s

d)

7s

58.

Which of the following formulas is the correct method for calculating pack-years of cigarette smoking?

a)

Packs smoked per day ÷ Years smoked

b)

Cigarettes smoked per day × Years smoked

c)

Packs smoked per day × Years smoked

d)

Cigarettes smoked per day ÷ 10


59.

According to current clinical guidelines, gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) is defined as mild acid reflux that occurs at least:

a)

Once a month

b)

Twice a month

c)

Twice a week

d)

Daily

60.

Drooping of eyelids

a)

Ptosis

b)

Dipolia

61.

Double Vision

a)

Diplopia

b)

Ptosis

62.

In a event where a patient has Vesicular breath loud of the trachea what is the Best for of action?

a)

Administer Oxygen

b)

Nothing its normal

c)

Call Physician

d)

Report to medical director

63.

Which adult BP reading is inside the normal range?


a)

A. 88/48 mm Hg

b)

B. 118/78 mm Hg

c)

C. 148/96 mm Hg

d)

D. 158/102 mm Hg

64.

Which respiratory rate is normal for a healthy adult?

a)

22/min

b)

12/min

c)

8/min

d)

30/min

65.

Which oral temperature is within normal limits?

a)

95.0 °F (35.0 °C)

b)

97.7 °F (36.5 °C)

c)

99.9 °F (37.7 °C)

d)

101.3 °F (38.5 °C)

66.

Bands

a)

grouop of Immature Neutrophills

b)

Group of magrophages

c)

group of Immature basophills

d)

group of immature lymphocytes