Ruppel's Manual of Pulmonary Function Testing Test Bank – Complete 2025 Study Guide & Practice Questions

Test Bank for Ruppel’s Manual of Pulmonary Function Te
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Chapter 1 - 13 Updated
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,Chapterl1:lIndicationslforlPulmonarylFunctionlTestinglTestl
Bank



MULTIPLElCHOICE

1. Wholfirstlpopularizedlspirometrylforlthelevaluationloflpulmonarylfunction?
a. AugustlandlMarielKrogh
b. AlvanlBarach
c. JohnlSeveringhaus
d. JohnlHutchinson

ANS:lD
HutchinsonlpopularizedlthelconceptloflusinglVCltolassessllunglfunction,landlthelna
meslhelgaveltolseverallotherllunglcompartmentslarelstilllusedltoday.

DIF: 1 REF: p.l2 OBJ: Nonel MSC:lNBRC:lNone

2. Whichloflthelfollowinglarelindicationslforlperforminglspirometry?
1. Assesslthelrisklofllunglresection.
2. Determinelthelresponseltolbronchodilatorltherapy.
3. Assesslthelseverityloflrestrictivellungldisease.
4. QuantifylthelextentloflCOPD.
a. 1l andl 4
b. 2l andl 3
c. 1l,l2,landl 4
d. 2l,l3,landl 4

ANS:lC
Spirometrylcannotlassesslseverityloflrestriction;lforlthatlyoulneedltolmeasurellunglv
olumesl(lseelBoxl1-2,lChapterl 1).

DIF: 1 REF: p.l7 OBJ: EL-2 MSC:lNBRC:lNone

,3. Thelmainlindicationlforlthelmeasurementlofllunglvolumeslisltoldolwhichloflthelfollo
wing?
a. Diagnoselorlassesslthelseverityloflrestriction.
b. Evaluatelthelseverityloflpulmonarylhypertension.
c. Determinelthellevelloflcardiopulmonarylfitness.
d. Assesslthelriskloflabdominallsurgicallprocedures.

ANS:lA
Thelmostlcommonlreasonlforlmeasuringllunglvolumeslisltolidentifylrestrictivellun

gldisease.lDIF: 1 REF: p.l35 OBJ: EL-2 MSC:lNBRC:lNone

4. DLCOlmeasurementslmaylbelindicatedltolevaluatelpulmonarylinvolvementlinlw
hichloflthelfollowinglsystemicldiseases?
a. Asthma
b. Sarcoidosis
c. Exertionallhypoxemia

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d. Guillain-Barrélsyndrome

ANS:lB
Sarcoidosislislthelonlylsystemicldiseasellistedlthatlaffectslgaslexc

hange.lDIF:l1lREF:lp.l9l|lp.l19l|lp.l21l|lp.l35lOBJ:lEL-

2lMSC:lNBRC:lNone

5. BloodlgaslanalysislislusedlwithlpatientslwithlCOPDltoldolwhic
hloflthelfollowing?
a. Monitorlairwaylresponsiveness.
b. Determinellevelloflcardiopulmonarylfitness.
c. Detectlpulmonarylhypertension.
d. AssesslneedlforlsupplementarylO2.

ANS:lD
Bloodlgaslanalysislislmostlcommonlylusedltoldeterminelthelneedlforlsupplemental
loxygenlandltolmanagelpatientslwholrequirelventilatorylsupport.



DIF: 2 REF: p.l15 OBJ: EL-
1lMSC:lNBRC:lCPFTl2A-2

6. Whichloflthelfollowinglcauselemphysema?
1. 1-lAntitrypsinldeficiency
2. Exposureltolenvironmentallpollutants
3. Radiationltherapy
4. Cigarettelsmoking
a. 1l andl 2
b. 3l andl 4
c. 1l,l2,landl 4
d. 2l,l3,landl 4

ANS:lC
Emphysemalislcausedlprimarilylbylcigarettelsmoking.lSomelemphysemalislcausedl
bylthelabsenceloflalprotectivelenzyme.lChroniclexposureltolenvironmentallpollutan
tslcanlalsolcontributeltoltheldevelopmentloflemphysema.

DIF: 1 REF: p.l11 OBJ: EL-3l|lAL-2 MSC:lNBRC:lNone

7. Anladultlpatientlcomplainsloflchestltightnesslandlcoughlwheneverlheljogslinlcoldl
weather.lTheselsymptomslarelconsistentlwithlwhichloflthelfollowing?
a. Cysticlfibrosis
b. Asthma
c. Pulmonarylhypertension
d. Idiopathiclpulmonarylfibrosis



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