DAANCE ACTUAL TEST PAPER BUNDLED
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED ANSWERS
●● What anatomical structure located at the top of the larynx closes the
airway and prevents foreign bodies from entering the trachea?
Answer: The epiglottis
●● Which structure is most likely to cause obstruction of the airway
when an anesthetized patient is lying in a supine position?
Answer: The tongue
●● What is the "supine" position?
Answer: Pt laying face up
●● What is the "fowlers" position?
Answer: Pt is sitting straight up or leaning slightly back
●● What is the "trendelenberg" position?
Answer: Pt's head is slightly lower than their feet
●● Blood is pumped to the lungs from the heart through which vessel?
Answer: pulmonary artery
,●● What is the normal sequence for the flow of blood through the heart
and lungs?
Answer: Right atrium, right ventricle, pulmonary artery, lungs,
pulmonary vein, left atrium, left ventricle, aorta
●● The small sac like structures located at the end of the respiratory
tract in which oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged are called?
Answer: Aveoli
●● Which structure may be involved in a pt who has an upper
respiratory infection?
Answer: nose, sinuses, and pharynx
●● What is the soft tissue valve that covers the larynx and allows food to
enter the esophagus?
Answer: Epiglottis
●● An artery located in the neck that is readily palpated when looking
for a patients pulse is?
Answer: common carotid
●● Which part of the eye loses its reflex action first during the induction
of anesthesia?
, Answer: The eyelid
●● What is hypoxia?
Answer: Lack of oxygen
●● What is Addisons disease?
Answer: hyposecretion of glucocorticoids
●● What type of medication do pt's with Addisons disease take?
Answer: Cortisone daily
●● What is hyperglycemia?
Answer: An insufficient supply of insulin which is produced in the
pancreas, prevents the body's cells from metabolizing carbohydrates
properly.
●● What is "Type 1 diabetes"?
Answer: Insulin dependent
●● What is "type 2 diabetes?"
Answer: non-insulin diabetes
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED ANSWERS
●● What anatomical structure located at the top of the larynx closes the
airway and prevents foreign bodies from entering the trachea?
Answer: The epiglottis
●● Which structure is most likely to cause obstruction of the airway
when an anesthetized patient is lying in a supine position?
Answer: The tongue
●● What is the "supine" position?
Answer: Pt laying face up
●● What is the "fowlers" position?
Answer: Pt is sitting straight up or leaning slightly back
●● What is the "trendelenberg" position?
Answer: Pt's head is slightly lower than their feet
●● Blood is pumped to the lungs from the heart through which vessel?
Answer: pulmonary artery
,●● What is the normal sequence for the flow of blood through the heart
and lungs?
Answer: Right atrium, right ventricle, pulmonary artery, lungs,
pulmonary vein, left atrium, left ventricle, aorta
●● The small sac like structures located at the end of the respiratory
tract in which oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged are called?
Answer: Aveoli
●● Which structure may be involved in a pt who has an upper
respiratory infection?
Answer: nose, sinuses, and pharynx
●● What is the soft tissue valve that covers the larynx and allows food to
enter the esophagus?
Answer: Epiglottis
●● An artery located in the neck that is readily palpated when looking
for a patients pulse is?
Answer: common carotid
●● Which part of the eye loses its reflex action first during the induction
of anesthesia?
, Answer: The eyelid
●● What is hypoxia?
Answer: Lack of oxygen
●● What is Addisons disease?
Answer: hyposecretion of glucocorticoids
●● What type of medication do pt's with Addisons disease take?
Answer: Cortisone daily
●● What is hyperglycemia?
Answer: An insufficient supply of insulin which is produced in the
pancreas, prevents the body's cells from metabolizing carbohydrates
properly.
●● What is "Type 1 diabetes"?
Answer: Insulin dependent
●● What is "type 2 diabetes?"
Answer: non-insulin diabetes
