TTC NUR 102 UNIT 1 2026/2027 – NURSING STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE
QUESTIONS, EXAM REVIEW & TEST PREP
True - correct answer ✔✔True or False: We need to take vitals on ALL our patients?
temperature inside the body - correct answer ✔✔What is core temperature?
Age
Environment
Time of day
Exercise
Stress
Hormones - correct answer ✔✔What are some factors that affect body temperature?
smoking
ice water
coffee
gum chewing - correct answer ✔✔What can alter the patient's temperature?
oral
rectal
axillary
tympanic
temporal - correct answer ✔✔How can temperature be taken?
Axillary - correct answer ✔✔What is the lease accurate site to take temperature?
Tympanic and Temporal - correct answer ✔✔What is the most accurate site to take temperature? (2)
97.6ºF - 99.6ºF oral
36.5ºC - 37.5ºC oral - correct answer ✔✔What is the normal body temperature?
pyrexia, hyperthermia, or fever - correct answer ✔✔what is the term used for when temperature
exceeds 37.5 ºC?
0.5 higher - correct answer ✔✔Rectal temperatures may be ______ºC (higher or lower?) than oral
0.5 lower - correct answer ✔✔Axillary temps may be ______ºC (higher or lower?) than oral
77ºF or 113ºF - correct answer ✔✔Death can occur if core temp is _____ºF or _____ºF
afebrile - correct answer ✔✔State of normal body temperature in a patient is called
apnea - correct answer ✔✔Absence of respiration; a potentially serious sleep disorder in which
breathing repeatedly stops and starts is called
,auscultatory gap - correct answer ✔✔absence of audible sounds during blood pressure measurement
that may cause inaccurate reading is called
bradycardia - correct answer ✔✔abnormally slow heart rate (usually less than 60 bpm in adults)
bradypnea - correct answer ✔✔abnormally slow respiratory rate (Usually less than 10 breaths per min in
adults)
Diastolic blood pressure - correct answer ✔✔pressure in the blood vessels during cardiac ventricular
relaxation
eupnea - correct answer ✔✔normal respiratory rhythm and depth
hypertension - correct answer ✔✔abnormally high blood pressure
hypotension - correct answer ✔✔abnormally low blood pressure
korotkoff sounds - correct answer ✔✔sounds heard during auscultation that indicate the systolic and
diastolic pressure
paradoxical blood pressure - correct answer ✔✔significant decrease in systolic blood pressure with
inspiration
postural (orthostatic) hypotension - correct answer ✔✔a fall in bp associated with a change in position
from supine to sitting or standing is called ***
prehypertension - correct answer ✔✔bp between 120/80 and 139/89 for adults
pulse deficit - correct answer ✔✔mathematical difference between apical and radial pulse
pulse pressure - correct answer ✔✔mathematical difference between systolic and diastolic bp
stridor - correct answer ✔✔a harsh inspiratory sound due to obstruction that may be compared to
crowing
stroke volume - correct answer ✔✔amount of blood ejected from each cardiac ventricle with each heart
contraction
systolic blood pressure - correct answer ✔✔pressure in the blood vessels during cardiac ventricular
contraction
tachycardia - correct answer ✔✔abnormally rapid heart rate, usually above 100 bpm
tachypnea - correct answer ✔✔abnormally rapid respiratory rate, usually more than 20 breaths per min
tidal volume - correct answer ✔✔amount of air moving in and out with each breath
wheezing - correct answer ✔✔adventitious breath sound ***
, vital signs - correct answer ✔✔Body temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure are what?
60-100 bpm - correct answer ✔✔Normal range of pulse in adults
12-20 breaths per min - correct answer ✔✔normal range of respirations in adults
90-120 - correct answer ✔✔normal range for systolic bp in adults
60-80 - correct answer ✔✔normal range for diastolic bp in adults
afebrile - correct answer ✔✔Term for patient whose oral temperature is between 36.5ºC and 37.5ºC
hypothalamus - correct answer ✔✔The ______________ is the body's built-in thermostat
radiation, conduction, convection, evaporation - correct answer ✔✔four processes heat is lost through
lower - correct answer ✔✔Temperature is usually (higher or lower) in the early morning
higher - correct answer ✔✔Temperature is usually (higher or lower) in the late afternoon and early
evening
Radial - correct answer ✔✔where is the most common site to count a patient's pulse?
5th innercostal space left midclavicular line (MCL) - correct answer ✔✔Where is the apical pulse and
point of maximal impulse (PMI) located
one minute - correct answer ✔✔how long do you count apical pulse?
by palpation or auscultation - correct answer ✔✔What technique would you use to asses the apical
pulse?
temporal, carotid, apical, brachial, radial, femoral, popliteal, pedal, posterior tibial - correct answer
✔✔What sites on the body can you assess pulse?
regularly irregular - correct answer ✔✔An irregular pulse rhythm that still displays a consistent pattern is
called
irregularly irregular - correct answer ✔✔A pulse that has no pattern is called
normal pulse - correct answer ✔✔If a patient has a pulse rate quality of 3+, what does this mean?
hyperactive pulse; easily palpated and cannot be obliterated - correct answer ✔✔If a patient has a pulse
rate quality of 4+, what does this mean?
Thready, weak pulse, may come and go - correct answer ✔✔If a patient has a pulse rate quality of 1+,
what does this mean?
QUESTIONS, EXAM REVIEW & TEST PREP
True - correct answer ✔✔True or False: We need to take vitals on ALL our patients?
temperature inside the body - correct answer ✔✔What is core temperature?
Age
Environment
Time of day
Exercise
Stress
Hormones - correct answer ✔✔What are some factors that affect body temperature?
smoking
ice water
coffee
gum chewing - correct answer ✔✔What can alter the patient's temperature?
oral
rectal
axillary
tympanic
temporal - correct answer ✔✔How can temperature be taken?
Axillary - correct answer ✔✔What is the lease accurate site to take temperature?
Tympanic and Temporal - correct answer ✔✔What is the most accurate site to take temperature? (2)
97.6ºF - 99.6ºF oral
36.5ºC - 37.5ºC oral - correct answer ✔✔What is the normal body temperature?
pyrexia, hyperthermia, or fever - correct answer ✔✔what is the term used for when temperature
exceeds 37.5 ºC?
0.5 higher - correct answer ✔✔Rectal temperatures may be ______ºC (higher or lower?) than oral
0.5 lower - correct answer ✔✔Axillary temps may be ______ºC (higher or lower?) than oral
77ºF or 113ºF - correct answer ✔✔Death can occur if core temp is _____ºF or _____ºF
afebrile - correct answer ✔✔State of normal body temperature in a patient is called
apnea - correct answer ✔✔Absence of respiration; a potentially serious sleep disorder in which
breathing repeatedly stops and starts is called
,auscultatory gap - correct answer ✔✔absence of audible sounds during blood pressure measurement
that may cause inaccurate reading is called
bradycardia - correct answer ✔✔abnormally slow heart rate (usually less than 60 bpm in adults)
bradypnea - correct answer ✔✔abnormally slow respiratory rate (Usually less than 10 breaths per min in
adults)
Diastolic blood pressure - correct answer ✔✔pressure in the blood vessels during cardiac ventricular
relaxation
eupnea - correct answer ✔✔normal respiratory rhythm and depth
hypertension - correct answer ✔✔abnormally high blood pressure
hypotension - correct answer ✔✔abnormally low blood pressure
korotkoff sounds - correct answer ✔✔sounds heard during auscultation that indicate the systolic and
diastolic pressure
paradoxical blood pressure - correct answer ✔✔significant decrease in systolic blood pressure with
inspiration
postural (orthostatic) hypotension - correct answer ✔✔a fall in bp associated with a change in position
from supine to sitting or standing is called ***
prehypertension - correct answer ✔✔bp between 120/80 and 139/89 for adults
pulse deficit - correct answer ✔✔mathematical difference between apical and radial pulse
pulse pressure - correct answer ✔✔mathematical difference between systolic and diastolic bp
stridor - correct answer ✔✔a harsh inspiratory sound due to obstruction that may be compared to
crowing
stroke volume - correct answer ✔✔amount of blood ejected from each cardiac ventricle with each heart
contraction
systolic blood pressure - correct answer ✔✔pressure in the blood vessels during cardiac ventricular
contraction
tachycardia - correct answer ✔✔abnormally rapid heart rate, usually above 100 bpm
tachypnea - correct answer ✔✔abnormally rapid respiratory rate, usually more than 20 breaths per min
tidal volume - correct answer ✔✔amount of air moving in and out with each breath
wheezing - correct answer ✔✔adventitious breath sound ***
, vital signs - correct answer ✔✔Body temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure are what?
60-100 bpm - correct answer ✔✔Normal range of pulse in adults
12-20 breaths per min - correct answer ✔✔normal range of respirations in adults
90-120 - correct answer ✔✔normal range for systolic bp in adults
60-80 - correct answer ✔✔normal range for diastolic bp in adults
afebrile - correct answer ✔✔Term for patient whose oral temperature is between 36.5ºC and 37.5ºC
hypothalamus - correct answer ✔✔The ______________ is the body's built-in thermostat
radiation, conduction, convection, evaporation - correct answer ✔✔four processes heat is lost through
lower - correct answer ✔✔Temperature is usually (higher or lower) in the early morning
higher - correct answer ✔✔Temperature is usually (higher or lower) in the late afternoon and early
evening
Radial - correct answer ✔✔where is the most common site to count a patient's pulse?
5th innercostal space left midclavicular line (MCL) - correct answer ✔✔Where is the apical pulse and
point of maximal impulse (PMI) located
one minute - correct answer ✔✔how long do you count apical pulse?
by palpation or auscultation - correct answer ✔✔What technique would you use to asses the apical
pulse?
temporal, carotid, apical, brachial, radial, femoral, popliteal, pedal, posterior tibial - correct answer
✔✔What sites on the body can you assess pulse?
regularly irregular - correct answer ✔✔An irregular pulse rhythm that still displays a consistent pattern is
called
irregularly irregular - correct answer ✔✔A pulse that has no pattern is called
normal pulse - correct answer ✔✔If a patient has a pulse rate quality of 3+, what does this mean?
hyperactive pulse; easily palpated and cannot be obliterated - correct answer ✔✔If a patient has a pulse
rate quality of 4+, what does this mean?
Thready, weak pulse, may come and go - correct answer ✔✔If a patient has a pulse rate quality of 1+,
what does this mean?
