SJVC RCP 100 Final questions and answers 2026/2027
A chest roentgenograph taken on your patient in bed will result in a image representing what view -
ANSWER✔ � -AP view
A CHF patient becomes short of breath when lied flat, this is commonly classed what - ANSWER✔ � -
orthopnea
A child with croup can exhibit what type of high pitched whistling sound - ANSWER✔ � -stridor
A decreased affinity results in what type of shift - ANSWER✔ � -a right shift
A large pericardial effusion can result in what kind of problem - ANSWER✔ � -cardiac tamponade
A lower than normal PaO2 of about 60mmHg will stimulate what chemoreceptors - ANSWER✔ � -
peripheral chemoreceptors
A patient with left sided pneumothorax what side will the trachea shift to - ANSWER✔ � -right side
A patients medical history says she becomes hypotensive when she stands up what is this called -
ANSWER✔ � -orthostatic hypotension
, a tracheal shift will always shift to the side of ____________ pressure - ANSWER✔ � -less pressure
AARC is - ANSWER✔ � -national association that represents that respiratory care profession
Airway resistance accounts for what percent of frictional resistance - ANSWER✔ � -80%
Alveolar minute ventilation equation - ANSWER✔ � -Vt-Vd X RR
Alveolar type II cells secret a lipoprotein material called what - ANSWER✔ � -surfactant
An increased affinity results in what shift - ANSWER✔ � -A left shift
Boyle's Law - ANSWER✔ � -says pressure is inversely proportional to its volume at a constant
temperature
Causes of tachycardia - ANSWER✔ � -hypoxemia, anxiety, stress
causes of tracheal deviation - ANSWER✔ � -pneumothorax, pleural effusion, atelectasis
Characteristics of atrial fibrillation - ANSWER✔ � -heart muscle quivers, erratic pattern, no real P wave
Characteristics of Cheyne-stokes breathing - ANSWER✔ � -Depth and rate first increase then decrease
followed by a period of apnea
Characteristics of course crackles - ANSWER✔ � -heard with large airway recreations, usually clears
when patient coughs or airway is suctioned
A chest roentgenograph taken on your patient in bed will result in a image representing what view -
ANSWER✔ � -AP view
A CHF patient becomes short of breath when lied flat, this is commonly classed what - ANSWER✔ � -
orthopnea
A child with croup can exhibit what type of high pitched whistling sound - ANSWER✔ � -stridor
A decreased affinity results in what type of shift - ANSWER✔ � -a right shift
A large pericardial effusion can result in what kind of problem - ANSWER✔ � -cardiac tamponade
A lower than normal PaO2 of about 60mmHg will stimulate what chemoreceptors - ANSWER✔ � -
peripheral chemoreceptors
A patient with left sided pneumothorax what side will the trachea shift to - ANSWER✔ � -right side
A patients medical history says she becomes hypotensive when she stands up what is this called -
ANSWER✔ � -orthostatic hypotension
, a tracheal shift will always shift to the side of ____________ pressure - ANSWER✔ � -less pressure
AARC is - ANSWER✔ � -national association that represents that respiratory care profession
Airway resistance accounts for what percent of frictional resistance - ANSWER✔ � -80%
Alveolar minute ventilation equation - ANSWER✔ � -Vt-Vd X RR
Alveolar type II cells secret a lipoprotein material called what - ANSWER✔ � -surfactant
An increased affinity results in what shift - ANSWER✔ � -A left shift
Boyle's Law - ANSWER✔ � -says pressure is inversely proportional to its volume at a constant
temperature
Causes of tachycardia - ANSWER✔ � -hypoxemia, anxiety, stress
causes of tracheal deviation - ANSWER✔ � -pneumothorax, pleural effusion, atelectasis
Characteristics of atrial fibrillation - ANSWER✔ � -heart muscle quivers, erratic pattern, no real P wave
Characteristics of Cheyne-stokes breathing - ANSWER✔ � -Depth and rate first increase then decrease
followed by a period of apnea
Characteristics of course crackles - ANSWER✔ � -heard with large airway recreations, usually clears
when patient coughs or airway is suctioned
