RPSGT PRACTICE EXAM Questions with Correct Answers
(Grade A+)
Question 1: A PATIENTS OXIMETER READING DURING PATIENT CALIBRATION IS 88%.
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE?
Answer: PLACE THE PROBE ON THE PATIENTS EARLOBE
Question 2: A PATIENT WITH ONDINES CURSE WOULD BE EXPECTED TO HAVE WHICH
TYPE OF RESPIRATORY IMPAIRMENT IN SLEEP
Answer: CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA
Question 3: ACCORDING TO THE AASM, INTERCOSTAL EMG ACTIVITY IS AN
ACCEPTABLE ALTERNATIVE SESOR FOR RECORDING WHAT PARMETER
Answer: DETECTION OF RESPIRATORY EFFORT
Question 4: SLOW ROLLING EYE MOVEMENTS OCCURING DURING STAGE N1 SLEEP
WILL BEST BE SEEN AT LOW FILTER SETTING OF
Answer: 0.3HZ
Question 5: A 1.0 HZ EEG WAVE IS MEASURED AT 15MM PEAK TO PEAK. THE
SENSITIVITY IS 5UV/MM. THE VOLTAGE OF THE WAVE IS
Answer: 75UV
Question 6: A CHEYNE STOKES BREATHING PATTERN IS OFTEN SEEN IN PATIENTS
WITH
Answer: CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
Question 7: CAPNOGRAPHY MEASURES
Answer: EXPIRED CO2
Question 8: WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING HIGH FREQUENCY FILTER SETTINGS IS
RECOMMENDED FOR RECORDING SUBMENTAL EMG
Answer: 100HZ
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, Question 9: ENDOESOPHAGEAL PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS WOULD BE MOST
HELPFUL IN EVALUTATING WHICH SLEEP DISORDERS
Answer: SLEEP RELATED BREATHING DISORDERS
Question 10: A PATIENT BEING EVALUATED FOR OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP DISORDERED
BREATHING HAS ATRIAL FIBRILLATION. WHAT SHOULD THE TECH DO
Answer: CONTINUE TO OBSERVE AND DOCUMENT RHYTHM
Question 11: WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE MOST DANGEROUS CARDIAC
RHYTHM
Answer: VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION
Question 12: HOW WOULD YOU COMPUTE SLEEP EFFICIENCY
Answer: TOTAL SLEEP TIME DIVIDED BY TIME IN BED X 100
Question 13: HOW DO YOU CALCULATE APNEA + HYPOPNEA INDEX
Answer: # APNEAS AND HYPOPNEAS DIVIDED BY TST X60
Question 14: WHICH HIGH PASS FILTER SETTING IS MOST APPROPRIATE FOR
RECORDING RESPIRATION
Answer: 0.1HZ
Question 15: THE PURPOSE OF AN EXHALATION PORT IN A CPAP CIRCUIT IS
Answer: TO VENT EXHALED C02
Question 16: WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARE CHARACTERISTIC OF A PVC
Answer: THE QRS IS WIDE AND BIZARRE
Question 17: A NORMAL VARIATION IN SINUS RHYTHM WHICH IS RELATED TO
RESPIRATORY RATE AND RESULTS FROM VAGAL TONE INHIBITION DESCRIBES
Answer: SINUS ARRHYTHMIA
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(Grade A+)
Question 1: A PATIENTS OXIMETER READING DURING PATIENT CALIBRATION IS 88%.
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE?
Answer: PLACE THE PROBE ON THE PATIENTS EARLOBE
Question 2: A PATIENT WITH ONDINES CURSE WOULD BE EXPECTED TO HAVE WHICH
TYPE OF RESPIRATORY IMPAIRMENT IN SLEEP
Answer: CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA
Question 3: ACCORDING TO THE AASM, INTERCOSTAL EMG ACTIVITY IS AN
ACCEPTABLE ALTERNATIVE SESOR FOR RECORDING WHAT PARMETER
Answer: DETECTION OF RESPIRATORY EFFORT
Question 4: SLOW ROLLING EYE MOVEMENTS OCCURING DURING STAGE N1 SLEEP
WILL BEST BE SEEN AT LOW FILTER SETTING OF
Answer: 0.3HZ
Question 5: A 1.0 HZ EEG WAVE IS MEASURED AT 15MM PEAK TO PEAK. THE
SENSITIVITY IS 5UV/MM. THE VOLTAGE OF THE WAVE IS
Answer: 75UV
Question 6: A CHEYNE STOKES BREATHING PATTERN IS OFTEN SEEN IN PATIENTS
WITH
Answer: CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
Question 7: CAPNOGRAPHY MEASURES
Answer: EXPIRED CO2
Question 8: WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING HIGH FREQUENCY FILTER SETTINGS IS
RECOMMENDED FOR RECORDING SUBMENTAL EMG
Answer: 100HZ
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, Question 9: ENDOESOPHAGEAL PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS WOULD BE MOST
HELPFUL IN EVALUTATING WHICH SLEEP DISORDERS
Answer: SLEEP RELATED BREATHING DISORDERS
Question 10: A PATIENT BEING EVALUATED FOR OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP DISORDERED
BREATHING HAS ATRIAL FIBRILLATION. WHAT SHOULD THE TECH DO
Answer: CONTINUE TO OBSERVE AND DOCUMENT RHYTHM
Question 11: WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE MOST DANGEROUS CARDIAC
RHYTHM
Answer: VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION
Question 12: HOW WOULD YOU COMPUTE SLEEP EFFICIENCY
Answer: TOTAL SLEEP TIME DIVIDED BY TIME IN BED X 100
Question 13: HOW DO YOU CALCULATE APNEA + HYPOPNEA INDEX
Answer: # APNEAS AND HYPOPNEAS DIVIDED BY TST X60
Question 14: WHICH HIGH PASS FILTER SETTING IS MOST APPROPRIATE FOR
RECORDING RESPIRATION
Answer: 0.1HZ
Question 15: THE PURPOSE OF AN EXHALATION PORT IN A CPAP CIRCUIT IS
Answer: TO VENT EXHALED C02
Question 16: WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARE CHARACTERISTIC OF A PVC
Answer: THE QRS IS WIDE AND BIZARRE
Question 17: A NORMAL VARIATION IN SINUS RHYTHM WHICH IS RELATED TO
RESPIRATORY RATE AND RESULTS FROM VAGAL TONE INHIBITION DESCRIBES
Answer: SINUS ARRHYTHMIA
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