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Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Who of the following demonstrated blood circulation through the heart?
a. Galen c. Pasteur
b. Priestley d. Harvey
____ 2. Who was the first president of the Inhalation Therapy Association (ITA)?
a. George Kneeland c. Donald Egan
b. Jimmy Young d. Alvin Barach
____ 3. In what year was the “Essentials of an Acceptable School of Inhalation Therapy Technicians”
published?
a. 1949 c. 1960
b. 1956 d. 1964
____ 4. In what year was JRCITE established?
a. 1959 c. 1964
b. 1961 d. 1970
____ 5. In what year were the first respiratory care practitioners credentialed?
a. 1957 c. 1966
b. 1961 d. 1969
____ 6. Since the 1990s, the advent of which of the following has greatly affected all aspects of health care?
a. managed care c. diagnostic-related groups
b. welfare reform d. insurance reform
____ 7. In what year did the clinical simulation exam replace the orals?
a. 1975 c. 1982
b. 1979 d. 1985
____ 8. In what year was the National Board for Respiratory Therapy (NBRT) formed?
a. 1969 c. 1974
b. 1971 d. 1977
____ 9. Which of the following is meant by AE-C?
a. adult expert care c. acute care expert
b. acuity level specialist d. certified asthma educator
____ 10. Which of the following organizations has recently welcomed respiratory therapists into their
memberships?
1. American Medical Association
2. American College of Chest Physicians
3. Society of Critical Care Medicine
4. American Thoracic Society
a. 1, 2 c. 2, 3
, b. 1, 3, 4 d. 3, 4
____ 11. Which of the following is the scientific journal published by the AARC?
a. Respiratory Care c. Chest
b. AARCTimes d. Advance for RCPs
____ 12. The AARC currently represents approximately what percentage of the radiologic technologist (RT)
workforce?
a. 30% c. 50%
b. 40% d. 60%
____ 13. In what year were diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) implemented?
a. 1978 c. 1986
b. 1983 d. 1990
____ 14. Which of the following careers is NOT considered to be a profession?
a. respiratory therapist c. radiographer
b. lawyer d. taxi driver
____ 15. Which of the following is a major attribute of a profession?
a. having a political action committee c. self-regulation
b. being unionized d. having a high earning potential
____ 16. Who of the following is NOT an important historical figure in the development of the foundation of
respiratory care?
a. Joseph Priestley c. Louis Pasteur
b. Robert Boyle d. Antoine Lavoisier
____ 17. Which of the following scientists began the large-scale commercial application of fractional
distillation?
a. John Haldane c. Donald Egan
b. Alvin Barach d. Carl von Linde
____ 18. Which of the following developed the first iron lung?
a. Barach c. Van Slyke and Haldane
b. Drinker and Shaw d. Emerson
____ 19. Which of the following developed intermittent positive pressure breathing (IPPB) machines after
World War II?
1. Emerson
2. Bennett
3. Barach
4. Bird
a. 1, 3 c. 2, 4
b. 1, 2, 3, 4 d. 3 only
____ 20. Which of the following organizations were among the first medical groups to recognize and support
the emerging profession of respiratory therapy?
1. American Heart Association
2. American Society of Anesthesiologists
, 3. American Thoracic Society
4. American College of Chest Physicians
a. 1, 3 c. 2, 3, 4
b. 2, 4 d. 3, 4
____ 21. In 1953, which of the following therapeutic modalities emerged that created a big demand for
inhalation therapists?
a. nasal oxygen c. aerosol therapy
b. mechanical ventilation d. intermittent positive pressure breathing
____ 22. Which of the following was the first officially recognized credential, established in 1961, for
respiratory therapists?
a. AAIT c. CRTT
b. AART d. ART
____ 23. Which of the following physicians presented the first Donald F. Egan lecture in 1974?
a. George Burton c. David Bates
b. Albert Fishman d. John Murray
____ 24. Which of the following is a major effect of the government’s at-cost containment?
a. insurance reform c. lower acuity levels
b. rapid development of subacute care d. decrease in home oxygen use
____ 25. Currently, there is a movement within the profession to do which of the following?
a. increase the entry-level education requirement to a bachelor degree
b. increase number of specialty of credentials
c. develop a doctoral level of education
d. change the name
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Who of the following demonstrated blood circulation through the heart?
a. Galen c. Pasteur
b. Priestley d. Harvey
____ 2. Who was the first president of the Inhalation Therapy Association (ITA)?
a. George Kneeland c. Donald Egan
b. Jimmy Young d. Alvin Barach
____ 3. In what year was the “Essentials of an Acceptable School of Inhalation Therapy Technicians”
published?
a. 1949 c. 1960
b. 1956 d. 1964
____ 4. In what year was JRCITE established?
a. 1959 c. 1964
b. 1961 d. 1970
____ 5. In what year were the first respiratory care practitioners credentialed?
a. 1957 c. 1966
b. 1961 d. 1969
____ 6. Since the 1990s, the advent of which of the following has greatly affected all aspects of health care?
a. managed care c. diagnostic-related groups
b. welfare reform d. insurance reform
____ 7. In what year did the clinical simulation exam replace the orals?
a. 1975 c. 1982
b. 1979 d. 1985
____ 8. In what year was the National Board for Respiratory Therapy (NBRT) formed?
a. 1969 c. 1974
b. 1971 d. 1977
____ 9. Which of the following is meant by AE-C?
a. adult expert care c. acute care expert
b. acuity level specialist d. certified asthma educator
____ 10. Which of the following organizations has recently welcomed respiratory therapists into their
memberships?
1. American Medical Association
2. American College of Chest Physicians
3. Society of Critical Care Medicine
4. American Thoracic Society
a. 1, 2 c. 2, 3
, b. 1, 3, 4 d. 3, 4
____ 11. Which of the following is the scientific journal published by the AARC?
a. Respiratory Care c. Chest
b. AARCTimes d. Advance for RCPs
____ 12. The AARC currently represents approximately what percentage of the radiologic technologist (RT)
workforce?
a. 30% c. 50%
b. 40% d. 60%
____ 13. In what year were diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) implemented?
a. 1978 c. 1986
b. 1983 d. 1990
____ 14. Which of the following careers is NOT considered to be a profession?
a. respiratory therapist c. radiographer
b. lawyer d. taxi driver
____ 15. Which of the following is a major attribute of a profession?
a. having a political action committee c. self-regulation
b. being unionized d. having a high earning potential
____ 16. Who of the following is NOT an important historical figure in the development of the foundation of
respiratory care?
a. Joseph Priestley c. Louis Pasteur
b. Robert Boyle d. Antoine Lavoisier
____ 17. Which of the following scientists began the large-scale commercial application of fractional
distillation?
a. John Haldane c. Donald Egan
b. Alvin Barach d. Carl von Linde
____ 18. Which of the following developed the first iron lung?
a. Barach c. Van Slyke and Haldane
b. Drinker and Shaw d. Emerson
____ 19. Which of the following developed intermittent positive pressure breathing (IPPB) machines after
World War II?
1. Emerson
2. Bennett
3. Barach
4. Bird
a. 1, 3 c. 2, 4
b. 1, 2, 3, 4 d. 3 only
____ 20. Which of the following organizations were among the first medical groups to recognize and support
the emerging profession of respiratory therapy?
1. American Heart Association
2. American Society of Anesthesiologists
, 3. American Thoracic Society
4. American College of Chest Physicians
a. 1, 3 c. 2, 3, 4
b. 2, 4 d. 3, 4
____ 21. In 1953, which of the following therapeutic modalities emerged that created a big demand for
inhalation therapists?
a. nasal oxygen c. aerosol therapy
b. mechanical ventilation d. intermittent positive pressure breathing
____ 22. Which of the following was the first officially recognized credential, established in 1961, for
respiratory therapists?
a. AAIT c. CRTT
b. AART d. ART
____ 23. Which of the following physicians presented the first Donald F. Egan lecture in 1974?
a. George Burton c. David Bates
b. Albert Fishman d. John Murray
____ 24. Which of the following is a major effect of the government’s at-cost containment?
a. insurance reform c. lower acuity levels
b. rapid development of subacute care d. decrease in home oxygen use
____ 25. Currently, there is a movement within the profession to do which of the following?
a. increase the entry-level education requirement to a bachelor degree
b. increase number of specialty of credentials
c. develop a doctoral level of education
d. change the name
