tmc test Questions and Correct Answers
which of the following would most important to evaluate for a patient who is entering
a smoking cessation program?
✓ ~~~ pack year
post-operative patient with a fever of 100 degrees is performing SMI. Which of the
following would not help determine whether the therapy is effective
✓ ~~~ pre and post PEFR
a 150 kg patient has been referred to a sleep center for evaluation of sleep apnea
and daytime drowsiness. which of the most appropriate diagnostic procedure?
✓ ~~~ polysomnography
while instructing a patient prior to a vital capacity maneuver the respiratory therapist
should instruct the patient to?
✓ ~~~ inhale to total lung capacity then exhale to residual volume
a 77 year-old male patient a 77 year old male patient is admitted to the emergency
room with shortness of breath find basilar crackles, +2 pitting edema and a chest
radio gram with a butterfly pattern. what is wrong?
✓ ~~~ pulmonary edema
a respiratory therapist is interviewing a patient in order to determine how
knowledgeable the patient is about his disease. which of the following could be
possibly interfering with the patient's education process
✓ ~~~ cultural differences
English is their second language desire of the patient to learn
patient education level
in advanced stages of emphysema expected pulmonary function testing results
would include
✓ ~~~ increased FRC with decrease VC
during a home visit to a child recently diagnosed with asthma the Home Care
therapist is teaching the parents how to reduce triggers in the home. Which of the
following would be consideration
✓ ~~~ wash bed covering with hot water
a 12 year old girl with asthma has been receiving bronchodilator therapy at home.
The Physician would like the patient to be able to evaluate her degree of airflow
response on a consistent basis. the Home Care therapist should teach the patient
proper use and care of
✓ ~~~ Peak flow meter
a 43 year old female patient has just undergone a total abdominal hysterectomy. The
patient arrives in the post-anesthesia Care Unit obtunded with a minimal response to
, pain stimulus. minimal responds to pains stimulus. Which treatment should the
respiratory therapist recommend for this patient.
✓ ~~~ begin assisted ventilation
a patient is in a full cardiopulmonary arrest. CPR is initiated in the patient is orally
intubated with an end title CO2 monitor attached. initial capnography assessment
would show which of the following trends
✓ ~~~ initially low and then rises
which of the following parameters are necessary to determine physiological Dead
Space of a patient recently admitted for substernal chest pain 3 + 3
✓ ~~~ PeCO2 and PaCO2
which of the following would be the most appropriate test to evaluate partial vocal
cord paralysis in a patient complaining of difficulty swallowing
✓ ~~~ flow volume Loop
which of the following conditions is associated with a pleural friction rub
✓ ~~~ pleuritis
all of the following could cause a patient right Hema diaphragm to elevate except
✓ ~~~ right side hyperlucency or right side atelectasis
following a craniotomy procedure, a patient is thrashing around in the bed. the
medical resident would like to prevent tha patient fro. harming himself and stabilize
his ICP and ask doe assistance with management of this patient. which of the
following drugs should the respiratory therapist recommend at this time
✓ ~~~ versed
while transporting an intubated patient, the RT notices increased resistance to
manual ventilation and decrease in the SpO2.the change in the patient's condition
could be caused by all the following EXCEPT
✓ ~~~ the cuff is over inflated
patients enrolled in a smoking cessation program, which of the following would
indicate that the patient is non compliant
✓ ~~~ COHb 7%
the charge therapist is asked to develop an in service program to educate the
department staff about protocol outcomes. which of the following should be included
as outcomes measurement
✓ ~~~ respiratory therapist ordered
length of patient hospital stay
how should the therapist advise a male patient with chronic hypercapnia to improve
his nutritional status without causing an increase in his dyspnea
✓ ~~~ have patients eat frequent small meals
decrease his carbohydrate intake
which of the following would most important to evaluate for a patient who is entering
a smoking cessation program?
✓ ~~~ pack year
post-operative patient with a fever of 100 degrees is performing SMI. Which of the
following would not help determine whether the therapy is effective
✓ ~~~ pre and post PEFR
a 150 kg patient has been referred to a sleep center for evaluation of sleep apnea
and daytime drowsiness. which of the most appropriate diagnostic procedure?
✓ ~~~ polysomnography
while instructing a patient prior to a vital capacity maneuver the respiratory therapist
should instruct the patient to?
✓ ~~~ inhale to total lung capacity then exhale to residual volume
a 77 year-old male patient a 77 year old male patient is admitted to the emergency
room with shortness of breath find basilar crackles, +2 pitting edema and a chest
radio gram with a butterfly pattern. what is wrong?
✓ ~~~ pulmonary edema
a respiratory therapist is interviewing a patient in order to determine how
knowledgeable the patient is about his disease. which of the following could be
possibly interfering with the patient's education process
✓ ~~~ cultural differences
English is their second language desire of the patient to learn
patient education level
in advanced stages of emphysema expected pulmonary function testing results
would include
✓ ~~~ increased FRC with decrease VC
during a home visit to a child recently diagnosed with asthma the Home Care
therapist is teaching the parents how to reduce triggers in the home. Which of the
following would be consideration
✓ ~~~ wash bed covering with hot water
a 12 year old girl with asthma has been receiving bronchodilator therapy at home.
The Physician would like the patient to be able to evaluate her degree of airflow
response on a consistent basis. the Home Care therapist should teach the patient
proper use and care of
✓ ~~~ Peak flow meter
a 43 year old female patient has just undergone a total abdominal hysterectomy. The
patient arrives in the post-anesthesia Care Unit obtunded with a minimal response to
, pain stimulus. minimal responds to pains stimulus. Which treatment should the
respiratory therapist recommend for this patient.
✓ ~~~ begin assisted ventilation
a patient is in a full cardiopulmonary arrest. CPR is initiated in the patient is orally
intubated with an end title CO2 monitor attached. initial capnography assessment
would show which of the following trends
✓ ~~~ initially low and then rises
which of the following parameters are necessary to determine physiological Dead
Space of a patient recently admitted for substernal chest pain 3 + 3
✓ ~~~ PeCO2 and PaCO2
which of the following would be the most appropriate test to evaluate partial vocal
cord paralysis in a patient complaining of difficulty swallowing
✓ ~~~ flow volume Loop
which of the following conditions is associated with a pleural friction rub
✓ ~~~ pleuritis
all of the following could cause a patient right Hema diaphragm to elevate except
✓ ~~~ right side hyperlucency or right side atelectasis
following a craniotomy procedure, a patient is thrashing around in the bed. the
medical resident would like to prevent tha patient fro. harming himself and stabilize
his ICP and ask doe assistance with management of this patient. which of the
following drugs should the respiratory therapist recommend at this time
✓ ~~~ versed
while transporting an intubated patient, the RT notices increased resistance to
manual ventilation and decrease in the SpO2.the change in the patient's condition
could be caused by all the following EXCEPT
✓ ~~~ the cuff is over inflated
patients enrolled in a smoking cessation program, which of the following would
indicate that the patient is non compliant
✓ ~~~ COHb 7%
the charge therapist is asked to develop an in service program to educate the
department staff about protocol outcomes. which of the following should be included
as outcomes measurement
✓ ~~~ respiratory therapist ordered
length of patient hospital stay
how should the therapist advise a male patient with chronic hypercapnia to improve
his nutritional status without causing an increase in his dyspnea
✓ ~~~ have patients eat frequent small meals
decrease his carbohydrate intake
