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NUR231 Respiratory Exam Questions
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During an assessment, a person begins to cough. The nurse realises that
this means what?
a. The person is trying to expel sputum
b. The person has a cold
c. Something other than air was entering the larynx
d. The person has a respiratory infection - ✔✔
The nurse is performing a lung assessment on a client with suspected
pneumonia. Which of the following assessments should the nurse report to
the physician immediately?
a. Bilateral symmetric vocal fremitus
b. Asymmetric chest expansion
c. Chest symmetrical
d. Breath sounds equal bilaterally - ✔✔b. Asymmetric chest expansion
A baby holding its breath will:
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a. automatically start to breathe again when the CO2 levels in the blood
reach a certain value
b. suffer brain damage due to low blood oxygen levels
c. suffer cardiac damage due to increased pressure in the carotid sinus and
the aortic arch
d. be called a 'blue baby' - ✔✔a. automatically start to breathe again when
the CO2 levels in the blood reach a certain value
The nurse knows that a thorax deformity called pigeon chest is:
a. a congenital deformity
b. often caused by a vitamin D deficiency
c. often caused by blunt force injury
d. often caused by smoking - ✔✔b. often caused by a vitamin D deficiency
The percussive sound that the nurse should hear over the normal lung
fields is called:
a. Resonance
b. Tympany
c. Vesicular
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d. Timbre - ✔✔a. Resonance
Spirometry measures:
a. the anatomical dead space
b. the percentage of functioning alveoli
c. Respiratory volumes and capacities
d. Dalton's Law - ✔✔c. Respiratory volumes and capacities
Which of the following choices determines the direction of respiratory gas
movement?
a. Solubility in water
b. The temperature
c. Molecular weight and size of the gas molecule
d. Partial pressure gradient - ✔✔d. Partial pressure gradient
A person is diagnosed with a middle ear infection. The nurse realises that
which part of the person's airway is affected?
a. Oral cavity
b. Oropharynx
c. Nasopharynx
NUR231 Respiratory Exam Questions
and Answers 100% Solved
During an assessment, a person begins to cough. The nurse realises that
this means what?
a. The person is trying to expel sputum
b. The person has a cold
c. Something other than air was entering the larynx
d. The person has a respiratory infection - ✔✔
The nurse is performing a lung assessment on a client with suspected
pneumonia. Which of the following assessments should the nurse report to
the physician immediately?
a. Bilateral symmetric vocal fremitus
b. Asymmetric chest expansion
c. Chest symmetrical
d. Breath sounds equal bilaterally - ✔✔b. Asymmetric chest expansion
A baby holding its breath will:
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a. automatically start to breathe again when the CO2 levels in the blood
reach a certain value
b. suffer brain damage due to low blood oxygen levels
c. suffer cardiac damage due to increased pressure in the carotid sinus and
the aortic arch
d. be called a 'blue baby' - ✔✔a. automatically start to breathe again when
the CO2 levels in the blood reach a certain value
The nurse knows that a thorax deformity called pigeon chest is:
a. a congenital deformity
b. often caused by a vitamin D deficiency
c. often caused by blunt force injury
d. often caused by smoking - ✔✔b. often caused by a vitamin D deficiency
The percussive sound that the nurse should hear over the normal lung
fields is called:
a. Resonance
b. Tympany
c. Vesicular
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d. Timbre - ✔✔a. Resonance
Spirometry measures:
a. the anatomical dead space
b. the percentage of functioning alveoli
c. Respiratory volumes and capacities
d. Dalton's Law - ✔✔c. Respiratory volumes and capacities
Which of the following choices determines the direction of respiratory gas
movement?
a. Solubility in water
b. The temperature
c. Molecular weight and size of the gas molecule
d. Partial pressure gradient - ✔✔d. Partial pressure gradient
A person is diagnosed with a middle ear infection. The nurse realises that
which part of the person's airway is affected?
a. Oral cavity
b. Oropharynx
c. Nasopharynx
