Fisdap/NREMT Respiratory Practice
Questions and Answers A+ Guide
Where does the stimulus to breathe originate?
A) spinal cord
B) diaphragm
C) heart
D) brainstem - correct answers✅✅D) brainstem
What is the proper way to measure an oropharyngeal airway?
A) the nose to the xiphoid process
B) from the center of the mouth to the angle of the jaw
C) from the tip of the nose to the lobe of the ear
D) by the size of the patient's thumb - correct answers✅✅B) from the
center of the mouth to the angle of the jaw
During respiration, where does the process of gas exchange occur?
A) trachea
B) alveoli
C) epiglottis
D) bronchioles - correct answers✅✅B) alveoli
A conscious 32 y/o patient complains of difficulty breathing. He is coughing
while pointing to his throat. What should you do?
A) give four strong blows to the back
B) place him supine and begin CPR
C) encourage him to keep coughing
D) administer abdominal thrusts - correct answers✅✅C) encourage him
to keep coughing
,Fisdap/NREMT Respiratory Practice
Questions and Answers A+ Guide
A 34 y/o female has fallen from a height of 10 feet. She is unresponsive with
snoring respirations. What should you do?
A) use the jaw-thrust maneuver
B) support her head and neck with a rolled towel
C) attempt the chin lift maneuver
D) apply a certerm-5vical collar - correct answers✅✅A) use the jaw-thrust
maneuver
How much oxygen will a pocket mask on room air deliver?
A) 92%
B) 17%
C) 10%
D) 23% - correct answers✅✅B) 17%
An unresponsive 44 y/o male has an oral airway and is being ventilated. He
suddenly regains consciousness and starts to gag. What should you do?
A) insert a nasal airway
B) request ALS to sedate the patient
C) remove the airway and apply high-flow oxygterm-5en
D) suction the airway and leave the adjunct in place - correct
answers✅✅C) remove the airway and apply high-flow oxygen
Which of the following is a musical, squeaking or whistling sound heard on
inspiration and expiration while auscultatingterm-67 lung fields?
A) gurgling
B) snoring
,Fisdap/NREMT Respiratory Practice
Questions and Answers A+ Guide
C) stridor
D) wheezing - correct answers✅✅D) wheezing
A 29 y/o male crashed his motorcycle. He is unconscious and the lower
portion of his jaw is torn from his face. He has gurgling respirations with
bleeding into the throat. What should you do?
A) insert an OPA
B) perform a head tilt-chin lift and apply a nonrebreather mask
C) apply a nasal cannula and suction as needed
D) apply a c-collar and administer blow-by oxygen - correct answers✅✅C)
apply NC and suction as needed
An OPA is used to lift the tongue and requires supporting structures of the
jaw, so an OPA would be ineffective for this patient. Oxygen should be
administered, however, and the NC will provide greater concentration than
any of the other listed methods.
You find a patient in the tripod position. What should you suspect?
A) a cardiac emergency
B) GI distress
C) respiratory distress
D) a TIA - correct answers✅✅C) respiratory distress
A 54 y/o female is unresponsive and lying supine on the floor. What should
you do?
A) obtain a set of vital signs
B) insert an oral airway
C) start CPR
, Fisdap/NREMT Respiratory Practice
Questions and Answers A+ Guide
D) check for a carotid pulse - correct answers✅✅D) check for a carotid
pulse
What is the leading cause of infant and child death?
A) congenital defects
B) vascular stenosis
C) allergic reactions
D) respiratory arrest - correct answers✅✅D) respiratory arrest
What is the normal rate of breathing for an adult?
A) 28-36 breaths/min
B) 6-10 breaths/min
C) 22-26 breaths/min
D) 12-20 breaths/min - correct answers✅✅D) 12-20 breaths/min
What is the coarse sound of fluid movement heard on inspiration called?
A) rhonchi
B) snoring
C) crackles
D) gurgling - correct answers✅✅A) rhonchi
What is the area where the base of the tongue and the epiglottis meet
called?
A) vallecula
B) alveoli
C) carina
Questions and Answers A+ Guide
Where does the stimulus to breathe originate?
A) spinal cord
B) diaphragm
C) heart
D) brainstem - correct answers✅✅D) brainstem
What is the proper way to measure an oropharyngeal airway?
A) the nose to the xiphoid process
B) from the center of the mouth to the angle of the jaw
C) from the tip of the nose to the lobe of the ear
D) by the size of the patient's thumb - correct answers✅✅B) from the
center of the mouth to the angle of the jaw
During respiration, where does the process of gas exchange occur?
A) trachea
B) alveoli
C) epiglottis
D) bronchioles - correct answers✅✅B) alveoli
A conscious 32 y/o patient complains of difficulty breathing. He is coughing
while pointing to his throat. What should you do?
A) give four strong blows to the back
B) place him supine and begin CPR
C) encourage him to keep coughing
D) administer abdominal thrusts - correct answers✅✅C) encourage him
to keep coughing
,Fisdap/NREMT Respiratory Practice
Questions and Answers A+ Guide
A 34 y/o female has fallen from a height of 10 feet. She is unresponsive with
snoring respirations. What should you do?
A) use the jaw-thrust maneuver
B) support her head and neck with a rolled towel
C) attempt the chin lift maneuver
D) apply a certerm-5vical collar - correct answers✅✅A) use the jaw-thrust
maneuver
How much oxygen will a pocket mask on room air deliver?
A) 92%
B) 17%
C) 10%
D) 23% - correct answers✅✅B) 17%
An unresponsive 44 y/o male has an oral airway and is being ventilated. He
suddenly regains consciousness and starts to gag. What should you do?
A) insert a nasal airway
B) request ALS to sedate the patient
C) remove the airway and apply high-flow oxygterm-5en
D) suction the airway and leave the adjunct in place - correct
answers✅✅C) remove the airway and apply high-flow oxygen
Which of the following is a musical, squeaking or whistling sound heard on
inspiration and expiration while auscultatingterm-67 lung fields?
A) gurgling
B) snoring
,Fisdap/NREMT Respiratory Practice
Questions and Answers A+ Guide
C) stridor
D) wheezing - correct answers✅✅D) wheezing
A 29 y/o male crashed his motorcycle. He is unconscious and the lower
portion of his jaw is torn from his face. He has gurgling respirations with
bleeding into the throat. What should you do?
A) insert an OPA
B) perform a head tilt-chin lift and apply a nonrebreather mask
C) apply a nasal cannula and suction as needed
D) apply a c-collar and administer blow-by oxygen - correct answers✅✅C)
apply NC and suction as needed
An OPA is used to lift the tongue and requires supporting structures of the
jaw, so an OPA would be ineffective for this patient. Oxygen should be
administered, however, and the NC will provide greater concentration than
any of the other listed methods.
You find a patient in the tripod position. What should you suspect?
A) a cardiac emergency
B) GI distress
C) respiratory distress
D) a TIA - correct answers✅✅C) respiratory distress
A 54 y/o female is unresponsive and lying supine on the floor. What should
you do?
A) obtain a set of vital signs
B) insert an oral airway
C) start CPR
, Fisdap/NREMT Respiratory Practice
Questions and Answers A+ Guide
D) check for a carotid pulse - correct answers✅✅D) check for a carotid
pulse
What is the leading cause of infant and child death?
A) congenital defects
B) vascular stenosis
C) allergic reactions
D) respiratory arrest - correct answers✅✅D) respiratory arrest
What is the normal rate of breathing for an adult?
A) 28-36 breaths/min
B) 6-10 breaths/min
C) 22-26 breaths/min
D) 12-20 breaths/min - correct answers✅✅D) 12-20 breaths/min
What is the coarse sound of fluid movement heard on inspiration called?
A) rhonchi
B) snoring
C) crackles
D) gurgling - correct answers✅✅A) rhonchi
What is the area where the base of the tongue and the epiglottis meet
called?
A) vallecula
B) alveoli
C) carina
