ASATT EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Parental administration of a drug refers to - Answers :Administering with a needle
Operative stage of anesthesia - Answers :Third
What is a major side effect of thrombolytics? - Answers :Hemorrhage
An emergency drug useful in stabilizing ventricular fibrillation - Answers :Propranolol
hydrochloride
Dark blood in the operative field is a sign of possible - Answers :Hypoxia
What amount is approximately equal to 500ml - Answers :1 pint
Naloxone (Narcan) is a/an - Answers :Narcotic antagonist
Drugs that draw fluid from the tissues are classified as - Answers :Diuretics
oxytocin (Pitocin) drug causes? - Answers :Uterine contractions
Lidocaine (Xylocaine) is used intravenously for - Answers :Treatment of cardiac
arrhythmias
A benzodiazepine sedative given intramuscularly for premedication is - Answers
:Versed (Midazolam)
Under normal circumstances 0.9% normal saline is - Answers :Isotonic solution
Mannitol is used in neurosurgery to - Answers :Reduce swelling of brain tissue
In cardiac arrest, atropine might be administered to - Answers :Treat severe bradycardia
Lidocaine 1% is used to treat - Answers :Ventricular dysrhythmias
The test that determines the ratio of red blood cells to whole blood cells is the - Answers
:Hematocrit
The universal recipient has blood type: - Answers :AB
What vitamin is essential to synthesis of prothrombin by the liver and is valuable
hemostatic agent? - Answers :Vitamin k
An anticholinergic drug given preoperatively to inhibit mucous secretion is - Answers
:Atropine
,A vasoconstrictor added to a local anesthetic agent to extend the life of the local agent
is what? - Answers :Epinephrine
Common blood product given for blood loss replacement - Answers :Packed red blood
cells
NIOSH recommends that trace gas analysis be performed - Answers :Quarterly
Atrial fibrillation is caused by - Answers :Mitral regurgitation
Mitral stenosis
Acute MI
The recommended time limit for the inflation of a double tourniquet has been reached.
The correct action should be - Answers :Cuff should be deflated over a 15 minute period
to allow reperfusion
Which of the following anesthetics must be augmented with more potent agent for
general abdominal surgery - Answers :Nitrous oxide
Heparin reversal agent - Answers :Protamine sulfate
What is commonly given preoperatively to inhibit the production of gastric acid -
Answers :Cimetidine
A short acting narcotic opioid given intramuscular for premedication is - Answers
:Meperdine hydrochloride (Demerol)
The purpose of administering atropine preoperatively is to - Answers :Inhibit secretions
When long term cardiac and respiratory support is required for a patient in the ICU, this
portable device allows blood to be oxygenated outside of the body - Answers :ECMO
Joint commission requires that crash carts or emergency carts are secured by -
Answers :Breakaway locks and under surveillance
This non-depolarizing NBA is long acting - Answers :Pancuronium
The minimum concentration of oxygen that can safely be given to a patient is - Answers
:21%
The average adult electrolyte panel would consist of the following values - Answers
:Sodium 135-145mEq/L
Potassium 3.5-5.0mEq/L
Ionized calcium 4.4-5.1mg/dL
, The central venous pressure catheter tip should be placed into the chambers of the
heart - Answers :False
Superior Vena Cava above its junction within the right atrium and parallel to the vessel
walls
All types of LMA's are safe for use in an MRI machine? - Answers :False
The severity of electrical shock is determined by - Answers :Amount of current
Direction of flow
When transducing an arterial line, the ideal placement of the transducer should be -
Answers :Attached to the patients bed
Dantrolene sodium is the drug of choice to treat patients with MH. Dantrolene sodium
counteracts which of the following - Answers :Ca ions
An antagonist inhibits the function of agonist receptors - Answers :True
The hemoglobin dissociation curve represents the relationship between the - Answers
:O2 saturation and the PaO2
Asepsis is described as - Answers :The absence of pathogenic organisms in a clinical
setting
The amount of blood required to perform a blood patch - Answers :20cc
What is the possible cause of the capnography waveform to fail to return to the baseline
- Answers :Exhausted co2 absorber
What is the most common size spinal needle used? - Answers :25ga
The anesthesia machine is alarming "high pressure" alarm. What are the possible
causes? - Answers :Hose kinked
Inspiratory/expiatory limb
Malfunction
Converting lbs to kilos - Answers :Take weight in lbs and divide by 2.2
This safety system on the anesthesia machine allows gas from a cylinder to enter the
machine but prevents gas from exiting the machine when there is no cylinder in the
yoke - Answers :Check valve
Which muscle relaxant should not be administered to patients who have been
diagnosed with atypical plasma cholinesterase - Answers :Succ
An agonist diminishes the effect of a drug - Answers :False
Parental administration of a drug refers to - Answers :Administering with a needle
Operative stage of anesthesia - Answers :Third
What is a major side effect of thrombolytics? - Answers :Hemorrhage
An emergency drug useful in stabilizing ventricular fibrillation - Answers :Propranolol
hydrochloride
Dark blood in the operative field is a sign of possible - Answers :Hypoxia
What amount is approximately equal to 500ml - Answers :1 pint
Naloxone (Narcan) is a/an - Answers :Narcotic antagonist
Drugs that draw fluid from the tissues are classified as - Answers :Diuretics
oxytocin (Pitocin) drug causes? - Answers :Uterine contractions
Lidocaine (Xylocaine) is used intravenously for - Answers :Treatment of cardiac
arrhythmias
A benzodiazepine sedative given intramuscularly for premedication is - Answers
:Versed (Midazolam)
Under normal circumstances 0.9% normal saline is - Answers :Isotonic solution
Mannitol is used in neurosurgery to - Answers :Reduce swelling of brain tissue
In cardiac arrest, atropine might be administered to - Answers :Treat severe bradycardia
Lidocaine 1% is used to treat - Answers :Ventricular dysrhythmias
The test that determines the ratio of red blood cells to whole blood cells is the - Answers
:Hematocrit
The universal recipient has blood type: - Answers :AB
What vitamin is essential to synthesis of prothrombin by the liver and is valuable
hemostatic agent? - Answers :Vitamin k
An anticholinergic drug given preoperatively to inhibit mucous secretion is - Answers
:Atropine
,A vasoconstrictor added to a local anesthetic agent to extend the life of the local agent
is what? - Answers :Epinephrine
Common blood product given for blood loss replacement - Answers :Packed red blood
cells
NIOSH recommends that trace gas analysis be performed - Answers :Quarterly
Atrial fibrillation is caused by - Answers :Mitral regurgitation
Mitral stenosis
Acute MI
The recommended time limit for the inflation of a double tourniquet has been reached.
The correct action should be - Answers :Cuff should be deflated over a 15 minute period
to allow reperfusion
Which of the following anesthetics must be augmented with more potent agent for
general abdominal surgery - Answers :Nitrous oxide
Heparin reversal agent - Answers :Protamine sulfate
What is commonly given preoperatively to inhibit the production of gastric acid -
Answers :Cimetidine
A short acting narcotic opioid given intramuscular for premedication is - Answers
:Meperdine hydrochloride (Demerol)
The purpose of administering atropine preoperatively is to - Answers :Inhibit secretions
When long term cardiac and respiratory support is required for a patient in the ICU, this
portable device allows blood to be oxygenated outside of the body - Answers :ECMO
Joint commission requires that crash carts or emergency carts are secured by -
Answers :Breakaway locks and under surveillance
This non-depolarizing NBA is long acting - Answers :Pancuronium
The minimum concentration of oxygen that can safely be given to a patient is - Answers
:21%
The average adult electrolyte panel would consist of the following values - Answers
:Sodium 135-145mEq/L
Potassium 3.5-5.0mEq/L
Ionized calcium 4.4-5.1mg/dL
, The central venous pressure catheter tip should be placed into the chambers of the
heart - Answers :False
Superior Vena Cava above its junction within the right atrium and parallel to the vessel
walls
All types of LMA's are safe for use in an MRI machine? - Answers :False
The severity of electrical shock is determined by - Answers :Amount of current
Direction of flow
When transducing an arterial line, the ideal placement of the transducer should be -
Answers :Attached to the patients bed
Dantrolene sodium is the drug of choice to treat patients with MH. Dantrolene sodium
counteracts which of the following - Answers :Ca ions
An antagonist inhibits the function of agonist receptors - Answers :True
The hemoglobin dissociation curve represents the relationship between the - Answers
:O2 saturation and the PaO2
Asepsis is described as - Answers :The absence of pathogenic organisms in a clinical
setting
The amount of blood required to perform a blood patch - Answers :20cc
What is the possible cause of the capnography waveform to fail to return to the baseline
- Answers :Exhausted co2 absorber
What is the most common size spinal needle used? - Answers :25ga
The anesthesia machine is alarming "high pressure" alarm. What are the possible
causes? - Answers :Hose kinked
Inspiratory/expiatory limb
Malfunction
Converting lbs to kilos - Answers :Take weight in lbs and divide by 2.2
This safety system on the anesthesia machine allows gas from a cylinder to enter the
machine but prevents gas from exiting the machine when there is no cylinder in the
yoke - Answers :Check valve
Which muscle relaxant should not be administered to patients who have been
diagnosed with atypical plasma cholinesterase - Answers :Succ
An agonist diminishes the effect of a drug - Answers :False
