NURS 502 EXAM 2| 180+ ACTUAL QUESTIONS & CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS | GRADED A+ 2025
1. T/F Your lungs are two spongey organs in your chest. ANS >> True
2. T/F ANS >> Left lung has 2 lobes while your right lung has 3 lobes ANS >> Tru
3. Pleura ANS >> Lubricated so that the lungs can slide across the chest wall.
-If air enters the space it is known as Pneumothorax
4. During normal respiration the lungs contract/expand within the chest cavi-
ty. ANS >> The lungs are encased within two layers of tissue.
Think of a fist pushed into a ballon
5. Spirometry ANS >> A test of how well your lungs are working by measuring how
fast and how much air you can breathe in and out.
6. As you inhale, air moves freely through... ANS >> 1. Trachea (windpipe)
2. Bronchi (left and right)
3. Bronchioles
4. Alevoli (small capillaries surround your alveoli)
7. Alveoli ANS >> Small capillaries surround your alveoli. It is where the lungs and
the blood exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide during the process of breathing in
,and breathing out.
8. What is a spirometry test used for? ANS >> 1. identify lung disease
2. check the severity of existing lung disease
3. determine if medications are helping
It measures the air you breathe out.
How to take a spirometry test ANS >>
-sit in a comfortable chair with your feet flat on the floor
-may be asked to remove dentures
-raise head and chin so you can breathe easily
-some place a clip on nose to prevent air from getting in your nostrils
-take a deep breath filling your lungs completely with air and hold it
-place spirometer's mouthpiece between your teeth and seal your lips around it
-blast air out of your lungs as fast and as hard as you can
-blow for at least 6 seconds for adults, 3 seconds for children 10 years and under
-do 3x to get accurate results
9. Signs and Symptoms of Pulmonary Disease ANS >> -Dyspnea (orthopnea,
paraoxys- mal nocturnal dyspnea)
-Kussmaul respirations
,-Cheyne-Stokes
-Cyanosis
-Pain
-Hypoventilation
-Hyperventilation
-Cough (acute/chronic)
-Hemoptysis
-Clubbing
-Abnormal sputum
10. Dyspnea ANS >> Refers to the sensation of difficult or uncomfortable breathing.
-subjective experience perceived and reported by an affected patient
-Shortness of breath, labored breathing
11. Orthopnea ANS >> Dyspnea when a person is lying down.
-Relieved when you sit or stand up
-can be associated with congestive heart failure and pulmonary edema
12. Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea ANS >> Sensation of shortness of breath that
wakes a patient up after about 1-2 hours of sleep.
-this occurs because increased fluid central circulation with reclining position
-attacks are accompanied by coughing, feeling of suffocation, cold sweat, and
tachycardia w/ a gallop rhythm.
3 B/ B50
, -Relieved when a patient sits up B B B B B
-or putting a pillow under head to prop head up
B B B B B B B B B
-associated with CHF and pulmonary edema B B B B B
13. Kussmaul respirations ANS >> slightly increased rate deep and labored
B B B B B B B B B B
breathing pattern often associated with severe metabolic acidosis, particularly
B B B B B B B B B
diabetic ke- toacidosis (DKA) but also kidney failure or strenuous exercise
B B B B B B B B B B B
14. Cheyne-Stokes respirations ANS >> breathing pattern where you have B B B BB B B B B
periods of deep and shallow breathing and periods of apnea where there won't
B B B B B B B B B B B B B
be breathing.
B B
15. Hyperventilation ANS B>> B Babnormally Bfast Bor Bdeep Brespiration Blike Bin BKussmaul
B
respira- tion.
B B
to respiratory
B
-when you blow off your CO2, you will have less carbonic acid and lead
B B B B B B B B B B B B B
B
alkalosis.
-shift to the left, greater binding of oxygen to the hemoglobin
B B B B B B B B B B
16. Hypoventilation B ANS B>> B Breduced Bor Bdeficient Bventilation Bof Bthe Blungs.
-may see this in a drug overdose
B B B B B B
-build up/retain CO2, you will have more carbonic acid and lead to re spiratory
B B B B B B B B B B B B
Bacidosis
-you will see a shift to the right, decrease affinity of hemoglobin for oxygen which
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
Bmeans that more oxygen is going to be delivered to the tissues
B B B B B B B B B B B
4 B/ B50
DETAILED ANSWERS | GRADED A+ 2025
1. T/F Your lungs are two spongey organs in your chest. ANS >> True
2. T/F ANS >> Left lung has 2 lobes while your right lung has 3 lobes ANS >> Tru
3. Pleura ANS >> Lubricated so that the lungs can slide across the chest wall.
-If air enters the space it is known as Pneumothorax
4. During normal respiration the lungs contract/expand within the chest cavi-
ty. ANS >> The lungs are encased within two layers of tissue.
Think of a fist pushed into a ballon
5. Spirometry ANS >> A test of how well your lungs are working by measuring how
fast and how much air you can breathe in and out.
6. As you inhale, air moves freely through... ANS >> 1. Trachea (windpipe)
2. Bronchi (left and right)
3. Bronchioles
4. Alevoli (small capillaries surround your alveoli)
7. Alveoli ANS >> Small capillaries surround your alveoli. It is where the lungs and
the blood exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide during the process of breathing in
,and breathing out.
8. What is a spirometry test used for? ANS >> 1. identify lung disease
2. check the severity of existing lung disease
3. determine if medications are helping
It measures the air you breathe out.
How to take a spirometry test ANS >>
-sit in a comfortable chair with your feet flat on the floor
-may be asked to remove dentures
-raise head and chin so you can breathe easily
-some place a clip on nose to prevent air from getting in your nostrils
-take a deep breath filling your lungs completely with air and hold it
-place spirometer's mouthpiece between your teeth and seal your lips around it
-blast air out of your lungs as fast and as hard as you can
-blow for at least 6 seconds for adults, 3 seconds for children 10 years and under
-do 3x to get accurate results
9. Signs and Symptoms of Pulmonary Disease ANS >> -Dyspnea (orthopnea,
paraoxys- mal nocturnal dyspnea)
-Kussmaul respirations
,-Cheyne-Stokes
-Cyanosis
-Pain
-Hypoventilation
-Hyperventilation
-Cough (acute/chronic)
-Hemoptysis
-Clubbing
-Abnormal sputum
10. Dyspnea ANS >> Refers to the sensation of difficult or uncomfortable breathing.
-subjective experience perceived and reported by an affected patient
-Shortness of breath, labored breathing
11. Orthopnea ANS >> Dyspnea when a person is lying down.
-Relieved when you sit or stand up
-can be associated with congestive heart failure and pulmonary edema
12. Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea ANS >> Sensation of shortness of breath that
wakes a patient up after about 1-2 hours of sleep.
-this occurs because increased fluid central circulation with reclining position
-attacks are accompanied by coughing, feeling of suffocation, cold sweat, and
tachycardia w/ a gallop rhythm.
3 B/ B50
, -Relieved when a patient sits up B B B B B
-or putting a pillow under head to prop head up
B B B B B B B B B
-associated with CHF and pulmonary edema B B B B B
13. Kussmaul respirations ANS >> slightly increased rate deep and labored
B B B B B B B B B B
breathing pattern often associated with severe metabolic acidosis, particularly
B B B B B B B B B
diabetic ke- toacidosis (DKA) but also kidney failure or strenuous exercise
B B B B B B B B B B B
14. Cheyne-Stokes respirations ANS >> breathing pattern where you have B B B BB B B B B
periods of deep and shallow breathing and periods of apnea where there won't
B B B B B B B B B B B B B
be breathing.
B B
15. Hyperventilation ANS B>> B Babnormally Bfast Bor Bdeep Brespiration Blike Bin BKussmaul
B
respira- tion.
B B
to respiratory
B
-when you blow off your CO2, you will have less carbonic acid and lead
B B B B B B B B B B B B B
B
alkalosis.
-shift to the left, greater binding of oxygen to the hemoglobin
B B B B B B B B B B
16. Hypoventilation B ANS B>> B Breduced Bor Bdeficient Bventilation Bof Bthe Blungs.
-may see this in a drug overdose
B B B B B B
-build up/retain CO2, you will have more carbonic acid and lead to re spiratory
B B B B B B B B B B B B
Bacidosis
-you will see a shift to the right, decrease affinity of hemoglobin for oxygen which
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
Bmeans that more oxygen is going to be delivered to the tissues
B B B B B B B B B B B
4 B/ B50
