RRT Exam | NBRC Clinical Simulation Exam (CSE) and TMC Prep
Questions with Verified Answers – 2024–2025
This document provides comprehensive practice material for the Registered
Respiratory Therapist (RRT) exam, including Clinical Simulation Exam (CSE)
scenarios and advanced Therapist Multiple-Choice (TMC) questions. It focuses on
high-level clinical decision-making, ventilator management, diagnostics,
pharmacology, patient evaluation, and emergency care. Perfect for CRTs advancing
to RRT status, this resource reflects NBRC testing standards for 2024–2025.
1. What are the four critical life functions?:
1. ventilation
2.oxygenation
3. circulation
4. perfusion
2. Which of these life functions is the first priority?: getting oxygen---> VENTI-
LATION
3. What assessments would determine how well a patient is ventilating?:
Visual assessnt
4. How would the therapist determine if a patient has a problem with
oxygenation?:
1. color
2. sensorium
3. heart rate
,5. What information would help the therapist determine if a patient's
circulation is adequate?:
1. pulse
2. heart rate
6. What changes would indicate that a patient may not have adequate
perfusion?:
1. B/P
2 sensorium
3. Temp
7. Explain the differnece between "signs" and "symptoms" and list an
example of each.:
1. Signs: Objective, what you see and measure.
2. Symptoms: Subjective, what patient says.
8. List the 8 items that are important to examine when reviewing a patient's
chart.:
1. Adm Notes
2. Occupation
3. Smoking Hx
4. Allergies
5. Signs and symptoms
6. Prior surgery
7. Vital signs
8. Physical exam of chest
9. Define an advance directive: Notary sign document authorizing someone to
make decision of treatment.
10. List the three types of advance directives.:
1. DNI/DNR
2. Living will
, 3. Power of Attorney for Health Care
11. A properly written order for respiratory care should include what four
factors?:
1. Medication
2. Dose
3. Time (frequency)
4. Doctor signiture
12. The respiratory therapist has just finished administering an aerosol
treatment with albuterol to a child whit asthma. How should the treatment be
charted?:
1. Date
2. Time
3. Dosage
4. Vital sign before and after treatment
13. What is the normal value for urine output?: 40 mL/hr
14. What findings might indicate that the patient's fluid intake has exceeded
his urine output?:
1. Weight gain
2. Electrolyte imbalance
3. Increase hemodynamic pressures
4. Decrease lung compliance
15. Changes in what reading can indicate hydrovolemia?: Increase CVP
>6mmHg
16. Patient interview/history: Define the following terms::
1. Semi-comatose:
responds only to painful stimuli
Questions with Verified Answers – 2024–2025
This document provides comprehensive practice material for the Registered
Respiratory Therapist (RRT) exam, including Clinical Simulation Exam (CSE)
scenarios and advanced Therapist Multiple-Choice (TMC) questions. It focuses on
high-level clinical decision-making, ventilator management, diagnostics,
pharmacology, patient evaluation, and emergency care. Perfect for CRTs advancing
to RRT status, this resource reflects NBRC testing standards for 2024–2025.
1. What are the four critical life functions?:
1. ventilation
2.oxygenation
3. circulation
4. perfusion
2. Which of these life functions is the first priority?: getting oxygen---> VENTI-
LATION
3. What assessments would determine how well a patient is ventilating?:
Visual assessnt
4. How would the therapist determine if a patient has a problem with
oxygenation?:
1. color
2. sensorium
3. heart rate
,5. What information would help the therapist determine if a patient's
circulation is adequate?:
1. pulse
2. heart rate
6. What changes would indicate that a patient may not have adequate
perfusion?:
1. B/P
2 sensorium
3. Temp
7. Explain the differnece between "signs" and "symptoms" and list an
example of each.:
1. Signs: Objective, what you see and measure.
2. Symptoms: Subjective, what patient says.
8. List the 8 items that are important to examine when reviewing a patient's
chart.:
1. Adm Notes
2. Occupation
3. Smoking Hx
4. Allergies
5. Signs and symptoms
6. Prior surgery
7. Vital signs
8. Physical exam of chest
9. Define an advance directive: Notary sign document authorizing someone to
make decision of treatment.
10. List the three types of advance directives.:
1. DNI/DNR
2. Living will
, 3. Power of Attorney for Health Care
11. A properly written order for respiratory care should include what four
factors?:
1. Medication
2. Dose
3. Time (frequency)
4. Doctor signiture
12. The respiratory therapist has just finished administering an aerosol
treatment with albuterol to a child whit asthma. How should the treatment be
charted?:
1. Date
2. Time
3. Dosage
4. Vital sign before and after treatment
13. What is the normal value for urine output?: 40 mL/hr
14. What findings might indicate that the patient's fluid intake has exceeded
his urine output?:
1. Weight gain
2. Electrolyte imbalance
3. Increase hemodynamic pressures
4. Decrease lung compliance
15. Changes in what reading can indicate hydrovolemia?: Increase CVP
>6mmHg
16. Patient interview/history: Define the following terms::
1. Semi-comatose:
responds only to painful stimuli
