MN568 Mid Term Study Guide: Respiratory UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
1. A chronic cough lasts longer than: 2 weeks
2. You are doing a cerumen extraction and touch the Arnold Reflex
external meatus of your patient's ear. He winces and
starts coughing. What is the name of that reflex
3. Julie has a postnasal drip along with her cough. You Allergic or vasomotor
assess her for: rhinitis
a. Asthma. .
b. Sinusitis.
c. Allergic or vasomotor rhinitis.
d. Influenza.
4. A patient with HTN comes in and insists that one of his Captopril (pril-ace in-
new meds is making him cough. When looking at his hibitors)
list of meds, you think the cough must come from
5. African American patients seem to have a negative Long-term beta agonist
reaction to which of the following asthma meds? bronchodilators
6. Sam, age 78, presents to the clinic with respirato- Chronic bronchitis : asth-
ry symptoms. His pulmonary function tests (PFTs) ma = inspiratory wheezing,
are as follows: a normal total lung capacity, a de- expiratory wheezing iden-
creased PaO2, and an increased PaCO2. On assess- tifies a airway obstruction.
ment, you auscultate coarse crackles and forced expi- If on both it could be
ratory wheezes. What is your diagnosis? a more serious issue. if
heard over the neck in-
a. Asthma stead of lungs could indi-
b. Emphysema cate a serious airway ob-
c. Chronic bronchitis struction
d. Influenza
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, MN568 Mid Term Study Guide: Respiratory UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
7. You are using the CURB-65 clinical prediction tool to Hospitalize and consider
decide whether Mabel, whom you have diagnosed ICU
with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) should be
hospitalized or treated at home. Her score is 3 what
should you do?
8. Why do you suspect that your patient may have a She has been on long term
decreased response to the TB test? corticosteroid treatment
9. Marci has been started on a tuberculosis (TB) regimen. Pyroxidine (vitamin B6) vi-
Because isoniazid (INH) may cause peripheral neu- tamins b6,b1,and b12 are
ropathy, you consider ordering which of the following useful in treating neu-
drugs prophylactically? ropathy
a. Pyridoxine
b. Thiamine
c. Probiotic
d. Phytonadione
10. Jolene has breast cancer that has been staged as T1, The cancer is less than 2
N0, M0. What might this mean? cm in size and has not
spread to the lymph nodes
a. The tumor size cannot be evaluated, the cancer has or other parts of the body.
not spread to the lymph nodes, and the distant spread
cannot be evaluated.
b. The cancer is in situ, it is spreading into the lymph
nodes, but the spread otherwise cannot be evaluated.
c. The cancer is less than 2 cm in size and has not
spread to the lymph nodes or other parts of the body.
d. The cancer is about 5 cm in size, nearby lymph
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Questions and CORRECT Answers
1. A chronic cough lasts longer than: 2 weeks
2. You are doing a cerumen extraction and touch the Arnold Reflex
external meatus of your patient's ear. He winces and
starts coughing. What is the name of that reflex
3. Julie has a postnasal drip along with her cough. You Allergic or vasomotor
assess her for: rhinitis
a. Asthma. .
b. Sinusitis.
c. Allergic or vasomotor rhinitis.
d. Influenza.
4. A patient with HTN comes in and insists that one of his Captopril (pril-ace in-
new meds is making him cough. When looking at his hibitors)
list of meds, you think the cough must come from
5. African American patients seem to have a negative Long-term beta agonist
reaction to which of the following asthma meds? bronchodilators
6. Sam, age 78, presents to the clinic with respirato- Chronic bronchitis : asth-
ry symptoms. His pulmonary function tests (PFTs) ma = inspiratory wheezing,
are as follows: a normal total lung capacity, a de- expiratory wheezing iden-
creased PaO2, and an increased PaCO2. On assess- tifies a airway obstruction.
ment, you auscultate coarse crackles and forced expi- If on both it could be
ratory wheezes. What is your diagnosis? a more serious issue. if
heard over the neck in-
a. Asthma stead of lungs could indi-
b. Emphysema cate a serious airway ob-
c. Chronic bronchitis struction
d. Influenza
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, MN568 Mid Term Study Guide: Respiratory UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
7. You are using the CURB-65 clinical prediction tool to Hospitalize and consider
decide whether Mabel, whom you have diagnosed ICU
with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) should be
hospitalized or treated at home. Her score is 3 what
should you do?
8. Why do you suspect that your patient may have a She has been on long term
decreased response to the TB test? corticosteroid treatment
9. Marci has been started on a tuberculosis (TB) regimen. Pyroxidine (vitamin B6) vi-
Because isoniazid (INH) may cause peripheral neu- tamins b6,b1,and b12 are
ropathy, you consider ordering which of the following useful in treating neu-
drugs prophylactically? ropathy
a. Pyridoxine
b. Thiamine
c. Probiotic
d. Phytonadione
10. Jolene has breast cancer that has been staged as T1, The cancer is less than 2
N0, M0. What might this mean? cm in size and has not
spread to the lymph nodes
a. The tumor size cannot be evaluated, the cancer has or other parts of the body.
not spread to the lymph nodes, and the distant spread
cannot be evaluated.
b. The cancer is in situ, it is spreading into the lymph
nodes, but the spread otherwise cannot be evaluated.
c. The cancer is less than 2 cm in size and has not
spread to the lymph nodes or other parts of the body.
d. The cancer is about 5 cm in size, nearby lymph
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