Respiratory (Dunphy) Test Questions and Answers
Graded A+
A chronic cough lasts longer than: B. Horehound
A. 3 weeks C. Peppermint
B. 8 weeks D. Jasmine - ANSWER -A. Licorice
C. 6 months
D. 1 year - ANSWER -B. 8 weeks
A patient with hypertension comes in and insists
that one of his new medications is causing him to
You are doing a cerumen extraction and touch cough. When looking at his list of medications,
the external meatus of your patient's ear. He you think the cough must be from:
winces and starts coughing. What is the name of A. Metoprolol
this reflex? B. Clopidogrel
A. Baker phenomenon C. Tadalafil
B. Arnold reflex D. Captopril - ANSWER -D. Captopril
C. Cough reflex
D. Tragus reflex - ANSWER -B. Arnold
reflex Lisa is a 25-year-old Hispanic female
experiencing chest tightness, a feeling of
suffocation, and feels like she "can't get air in."
Based on these patients' histories, which of the She has no current history of heart or lung
following should receive fungal serology testing disease and did not exercise leading up to this
for their chronic cough? attack. Which of the following is the most likely
A. A patient with a history of sickle cell disease cause for this dyspnea?
B. A patient with a history of multiple sclerosis A. Severe chronic anemia
C. A patient with a history of celiac disease B. Congestive heart failure
D. A patient with a history of AIDS - C. Anxiety-related dyspnea
ANSWER -D. A patient with a history of D. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
AIDS (COPD) - ANSWER -C. Anxiety-related
dyspnea
Which of these patients should be given a
decongestant? Which of the following scales is useful to assess
A. Gerta, a 41-year-old female with GERD the degree of dyspnea with a score of 6 to 20?
B. Christine, a 15-year-old female with A. Borg scale
pneumonia B. Patient Health Questionnaire-9 scale
C. Dan, a 60-year-old male with allergic rhinitis C. Visual analog scale
D. Andy, a 26-year-old with cystic fibrosis - D. Global assessment of functioning scale -
ANSWER -C. Dan, a 60-year-old male with ANSWER -A. Borg scale
allergic rhinitis
Annie is a 30-year-old African American woman
Which of the following herbal supplements that complains of "coughing up blood." What is a
should be used cautiously in a patient with likely cause of her condition?
hypertension? A. Bronchogenic carcinoma
A. Licorice B. Pulmonary embolus with infarction
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, Respiratory (Dunphy) Test Questions and Answers
Graded A+
C. Mitral stenosis HIV. She has a tuberculosis (TB) skin test. What
D. Bronchitis - ANSWER -C. Mitral stenosis is the smallest diameter of induration that would
indicate a positive result?
A. 2 mm
African American patients seem to have a B. 5 mm
negative reaction to which of the following C. 8 mm
asthma medications? D. 10 mm - ANSWER -B. 5 mm
A. Inhaled corticosteroids
B. Long-term beta-agonist bronchodilators
C. Leukotriene-receptor agonists Why do you suspect that your patient may have a
D. Oral corticosteroids - ANSWER -B. decreased response to the tuberculin skin test
Long-term beta-agonist bronchodilators (TST)?
A. She is on a high-protein diet.
B. She is an adolescent.
Sam, age 78, presents to the clinic with C. She has been on a long-term corticosteroid
respiratory symptoms. His pulmonary function therapy.
tests are as follows: a normal total lung capacity, D. She just got over a cold. - ANSWER -C.
a decreased PaO2, and an increased PaCO2. She has been on a long-term corticosteroid
On assessment, you auscultate coarse crackles therapy.
and forced expiratory wheezes. What is your
diagnosis?
A. Asthma Marci has been started on a TB regimen.
B. Emphysema Because isoniazid (INH) may cause peripheral
C. Chronic bronchitis neuropathy, you consider ordering which of the
D. Influenza - ANSWER -C. Chronic following drugs prophylactically?
bronchitis A. Pyridoxine
B. Thiamine
C. Probiotic
You are using the CURB-65 clinical prediction D. Phytonadione - ANSWER -A. Pyridoxine
tool to decide whether Latisha, whom you have
diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia
(CAP), should be hospitalized or treated at Which of the following patients is most likely to
home. Which of the following risk factors would have squamous cell carcinoma?
increase Latisha's chance of CAP-associated A. Janice, a 70-year-old female and is a
mortality and complications? nonsmoker
A. Temperature of 100°F B. Bill, a 65-year-old male with a 20-year history
B. Respiratory rate 22 breaths per minute of smoking
C. Hemoglobin 9.5 g/dL C. Sophie, a 30-year-old female with a family
D. History of diabetes mellitus - ANSWER - history of lung cancer
D. History of diabetes mellitus D. David, a 90-year-old man whose brother
passed away from lung cancer - ANSWER -
B. Bill, a 65-year-old male with a 20-year history
Fredericka is a 40-year-old Hispanic female with of smoking
a history of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and
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Graded A+
A chronic cough lasts longer than: B. Horehound
A. 3 weeks C. Peppermint
B. 8 weeks D. Jasmine - ANSWER -A. Licorice
C. 6 months
D. 1 year - ANSWER -B. 8 weeks
A patient with hypertension comes in and insists
that one of his new medications is causing him to
You are doing a cerumen extraction and touch cough. When looking at his list of medications,
the external meatus of your patient's ear. He you think the cough must be from:
winces and starts coughing. What is the name of A. Metoprolol
this reflex? B. Clopidogrel
A. Baker phenomenon C. Tadalafil
B. Arnold reflex D. Captopril - ANSWER -D. Captopril
C. Cough reflex
D. Tragus reflex - ANSWER -B. Arnold
reflex Lisa is a 25-year-old Hispanic female
experiencing chest tightness, a feeling of
suffocation, and feels like she "can't get air in."
Based on these patients' histories, which of the She has no current history of heart or lung
following should receive fungal serology testing disease and did not exercise leading up to this
for their chronic cough? attack. Which of the following is the most likely
A. A patient with a history of sickle cell disease cause for this dyspnea?
B. A patient with a history of multiple sclerosis A. Severe chronic anemia
C. A patient with a history of celiac disease B. Congestive heart failure
D. A patient with a history of AIDS - C. Anxiety-related dyspnea
ANSWER -D. A patient with a history of D. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
AIDS (COPD) - ANSWER -C. Anxiety-related
dyspnea
Which of these patients should be given a
decongestant? Which of the following scales is useful to assess
A. Gerta, a 41-year-old female with GERD the degree of dyspnea with a score of 6 to 20?
B. Christine, a 15-year-old female with A. Borg scale
pneumonia B. Patient Health Questionnaire-9 scale
C. Dan, a 60-year-old male with allergic rhinitis C. Visual analog scale
D. Andy, a 26-year-old with cystic fibrosis - D. Global assessment of functioning scale -
ANSWER -C. Dan, a 60-year-old male with ANSWER -A. Borg scale
allergic rhinitis
Annie is a 30-year-old African American woman
Which of the following herbal supplements that complains of "coughing up blood." What is a
should be used cautiously in a patient with likely cause of her condition?
hypertension? A. Bronchogenic carcinoma
A. Licorice B. Pulmonary embolus with infarction
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Graded A+
C. Mitral stenosis HIV. She has a tuberculosis (TB) skin test. What
D. Bronchitis - ANSWER -C. Mitral stenosis is the smallest diameter of induration that would
indicate a positive result?
A. 2 mm
African American patients seem to have a B. 5 mm
negative reaction to which of the following C. 8 mm
asthma medications? D. 10 mm - ANSWER -B. 5 mm
A. Inhaled corticosteroids
B. Long-term beta-agonist bronchodilators
C. Leukotriene-receptor agonists Why do you suspect that your patient may have a
D. Oral corticosteroids - ANSWER -B. decreased response to the tuberculin skin test
Long-term beta-agonist bronchodilators (TST)?
A. She is on a high-protein diet.
B. She is an adolescent.
Sam, age 78, presents to the clinic with C. She has been on a long-term corticosteroid
respiratory symptoms. His pulmonary function therapy.
tests are as follows: a normal total lung capacity, D. She just got over a cold. - ANSWER -C.
a decreased PaO2, and an increased PaCO2. She has been on a long-term corticosteroid
On assessment, you auscultate coarse crackles therapy.
and forced expiratory wheezes. What is your
diagnosis?
A. Asthma Marci has been started on a TB regimen.
B. Emphysema Because isoniazid (INH) may cause peripheral
C. Chronic bronchitis neuropathy, you consider ordering which of the
D. Influenza - ANSWER -C. Chronic following drugs prophylactically?
bronchitis A. Pyridoxine
B. Thiamine
C. Probiotic
You are using the CURB-65 clinical prediction D. Phytonadione - ANSWER -A. Pyridoxine
tool to decide whether Latisha, whom you have
diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia
(CAP), should be hospitalized or treated at Which of the following patients is most likely to
home. Which of the following risk factors would have squamous cell carcinoma?
increase Latisha's chance of CAP-associated A. Janice, a 70-year-old female and is a
mortality and complications? nonsmoker
A. Temperature of 100°F B. Bill, a 65-year-old male with a 20-year history
B. Respiratory rate 22 breaths per minute of smoking
C. Hemoglobin 9.5 g/dL C. Sophie, a 30-year-old female with a family
D. History of diabetes mellitus - ANSWER - history of lung cancer
D. History of diabetes mellitus D. David, a 90-year-old man whose brother
passed away from lung cancer - ANSWER -
B. Bill, a 65-year-old male with a 20-year history
Fredericka is a 40-year-old Hispanic female with of smoking
a history of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and
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