NUR505 Final Exam 2026 Questions and
Answers
A clinician is measuring lung capacity via spirometer. After asking the patient to
inhale as deeply as possible, the clinician instructs the patient to blow out fast and
hard. Which of the following lung volumes is most likely being measured? -
Correct answer-Vital capacity
Which lung filling level is associated with the lowest respiratory resistance and the
highest airflow rates? - Correct answer-Total lung capacity
A patient presents with shortness of breath, cough, and increased pain with deep
breathing. A friction rub is heard upon auscultation over the left lung fields. Which
of the following is most likely to be the recommended treatment? - Correct answer-
Prepare the patient for a thoracentesis
Which of the following diseases is least likely to cause decreased lung
compliance? - Correct answer-Asthma
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, Which of the following ma cause an increased compliance and decreased elastic
recoil in the lung? - Correct answer-Exposure to oxidative stress
Which of the following may be involved in the etiology of COPD? - Correct
answer-Generation of reactive oxygen species
Which of the following patients is at the greatest risk for obstructive sleep apnea?
(OSA) - Correct answer-A 54-year-old male who complains of daytime fatigue and
whose bed partner reports snoring
A patient with a prior history of diabetes, and a recent knee injury that has severely
limited his ability to walk presents with an acute onset dyspnea and severe
hypoxemia. Upon arrival in the ED, he becomes unresponsive and his blood
pressure drops to 70/30. You expect that the CT angiography will show? - Correct
answer-A pulmonary embolism
Which of these cases is not likely to have hypoxemia caused by general
hypoventilation? - Correct answer-Embolism lodged in the right pulmonary artery
What anatomical mechanism explains the vulnerability of full-term infants to sever
presentation of bronchiolitis? - Correct answer-Bronchioles and other peripheral
airways have smaller diameter until a child is 5 years old
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Answers
A clinician is measuring lung capacity via spirometer. After asking the patient to
inhale as deeply as possible, the clinician instructs the patient to blow out fast and
hard. Which of the following lung volumes is most likely being measured? -
Correct answer-Vital capacity
Which lung filling level is associated with the lowest respiratory resistance and the
highest airflow rates? - Correct answer-Total lung capacity
A patient presents with shortness of breath, cough, and increased pain with deep
breathing. A friction rub is heard upon auscultation over the left lung fields. Which
of the following is most likely to be the recommended treatment? - Correct answer-
Prepare the patient for a thoracentesis
Which of the following diseases is least likely to cause decreased lung
compliance? - Correct answer-Asthma
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, Which of the following ma cause an increased compliance and decreased elastic
recoil in the lung? - Correct answer-Exposure to oxidative stress
Which of the following may be involved in the etiology of COPD? - Correct
answer-Generation of reactive oxygen species
Which of the following patients is at the greatest risk for obstructive sleep apnea?
(OSA) - Correct answer-A 54-year-old male who complains of daytime fatigue and
whose bed partner reports snoring
A patient with a prior history of diabetes, and a recent knee injury that has severely
limited his ability to walk presents with an acute onset dyspnea and severe
hypoxemia. Upon arrival in the ED, he becomes unresponsive and his blood
pressure drops to 70/30. You expect that the CT angiography will show? - Correct
answer-A pulmonary embolism
Which of these cases is not likely to have hypoxemia caused by general
hypoventilation? - Correct answer-Embolism lodged in the right pulmonary artery
What anatomical mechanism explains the vulnerability of full-term infants to sever
presentation of bronchiolitis? - Correct answer-Bronchioles and other peripheral
airways have smaller diameter until a child is 5 years old
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