SHADOW HEALTH RESPIRATORY
CONCEPT EXAM PREP TEST BANK
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
●● What are the primary functions of the respiratory system?
Answer: To supply the metabolic needs of cells and to remove waste
products of cellular metabolism.
●● Where does gas exchange occur in the respiratory system?
Answer: At the alveolus level, where oxygen enters red blood cells and
carbon dioxide is expelled.
●● What is the normal respiration rate for adults?
Answer: 12-20 breaths per minute.
●● What are some signs of oxygen deprivation?
Answer: Change in level of consciousness, restlessness, anxiety,
drowsiness, lethargy, confusion, and disorientation.
●● What are the abnormal lung sounds associated with respiratory
assessment?
Answer: Crackles, wheezes, rhonchi, stridor, and pleural friction rub.
,●● What does tactile fremitus assess?
Answer: Sound vibrations felt through the chest wall to indicate
consolidation or air trapping.
●● What does percussion of the chest wall determine?
Answer: Whether tissues are filled with air, fluid, or solid mass.
●● What is egophony used to assess?
Answer: Consolidation in the lungs by having the patient say 'E' while
auscultating.
●● What is the significance of clubbing in respiratory assessment?
Answer: It is a chronic sign of hypoxia where the angle of the nail bed
exceeds 180 degrees.
●● What does a cough assessment include?
Answer: Timing, type (dry, productive), and duration.
●● What is the Dyspnea Scale?
Answer: A scale from 0 to 4 measuring the severity of dyspnea, where 0
is no dyspnea and 4 is dyspnea with minimal exertion.
, ●● What should be checked in a patient's smoking history?
Answer: Pack-years, calculated as Packs per day multiplied by Years
smoked.
●● What is the purpose of a chest X-ray?
Answer: To create pictures of the heart, lungs, and airway using
electromagnetic waves.
●● What does an abnormal chest X-ray indicate?
Answer: White or opaque areas indicating fluid or build-up
(consolidation).
●● What is a CT scan used for in respiratory diagnostics?
Answer: To create detailed 3D cross-sectional images of the lungs.
●● What is the purpose of bronchoscopy?
Answer: To visualize the trachea and bronchi for removing obstructions
or performing biopsies.
●● What is thoracentesis?
Answer: Needle aspiration of fluid, blood, or air from the pleural space.
●● What does a lung scan (VQ scan) diagnose?
CONCEPT EXAM PREP TEST BANK
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
●● What are the primary functions of the respiratory system?
Answer: To supply the metabolic needs of cells and to remove waste
products of cellular metabolism.
●● Where does gas exchange occur in the respiratory system?
Answer: At the alveolus level, where oxygen enters red blood cells and
carbon dioxide is expelled.
●● What is the normal respiration rate for adults?
Answer: 12-20 breaths per minute.
●● What are some signs of oxygen deprivation?
Answer: Change in level of consciousness, restlessness, anxiety,
drowsiness, lethargy, confusion, and disorientation.
●● What are the abnormal lung sounds associated with respiratory
assessment?
Answer: Crackles, wheezes, rhonchi, stridor, and pleural friction rub.
,●● What does tactile fremitus assess?
Answer: Sound vibrations felt through the chest wall to indicate
consolidation or air trapping.
●● What does percussion of the chest wall determine?
Answer: Whether tissues are filled with air, fluid, or solid mass.
●● What is egophony used to assess?
Answer: Consolidation in the lungs by having the patient say 'E' while
auscultating.
●● What is the significance of clubbing in respiratory assessment?
Answer: It is a chronic sign of hypoxia where the angle of the nail bed
exceeds 180 degrees.
●● What does a cough assessment include?
Answer: Timing, type (dry, productive), and duration.
●● What is the Dyspnea Scale?
Answer: A scale from 0 to 4 measuring the severity of dyspnea, where 0
is no dyspnea and 4 is dyspnea with minimal exertion.
, ●● What should be checked in a patient's smoking history?
Answer: Pack-years, calculated as Packs per day multiplied by Years
smoked.
●● What is the purpose of a chest X-ray?
Answer: To create pictures of the heart, lungs, and airway using
electromagnetic waves.
●● What does an abnormal chest X-ray indicate?
Answer: White or opaque areas indicating fluid or build-up
(consolidation).
●● What is a CT scan used for in respiratory diagnostics?
Answer: To create detailed 3D cross-sectional images of the lungs.
●● What is the purpose of bronchoscopy?
Answer: To visualize the trachea and bronchi for removing obstructions
or performing biopsies.
●● What is thoracentesis?
Answer: Needle aspiration of fluid, blood, or air from the pleural space.
●● What does a lung scan (VQ scan) diagnose?
