TMC Practice Questions A- Kettering Exam Questions and Answers | Latest Version | 2024/2025 | 100% Pass

TMC Practice Questions A- Kettering Exam Questions and Answers | Latest Version | 2024/2025 | 100% Pass **1. What clinical findings in a 48-year-old female are consistent with heart failure?** A. Excessive sweating, right lung consolidation, and calf pain. B. Sudden chest pain, dizziness, and blurred vision. C. Sweating, distended neck veins, and ankle swelling. D. Confusion, elevated potassium levels, and muscle weakness. C. Sweating, distended neck veins, and ankle swelling. **2. In a patient with absent breath sounds on the left chest, hyperresonant percussion, and tracheal deviation to the right, with a heart rate of 45/min, respiratory rate of 30/min, and blood pressure of 60/40 mm Hg, what immediate action should be taken?** A. Request a chest x-ray immediately. B. Insert a chest tube on the left side. C. Perform needle aspiration in the 2nd intercostal space on the left. D. Initiate intubation by activating the medical emergency team. C. Perform needle aspiration in the 2nd intercostal space on the left. **3. Which of the following strategies is NOT likely to decrease the likelihood of damage to the tracheal mucosa?** A. Maintaining cuff pressures between 20 and 25 mm Hg. B. Using the minimal leak technique for cuff inflation. C. Employing a low-residual-volume, low-compliance cuff. D. Monitoring intracuff pressures frequently. C. Employing a low-residual-volume, low-compliance cuff. **4. What should a respiratory therapist recommend for a post-operative cholecystectomy patient who develops coarse breath sounds after postural drainage with percussion?** A. Continue therapy until breath sounds improve. B. Administer dornase alpha. C. Provide albuterol therapy. D. Instruct deep breathing and coughing for secretion clearance. D. Instruct deep breathing and coughing for secretion clearance. **5. In a 65 kg spinal cord injured patient with atelectasis and 30% of predicted inspiratory capacity, what initial bronchial hygiene therapy is most appropriate?** A. Incentive Spirometry (IS) / Sustained Maximal Inspiration (SMI). B. Intermittent Positive Pressure Breathing (IPPB) with normal saline. C. Postural drainage and percussion. D. Positive Expiratory Pressure (PEP) therapy. B. Intermittent Positive Pressure Breathing (IPPB) with normal saline. **6. What portion of her forced vital capacity (FVC) can a healthy adult female exhale in the first second?** A. 50% B. 60% C. 70% D. 80%