Test Bank for Egans Fundamentals of Respiratory Care 14th
Edition by Robert M. Kacmarek , James K. Stoller & Albert J.
Heuer - Complete
,Chapter 01 - History of Respiratory Care
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Kacmarek et al.: Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care, 14th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE t3
1. Which of the following is an expected role of a respiratory therapist?
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1. Promoting lung health and wellness t3 t3 t3 t3
2. Providing patient education t3 t3
3. Assessing the patient’s cardiopulmonary health status t3 t3 t3 t3 t3
4. Selling oxygen (O2) therapy devices to patients
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a. 1 only t3
b. 1 and 4 only t3 t3 t3
c. 1, 2, and 3 only t3 t3 t3 t3
d. 1, 2, 3, and 4 t3 t3 t3 t3
ANS: t 3 C
Respiratory care includes the assessment, treatment, management, control, diagnostic
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evaluation, education, and care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities of the
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cardiopulmonary system. Respiratory care is increasingly involved in the prevention of
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respiratory disease, the management of patients with chronic disease, and promotion of health
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and wellness.
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DIF: Recall REF: t 3 t3 p. 3 t3 OBJ: t 3 t 3 1
2. Where are the majority of respiratory therapists employed?
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a. Skilled nursing facilities t3 t3
b. Diagnostic laboratories t3
c. Hospitals or acute care settings t3 t3 t3 t3
d. Outpatient physician offices t3 t3
ANS: t 3 C
Approximately 75% of all respiratory therapists work in hospitals or other acute care settings.
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DIF: Recall REF: t 3 t3 p. 3 t3 OBJ: t 3 t 3 1
3. Who is considered to be the ―father of medicine‖?
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a. Hippocrates
b. Galen
c. Erasistratus
d. Aristotle
ANS: t 3 A
The foundation of modern Western medicine was laid in ancient Greece with the development
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of the Hippocratic Corpus. This collection of ancient medical writings is attributed to the
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―father of medicine,‖ Hippocrates, a Greek physician who lived during the fifth and fourth
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centuries BC.
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DIF: Recall REF: t 3 t3 pp. 3-4 t3 OBJ: t 3 t 3 2
,4. In 1662, a chemist published a book that described the relationship between gas, volume, and
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a. Sir Isaac Newton t3 t3
b. Robert Boyle t3
c. Anthony van Leeuwenhoek t3 t3
d. Nicolaus Copernicus t3
ANS: t 3 B
The chemist, Robert Boyle, published what is now known as ―Boyle’s law,‖ governing the
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relationship between gas, volume, and pressure.
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DIF: Recall REF: t 3 t3 p. 6 t3 OBJ: t 3 t 3 2
5. Who discovered O2 in 1774 and described it as ―dephlogisticated air‖?
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a. Robert Boyle t3
b. Jacque Charles t3
c. Thomas Beddoes t3
d. Joseph Priestley t3
ANS: t 3 D
In 1774, Joseph Priestley described his discovery of O2, which he called ―dephlogisticated
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air.‖
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DIF: Recall REF: t 3 t3 pp. 6-7 t3 OBJ: t 3 t 3 2
6. Who is credited with first describing the law of partial pressures for a gas mixture?
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a. John Dalton t3
b. Joseph Prestley t3
c. Jacque Charles t3
d. Thomas Young t3
ANS: t 3 A
John Dalton described his law of partial pressures for a gas mixture in 1801 and his atomic
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theory in 1808.
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DIF: Recall REF: t 3 t3 p. 7 t3 OBJ: t 3 t 3 2
7. Who was the first scientist in 1865 to suggest that microorganisms caused many diseases?
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a. Thomas Young t3
b. Louis Pasteur t3
c. Henry Graham t3
d. Robert Koch t3
ANS: t 3 B
In 1865, Louis Pasteur advanced his ―germ theory‖ of disease, which held that many diseases
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are caused by microorganisms.
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DIF: Recall REF: t 3 t3 p. 7 t3 OBJ: t 3 t 3 2
8. Who discovered the x-ray and opened the door for the modern field of radiology?
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a. John Dalton t3
b. William Smith t3
, c. William Roentgen t3
d. Thomas Young t3
ANS: t 3 C
In 1895, William Roentgen discovered the x-ray and the modern field of radiologic imaging
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sciences was born.
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DIF: Recall REF: t 3 t3 p. 7 t3 OBJ: t 3 t 3 2
9. What was the primary duty of the first inhalation therapists?
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a. Provide airway care. t3 t3
b. Support O2 therapy. t3 t3
c. Aerosol therapy to patients. t3 t3 t3
d. Maintain patients on mechanical ventilation. t3 t3 t3 t3
ANS: t 3 B
The first inhalation therapists were really just O2 technicians.
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DIF: Recall REF: t 3 t3 p. 7 t3 OBJ: t 3 t 3 3
10. When did the designation ―respiratory therapist‖ become standard?
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a. 1954
b. 1964
c. 1974
d. 1984
ANS: t 3 C
In 1974, the designation ―respiratory therapist‖ became standard.
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DIF: Recall REF: t 3 t3 p. 7 t3 OBJ: t 3 t 3 3
11. Who was the first to develop the large-scale production of O2 in 1907?
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a. Robert Dalton t3
b. David Boyle t3
c. Thomas Anderson t3
d. Karl von Linde t3 t3
ANS: t 3 D
Large-scale production of O2 was developed by Karl von Linde in 1907.
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DIF: Recall REF: t 3 t3 p. 7 t3 OBJ: t 3 t 3 4
12. When was the first Venti-mask introduced that allows the precise delivery of 24%, 28%, 35%,
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and 40% O2?
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a. 1945
b. 1954
c. 1960
d. 1972
ANS: t 3 C
The Campbell Venti-mask, which allowed the administration of 24%, 28%, 35%, or 40% O2,
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was introduced in 1960.
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Edition by Robert M. Kacmarek , James K. Stoller & Albert J.
Heuer - Complete
,Chapter 01 - History of Respiratory Care
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Kacmarek et al.: Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care, 14th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE t3
1. Which of the following is an expected role of a respiratory therapist?
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1. Promoting lung health and wellness t3 t3 t3 t3
2. Providing patient education t3 t3
3. Assessing the patient’s cardiopulmonary health status t3 t3 t3 t3 t3
4. Selling oxygen (O2) therapy devices to patients
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a. 1 only t3
b. 1 and 4 only t3 t3 t3
c. 1, 2, and 3 only t3 t3 t3 t3
d. 1, 2, 3, and 4 t3 t3 t3 t3
ANS: t 3 C
Respiratory care includes the assessment, treatment, management, control, diagnostic
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evaluation, education, and care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities of the
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cardiopulmonary system. Respiratory care is increasingly involved in the prevention of
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respiratory disease, the management of patients with chronic disease, and promotion of health
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and wellness.
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DIF: Recall REF: t 3 t3 p. 3 t3 OBJ: t 3 t 3 1
2. Where are the majority of respiratory therapists employed?
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a. Skilled nursing facilities t3 t3
b. Diagnostic laboratories t3
c. Hospitals or acute care settings t3 t3 t3 t3
d. Outpatient physician offices t3 t3
ANS: t 3 C
Approximately 75% of all respiratory therapists work in hospitals or other acute care settings.
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DIF: Recall REF: t 3 t3 p. 3 t3 OBJ: t 3 t 3 1
3. Who is considered to be the ―father of medicine‖?
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a. Hippocrates
b. Galen
c. Erasistratus
d. Aristotle
ANS: t 3 A
The foundation of modern Western medicine was laid in ancient Greece with the development
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of the Hippocratic Corpus. This collection of ancient medical writings is attributed to the
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―father of medicine,‖ Hippocrates, a Greek physician who lived during the fifth and fourth
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centuries BC.
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DIF: Recall REF: t 3 t3 pp. 3-4 t3 OBJ: t 3 t 3 2
,4. In 1662, a chemist published a book that described the relationship between gas, volume, and
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t3 pressure. What was the chemist’s name?
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a. Sir Isaac Newton t3 t3
b. Robert Boyle t3
c. Anthony van Leeuwenhoek t3 t3
d. Nicolaus Copernicus t3
ANS: t 3 B
The chemist, Robert Boyle, published what is now known as ―Boyle’s law,‖ governing the
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relationship between gas, volume, and pressure.
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DIF: Recall REF: t 3 t3 p. 6 t3 OBJ: t 3 t 3 2
5. Who discovered O2 in 1774 and described it as ―dephlogisticated air‖?
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a. Robert Boyle t3
b. Jacque Charles t3
c. Thomas Beddoes t3
d. Joseph Priestley t3
ANS: t 3 D
In 1774, Joseph Priestley described his discovery of O2, which he called ―dephlogisticated
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air.‖
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DIF: Recall REF: t 3 t3 pp. 6-7 t3 OBJ: t 3 t 3 2
6. Who is credited with first describing the law of partial pressures for a gas mixture?
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a. John Dalton t3
b. Joseph Prestley t3
c. Jacque Charles t3
d. Thomas Young t3
ANS: t 3 A
John Dalton described his law of partial pressures for a gas mixture in 1801 and his atomic
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theory in 1808.
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DIF: Recall REF: t 3 t3 p. 7 t3 OBJ: t 3 t 3 2
7. Who was the first scientist in 1865 to suggest that microorganisms caused many diseases?
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a. Thomas Young t3
b. Louis Pasteur t3
c. Henry Graham t3
d. Robert Koch t3
ANS: t 3 B
In 1865, Louis Pasteur advanced his ―germ theory‖ of disease, which held that many diseases
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are caused by microorganisms.
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DIF: Recall REF: t 3 t3 p. 7 t3 OBJ: t 3 t 3 2
8. Who discovered the x-ray and opened the door for the modern field of radiology?
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a. John Dalton t3
b. William Smith t3
, c. William Roentgen t3
d. Thomas Young t3
ANS: t 3 C
In 1895, William Roentgen discovered the x-ray and the modern field of radiologic imaging
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sciences was born.
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DIF: Recall REF: t 3 t3 p. 7 t3 OBJ: t 3 t 3 2
9. What was the primary duty of the first inhalation therapists?
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a. Provide airway care. t3 t3
b. Support O2 therapy. t3 t3
c. Aerosol therapy to patients. t3 t3 t3
d. Maintain patients on mechanical ventilation. t3 t3 t3 t3
ANS: t 3 B
The first inhalation therapists were really just O2 technicians.
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DIF: Recall REF: t 3 t3 p. 7 t3 OBJ: t 3 t 3 3
10. When did the designation ―respiratory therapist‖ become standard?
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a. 1954
b. 1964
c. 1974
d. 1984
ANS: t 3 C
In 1974, the designation ―respiratory therapist‖ became standard.
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DIF: Recall REF: t 3 t3 p. 7 t3 OBJ: t 3 t 3 3
11. Who was the first to develop the large-scale production of O2 in 1907?
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a. Robert Dalton t3
b. David Boyle t3
c. Thomas Anderson t3
d. Karl von Linde t3 t3
ANS: t 3 D
Large-scale production of O2 was developed by Karl von Linde in 1907.
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DIF: Recall REF: t 3 t3 p. 7 t3 OBJ: t 3 t 3 4
12. When was the first Venti-mask introduced that allows the precise delivery of 24%, 28%, 35%,
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and 40% O2?
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a. 1945
b. 1954
c. 1960
d. 1972
ANS: t 3 C
The Campbell Venti-mask, which allowed the administration of 24%, 28%, 35%, or 40% O2,
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was introduced in 1960.
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