NUR 505 2026 EXAM SCRIPT COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
● Which lung filling level is associated with the lowest respiratory
resistance and the highest airflow rates? 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? Answer: Prepare the patient for a
thoracentesis
● Which of the following diseases is least likely to cause decreased lung
compliance? Answer: Asthma
● Which of the following ma cause an increased compliance and
decreased elastic recoil in the lung? Answer: Exposure to oxidative
stress
● Which of the following may be involved in the etiology of COPD?
Answer: Generation of reactive oxygen species
, ● Which of the following patients is at the greatest risk for obstructive
sleep apnea? (OSA) 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? Answer: A pulmonary embolism
● Which of these cases is not likely to have hypoxemia caused by
general hypoventilation? Answer: Embolism lodged in the right
pulmonary artery
● What anatomical mechanism explains the vulnerability of full-term
infants to sever presentation of bronchiolitis? Answer: Bronchioles and
other peripheral airways have smaller diameter until a child is 5 years
old
● Which diagnostic finding is most likely n a patient with a history of
productive cough, frequent lung infections, shortness of breath, and past
smoking? Answer: Increased residual volume and functional residual
capacity
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
● Which lung filling level is associated with the lowest respiratory
resistance and the highest airflow rates? 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? Answer: Prepare the patient for a
thoracentesis
● Which of the following diseases is least likely to cause decreased lung
compliance? Answer: Asthma
● Which of the following ma cause an increased compliance and
decreased elastic recoil in the lung? Answer: Exposure to oxidative
stress
● Which of the following may be involved in the etiology of COPD?
Answer: Generation of reactive oxygen species
, ● Which of the following patients is at the greatest risk for obstructive
sleep apnea? (OSA) 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? Answer: A pulmonary embolism
● Which of these cases is not likely to have hypoxemia caused by
general hypoventilation? Answer: Embolism lodged in the right
pulmonary artery
● What anatomical mechanism explains the vulnerability of full-term
infants to sever presentation of bronchiolitis? Answer: Bronchioles and
other peripheral airways have smaller diameter until a child is 5 years
old
● Which diagnostic finding is most likely n a patient with a history of
productive cough, frequent lung infections, shortness of breath, and past
smoking? Answer: Increased residual volume and functional residual
capacity
