Health Assessment Final Exam
1. A palpable vibration increased with lobar pneumonia is also known as:
A. Rhonchi
B. Resonance
C. Fremitus
D. Crackles: Correct Answer is C: Fremitus
Key term "palpable"
2. Your patient is exhibiting rapid shallow breathing, with a respiratory rate > 24
respirations per minute. Which of the following conditions are they experiencing?
a. hypoxemia
b. tachypnea
c. fremitus
d. resonance: Correct Answer is b: tachypnea
3. Which of the following terms is used to describe a decreased level of oxygen (O2) in
the blood?
a. anemia
b. hypercapnia
c. hypoxemia
d. emphysema: Correct Answer is C: Hypoxemia
4. Upon receiving the patient's lab results, the nurse notes the patient has an increased
level of carbon dioxide in the blood. Which of the following conditions would the patient
be experiencing?
a. resonance
b. hypercapnia
c. fremitus
d. tachypnea: Correct Answer is b: hypercapnia
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5. The nurse is auscultating a patient's lungs and hears discontinuous, high-pitched, short,
popping sounds heard during inspiration, and not cleared by coughing. These are
described as:
a. bradypnea
b. rhonchi
c. crackles
d. wheezing: Correct Answer is C: crackles
6. The nurse is assessing a patient's lungs by using the percussion technique. Which
sound would the nurse expect to hear over healthy lung tissue?
a. resonance
b. dullness
c. crackles
d. wheezes: Correct Answer is A:Resonance
7. A clinical manifestation common in an individual with chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) is:
a. Periodic breathing patterns
b. Pursed lip breathing
c. Unequal chest expansion
d. hyperventilation: Correct Answer is B
An individual with COPD may purse the lips in a whistling position. By exhaling slowly and
against a narrow opening, the pressure in the bronchial tree remains positive, and fewer
airways collapse.
8. Which of the following are functions of the respiratory system? (Select all that apply)
a. Supplying oxygen to the body for energy production
b. Removing carbon dioxide as a waste product
c. Wound repair
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d. Maintaining acid-base balance
e. Maintenance of heat exchange
f. Identification: Correct answers are a, b, d and e
Answers c and f are functions of the skin
The four major functions of the respiratory system include:
Supplying oxygen to the body for energy production
Removing carbon dioxide as a waste product of energy reactions
Maintaining homeostasis (acid-base balance) of arterial blood
Maintaining heat exchange
9. Stridor is a high pitched, inspiratory crowing sound commonly associated with:
a. Upper airway obstruction
b. Atelectasis
c. Congestive heart failure
d. Pneumothroax: Correct answer is A
Stridor is associated with upper airway obstruction from swollen, inflamed tissues or a
lodged foreign body.
10. Which of the following correctly expresses the relationship to the lobes of the lungs
and their anatomic position?
a. Upper lobes-lateral chest
b. Upper lobes-posterior chest
c. Lower lobes-posterior chest
d. Lower lobes-anterior chest: Correct Answer is C
The posterior chest is almost all lower lobe
11. The function of the trachea and bronchi is to:
a. Transport gases between the environment and the lung parenchyma
b. Condense inspired air for better gas exchange
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c. Moisturize air for optimum respiration
d.Increase air turbulence and velocity for maximum gas transport: The correct answer is a
The trachea and bronchi transport gases between the environment and the lung
parenchyma
1. A palpable vibration increased with lobar pneumonia is also known as:
A. Rhonchi
B. Resonance
C. Fremitus
D. Crackles: Correct Answer is C: Fremitus
Key term "palpable"
2. Your patient is exhibiting rapid shallow breathing, with a respiratory rate > 24
respirations per minute. Which of the following conditions are they experiencing?
a. hypoxemia
b. tachypnea
c. fremitus
d. resonance: Correct Answer is b: tachypnea
3. Which of the following terms is used to describe a decreased level of oxygen (O2) in
the blood?
a. anemia
b. hypercapnia
c. hypoxemia
d. emphysema: Correct Answer is C: Hypoxemia
4. Upon receiving the patient's lab results, the nurse notes the patient has an increased
level of carbon dioxide in the blood. Which of the following conditions would the patient
be experiencing?
a. resonance
b. hypercapnia
c. fremitus
d. tachypnea: Correct Answer is b: hypercapnia
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5. The nurse is auscultating a patient's lungs and hears discontinuous, high-pitched, short,
popping sounds heard during inspiration, and not cleared by coughing. These are
described as:
a. bradypnea
b. rhonchi
c. crackles
d. wheezing: Correct Answer is C: crackles
6. The nurse is assessing a patient's lungs by using the percussion technique. Which
sound would the nurse expect to hear over healthy lung tissue?
a. resonance
b. dullness
c. crackles
d. wheezes: Correct Answer is A:Resonance
7. A clinical manifestation common in an individual with chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) is:
a. Periodic breathing patterns
b. Pursed lip breathing
c. Unequal chest expansion
d. hyperventilation: Correct Answer is B
An individual with COPD may purse the lips in a whistling position. By exhaling slowly and
against a narrow opening, the pressure in the bronchial tree remains positive, and fewer
airways collapse.
8. Which of the following are functions of the respiratory system? (Select all that apply)
a. Supplying oxygen to the body for energy production
b. Removing carbon dioxide as a waste product
c. Wound repair
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d. Maintaining acid-base balance
e. Maintenance of heat exchange
f. Identification: Correct answers are a, b, d and e
Answers c and f are functions of the skin
The four major functions of the respiratory system include:
Supplying oxygen to the body for energy production
Removing carbon dioxide as a waste product of energy reactions
Maintaining homeostasis (acid-base balance) of arterial blood
Maintaining heat exchange
9. Stridor is a high pitched, inspiratory crowing sound commonly associated with:
a. Upper airway obstruction
b. Atelectasis
c. Congestive heart failure
d. Pneumothroax: Correct answer is A
Stridor is associated with upper airway obstruction from swollen, inflamed tissues or a
lodged foreign body.
10. Which of the following correctly expresses the relationship to the lobes of the lungs
and their anatomic position?
a. Upper lobes-lateral chest
b. Upper lobes-posterior chest
c. Lower lobes-posterior chest
d. Lower lobes-anterior chest: Correct Answer is C
The posterior chest is almost all lower lobe
11. The function of the trachea and bronchi is to:
a. Transport gases between the environment and the lung parenchyma
b. Condense inspired air for better gas exchange
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c. Moisturize air for optimum respiration
d.Increase air turbulence and velocity for maximum gas transport: The correct answer is a
The trachea and bronchi transport gases between the environment and the lung
parenchyma
