Test Bank For Ruppel’s Manual Of Pulmonary Function Testing 12Th Edition By Mottram | Complete Chapters 1–13 | Questions With Answers And Rationales

Test Bank for Ruppel’s Manual of Pulmonary
Function Testing 12th Edition, By Mottram
Chapter 1 - 13 Updated

,Chapter 1: Indications for Pulmonary
Function Testing Test Bank



MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Who first popularized spirometry for the evaluation of pulmonary
function?
a. August and Marie Krogh
b. Alvan Barach
c. John Severinghaus
d. John Hutchinson

ANS: D
Hutchinson popularized the concept of using VC to assess lung
function, and the names he gave to several other lung compartments
are still used today.


DIF: 1 REF: p. 2 OBJ: None MSC: NBRC: None


2. identify the specific option that are indications for performing
spirometry?
1. Assess the risk of lung resection.
2. Determine the response to bronchodilator therapy.
3. Assess the severity of restrictive lung disease.
4. Quantify the extent of COPD.
a. 1 and 4
b. 2 and 3
c. 1 , 2, and 4
d. 2 , 3, and 4

ANS: C
Spirometry cannot assess severity of restriction; for that you need to
measure lung volumes ( see Box 1-2, Chapter 1).

,DIF: 1 REF: p. 7 OBJ: EL-2 MSC: NBRC: None

, 3. The main indication for the measurement of lung volumes is to do
identify the specific option that?
a. Diagnose or assess the severity of restriction.
b. Evaluate the severity of pulmonary hypertension.
c. Determine the level of cardiopulmonary fitness.
d. Assess the risk of abdominal surgical procedures.

ANS: A
The most common reason for measuring lung volumes is to
identify restrictive lung disease. DIF: 1 REF: p. 35
OBJ: EL-2 MSC: NBRC: None
4. DLCO measurements may be indicated to evaluate pulmonary
involvement in identify the specific option that systemic
diseases?
a. Asthma
b. Sarcoidosis
c. Exertional hypoxemia