NUFT 204 Exam 3 Questions and
Answers (Top Grade Assured) 2026
Update
Lung's major function - Correct Answers ✅Provide
continuous gas exchange between inspired air and blood in
the pulmonary circulation
Respiratory tract extends from the - Correct Answers
✅mouth/nose to alveoli
What does the upper airway do - Correct Answers ✅filters
airborne particles, humidifies and warms inspired gases
Aspects of the upper airway: - Correct Answers ✅Nose,
trachea, sometimes oral
What does the lower airway do - Correct Answers ✅serves
for gas exchange
Aspects of the lower airway: - Correct Answers ✅Alveoli,
bronchioles
Contributors of Respiration - Correct Answers ✅Controlled
in the brainstem, mediated by muscles of respiration
What is the primary muscle of inspiration? - Correct
Answers ✅Diaphragm
,NUFT 204 Exam 3 Questions and
Answers (Top Grade Assured) 2026
Update
What are the accessory muscles of inspiration? - Correct
Answers ✅SCM (Sternocleidomastoid), scalenes,
intercostals
Example of good accessory muscle use - Correct Answers
✅If you're running and the accessory muscle use is present,
that's a good thing
Example of accessory muscle use when something is wrong -
Correct Answers ✅if you're laying in bed and the accessory
muscles use is present
What is expiration? - Correct Answers ✅A passive process
from elastic recoil of lung and chest wall, with passive
diaphragm relaxation
Techniques for a respiratory exam - Correct Answers
✅Inspect, palpate, percuss, auscultate
Things to ensure before starting a respiratory exam - Correct
Answers ✅a quiet environment, proper patient positioning,
bare skin, patient comfort
,NUFT 204 Exam 3 Questions and
Answers (Top Grade Assured) 2026
Update
How to position the patient when assessing the posterior
thorax - Correct Answers ✅sitting or standing
How to position the patient when assessing the anterior
thorax - Correct Answers ✅sitting, lying, or standing
Normal respiratory rates - Correct Answers ✅Newborn- 30-
60 Infant (6 months)- 30-50 Toddler (2 years)- 25-32 Child-
20-30 Adolescent- 16-20 Adult- 12-20
Normal RR for a newborn - Correct Answers ✅30-60
Normal RR for an infant (6 months) - Correct Answers ✅30-
50
Normal RR for a toddler (2 years) - Correct Answers ✅25-
32
Normal RR for a child - Correct Answers ✅20-30
Normal RR for an adolescent - Correct Answers ✅16-20
Normal RR for an adult - Correct Answers ✅12-20
, NUFT 204 Exam 3 Questions and
Answers (Top Grade Assured) 2026
Update
What to do during an initial respiratory survey - Correct
Answers ✅Observe the patient's breathing pattern (rate,
depth and effort), assess the anterior - posterior diameter,
assess the patient's color
Pertinent history during a respiratory assessment - Correct
Answers ✅chronic conditions (asthma, COPD, heart failure,
diabetes), exposure to new medications, recent diet changes,
substance abuse or overdose, prior DVT/PE, recent chest
trauma
Things to note during inspection - Correct Answers
✅Shape of the chest and the way it moves, deformities or
asymmetry, abnormal retractions of interspaces during
respiration, impaired respiratory movement, regular
respiration pattern
How should the chest appear - Correct Answers ✅The
chest should be symmetric with no deformities of the ribs,
sternum, scapula, or vertebrae and have equal movements
during respiration
Characteristics to look for during a respiratory assessment: -
Correct Answers ✅tenderness, lesions, lumps, deformities,
and appropriate chest wall expansion (chest excursion)
Answers (Top Grade Assured) 2026
Update
Lung's major function - Correct Answers ✅Provide
continuous gas exchange between inspired air and blood in
the pulmonary circulation
Respiratory tract extends from the - Correct Answers
✅mouth/nose to alveoli
What does the upper airway do - Correct Answers ✅filters
airborne particles, humidifies and warms inspired gases
Aspects of the upper airway: - Correct Answers ✅Nose,
trachea, sometimes oral
What does the lower airway do - Correct Answers ✅serves
for gas exchange
Aspects of the lower airway: - Correct Answers ✅Alveoli,
bronchioles
Contributors of Respiration - Correct Answers ✅Controlled
in the brainstem, mediated by muscles of respiration
What is the primary muscle of inspiration? - Correct
Answers ✅Diaphragm
,NUFT 204 Exam 3 Questions and
Answers (Top Grade Assured) 2026
Update
What are the accessory muscles of inspiration? - Correct
Answers ✅SCM (Sternocleidomastoid), scalenes,
intercostals
Example of good accessory muscle use - Correct Answers
✅If you're running and the accessory muscle use is present,
that's a good thing
Example of accessory muscle use when something is wrong -
Correct Answers ✅if you're laying in bed and the accessory
muscles use is present
What is expiration? - Correct Answers ✅A passive process
from elastic recoil of lung and chest wall, with passive
diaphragm relaxation
Techniques for a respiratory exam - Correct Answers
✅Inspect, palpate, percuss, auscultate
Things to ensure before starting a respiratory exam - Correct
Answers ✅a quiet environment, proper patient positioning,
bare skin, patient comfort
,NUFT 204 Exam 3 Questions and
Answers (Top Grade Assured) 2026
Update
How to position the patient when assessing the posterior
thorax - Correct Answers ✅sitting or standing
How to position the patient when assessing the anterior
thorax - Correct Answers ✅sitting, lying, or standing
Normal respiratory rates - Correct Answers ✅Newborn- 30-
60 Infant (6 months)- 30-50 Toddler (2 years)- 25-32 Child-
20-30 Adolescent- 16-20 Adult- 12-20
Normal RR for a newborn - Correct Answers ✅30-60
Normal RR for an infant (6 months) - Correct Answers ✅30-
50
Normal RR for a toddler (2 years) - Correct Answers ✅25-
32
Normal RR for a child - Correct Answers ✅20-30
Normal RR for an adolescent - Correct Answers ✅16-20
Normal RR for an adult - Correct Answers ✅12-20
, NUFT 204 Exam 3 Questions and
Answers (Top Grade Assured) 2026
Update
What to do during an initial respiratory survey - Correct
Answers ✅Observe the patient's breathing pattern (rate,
depth and effort), assess the anterior - posterior diameter,
assess the patient's color
Pertinent history during a respiratory assessment - Correct
Answers ✅chronic conditions (asthma, COPD, heart failure,
diabetes), exposure to new medications, recent diet changes,
substance abuse or overdose, prior DVT/PE, recent chest
trauma
Things to note during inspection - Correct Answers
✅Shape of the chest and the way it moves, deformities or
asymmetry, abnormal retractions of interspaces during
respiration, impaired respiratory movement, regular
respiration pattern
How should the chest appear - Correct Answers ✅The
chest should be symmetric with no deformities of the ribs,
sternum, scapula, or vertebrae and have equal movements
during respiration
Characteristics to look for during a respiratory assessment: -
Correct Answers ✅tenderness, lesions, lumps, deformities,
and appropriate chest wall expansion (chest excursion)
