NEW RPSGT EXAM SCRIPT PREMIUM
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● A PATIENT WITH ONDINES CURSE WOULD BE EXPECTED
TO HAVE WHICH TYPE OF RESPIRATORY IMPAIRMENT IN
SLEEP
Answer: CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA
●● ACCORDING TO THE AASM, INTERCOSTAL EMG ACTIVITY
IS AN ACCEPTABLE ALTERNATIVE SESOR FOR RECORDING
WHAT PARMETER
Answer: DETECTION OF RESPIRATORY EFFORT
●● SLOW ROLLING EYE MOVEMENTS OCCURING DURING
STAGE N1 SLEEP WILL BEST BE SEEN AT LOW FILTER
SETTING OF
Answer: 0.3HZ
●● A 1.0 HZ EEG WAVE IS MEASURED AT 15MM PEAK TO PEAK.
THE SENSITIVITY IS 5UV/MM. THE VOLTAGE OF THE WAVE IS
Answer: 75UV
●● A CHEYNE STOKES BREATHING PATTERN IS OFTEN SEEN
IN PATIENTS WITH
,Answer: CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
●● CAPNOGRAPHY MEASURES
Answer: EXPIRED CO2
●● WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING HIGH FREQUENCY FILTER
SETTINGS IS RECOMMENDED FOR RECORDING SUBMENTAL
EMG
Answer: 100HZ
●● ENDOESOPHAGEAL PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS WOULD
BE MOST HELPFUL IN EVALUTATING WHICH SLEEP
DISORDERS
Answer: SLEEP RELATED BREATHING DISORDERS
●● A PATIENT BEING EVALUATED FOR OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP
DISORDERED BREATHING HAS ATRIAL FIBRILLATION. WHAT
SHOULD THE TECH DO
Answer: CONTINUE TO OBSERVE AND DOCUMENT RHYTHM
●● WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE MOST DANGEROUS
CARDIAC RHYTHM
Answer: VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION
, ●● HOW WOULD YOU COMPUTE SLEEP EFFICIENCY
Answer: TOTAL SLEEP TIME DIVIDED BY TIME IN BED X 100
●● HOW DO YOU CALCULATE APNEA + HYPOPNEA INDEX
Answer: # APNEAS AND HYPOPNEAS DIVIDED BY TST X60
●● WHICH HIGH PASS FILTER SETTING IS MOST APPROPRIATE
FOR RECORDING RESPIRATION
Answer: 0.1HZ
●● THE PURPOSE OF AN EXHALATION PORT IN A CPAP
CIRCUIT IS
Answer: TO VENT EXHALED C02
●● WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARE CHARACTERISTIC OF A
PVC
Answer: THE QRS IS WIDE AND BIZARRE
●● A NORMAL VARIATION IN SINUS RHYTHM WHICH IS
RELATED TO RESPIRATORY RATE AND RESULTS FROM VAGAL
TONE INHIBITION DESCRIBES
Answer: SINUS ARRHYTHMIA
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● A PATIENT WITH ONDINES CURSE WOULD BE EXPECTED
TO HAVE WHICH TYPE OF RESPIRATORY IMPAIRMENT IN
SLEEP
Answer: CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA
●● ACCORDING TO THE AASM, INTERCOSTAL EMG ACTIVITY
IS AN ACCEPTABLE ALTERNATIVE SESOR FOR RECORDING
WHAT PARMETER
Answer: DETECTION OF RESPIRATORY EFFORT
●● SLOW ROLLING EYE MOVEMENTS OCCURING DURING
STAGE N1 SLEEP WILL BEST BE SEEN AT LOW FILTER
SETTING OF
Answer: 0.3HZ
●● A 1.0 HZ EEG WAVE IS MEASURED AT 15MM PEAK TO PEAK.
THE SENSITIVITY IS 5UV/MM. THE VOLTAGE OF THE WAVE IS
Answer: 75UV
●● A CHEYNE STOKES BREATHING PATTERN IS OFTEN SEEN
IN PATIENTS WITH
,Answer: CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
●● CAPNOGRAPHY MEASURES
Answer: EXPIRED CO2
●● WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING HIGH FREQUENCY FILTER
SETTINGS IS RECOMMENDED FOR RECORDING SUBMENTAL
EMG
Answer: 100HZ
●● ENDOESOPHAGEAL PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS WOULD
BE MOST HELPFUL IN EVALUTATING WHICH SLEEP
DISORDERS
Answer: SLEEP RELATED BREATHING DISORDERS
●● A PATIENT BEING EVALUATED FOR OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP
DISORDERED BREATHING HAS ATRIAL FIBRILLATION. WHAT
SHOULD THE TECH DO
Answer: CONTINUE TO OBSERVE AND DOCUMENT RHYTHM
●● WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE MOST DANGEROUS
CARDIAC RHYTHM
Answer: VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION
, ●● HOW WOULD YOU COMPUTE SLEEP EFFICIENCY
Answer: TOTAL SLEEP TIME DIVIDED BY TIME IN BED X 100
●● HOW DO YOU CALCULATE APNEA + HYPOPNEA INDEX
Answer: # APNEAS AND HYPOPNEAS DIVIDED BY TST X60
●● WHICH HIGH PASS FILTER SETTING IS MOST APPROPRIATE
FOR RECORDING RESPIRATION
Answer: 0.1HZ
●● THE PURPOSE OF AN EXHALATION PORT IN A CPAP
CIRCUIT IS
Answer: TO VENT EXHALED C02
●● WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARE CHARACTERISTIC OF A
PVC
Answer: THE QRS IS WIDE AND BIZARRE
●● A NORMAL VARIATION IN SINUS RHYTHM WHICH IS
RELATED TO RESPIRATORY RATE AND RESULTS FROM VAGAL
TONE INHIBITION DESCRIBES
Answer: SINUS ARRHYTHMIA
