RPSGT Exam Questions And Correct Verified Answers 2026
Updated Version
Used on PTs with symptoms suggestive of GERD.
Complex Sleep Apnea
During a CPAP titration if Increasing the pressure
eliminates Obstructive apnea but Central
apneas begin to apear.
Complex sleep apnea treatment
Best choice is switching to ASV mode and if not possible to
then use BPAP WITH a backup rate.
Pneumothorax
When lungs collapse due to negative pressure. Air
between the lungs and the chest wall
Pnuemothorax causes
Lung damage by COPD, Cystic fibrosis or Pneumonia
Mallampati score
Scoring system to predict difficult intubation. Looks at size
of the tongue and how wide the
mouth can open.
,Air Hunger
Respiratory distress, labored breathing or dyspnea. Feeling
of suffocating
ALMA
Alternating Leg Muscle Activation: A single episode is at
least four muscle activations that
alternate between the legs .5-3hz strain gauge
Mercury filled device thats used to measure Respiratory
effort
Impedance Pneumography
A device that measure respiratory effort by measuring
difference between two electrodes
placed onto the chest. Intercostal EMG alternative to
measure effort /OSA
,
, Whattype of therapy do ALS pts. typically get?
Bi-PAP
Complex apnea:
The start or continuation of central apneas while on CPAP.
COPD/ overlap syndrome
Pts who have both COPD and OSA
the distance between FP1 and 01 is 25cm. what is the distance between F3 and C3?
6.25cm
which body position typically reduces the patency of the upper airway during sleep resulting in sleep
apnea?
supine
Cheyne- stokes points to what condition?
CHF
REM behavior disorder usually begins after age 60 what might be seen
in a PT. with lesions in the suprachiasmatic nucleus?
altered circadian rhythm electrode
pops can be caused by?
impedance difference between electrodes if the circumference is 58cm
what is the difference between T3 and O1?
11.6cm if the circumference is 58cm what is the difference between FP2and
T4?
11.6cm if the circumference is 58cm what is the difference between FP2and
O2?
23.2cm if the circumference is 58cm what is the difference between FP1and
T5?
Updated Version
Used on PTs with symptoms suggestive of GERD.
Complex Sleep Apnea
During a CPAP titration if Increasing the pressure
eliminates Obstructive apnea but Central
apneas begin to apear.
Complex sleep apnea treatment
Best choice is switching to ASV mode and if not possible to
then use BPAP WITH a backup rate.
Pneumothorax
When lungs collapse due to negative pressure. Air
between the lungs and the chest wall
Pnuemothorax causes
Lung damage by COPD, Cystic fibrosis or Pneumonia
Mallampati score
Scoring system to predict difficult intubation. Looks at size
of the tongue and how wide the
mouth can open.
,Air Hunger
Respiratory distress, labored breathing or dyspnea. Feeling
of suffocating
ALMA
Alternating Leg Muscle Activation: A single episode is at
least four muscle activations that
alternate between the legs .5-3hz strain gauge
Mercury filled device thats used to measure Respiratory
effort
Impedance Pneumography
A device that measure respiratory effort by measuring
difference between two electrodes
placed onto the chest. Intercostal EMG alternative to
measure effort /OSA
,
, Whattype of therapy do ALS pts. typically get?
Bi-PAP
Complex apnea:
The start or continuation of central apneas while on CPAP.
COPD/ overlap syndrome
Pts who have both COPD and OSA
the distance between FP1 and 01 is 25cm. what is the distance between F3 and C3?
6.25cm
which body position typically reduces the patency of the upper airway during sleep resulting in sleep
apnea?
supine
Cheyne- stokes points to what condition?
CHF
REM behavior disorder usually begins after age 60 what might be seen
in a PT. with lesions in the suprachiasmatic nucleus?
altered circadian rhythm electrode
pops can be caused by?
impedance difference between electrodes if the circumference is 58cm
what is the difference between T3 and O1?
11.6cm if the circumference is 58cm what is the difference between FP2and
T4?
11.6cm if the circumference is 58cm what is the difference between FP2and
O2?
23.2cm if the circumference is 58cm what is the difference between FP1and
T5?
