CAPA COMPREHENSIVE EXAM PREP
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
STUDY RESOURCE
●● Acidosis
Answer: pH < 7.35; process that leads to an increase of hydrogen ion
concentration in the blood
●● adventitious breath sounds
Answer: Abnormal breath sounds such as wheezing, stridor, rhonchi, and
crackles.
●● apnea
Answer: absence of breathing
●● alkalemia
Answer: blood pH > 7.45; decreased hydrogen ion concentration
●● Alkalosis
Answer: process that leads to decreased hydrogen ions concentration
●● Apneustic breathing
, Answer: Abnormal respiration marked by prolonged inspiration
interrupted by occasional expiration
●● atelectasis
Answer: collapse of alveoli
●● bradypnea
Answer: Slow breathing (less than 8/min)
●● bronchiectasis
Answer: dilation of the bronchi
●● bronchospasm
Answer: constriction of bronchi caused by spasm of the peribronchial
smooth muscle
●● central sleep apnea
Answer: sleep disorder with periods of interrupted breathing due to a
disruption in signals sent from the brain that regulate breathing
●● Cheyne-Stokes respiration
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
STUDY RESOURCE
●● Acidosis
Answer: pH < 7.35; process that leads to an increase of hydrogen ion
concentration in the blood
●● adventitious breath sounds
Answer: Abnormal breath sounds such as wheezing, stridor, rhonchi, and
crackles.
●● apnea
Answer: absence of breathing
●● alkalemia
Answer: blood pH > 7.45; decreased hydrogen ion concentration
●● Alkalosis
Answer: process that leads to decreased hydrogen ions concentration
●● Apneustic breathing
, Answer: Abnormal respiration marked by prolonged inspiration
interrupted by occasional expiration
●● atelectasis
Answer: collapse of alveoli
●● bradypnea
Answer: Slow breathing (less than 8/min)
●● bronchiectasis
Answer: dilation of the bronchi
●● bronchospasm
Answer: constriction of bronchi caused by spasm of the peribronchial
smooth muscle
●● central sleep apnea
Answer: sleep disorder with periods of interrupted breathing due to a
disruption in signals sent from the brain that regulate breathing
●● Cheyne-Stokes respiration