NSG 6020 Midterm | Questions with 100% Verified Answers |
Latest Update 2026/2027
Question: What age does bronchiolitis occur?
Answer: most common at age 6 months- does not occur after age 2
Question: main symptom of bronchiolitis
Answer: wheezing-lasts about 7 days
Question: most common cause of bronchiolitis
Answer: RSV
Question: Treatment for bronchiolitis
Answer: No specific treatment
Question: Order of lung exam
Answer: inspect, palpate, percuss, auscultate
Question: Pectus Excavatum
Answer: congenital posterior displacement of lower aspect of sternum -hollowed-out appearance -concave
appearance of lower sternum
Question: Pectus carinatum
Answer: at birth -post CABG mid childhood and 11-14 year old pubertal males undergoing a growth spurt
-convex deformity -97% have MVP
Question: Barrel Chest
Answer: associated with emphysema and lung hyperinflation -accompanying x-ray demonstrates increased
ant-post diameter as well as diaphragmatic flattening
Question: Tactile fremitus
Answer: palpable vibrations of the bronchiopulmonary tree as the patient is speaking (99 or 1-2-3) -impeded in
COPD, pulm effusion or pneumothorax -increased in consolidation and PNA
Question: percussion: flatness
Answer: (thigh) Large Pleural effusion
Question: Percussion- dullness
Answer: (liver) Lobar PNA
Question: Percussion: resonance
Answer: (Lung) simple chronic bronchitis
Question: Percussion: hyperresonance
Answer: None -emphysema, pneumothorax
, Question: Percussion: tympany
Answer: (gastric bubble) -large pneumothorax
Question: Auscultation: vesicular
Answer: soft and low pitched; usually heard over most of both lungs
Question: Auscultation: bronchial
Answer: louder and higher in pitch; usually heard over the manubrium
Question: Auscultation: bronchovesicular
Answer: intermediate intensity and pitch; usually heard over the 1st and 2nd interspaces
Question: Auscultation: tracheal
Answer: over the trachea and neck, very loud
Question: Rhonchi
Answer: low-pitched snore-like sounds, often characterized by secretions w/in the large airways -sometimes
cleared with a cough
Question: Wheezes
Answer: continuous, high-pitched, musical, sounds that are produced by air flowing through narrowed bronchi
-predominately expiratory
Question: stridor
Answer: loud, rough, continuous, high-pitched sound that is pronounced during inspiration -indicates proximal
airway obstruction
Question: absent/attenuated sounds
Answer: NO airflow to the region being auscultated -can occur in a pneumothorax, hemothorax, pleural
effusion, or parenchymal consolidation
Question: Crackles
Answer: intermittent, nonmusical, very brief, more pronounced during inspiration -fine or course fine (softer,
higher in pitch) course (louder, lower in pitch)
Question: Bronchophony
Answer: ask pt to say "99" -should be muffled and indistinct -CLEAR sounds are called bronchophony
Question: Egophony
Answer: ask pt to say "ee" -you should hear a muffled long ee sound -"ee" sounds like "ay" it is positive and
called egophony -present over consolidation
Question: whispered pectoriloquy
Answer: ask pt to say "99 or 1-2-3" -whispered voice is normally faint and indistinct -louder, clearer sounds are
called whispered pectriloquy- heard over consolidation
Question: Pleural effusion -fremitus, percussion, whispered pectoriloquy, breath sounds
Answer: frem= decreased perc=dull whis pect= decreased breath sounds= decreased
Latest Update 2026/2027
Question: What age does bronchiolitis occur?
Answer: most common at age 6 months- does not occur after age 2
Question: main symptom of bronchiolitis
Answer: wheezing-lasts about 7 days
Question: most common cause of bronchiolitis
Answer: RSV
Question: Treatment for bronchiolitis
Answer: No specific treatment
Question: Order of lung exam
Answer: inspect, palpate, percuss, auscultate
Question: Pectus Excavatum
Answer: congenital posterior displacement of lower aspect of sternum -hollowed-out appearance -concave
appearance of lower sternum
Question: Pectus carinatum
Answer: at birth -post CABG mid childhood and 11-14 year old pubertal males undergoing a growth spurt
-convex deformity -97% have MVP
Question: Barrel Chest
Answer: associated with emphysema and lung hyperinflation -accompanying x-ray demonstrates increased
ant-post diameter as well as diaphragmatic flattening
Question: Tactile fremitus
Answer: palpable vibrations of the bronchiopulmonary tree as the patient is speaking (99 or 1-2-3) -impeded in
COPD, pulm effusion or pneumothorax -increased in consolidation and PNA
Question: percussion: flatness
Answer: (thigh) Large Pleural effusion
Question: Percussion- dullness
Answer: (liver) Lobar PNA
Question: Percussion: resonance
Answer: (Lung) simple chronic bronchitis
Question: Percussion: hyperresonance
Answer: None -emphysema, pneumothorax
, Question: Percussion: tympany
Answer: (gastric bubble) -large pneumothorax
Question: Auscultation: vesicular
Answer: soft and low pitched; usually heard over most of both lungs
Question: Auscultation: bronchial
Answer: louder and higher in pitch; usually heard over the manubrium
Question: Auscultation: bronchovesicular
Answer: intermediate intensity and pitch; usually heard over the 1st and 2nd interspaces
Question: Auscultation: tracheal
Answer: over the trachea and neck, very loud
Question: Rhonchi
Answer: low-pitched snore-like sounds, often characterized by secretions w/in the large airways -sometimes
cleared with a cough
Question: Wheezes
Answer: continuous, high-pitched, musical, sounds that are produced by air flowing through narrowed bronchi
-predominately expiratory
Question: stridor
Answer: loud, rough, continuous, high-pitched sound that is pronounced during inspiration -indicates proximal
airway obstruction
Question: absent/attenuated sounds
Answer: NO airflow to the region being auscultated -can occur in a pneumothorax, hemothorax, pleural
effusion, or parenchymal consolidation
Question: Crackles
Answer: intermittent, nonmusical, very brief, more pronounced during inspiration -fine or course fine (softer,
higher in pitch) course (louder, lower in pitch)
Question: Bronchophony
Answer: ask pt to say "99" -should be muffled and indistinct -CLEAR sounds are called bronchophony
Question: Egophony
Answer: ask pt to say "ee" -you should hear a muffled long ee sound -"ee" sounds like "ay" it is positive and
called egophony -present over consolidation
Question: whispered pectoriloquy
Answer: ask pt to say "99 or 1-2-3" -whispered voice is normally faint and indistinct -louder, clearer sounds are
called whispered pectriloquy- heard over consolidation
Question: Pleural effusion -fremitus, percussion, whispered pectoriloquy, breath sounds
Answer: frem= decreased perc=dull whis pect= decreased breath sounds= decreased
