NUR 207 EXAM 2 STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 | PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Harsh, high pitched - Correct answer✅✅ The nurse is auscultating over the trachea of her patient.
What quality of sound is she likely to hear?
Harsh, high pitched
Loud, high pitched
Medium loudness/medium pitched
Soft, low pitched
Soft, low pitched - Correct answer✅✅ The nurse is auscultating over the vesicular area of her patient's
lungs. What quality of sound is she likely to hear?
Harsh, high pitched
Loud, high pitched
Medium loudness/medium pitched
Soft, low pitched
Loud, high pitched - Correct answer✅✅ The nurse is auscultating over the bronchial area of her
patient's lungs. What quality of sound is she likely to hear?
Harsh, high pitched
Loud, high pitched
Medium loudness/medium pitched
Soft, low pitched
Medium loudness/medium pitched - Correct answer✅✅ The nurse is auscultating over the
bronchovesicular area of her patient's lungs. What quality of sound is she likely to hear?
, Harsh, high pitched
Loud, high pitched
Medium loudness/medium pitched
Soft, low pitched
Rales (fine crackles)
Caused by collapsed or fluid filled alveoli opening. - Correct answer✅✅ The nurse auscultates the
lungs of her patient and hears high-pitched, short, and fine crackles upon inspiration that does not clear
with coughing. What adventitious breath sound is she hearing?
Course crackles (rales)
Caused by collapsed or fluid-filled alveoli opening. - Correct answer✅✅ The nurse auscultates the
lungs of her patient and hears loud, moist, low-pitched, and bubbling sounds at the end of inspiration
that does not clear with coughing. What adventitious breath sound is she hearing?
Wheezing
Caused by blocked airflow as in asthma, infection, or foreign body obstruction. If wheezing is heard
during inspiration, it is more serious. - Correct answer✅✅ The nurse auscultates the lungs of her
patient and hears high-pitched, continuous sounds during inspiration and expiration. What adventitious
breath sound is she hearing?
Sonorous Rhonchi
Caused by fluid-blocked airways. - Correct answer✅✅ The nurse auscultates the lungs of her patient
and hears low-pitched, continuous, snoring, rattling sounds during inspiration and expiration that
changes or disappears when the patient coughs. What adventitious breath sound is she hearing?
Stridor
AND ANSWERS
Harsh, high pitched - Correct answer✅✅ The nurse is auscultating over the trachea of her patient.
What quality of sound is she likely to hear?
Harsh, high pitched
Loud, high pitched
Medium loudness/medium pitched
Soft, low pitched
Soft, low pitched - Correct answer✅✅ The nurse is auscultating over the vesicular area of her patient's
lungs. What quality of sound is she likely to hear?
Harsh, high pitched
Loud, high pitched
Medium loudness/medium pitched
Soft, low pitched
Loud, high pitched - Correct answer✅✅ The nurse is auscultating over the bronchial area of her
patient's lungs. What quality of sound is she likely to hear?
Harsh, high pitched
Loud, high pitched
Medium loudness/medium pitched
Soft, low pitched
Medium loudness/medium pitched - Correct answer✅✅ The nurse is auscultating over the
bronchovesicular area of her patient's lungs. What quality of sound is she likely to hear?
, Harsh, high pitched
Loud, high pitched
Medium loudness/medium pitched
Soft, low pitched
Rales (fine crackles)
Caused by collapsed or fluid filled alveoli opening. - Correct answer✅✅ The nurse auscultates the
lungs of her patient and hears high-pitched, short, and fine crackles upon inspiration that does not clear
with coughing. What adventitious breath sound is she hearing?
Course crackles (rales)
Caused by collapsed or fluid-filled alveoli opening. - Correct answer✅✅ The nurse auscultates the
lungs of her patient and hears loud, moist, low-pitched, and bubbling sounds at the end of inspiration
that does not clear with coughing. What adventitious breath sound is she hearing?
Wheezing
Caused by blocked airflow as in asthma, infection, or foreign body obstruction. If wheezing is heard
during inspiration, it is more serious. - Correct answer✅✅ The nurse auscultates the lungs of her
patient and hears high-pitched, continuous sounds during inspiration and expiration. What adventitious
breath sound is she hearing?
Sonorous Rhonchi
Caused by fluid-blocked airways. - Correct answer✅✅ The nurse auscultates the lungs of her patient
and hears low-pitched, continuous, snoring, rattling sounds during inspiration and expiration that
changes or disappears when the patient coughs. What adventitious breath sound is she hearing?
Stridor
