NUR 231 Respiratory Questions And Correct Answers
During an examination, the patient begins to cough. The nurse recognizes this as a sign
that?
a. The patient is trying to expel sputum
b. The patient has a cold
c. Something other than air was entering the larynx
d. The patient has a respiratory infection - ANSWER
The nurse is performing a lung examination on a patient who is suspected of having
pneumonia. The nurse should immediately report which one of the following findings to
the physician?
a. Bilateral symmetric vocal fremitus
b. Asymmetric chest expansion
c. Chest symmetrical
d. Breath sounds equal bilaterally - ANSWER b. Asymmetric chest expansion
An infant that is holding its breath will:
a. automatically start to breathe again when the CO2 levels in the blood reach a certain
value
b. suffer brain damage due to low blood oxygen levels
c. suffer cardiac damage due to increased pressure in the carotid sinus and the aortic
arch
d. be called a 'blue baby' - ANSWER a. automatically start to breathe again when the
CO2 levels in the blood reach a certain value
,The nurse knows that a thorax deformity called pigeon chest is:
a. a congenital deformity
b. often caused by a vitamin D deficiency
c. often caused by blunt force injury
d. often caused by smoking - ANSWER b. often caused by a vitamin D deficiency
The term for the percussive sound the nurse should hear over the normal lung fields is:
a. Resonance
b. Tympany
c. Vesicular
d. Timbre - ANSWER a. Resonance
Spirometry measures:
a. the anatomical dead space
b. the percentage of functioning alveoli
c. Respiratory volumes and capacities
d. Dalton's Law - ANSWER c. Respiratory volumes and capacities
Which of the following choices determines the direction of respiratory gas movement?
a. Solubility in water
b. The temperature
c. Molecular weight and size of the gas molecule
, d. Partial pressure gradient - ANSWER d. Partial pressure gradient
A patient is diagnosed as having a middle ear infection. The nurse knows that which
portion of the patient's airway is affected?
a. Mouth
b. Oropharynx
c. Nasopharynx
d. Nose - ANSWER
The most powerful respiratory stimulant for inspiration in a normal adult is:
Select one:
a. tissue levels of oxygen decreasing
b. rise of carbon dioxide
c. acidosis
d. alkalosis - ANSWER b. increase of carbon dioxide
The patient is auscultating with a friction rub. The nurse identifies that this patient has
more than likely developed the following?
a. Atelectasis
b. Pneumonia
c. Pneumothorax
d. Pleural inflammation - ANSWER d. Pleural inflammation
During pulmonary function tests, a patient is found to have approximately 500 ml of air
that exchange in and out of the lungs during normal quiet breathing. What is this term
called?
During an examination, the patient begins to cough. The nurse recognizes this as a sign
that?
a. The patient is trying to expel sputum
b. The patient has a cold
c. Something other than air was entering the larynx
d. The patient has a respiratory infection - ANSWER
The nurse is performing a lung examination on a patient who is suspected of having
pneumonia. The nurse should immediately report which one of the following findings to
the physician?
a. Bilateral symmetric vocal fremitus
b. Asymmetric chest expansion
c. Chest symmetrical
d. Breath sounds equal bilaterally - ANSWER b. Asymmetric chest expansion
An infant that is holding its breath will:
a. automatically start to breathe again when the CO2 levels in the blood reach a certain
value
b. suffer brain damage due to low blood oxygen levels
c. suffer cardiac damage due to increased pressure in the carotid sinus and the aortic
arch
d. be called a 'blue baby' - ANSWER a. automatically start to breathe again when the
CO2 levels in the blood reach a certain value
,The nurse knows that a thorax deformity called pigeon chest is:
a. a congenital deformity
b. often caused by a vitamin D deficiency
c. often caused by blunt force injury
d. often caused by smoking - ANSWER b. often caused by a vitamin D deficiency
The term for the percussive sound the nurse should hear over the normal lung fields is:
a. Resonance
b. Tympany
c. Vesicular
d. Timbre - ANSWER a. Resonance
Spirometry measures:
a. the anatomical dead space
b. the percentage of functioning alveoli
c. Respiratory volumes and capacities
d. Dalton's Law - ANSWER c. Respiratory volumes and capacities
Which of the following choices determines the direction of respiratory gas movement?
a. Solubility in water
b. The temperature
c. Molecular weight and size of the gas molecule
, d. Partial pressure gradient - ANSWER d. Partial pressure gradient
A patient is diagnosed as having a middle ear infection. The nurse knows that which
portion of the patient's airway is affected?
a. Mouth
b. Oropharynx
c. Nasopharynx
d. Nose - ANSWER
The most powerful respiratory stimulant for inspiration in a normal adult is:
Select one:
a. tissue levels of oxygen decreasing
b. rise of carbon dioxide
c. acidosis
d. alkalosis - ANSWER b. increase of carbon dioxide
The patient is auscultating with a friction rub. The nurse identifies that this patient has
more than likely developed the following?
a. Atelectasis
b. Pneumonia
c. Pneumothorax
d. Pleural inflammation - ANSWER d. Pleural inflammation
During pulmonary function tests, a patient is found to have approximately 500 ml of air
that exchange in and out of the lungs during normal quiet breathing. What is this term
called?
