HCA 201B MC Exam Questions and
Answers
Respiratory arrest - Answer-breathing stops
Respiratory depression - Answer-breathing slows due to narcotics
Lung scans use - Answer-radio isotopes
What is a pulmonary function test - Answer-measures amount of air moving into and out of the lungs
The process of respiration - Answer-The respiratory system brings oxygen into the lungs and removes
carbon dioxide
Average heart rate of an adult is - Answer-60 to 100 beats per minute
Respiration involves - Answer-inhalation (inspiration) and exhalation (expiration).
Breathing up right and forward is the - Answer-orthopneic position
Tachypnea is - Answer-rapid breathing Respirations are more than 24 per minute
, Bradypnea is slow breathing - Answer-Respirations are fewer than 12 per minute
Apnea is lack of or absence of breathing - Answer-Sleep apnea and periodic apnea of newborns are
other types of apnea
Kussmaul respirations - Answer-Deep and rapid respirations characteristic of diabetic acidosis
Hypoventilation - Answer-Respirations are slow, shallow, and sometimes irregular
Hyperventilation - Answer-Respirations are rapid and deeper than normal
Dyspnea - Answer-Is difficult, laboured, or painful breathing
Cheyne - Answer-Stokes Respirations gradually increase in rate and depth, and then become shallow
and slow
Breathing may stop for 10 to 20 seconds,Cheyne - Answer-Stokes respirations are common when death
is near
Orthopnea - Answer-Is breathing deeply and comfortably only when sitting
Nasal cannula - Answer-you can eat while wearing it
Partial rebreather mask - Answer-block the intake of the atmospheric air only partially. Use of such
masks result in patient breathing about 40% to 60% concentration of oxygen.
Answers
Respiratory arrest - Answer-breathing stops
Respiratory depression - Answer-breathing slows due to narcotics
Lung scans use - Answer-radio isotopes
What is a pulmonary function test - Answer-measures amount of air moving into and out of the lungs
The process of respiration - Answer-The respiratory system brings oxygen into the lungs and removes
carbon dioxide
Average heart rate of an adult is - Answer-60 to 100 beats per minute
Respiration involves - Answer-inhalation (inspiration) and exhalation (expiration).
Breathing up right and forward is the - Answer-orthopneic position
Tachypnea is - Answer-rapid breathing Respirations are more than 24 per minute
, Bradypnea is slow breathing - Answer-Respirations are fewer than 12 per minute
Apnea is lack of or absence of breathing - Answer-Sleep apnea and periodic apnea of newborns are
other types of apnea
Kussmaul respirations - Answer-Deep and rapid respirations characteristic of diabetic acidosis
Hypoventilation - Answer-Respirations are slow, shallow, and sometimes irregular
Hyperventilation - Answer-Respirations are rapid and deeper than normal
Dyspnea - Answer-Is difficult, laboured, or painful breathing
Cheyne - Answer-Stokes Respirations gradually increase in rate and depth, and then become shallow
and slow
Breathing may stop for 10 to 20 seconds,Cheyne - Answer-Stokes respirations are common when death
is near
Orthopnea - Answer-Is breathing deeply and comfortably only when sitting
Nasal cannula - Answer-you can eat while wearing it
Partial rebreather mask - Answer-block the intake of the atmospheric air only partially. Use of such
masks result in patient breathing about 40% to 60% concentration of oxygen.
