RPSGT PRACTICE EXAM WITH
ACCIRATE SOLUTIONS
A PATIENTS OXIMETER READING DURING PATIENT CALIBRATION IS 88%.
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE? - ANS-
PLACE THE PROBE ON THE PATIENTS EARLOBE
A PATIENT WITH ONDINES CURSE WOULD BE EXPECTED TO HAVE WHICH
TYPE OF RESPIRATORY IMPAIRMENT IN SLEEP - ANS-CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA
ACCORDING TO THE AASM, INTERCOSTAL EMG ACTIVITY IS AN ACCEPTABLE
ALTERNATIVE SESOR FOR RECORDING WHAT PARMETER - ANS-DETECTION
OF RESPIRATORY EFFORT
SLOW ROLLING EYE MOVEMENTS OCCURING DURING STAGE N1 SLEEP WILL
BEST BE SEEN AT LOW FILTER SETTING OF - ANS-0.3HZ
A 1.0 HZ EEG WAVE IS MEASURED AT 15MM PEAK TO PEAK. THE SENSITIVITY
IS 5UV/MM. THE VOLTAGE OF THE WAVE IS - ANS-75UV
A CHEYNE STOKES BREATHING PATTERN IS OFTEN SEEN IN PATIENTS WITH -
ANS-CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
CAPNOGRAPHY MEASURES - ANS-EXPIRED CO2
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING HIGH FREQUENCY FILTER SETTINGS IS
RECOMMENDED FOR RECORDING SUBMENTAL EMG - ANS-100HZ
ENDOESOPHAGEAL PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS WOULD BE MOST HELPFUL
IN EVALUTATING WHICH SLEEP DISORDERS - ANS-SLEEP RELATED
BREATHING DISORDERS
A PATIENT BEING EVALUATED FOR OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP DISORDERED
BREATHING HAS ATRIAL FIBRILLATION. WHAT SHOULD THE TECH DO - ANS-
CONTINUE TO OBSERVE AND DOCUMENT RHYTHM
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE MOST DANGEROUS CARDIAC RHYTHM -
ANS-VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION
HOW WOULD YOU COMPUTE SLEEP EFFICIENCY - ANS-TOTAL SLEEP TIME
DIVIDED BY TIME IN BED X 100
, HOW DO YOU CALCULATE APNEA + HYPOPNEA INDEX - ANS-# APNEAS AND
HYPOPNEAS DIVIDED BY TST X60
WHICH HIGH PASS FILTER SETTING IS MOST APPROPRIATE FOR RECORDING
RESPIRATION - ANS-0.1HZ
THE PURPOSE OF AN EXHALATION PORT IN A CPAP CIRCUIT IS - ANS-TO VENT
EXHALED C02
A PATIENT IS SCHEDULED FOR A PSG WITH TRICYCLIC ANTI DEPRESSANT
MEDICATION ON HER LIST OF MEDICATIONS. WHAT SHOULD YOU EXPECT TO
SEE ON HER PSG - ANS-INCREASED REM LATENCY TRICYCLIX
ANTIDEPRESSANTS GENERALLY ARE STAGE R SUPPRESSING OFTER
INCREASING REM LATENCY. WITHDRAWAL OF THE MEDICATION MAY LEAD TO
AN INITIAL REBOUND OF STAGE R AND A SHORTENING OF THE REM LATENCY
A HIGH PASS FILTER IS ALSO KNOWN AS - ANS-LOW FREQUENCY FILTER
ACCORDING TO THE 10-20 INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF ELECTRODE
PLACEMENT, O1 AND O2 ARE LOCATED - ANS-5% ON EITHER SIDE OF OZ
AN AROUSAL IN STAGE R SLEEP SHOULD BE SCORED IF - ANS-THERE IS A >3
SECOND BURST OF ALHP IN THE OCCIPITAL CHANNEL AND THERE IS A
CONCURRENT INCREASE IN THE CHIN EMG LASTING AT LEAST 1 SECOND
Hypercapnia is - ANS-Elevated carbon dioxide levels in the blood
A thermocouple - ANS-is susceptible to artifact caused by CPAP flow
at least three consecutive cycles of cyclical crescendo and decrescendo change in
breathing amplitude with an index of 5 or more central apenas or hypopneas or a
duration of at least 10 consecutive minutes is the AASM recommended rule for - ANS-
cheyne stoke's breathing
Hypoxemia is - ANS-decreased oxygenation in the blood
If a patient with suspected Advanced sleep phase syndrome is studied in the Sleep Lab
at conventional hours (recording time from 10 to 11 p.m. to 6 to 7 a.m) what would you
expect to see - ANS-prolonged wakefulness at the end of the recording
sleep efficiency is defined as - ANS-The ratio of all sleep stages to TRT
REM sleep is associated with which of the following psychologic activity - ANS-variable
heart rate, irregular respiration, and decrease in tonic muscle activity
ACCIRATE SOLUTIONS
A PATIENTS OXIMETER READING DURING PATIENT CALIBRATION IS 88%.
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE? - ANS-
PLACE THE PROBE ON THE PATIENTS EARLOBE
A PATIENT WITH ONDINES CURSE WOULD BE EXPECTED TO HAVE WHICH
TYPE OF RESPIRATORY IMPAIRMENT IN SLEEP - ANS-CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA
ACCORDING TO THE AASM, INTERCOSTAL EMG ACTIVITY IS AN ACCEPTABLE
ALTERNATIVE SESOR FOR RECORDING WHAT PARMETER - ANS-DETECTION
OF RESPIRATORY EFFORT
SLOW ROLLING EYE MOVEMENTS OCCURING DURING STAGE N1 SLEEP WILL
BEST BE SEEN AT LOW FILTER SETTING OF - ANS-0.3HZ
A 1.0 HZ EEG WAVE IS MEASURED AT 15MM PEAK TO PEAK. THE SENSITIVITY
IS 5UV/MM. THE VOLTAGE OF THE WAVE IS - ANS-75UV
A CHEYNE STOKES BREATHING PATTERN IS OFTEN SEEN IN PATIENTS WITH -
ANS-CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
CAPNOGRAPHY MEASURES - ANS-EXPIRED CO2
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING HIGH FREQUENCY FILTER SETTINGS IS
RECOMMENDED FOR RECORDING SUBMENTAL EMG - ANS-100HZ
ENDOESOPHAGEAL PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS WOULD BE MOST HELPFUL
IN EVALUTATING WHICH SLEEP DISORDERS - ANS-SLEEP RELATED
BREATHING DISORDERS
A PATIENT BEING EVALUATED FOR OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP DISORDERED
BREATHING HAS ATRIAL FIBRILLATION. WHAT SHOULD THE TECH DO - ANS-
CONTINUE TO OBSERVE AND DOCUMENT RHYTHM
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE MOST DANGEROUS CARDIAC RHYTHM -
ANS-VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION
HOW WOULD YOU COMPUTE SLEEP EFFICIENCY - ANS-TOTAL SLEEP TIME
DIVIDED BY TIME IN BED X 100
, HOW DO YOU CALCULATE APNEA + HYPOPNEA INDEX - ANS-# APNEAS AND
HYPOPNEAS DIVIDED BY TST X60
WHICH HIGH PASS FILTER SETTING IS MOST APPROPRIATE FOR RECORDING
RESPIRATION - ANS-0.1HZ
THE PURPOSE OF AN EXHALATION PORT IN A CPAP CIRCUIT IS - ANS-TO VENT
EXHALED C02
A PATIENT IS SCHEDULED FOR A PSG WITH TRICYCLIC ANTI DEPRESSANT
MEDICATION ON HER LIST OF MEDICATIONS. WHAT SHOULD YOU EXPECT TO
SEE ON HER PSG - ANS-INCREASED REM LATENCY TRICYCLIX
ANTIDEPRESSANTS GENERALLY ARE STAGE R SUPPRESSING OFTER
INCREASING REM LATENCY. WITHDRAWAL OF THE MEDICATION MAY LEAD TO
AN INITIAL REBOUND OF STAGE R AND A SHORTENING OF THE REM LATENCY
A HIGH PASS FILTER IS ALSO KNOWN AS - ANS-LOW FREQUENCY FILTER
ACCORDING TO THE 10-20 INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF ELECTRODE
PLACEMENT, O1 AND O2 ARE LOCATED - ANS-5% ON EITHER SIDE OF OZ
AN AROUSAL IN STAGE R SLEEP SHOULD BE SCORED IF - ANS-THERE IS A >3
SECOND BURST OF ALHP IN THE OCCIPITAL CHANNEL AND THERE IS A
CONCURRENT INCREASE IN THE CHIN EMG LASTING AT LEAST 1 SECOND
Hypercapnia is - ANS-Elevated carbon dioxide levels in the blood
A thermocouple - ANS-is susceptible to artifact caused by CPAP flow
at least three consecutive cycles of cyclical crescendo and decrescendo change in
breathing amplitude with an index of 5 or more central apenas or hypopneas or a
duration of at least 10 consecutive minutes is the AASM recommended rule for - ANS-
cheyne stoke's breathing
Hypoxemia is - ANS-decreased oxygenation in the blood
If a patient with suspected Advanced sleep phase syndrome is studied in the Sleep Lab
at conventional hours (recording time from 10 to 11 p.m. to 6 to 7 a.m) what would you
expect to see - ANS-prolonged wakefulness at the end of the recording
sleep efficiency is defined as - ANS-The ratio of all sleep stages to TRT
REM sleep is associated with which of the following psychologic activity - ANS-variable
heart rate, irregular respiration, and decrease in tonic muscle activity
