age 1 of 45
NURS 612 EXAM 2 STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026
QUESTIONS BANK AND VERIFIED CORRECT
SOLUTIONS WITH RATIONALES || 100%
GUARANTEED PASS <RECENT VERSION>
Decreased Breath Sounds ......ANSWER........Occur in airway
disease or obstruction, diaphragm paralysis, or impairment of
sound transmission through the chest wall
Decreased Breath Sounds ......ANSWER........May lead to absent
breath sounds which indicates that no air flow is moving in the
lunch tissue
Increased Breath Sounds ......ANSWER........Location matters!
,age 2 of 45
Ex: Hearing bronchial or bronchovesicular sounds in the
peripheral lung tissue where vesicular sounds are normally
heard.
Bronchial lung sounds ......ANSWER........Lung sound heard above
the manubrium, over the trachea
Bronchial lung sounds ......ANSWER........Harsh, high-pitched, loud
lung sound
Bronchovesicular Lung sounds ......ANSWER........Heard over the
main bronchi
Bronchovesicular Lung sounds ......ANSWER........Medium in
loudness, medium in pitch (lung sound)
,age 3 of 45
Vesicular Lung sounds ......ANSWER........Over the lower bronchi,
the bronchioles, and the lobes (left lung has 2 lobes, right lung
has three lobes)
Vesicular Lung sounds ......ANSWER........Softest, lowest pitch (lung
sound)
Abnormal Lung Sounds ......ANSWER........· Diminished or absent
· Increased
· Adventitious
Increased Breath Sounds ......ANSWER........Occurs when
underlying lung tissue is filled with liquid or solid material, rather
than air.
Adventitious Lung Sounds ......ANSWER........Hearing additional
sounds as well as the normal lung sounds
, age 4 of 45
Crackles (Fine)
Crackles (Coarse)
Ronchi
Wheezes
Stridor
Crackles (Fine) ......ANSWER........High-pitched crackling sounds
that occur when inhaled air meets deflated alveoli, causing them
to pop open.
Crackles (Fine) ......ANSWER........Short popping sounds, high-
pitched, usually at the bases of the lower lobes
NURS 612 EXAM 2 STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026
QUESTIONS BANK AND VERIFIED CORRECT
SOLUTIONS WITH RATIONALES || 100%
GUARANTEED PASS <RECENT VERSION>
Decreased Breath Sounds ......ANSWER........Occur in airway
disease or obstruction, diaphragm paralysis, or impairment of
sound transmission through the chest wall
Decreased Breath Sounds ......ANSWER........May lead to absent
breath sounds which indicates that no air flow is moving in the
lunch tissue
Increased Breath Sounds ......ANSWER........Location matters!
,age 2 of 45
Ex: Hearing bronchial or bronchovesicular sounds in the
peripheral lung tissue where vesicular sounds are normally
heard.
Bronchial lung sounds ......ANSWER........Lung sound heard above
the manubrium, over the trachea
Bronchial lung sounds ......ANSWER........Harsh, high-pitched, loud
lung sound
Bronchovesicular Lung sounds ......ANSWER........Heard over the
main bronchi
Bronchovesicular Lung sounds ......ANSWER........Medium in
loudness, medium in pitch (lung sound)
,age 3 of 45
Vesicular Lung sounds ......ANSWER........Over the lower bronchi,
the bronchioles, and the lobes (left lung has 2 lobes, right lung
has three lobes)
Vesicular Lung sounds ......ANSWER........Softest, lowest pitch (lung
sound)
Abnormal Lung Sounds ......ANSWER........· Diminished or absent
· Increased
· Adventitious
Increased Breath Sounds ......ANSWER........Occurs when
underlying lung tissue is filled with liquid or solid material, rather
than air.
Adventitious Lung Sounds ......ANSWER........Hearing additional
sounds as well as the normal lung sounds
, age 4 of 45
Crackles (Fine)
Crackles (Coarse)
Ronchi
Wheezes
Stridor
Crackles (Fine) ......ANSWER........High-pitched crackling sounds
that occur when inhaled air meets deflated alveoli, causing them
to pop open.
Crackles (Fine) ......ANSWER........Short popping sounds, high-
pitched, usually at the bases of the lower lobes
