HCA 201B CORE MANUAL UPDATED EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔what is the major cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - ✔✔smoking
✔✔What is the correct term for respirations that are greater than 24 per minute -
✔✔tachypnea
✔✔What is the correct term for absence of breathing - ✔✔apnea
✔✔respiratory arrest occurs when - ✔✔breathing has stopped
✔✔where in the body is oxygen and carbon dioxide exchanged - ✔✔during inhalation
and exhalation
✔✔what does the pulmonary function test do - ✔✔measures the amount of air moving
into and out of the lungs
✔✔what is the correct term for respirations that are slow shallow and sometimes
irregular - ✔✔bradypnea
✔✔what is difficult labored or painful breathing called - ✔✔dyspnea
✔✔what position is when the client is sitting up in bed and leaning over a table in order
to breathe easier - ✔✔orthopneic position
✔✔what is another term for bloody sputum - ✔✔hemoptysis
✔✔the amount of hemoglobin that contains oxygen is referred to as - ✔✔oxygen
concentration
✔✔miss pyer is breathing very slow and cannot get enough Air into her lungs what is
this called - ✔✔respiratory depression
✔✔Recca a support worker is providing care to his resident who has a history of asthma
and is having an asthma attack what should he do - ✔✔Call for help
✔✔when a client is sensitive to a substance his or her body reacts with signs and
symptoms what are these called - ✔✔an allergy
✔✔carbon dioxide released from a car is considered to be what - ✔✔a pollutant
✔✔part of a lung has a collapsed what is the condition called - ✔✔Atecectasis
, ✔✔What is the correct term for reduced amount of oxygen in the blood - ✔✔hypoxemia
✔✔a radioisotope is administered for what reason - ✔✔lung scan
✔✔what is mucus from the respiratory tract that is expectorated through the mouth
called - ✔✔sputum
✔✔a client has a red heart and hot area along the course of a vein the support worker
knows This condition is - ✔✔phlebitis
✔✔When respirations gradually increase in rate and depths and then becomes shallow
and slow, it is called - ✔✔Chreyne Stokes respirations
✔✔what substance gives red blood cells their color - ✔✔hemoglobin
✔✔Harry has heart failure what does this mean - ✔✔the heart cannot pump blood
normally
✔✔a support worker has assisted the client to use an incentive spirometer what is the
next step - ✔✔coughing
✔✔what is the largest artery in the body - ✔✔the aorta
✔✔what mask allows clients to talk and eat during oxygen administration - ✔✔nasal
cannula
✔✔Narcotics affect oxygen needs because they do what - ✔✔depress the respiratory
center in the brain
✔✔the client can only breathe deeply and comfortably when sitting what is this called -
✔✔orthopnea
✔✔what is the muscular part of the heart - ✔✔The myocardium
✔✔each lung is covered by a two layer sack what is the correct term for this sack -
✔✔pleura
✔✔what does the term hypoxia mean - ✔✔cells don't have enough oxygen
✔✔what is the correct term for respirations fewer than 12 per minute - ✔✔bradnypnea
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔what is the major cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - ✔✔smoking
✔✔What is the correct term for respirations that are greater than 24 per minute -
✔✔tachypnea
✔✔What is the correct term for absence of breathing - ✔✔apnea
✔✔respiratory arrest occurs when - ✔✔breathing has stopped
✔✔where in the body is oxygen and carbon dioxide exchanged - ✔✔during inhalation
and exhalation
✔✔what does the pulmonary function test do - ✔✔measures the amount of air moving
into and out of the lungs
✔✔what is the correct term for respirations that are slow shallow and sometimes
irregular - ✔✔bradypnea
✔✔what is difficult labored or painful breathing called - ✔✔dyspnea
✔✔what position is when the client is sitting up in bed and leaning over a table in order
to breathe easier - ✔✔orthopneic position
✔✔what is another term for bloody sputum - ✔✔hemoptysis
✔✔the amount of hemoglobin that contains oxygen is referred to as - ✔✔oxygen
concentration
✔✔miss pyer is breathing very slow and cannot get enough Air into her lungs what is
this called - ✔✔respiratory depression
✔✔Recca a support worker is providing care to his resident who has a history of asthma
and is having an asthma attack what should he do - ✔✔Call for help
✔✔when a client is sensitive to a substance his or her body reacts with signs and
symptoms what are these called - ✔✔an allergy
✔✔carbon dioxide released from a car is considered to be what - ✔✔a pollutant
✔✔part of a lung has a collapsed what is the condition called - ✔✔Atecectasis
, ✔✔What is the correct term for reduced amount of oxygen in the blood - ✔✔hypoxemia
✔✔a radioisotope is administered for what reason - ✔✔lung scan
✔✔what is mucus from the respiratory tract that is expectorated through the mouth
called - ✔✔sputum
✔✔a client has a red heart and hot area along the course of a vein the support worker
knows This condition is - ✔✔phlebitis
✔✔When respirations gradually increase in rate and depths and then becomes shallow
and slow, it is called - ✔✔Chreyne Stokes respirations
✔✔what substance gives red blood cells their color - ✔✔hemoglobin
✔✔Harry has heart failure what does this mean - ✔✔the heart cannot pump blood
normally
✔✔a support worker has assisted the client to use an incentive spirometer what is the
next step - ✔✔coughing
✔✔what is the largest artery in the body - ✔✔the aorta
✔✔what mask allows clients to talk and eat during oxygen administration - ✔✔nasal
cannula
✔✔Narcotics affect oxygen needs because they do what - ✔✔depress the respiratory
center in the brain
✔✔the client can only breathe deeply and comfortably when sitting what is this called -
✔✔orthopnea
✔✔what is the muscular part of the heart - ✔✔The myocardium
✔✔each lung is covered by a two layer sack what is the correct term for this sack -
✔✔pleura
✔✔what does the term hypoxia mean - ✔✔cells don't have enough oxygen
✔✔what is the correct term for respirations fewer than 12 per minute - ✔✔bradnypnea
