NSG 316 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
When you inspect the chest of an aging adult, what do you look for? - ANS the shape and
configuration
When someone complains of SOB when laying down, what do you ask them? - ANS how
many pillows do they sleep on
When someone has chronic COPD, what would you expect their chest to look like? -
ANS Barrel chested
What are differences between the right and left lungs? - ANS Left lung = 2 lobes, is narrower
than the right because heart bulges to the left
right lung = 3 lobes, but shorter than
In a normal healthy adult, the lung assessment finding would be - ANS vesicular breath
sounds and you will hear them over the peripheral fields of the lungs
What is the bell of the stethoscope designed to hear? - ANS lower pitched sounds
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, What sound can be generated from the larynx? - ANS vocal sounds
When doing assessment of breathe sounds, what pattern do you listen in? - ANS you go from
side to side
When assess adults, how do you hold the diaphragm of the stethoscope? - ANS hold the
diaphragm firmly to the chest, especially on males because of hair
decreased or absent breath sounds can be caused by what? - ANS any bronchial obstruction
(ex. pneumonia)
Any obstruction (Partial, or if a lung collapsed) can cause what? - ANS unequal breaths
What are adventitious sounds? - ANS abnormal sounds that can be heard in the lungs when
you auscultate
With aging adults, what happens to the respiratory system? - ANS Costal cartilages become
calcified = less mobile thorax
lungs have a more rigid structure = lungs are harder to inflate
have decreased # of alveoli = less surface area
lung bases are less ventilated = because of the result of closing off a # of airways
what are the breathe sounds which are moderately pitched and heard over bronchi -
ANS Bronchovesicular
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ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
When you inspect the chest of an aging adult, what do you look for? - ANS the shape and
configuration
When someone complains of SOB when laying down, what do you ask them? - ANS how
many pillows do they sleep on
When someone has chronic COPD, what would you expect their chest to look like? -
ANS Barrel chested
What are differences between the right and left lungs? - ANS Left lung = 2 lobes, is narrower
than the right because heart bulges to the left
right lung = 3 lobes, but shorter than
In a normal healthy adult, the lung assessment finding would be - ANS vesicular breath
sounds and you will hear them over the peripheral fields of the lungs
What is the bell of the stethoscope designed to hear? - ANS lower pitched sounds
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, What sound can be generated from the larynx? - ANS vocal sounds
When doing assessment of breathe sounds, what pattern do you listen in? - ANS you go from
side to side
When assess adults, how do you hold the diaphragm of the stethoscope? - ANS hold the
diaphragm firmly to the chest, especially on males because of hair
decreased or absent breath sounds can be caused by what? - ANS any bronchial obstruction
(ex. pneumonia)
Any obstruction (Partial, or if a lung collapsed) can cause what? - ANS unequal breaths
What are adventitious sounds? - ANS abnormal sounds that can be heard in the lungs when
you auscultate
With aging adults, what happens to the respiratory system? - ANS Costal cartilages become
calcified = less mobile thorax
lungs have a more rigid structure = lungs are harder to inflate
have decreased # of alveoli = less surface area
lung bases are less ventilated = because of the result of closing off a # of airways
what are the breathe sounds which are moderately pitched and heard over bronchi -
ANS Bronchovesicular
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