SDS - Exam Kettering Questions AND Correct Answers
________uA is the acceptable limit of current leak - ✔✔100
...??? - ✔✔d
A dr orders transcutaneous monitoring during a PSG for a 34
year old female with anemia. The tech should expect the
displayed results values to be:
a. the same as the pt values
b. lower than the pt values
c. higher than the pt values
d. out of acceptable range - ✔✔b. lower than the pt values
A female pt refuses to the fingernail polish removed from her
finger for the pulse ox during a overnight sleep study. How
would this affect the displayed SpO2?
a. Normal
b. False low
c. false high
d. non-functional oximetry - ✔✔c. false high
,A nasal pressure transducer is very accurate at decting OSH
and is best used with a ________ amplification system -
✔✔DC
A physician has dx a pt with Wittmaack-Ekborns syndrome.
Which of the following best describes this condition?
a. PLMS
b. Klein_Levin syndrome
c. RLS
d. Pierre-Robin syndrome - ✔✔c. RLS
A physician refers a pt for a PSG due to a sleep related
breathing d/o. Which of the following is the most appropriate
way to evaluate the pt?
a. Full-night PSG
b. Split-night PSG
c. MSLT
d. MWT - ✔✔a. Full-night PSG
,A pt going to bed at 3am and waking up at 2pm could be
described as having which of the following?
a. Delayed sleep phase syndrome
b. Excessive daytime sleepiness
sc. Advanced sleep phase syndrome
d. Narcolepsy - ✔✔a. Delayed sleep phase syndrome
A pt had sleep onset on epoch 30 with the first stage of REM
occurring at epoch 250. How should REM latency be scored?
a. 110 min
b. 110 epochs
c. 220 epochs
d. 220 min - ✔✔a. 110 min
A pt has a nasal-oral cannula in place. The EtCO2 displays a
value of 3%. This condition would best be described as
, a. Normal
b. Increased
c. Decreased
d. Inaccurate data - ✔✔a. Normal
A pt has been dx with circadian rhythm disorder. What
therapy should the sleep tech recommend?
a. Bright light therapy
b. CPAP therapy
c. Low dose hypnotic (Restoril)
d. LAUP - ✔✔a. Bright light therapy
A pt is just beginning CPAP titration during a split-night study.
How will the tech know when the optimal CPAP pressure has
been reached?
a. AHI < 3
b. AHI < 5
c. AHI < 7
d. AHI < 9 - ✔✔b. AHI < 5
________uA is the acceptable limit of current leak - ✔✔100
...??? - ✔✔d
A dr orders transcutaneous monitoring during a PSG for a 34
year old female with anemia. The tech should expect the
displayed results values to be:
a. the same as the pt values
b. lower than the pt values
c. higher than the pt values
d. out of acceptable range - ✔✔b. lower than the pt values
A female pt refuses to the fingernail polish removed from her
finger for the pulse ox during a overnight sleep study. How
would this affect the displayed SpO2?
a. Normal
b. False low
c. false high
d. non-functional oximetry - ✔✔c. false high
,A nasal pressure transducer is very accurate at decting OSH
and is best used with a ________ amplification system -
✔✔DC
A physician has dx a pt with Wittmaack-Ekborns syndrome.
Which of the following best describes this condition?
a. PLMS
b. Klein_Levin syndrome
c. RLS
d. Pierre-Robin syndrome - ✔✔c. RLS
A physician refers a pt for a PSG due to a sleep related
breathing d/o. Which of the following is the most appropriate
way to evaluate the pt?
a. Full-night PSG
b. Split-night PSG
c. MSLT
d. MWT - ✔✔a. Full-night PSG
,A pt going to bed at 3am and waking up at 2pm could be
described as having which of the following?
a. Delayed sleep phase syndrome
b. Excessive daytime sleepiness
sc. Advanced sleep phase syndrome
d. Narcolepsy - ✔✔a. Delayed sleep phase syndrome
A pt had sleep onset on epoch 30 with the first stage of REM
occurring at epoch 250. How should REM latency be scored?
a. 110 min
b. 110 epochs
c. 220 epochs
d. 220 min - ✔✔a. 110 min
A pt has a nasal-oral cannula in place. The EtCO2 displays a
value of 3%. This condition would best be described as
, a. Normal
b. Increased
c. Decreased
d. Inaccurate data - ✔✔a. Normal
A pt has been dx with circadian rhythm disorder. What
therapy should the sleep tech recommend?
a. Bright light therapy
b. CPAP therapy
c. Low dose hypnotic (Restoril)
d. LAUP - ✔✔a. Bright light therapy
A pt is just beginning CPAP titration during a split-night study.
How will the tech know when the optimal CPAP pressure has
been reached?
a. AHI < 3
b. AHI < 5
c. AHI < 7
d. AHI < 9 - ✔✔b. AHI < 5
