NBRC EXAM,PART I EXAM(ACTUAL EXAM)
WITH CORRECT ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED ANSWERS
LATEST ALREADY GRADED A+ 2026
PATIENT ASSESSMENT:
A unilateral wheeze would most likely indicate which of the
following.
a. Asthma
b. Atelectasis
c. Foreign body aspiration
d. Epiglottitis - ANSWERS-You wouldn't have asthma on just
one side (unilateral), atelectasis would cause diminished
breath sounds, with epiglottitis you would get stridor, since
you are only hearing wheezing on one side, you are hearing
it on the side where you aspirated something,
so ANSWER is C
All of the following would be associated with the presence
of a pneumothorax EXCEPT
a. Tracheal deviation
,b. Dull percussion
c. Absent breath sounds
d. Respiratory distress - ANSWERS-With pneumothorax you
would hear a high pitch hyperresonnance, breath sounds
would be absent, and respiratory distress could be present.
Dull percussion would NOT be present,
so ANSWER is B.
What should you recommend FIRST for a patient with
multifocal pvc's
a. Administration of lidocaine
b. Administration of 100% oxygen
c. Administration of atropine
d. Administration of epinephrine - ANSWERS-Multiple pvc's
coming from multiple locations (multifocal) is a real
problem and you should administer oxygen FIRST, so
ANSWER is B. lidocaine will help reduce irritability of heart
and help with pvc's but would not be first option, atropine is
used for bradycardia and cardiac irregularities but not pvc's,
epinephrine is emergency drug not for pvc's but more for
pulseless ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrilation
where heart is not responding .
,What is the normal range for the mean pulmonary artery
pressure in an adult
a. 2-6 mm Hg
b. 4-12 mmHg
c. 9-18 mmHg
d. 21-28 mmHg - ANSWERS-Mean pulmonary artery
pressure in an adult should be in the teens
so best ANSWER is C
A patient in the emergency dept has frothy secretions, moist
crackles, and tachypnea. The patient has marked dyspnea
and a history of heart disease. Which of the following
should the respiratory therapist recommend.
1.suction immediately
2.administer 100% oxygen
3.place in Fowlers position
4.administer furosemide - ANSWERS-This is an emergency,
they are having heart problems, dyspnea, frothy secretions
indicating severe pulmonary edema, etc. so 100% oxygen
immediately, having the patient in the Fowlers position (an
upright position) will help pull fluid down away from the
lungs, furosemide is a lasix (loop diuretic) which gets rid of
, excess fluid. You do NOT suction someone with frothy
secretions and heart problems, this just delays appropriate
therapy. So ANSWER is 2,3,4
Fine crepitant crackles are most commonly associated with
which of the following conditions.
a. Bronchiectasis
b. Congestive heart failure
c. Pneumonia
d. Croup - ANSWERS-Crackles are associated with fluid so a,
b, and c would be good answers, but "fine crepitant"
crackles indicates fluid entering alveoli (pulmonary edema)
which is most often caused by heart failure so the best
ANSWER is B. (with croup you would hear more of a stridor
sound).
A patient is found in full cardiopulmonary arrest. CPR is
started and the patient is orally intubated with an EtCO2
monitor attached. Which of the following EtCO2 patterns
would the respiratory therapist expect to observe on the
monitor?
a. Initially high, then falling
b. Initially low, then rising
c. Initially high, stays high
WITH CORRECT ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED ANSWERS
LATEST ALREADY GRADED A+ 2026
PATIENT ASSESSMENT:
A unilateral wheeze would most likely indicate which of the
following.
a. Asthma
b. Atelectasis
c. Foreign body aspiration
d. Epiglottitis - ANSWERS-You wouldn't have asthma on just
one side (unilateral), atelectasis would cause diminished
breath sounds, with epiglottitis you would get stridor, since
you are only hearing wheezing on one side, you are hearing
it on the side where you aspirated something,
so ANSWER is C
All of the following would be associated with the presence
of a pneumothorax EXCEPT
a. Tracheal deviation
,b. Dull percussion
c. Absent breath sounds
d. Respiratory distress - ANSWERS-With pneumothorax you
would hear a high pitch hyperresonnance, breath sounds
would be absent, and respiratory distress could be present.
Dull percussion would NOT be present,
so ANSWER is B.
What should you recommend FIRST for a patient with
multifocal pvc's
a. Administration of lidocaine
b. Administration of 100% oxygen
c. Administration of atropine
d. Administration of epinephrine - ANSWERS-Multiple pvc's
coming from multiple locations (multifocal) is a real
problem and you should administer oxygen FIRST, so
ANSWER is B. lidocaine will help reduce irritability of heart
and help with pvc's but would not be first option, atropine is
used for bradycardia and cardiac irregularities but not pvc's,
epinephrine is emergency drug not for pvc's but more for
pulseless ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrilation
where heart is not responding .
,What is the normal range for the mean pulmonary artery
pressure in an adult
a. 2-6 mm Hg
b. 4-12 mmHg
c. 9-18 mmHg
d. 21-28 mmHg - ANSWERS-Mean pulmonary artery
pressure in an adult should be in the teens
so best ANSWER is C
A patient in the emergency dept has frothy secretions, moist
crackles, and tachypnea. The patient has marked dyspnea
and a history of heart disease. Which of the following
should the respiratory therapist recommend.
1.suction immediately
2.administer 100% oxygen
3.place in Fowlers position
4.administer furosemide - ANSWERS-This is an emergency,
they are having heart problems, dyspnea, frothy secretions
indicating severe pulmonary edema, etc. so 100% oxygen
immediately, having the patient in the Fowlers position (an
upright position) will help pull fluid down away from the
lungs, furosemide is a lasix (loop diuretic) which gets rid of
, excess fluid. You do NOT suction someone with frothy
secretions and heart problems, this just delays appropriate
therapy. So ANSWER is 2,3,4
Fine crepitant crackles are most commonly associated with
which of the following conditions.
a. Bronchiectasis
b. Congestive heart failure
c. Pneumonia
d. Croup - ANSWERS-Crackles are associated with fluid so a,
b, and c would be good answers, but "fine crepitant"
crackles indicates fluid entering alveoli (pulmonary edema)
which is most often caused by heart failure so the best
ANSWER is B. (with croup you would hear more of a stridor
sound).
A patient is found in full cardiopulmonary arrest. CPR is
started and the patient is orally intubated with an EtCO2
monitor attached. Which of the following EtCO2 patterns
would the respiratory therapist expect to observe on the
monitor?
a. Initially high, then falling
b. Initially low, then rising
c. Initially high, stays high
