Kettering sample test Questions and
Correct Answers| Updated
1. A physician has ordered a 4yr old to receive 40% oxygen therapy. You would
recommend which of the following oxygen delivery devices.
B. Oxygen tent
2. A water barometer is being used to record the barometric pressure. The water
within the barometer column has meniscus formation. You would read the
barometer pressure at the.
A. Bottom of the meniscus
3. The respiratory care practitioner has received an order to administer 35%
oxygen to a post-operative craniotomy patient. The patient is semi-conscious with
,an irregular breathing pattern. The most appropriate oxygen administration device
for this patient would be.
D. Venturi mask
4. A cuff pressure manometer is connected to the endotracheal tube of a patient
receiving continuous mechanical ventilation. The cuff pressure reading is 24 torr
with a small air leak auscultated during inspiration. Which of the following should
be done.
C. Recommend changing to a larger endobronchial tube
5. A 12yr old conscious, spontaneously breathing female, weighing 40kg (88lb) is
brought into the ER with a sustained cervical spine injury without any evidence of
other trauma from a motor vehicle accident. The head is secured with sandbags
and arterial blood gas analysis shows respiratory failure. To maintain the patients
airway, the respiratory care practitioner should recommend a.
A. 6.0 mm nasal endotracheal tube
6. A 22yr old male is being ventilated with a microprocessor ventilator. You are
checking his cuff pressure with a cuff inflator and as you connect the pilot balloon
to the cuff inflator, the pressure measured reads 0 torr. Your first immediate
response would be.
C. Reconnect the pilot balloon to the cuff inflator tightly
,7. A refrigerator oxygen tent system is being used for a 2yr old child. The
temperature of this oxygen device will be maintained at.
C. Below room temperature
8. Which of the following could be done to minimize mean airway pressure during
an IPPB treatment.
D. I, II, III, and IV
I. Decrease the peak pressure
II. Decrease the "I" time
III.Increase the "E" time
IV.Increase inspiratory flow
9. A patient is on a 60% aerosol mask and their inspiratory flow rate is determined
to be 28LPM. What is the minimum flow rate setting required for this patient?
D. 15 LPM
10. A chronic hypercapnic patient is in acute ventilatory failure. The physician has
asked for your recommendation in the care of this patient who is requiring
assisted ventilation. You would recommend.
A. A volume cycled microprocessor controlled machine
, 11. A chronic CO2 retainer patient enters the emergency room in moderate
respiratory distress. Which of the following would be the best initial oxygen
delivery device for this patient?
B. 2 LPM nasal cannula
12. When comparing the wick humidifier system to other humidifier devices, the
main advantage of this device is.
B. A relative body humidity of 100% can be obtained
13. A patient is being ventilated with a volume cycled ventilator in the assist
control mode with a heat moisturizer exchanger (HME) humidifier device. The
patient has developed thick purulent secretions. The respiratory care practitioner
should recommend which of the following at this time?
A. Change to a Wick humidifier
14. A 26 week gestational infant has been born and is apneic and cyanotic. Which
of the following equipment would be of value during the oral intubation
procedure?
C. II, III, IV and V
II. A macintosh blade
Correct Answers| Updated
1. A physician has ordered a 4yr old to receive 40% oxygen therapy. You would
recommend which of the following oxygen delivery devices.
B. Oxygen tent
2. A water barometer is being used to record the barometric pressure. The water
within the barometer column has meniscus formation. You would read the
barometer pressure at the.
A. Bottom of the meniscus
3. The respiratory care practitioner has received an order to administer 35%
oxygen to a post-operative craniotomy patient. The patient is semi-conscious with
,an irregular breathing pattern. The most appropriate oxygen administration device
for this patient would be.
D. Venturi mask
4. A cuff pressure manometer is connected to the endotracheal tube of a patient
receiving continuous mechanical ventilation. The cuff pressure reading is 24 torr
with a small air leak auscultated during inspiration. Which of the following should
be done.
C. Recommend changing to a larger endobronchial tube
5. A 12yr old conscious, spontaneously breathing female, weighing 40kg (88lb) is
brought into the ER with a sustained cervical spine injury without any evidence of
other trauma from a motor vehicle accident. The head is secured with sandbags
and arterial blood gas analysis shows respiratory failure. To maintain the patients
airway, the respiratory care practitioner should recommend a.
A. 6.0 mm nasal endotracheal tube
6. A 22yr old male is being ventilated with a microprocessor ventilator. You are
checking his cuff pressure with a cuff inflator and as you connect the pilot balloon
to the cuff inflator, the pressure measured reads 0 torr. Your first immediate
response would be.
C. Reconnect the pilot balloon to the cuff inflator tightly
,7. A refrigerator oxygen tent system is being used for a 2yr old child. The
temperature of this oxygen device will be maintained at.
C. Below room temperature
8. Which of the following could be done to minimize mean airway pressure during
an IPPB treatment.
D. I, II, III, and IV
I. Decrease the peak pressure
II. Decrease the "I" time
III.Increase the "E" time
IV.Increase inspiratory flow
9. A patient is on a 60% aerosol mask and their inspiratory flow rate is determined
to be 28LPM. What is the minimum flow rate setting required for this patient?
D. 15 LPM
10. A chronic hypercapnic patient is in acute ventilatory failure. The physician has
asked for your recommendation in the care of this patient who is requiring
assisted ventilation. You would recommend.
A. A volume cycled microprocessor controlled machine
, 11. A chronic CO2 retainer patient enters the emergency room in moderate
respiratory distress. Which of the following would be the best initial oxygen
delivery device for this patient?
B. 2 LPM nasal cannula
12. When comparing the wick humidifier system to other humidifier devices, the
main advantage of this device is.
B. A relative body humidity of 100% can be obtained
13. A patient is being ventilated with a volume cycled ventilator in the assist
control mode with a heat moisturizer exchanger (HME) humidifier device. The
patient has developed thick purulent secretions. The respiratory care practitioner
should recommend which of the following at this time?
A. Change to a Wick humidifier
14. A 26 week gestational infant has been born and is apneic and cyanotic. Which
of the following equipment would be of value during the oral intubation
procedure?
C. II, III, IV and V
II. A macintosh blade
