2026 CCSH UPDATED STUDY EXAMS GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Self rated questionnaire that assesses sleep quality and disturbance over a 1-month
period of time - ✔✔Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
✔✔Popular 8 item OSA screening questionnaire - ✔✔STOP BANG
✔✔Two sleep questionnaires for children - ✔✔BAERS and Children's sleep habit
questionnaire
✔✔What is a level 2 portal PSG device - ✔✔full unattended PSG device
✔✔What is a level 3 PSG ambulatory device - ✔✔uses a minimum of 4 channels
including respiratory movement, airflow, ECG/heart rate, O2 sat
✔✔What is a level 4 PSG ambulatory device - ✔✔a device that measures fewer than 4
channels including oximetry alone, actigraphy, peripheral arterial tone
✔✔What is the standardized in lab daytime test that is used to measure a patient's
ability to fall asleep and assess for the appearance of REM sleep to look for narcolepsy
- ✔✔Multiple sleep latency test (MSLT)
, ✔✔What does the MSLT consist of - ✔✔4 to 5 naps every 2 hrs each of 20 minutes
duration if no sleep occurs and plus 15 minutes after sleep onset
✔✔What mean sleep latency time indicates sleepiness in the MSLT - ✔✔10 minutes
✔✔What indicates Narcolepsy in the MSLT - ✔✔At least 2 periods of sleep onset REM
✔✔What is the MWT (maintenance of wakefulness) test used to assess - ✔✔used to
assess an individual's ability to stay awake in a quiet, dimly lit room without stimulation
✔✔What functional measures might the MWT (maintenance of wakefulness test) be
used to assess? - ✔✔the efficacy of stimulant medications and fitness to drive
✔✔What does the MWT (maintenance of wakefulness test) consist of - ✔✔4 test
periods each lasting 40 minutes at 2 hr intervals
✔✔Is an overnight PSG required before the MSLT and MWT? - ✔✔Yes for MSLT
✔✔What 2 levels of pressure are provided by the BiPAP - ✔✔A higher inspiratory
pressure and a lower expiratory pressure
✔✔What is the difference between the inspiratory and expiratory pressure of a BiPAP -
✔✔the pressure support
✔✔What is a Bi-level Auto device - ✔✔A BiPAP device that changes pressure within a
range that responds to patient's needs
✔✔What is complex sleep apnea - ✔✔Mixture of obstructive and central sleep apnea
✔✔What condition is the Adaptive Servo Ventilator good to treat - ✔✔Complex sleep
apnea in which CPAP or BiPAP may induce central sleep apnea
✔✔Which PAP mask is ideal for side sleepers - ✔✔The nasal pillow mask
✔✔Which mask type has the least contact with the face - ✔✔the nasal pillow mask
✔✔What is the GOAL method of communication - ✔✔Gradual
Open-Ended
Affirmative
Lightly-worded
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Self rated questionnaire that assesses sleep quality and disturbance over a 1-month
period of time - ✔✔Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
✔✔Popular 8 item OSA screening questionnaire - ✔✔STOP BANG
✔✔Two sleep questionnaires for children - ✔✔BAERS and Children's sleep habit
questionnaire
✔✔What is a level 2 portal PSG device - ✔✔full unattended PSG device
✔✔What is a level 3 PSG ambulatory device - ✔✔uses a minimum of 4 channels
including respiratory movement, airflow, ECG/heart rate, O2 sat
✔✔What is a level 4 PSG ambulatory device - ✔✔a device that measures fewer than 4
channels including oximetry alone, actigraphy, peripheral arterial tone
✔✔What is the standardized in lab daytime test that is used to measure a patient's
ability to fall asleep and assess for the appearance of REM sleep to look for narcolepsy
- ✔✔Multiple sleep latency test (MSLT)
, ✔✔What does the MSLT consist of - ✔✔4 to 5 naps every 2 hrs each of 20 minutes
duration if no sleep occurs and plus 15 minutes after sleep onset
✔✔What mean sleep latency time indicates sleepiness in the MSLT - ✔✔10 minutes
✔✔What indicates Narcolepsy in the MSLT - ✔✔At least 2 periods of sleep onset REM
✔✔What is the MWT (maintenance of wakefulness) test used to assess - ✔✔used to
assess an individual's ability to stay awake in a quiet, dimly lit room without stimulation
✔✔What functional measures might the MWT (maintenance of wakefulness test) be
used to assess? - ✔✔the efficacy of stimulant medications and fitness to drive
✔✔What does the MWT (maintenance of wakefulness test) consist of - ✔✔4 test
periods each lasting 40 minutes at 2 hr intervals
✔✔Is an overnight PSG required before the MSLT and MWT? - ✔✔Yes for MSLT
✔✔What 2 levels of pressure are provided by the BiPAP - ✔✔A higher inspiratory
pressure and a lower expiratory pressure
✔✔What is the difference between the inspiratory and expiratory pressure of a BiPAP -
✔✔the pressure support
✔✔What is a Bi-level Auto device - ✔✔A BiPAP device that changes pressure within a
range that responds to patient's needs
✔✔What is complex sleep apnea - ✔✔Mixture of obstructive and central sleep apnea
✔✔What condition is the Adaptive Servo Ventilator good to treat - ✔✔Complex sleep
apnea in which CPAP or BiPAP may induce central sleep apnea
✔✔Which PAP mask is ideal for side sleepers - ✔✔The nasal pillow mask
✔✔Which mask type has the least contact with the face - ✔✔the nasal pillow mask
✔✔What is the GOAL method of communication - ✔✔Gradual
Open-Ended
Affirmative
Lightly-worded
