ASTHMA EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION
EXAM 2024/2025
Name the five things for moderate persistant Asthma (adult) - Precise
Answer ✔✔Daily Symptoms
Daily use of inhaler
Nighttime awakenings more than once/week, but not nightly
Moderate limitation to activities
Lung function is < predicted
Define Asthma - Precise Answer ✔✔Asthma is a chronic, inflammatory,
obstructive, non-contagious airway disease with varying levels of
severity.
Lungs are a pair of ______ shaped organs - Precise Answer ✔✔Cone
Lie in the pleural cavity separated by _________ - Precise Answer
✔✔Mediastinum
Lungs extend from the ________ to 1-2 cm above the _______ - Precise
Answer ✔✔Diaphragm, Clavicles
These four things enter the lungs at the Hilum - Precise Answer
✔✔Mainstem bronchi, blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, and nerves
, Thin layer of tissue that covers the lungs? - Precise Answer ✔✔Visceral
pleura
Thin layer on the inside of the chest wall? - Precise Answer ✔✔Parietal
Pleura
Area between the chest wall, and the lungs? Which contains a small
amount of what? - Precise Answer ✔✔Pleural Space
Fluid
The average trachea is how long? - Precise Answer ✔✔10-12 cm long
What area of the airways no longer have cartilage to hold them open? -
Precise Answer ✔✔Bronchioles
Explain in relation to inhalation, and exhalation what the smooth muscle
is doing. - Precise Answer ✔✔On inhalation the smooth muscle relaxes
allowing the air to enter the alveoli, and on exhalation the smooth
muscle contracts.
Name the areas of gas exchange - Precise Answer ✔✔Terminal
Bronchioles,Respiratory bronchioles these lead to alveolar ducts, then
sacs, then to the alveoli themselves
EXAM 2024/2025
Name the five things for moderate persistant Asthma (adult) - Precise
Answer ✔✔Daily Symptoms
Daily use of inhaler
Nighttime awakenings more than once/week, but not nightly
Moderate limitation to activities
Lung function is < predicted
Define Asthma - Precise Answer ✔✔Asthma is a chronic, inflammatory,
obstructive, non-contagious airway disease with varying levels of
severity.
Lungs are a pair of ______ shaped organs - Precise Answer ✔✔Cone
Lie in the pleural cavity separated by _________ - Precise Answer
✔✔Mediastinum
Lungs extend from the ________ to 1-2 cm above the _______ - Precise
Answer ✔✔Diaphragm, Clavicles
These four things enter the lungs at the Hilum - Precise Answer
✔✔Mainstem bronchi, blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, and nerves
, Thin layer of tissue that covers the lungs? - Precise Answer ✔✔Visceral
pleura
Thin layer on the inside of the chest wall? - Precise Answer ✔✔Parietal
Pleura
Area between the chest wall, and the lungs? Which contains a small
amount of what? - Precise Answer ✔✔Pleural Space
Fluid
The average trachea is how long? - Precise Answer ✔✔10-12 cm long
What area of the airways no longer have cartilage to hold them open? -
Precise Answer ✔✔Bronchioles
Explain in relation to inhalation, and exhalation what the smooth muscle
is doing. - Precise Answer ✔✔On inhalation the smooth muscle relaxes
allowing the air to enter the alveoli, and on exhalation the smooth
muscle contracts.
Name the areas of gas exchange - Precise Answer ✔✔Terminal
Bronchioles,Respiratory bronchioles these lead to alveolar ducts, then
sacs, then to the alveoli themselves
