TMC Practice Exam A + B exam guide questions and 100% correct answetrs
TMC Practice Exam A + B exam guide questions and 100% correct answetrs
TMC Practice Exam A + B
exam guide
A 52 year-old post-operative cholecystectomy patient's breath
sounds become more coarse upon completion of postural
drainage with percussion. The respiratory therapist should
recommend:
A. Continuing the therapy until breath sounds improve.
, TMC Practice Exam A + B exam guide questions and 100% correct answetrs
B. administering dornase alpha.
C. administering albuterol therapy.
D. deep breathing and coughing to clear secretions. - answer -
D. deep breathing and coughing to clear secretions.
See Patient Assessment
A healthy adult female can exhale what portion of her forced
vital capacity in the first second? - answer -70%
Following cardiac surgery, a 55 year-old patient has the
following ABG results: pH 7.50, PaCO2 30 torr, PaO2 62 torr,
HCO3 25 mEq/L, SaO2 92%, HB 14 g/dL, BE +2. Venous
blood gas results are pH 7.39, PvCO2 43 torr, PvO2 37 torr,
and SvO2 66%. Calculate the patient's C(a-v)O2. - answer -
5% volume
What value for the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) is consistent
with mild obstructive sleep apnea? - answer -5 to 15
The respiratory therapist is asked to evaluate the presence of
Auto-PEEP on a patient receiving mechanical ventilation. In
order to do this, what should the RT do? - answer -Initiate an
, TMC Practice Exam A + B exam guide questions and 100% correct answetrs
expiratory hold just prior to the next ventilator-delivered
breath
What do bronchial breath sounds heard over the lung
periphery indicate? - answer -lung consolidation (pneumonia)
Rationale: should be vesicular in periphery
A 60 kg (132 lb) patient is mechanically ventilated at the
following settings: VC, A/C; VT 500 mL, respiratory rate
12/min, FIO2 1.00 and 10 cm H2O PEEP. The patient's peak
airway pressure is 60 cm H2O and his SpO2 is 85%. A current
chest x-ray shows diffuse bilateral infiltrates. Which of the
following is the most appropriate action in order to reduce
peak airway pressure?
A. Increase the frequency.
B. Change to airway pressure release ventilation.
C. Decrease the inspiratory time.
D. Increase PEEP to 15 cm H2O. - answer -B. Change to
airway pressure release ventilation.
TMC Practice Exam A + B exam guide questions and 100% correct answetrs
TMC Practice Exam A + B
exam guide
A 52 year-old post-operative cholecystectomy patient's breath
sounds become more coarse upon completion of postural
drainage with percussion. The respiratory therapist should
recommend:
A. Continuing the therapy until breath sounds improve.
, TMC Practice Exam A + B exam guide questions and 100% correct answetrs
B. administering dornase alpha.
C. administering albuterol therapy.
D. deep breathing and coughing to clear secretions. - answer -
D. deep breathing and coughing to clear secretions.
See Patient Assessment
A healthy adult female can exhale what portion of her forced
vital capacity in the first second? - answer -70%
Following cardiac surgery, a 55 year-old patient has the
following ABG results: pH 7.50, PaCO2 30 torr, PaO2 62 torr,
HCO3 25 mEq/L, SaO2 92%, HB 14 g/dL, BE +2. Venous
blood gas results are pH 7.39, PvCO2 43 torr, PvO2 37 torr,
and SvO2 66%. Calculate the patient's C(a-v)O2. - answer -
5% volume
What value for the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) is consistent
with mild obstructive sleep apnea? - answer -5 to 15
The respiratory therapist is asked to evaluate the presence of
Auto-PEEP on a patient receiving mechanical ventilation. In
order to do this, what should the RT do? - answer -Initiate an
, TMC Practice Exam A + B exam guide questions and 100% correct answetrs
expiratory hold just prior to the next ventilator-delivered
breath
What do bronchial breath sounds heard over the lung
periphery indicate? - answer -lung consolidation (pneumonia)
Rationale: should be vesicular in periphery
A 60 kg (132 lb) patient is mechanically ventilated at the
following settings: VC, A/C; VT 500 mL, respiratory rate
12/min, FIO2 1.00 and 10 cm H2O PEEP. The patient's peak
airway pressure is 60 cm H2O and his SpO2 is 85%. A current
chest x-ray shows diffuse bilateral infiltrates. Which of the
following is the most appropriate action in order to reduce
peak airway pressure?
A. Increase the frequency.
B. Change to airway pressure release ventilation.
C. Decrease the inspiratory time.
D. Increase PEEP to 15 cm H2O. - answer -B. Change to
airway pressure release ventilation.
