NBRC TMC CRT RRT EXAMINATION TEST
2026 FULL QUESTION SET WITH
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
⩥ Venous distention. Answer: -occurs with CHF
-seen with obstructive patients (seen in exhalation phase)
⩥ Capillary refill. Answer: -indication of peripheral circulation
-Normal < 3 seconds
⩥ Jaundice skin color. Answer: -increase in bilirubin.
-mostly in face and trunk
⩥ Bradypnea (oligopnea). Answer: -decreased respiratory rate (<12bpm)
variable depth and irregular rhythm
⩥ Hyperpnea. Answer: -increased rate, depth, with regular rhythm
⩥ Cheyne-Stokes. Answer: -gradually increasing then decreasing rate
and depth in a cycle lasting from 30 - 180 secs, with apnea up to 60 secs
-increased ICP, meningitis, overdose
,⩥ Biots. Answer: -increased rate and depth with irregular periods of
apnea
-CNS problem, head/brain injury
⩥ Kussmaul's. Answer: -increased rate, depth, irregular rhythm,
breathing sounds labored
-Raspy voice
⩥ Apneustic. Answer: prolonged gasping inspiration followed by
extremely short, insufficient expiration
-respiratory center problems, trauma, tumor
⩥ cachectic. Answer: muscle atrophy/loss of muscle tone
⩥ retractions. Answer: -chest moves inward during inspiratory efforts
instead of outward
-blocked airway in adults = INTUBATE
-RDS in infants
,⩥ Character of cough. Answer: -dry, non-productive cough may indicate
tumor in the lungs or asthma
-productive cough may indicate infection
⩥ evidence of difficult airway. Answer: -short receding mandible (chin)
-enlarged tongue (macroglossia)
-bull neck
-limited neck range-of-motion
⩥ pulsus paradoxus. Answer: -pulse/blood pressure varies with
respiration. may indicate severe air trapping (status asthmaticus or
cardiac tamponade)
⩥ tactile fremitus. Answer: -vibrations felt by hand on chest wall
-vocal fremitus: voice vibrations on the chest wall
-pleural rub fremitus: grating sensation due to roughened pleural spaces
-Rhonchial fremitus(palpable rhonchi): secretions in airways
⩥ Crepitus. Answer: -bubbles of air under skin that can be palpated and
indicates subcutaneous emphysema
⩥ Resonant percussion. Answer: -hollow sound
-normal lungs
, ⩥ Flat percussion. Answer: -heard over sternum, muscles, or areas of
atelectasis
⩥ Dull percussion. Answer: -heard over fluid-filled organs such as heart
or liver (thudding)
-pleural effusion or pneumonia
⩥ Tympanic percussion. Answer: -heard over air-filled stomach.
-drum-like sound and when heard over lung = increased volume
⩥ Hyperresonant. Answer: -found where pneumothorax or emphysema
is present.
-booming sound
⩥ vesicular breath sounds. Answer: normal sounds in lungs
⩥ bronchial breath sounds. Answer: -normal sounds over airways.
-breath sounds over lungs indicate LUNG CONSOLIDATION
⩥ Egophony. Answer: -patient instructed to say E and sounds like A.
-lung consolidation
2026 FULL QUESTION SET WITH
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
⩥ Venous distention. Answer: -occurs with CHF
-seen with obstructive patients (seen in exhalation phase)
⩥ Capillary refill. Answer: -indication of peripheral circulation
-Normal < 3 seconds
⩥ Jaundice skin color. Answer: -increase in bilirubin.
-mostly in face and trunk
⩥ Bradypnea (oligopnea). Answer: -decreased respiratory rate (<12bpm)
variable depth and irregular rhythm
⩥ Hyperpnea. Answer: -increased rate, depth, with regular rhythm
⩥ Cheyne-Stokes. Answer: -gradually increasing then decreasing rate
and depth in a cycle lasting from 30 - 180 secs, with apnea up to 60 secs
-increased ICP, meningitis, overdose
,⩥ Biots. Answer: -increased rate and depth with irregular periods of
apnea
-CNS problem, head/brain injury
⩥ Kussmaul's. Answer: -increased rate, depth, irregular rhythm,
breathing sounds labored
-Raspy voice
⩥ Apneustic. Answer: prolonged gasping inspiration followed by
extremely short, insufficient expiration
-respiratory center problems, trauma, tumor
⩥ cachectic. Answer: muscle atrophy/loss of muscle tone
⩥ retractions. Answer: -chest moves inward during inspiratory efforts
instead of outward
-blocked airway in adults = INTUBATE
-RDS in infants
,⩥ Character of cough. Answer: -dry, non-productive cough may indicate
tumor in the lungs or asthma
-productive cough may indicate infection
⩥ evidence of difficult airway. Answer: -short receding mandible (chin)
-enlarged tongue (macroglossia)
-bull neck
-limited neck range-of-motion
⩥ pulsus paradoxus. Answer: -pulse/blood pressure varies with
respiration. may indicate severe air trapping (status asthmaticus or
cardiac tamponade)
⩥ tactile fremitus. Answer: -vibrations felt by hand on chest wall
-vocal fremitus: voice vibrations on the chest wall
-pleural rub fremitus: grating sensation due to roughened pleural spaces
-Rhonchial fremitus(palpable rhonchi): secretions in airways
⩥ Crepitus. Answer: -bubbles of air under skin that can be palpated and
indicates subcutaneous emphysema
⩥ Resonant percussion. Answer: -hollow sound
-normal lungs
, ⩥ Flat percussion. Answer: -heard over sternum, muscles, or areas of
atelectasis
⩥ Dull percussion. Answer: -heard over fluid-filled organs such as heart
or liver (thudding)
-pleural effusion or pneumonia
⩥ Tympanic percussion. Answer: -heard over air-filled stomach.
-drum-like sound and when heard over lung = increased volume
⩥ Hyperresonant. Answer: -found where pneumothorax or emphysema
is present.
-booming sound
⩥ vesicular breath sounds. Answer: normal sounds in lungs
⩥ bronchial breath sounds. Answer: -normal sounds over airways.
-breath sounds over lungs indicate LUNG CONSOLIDATION
⩥ Egophony. Answer: -patient instructed to say E and sounds like A.
-lung consolidation
