NEONATAL/PEDIATRIC FINAL
UPDATED Actual Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ORGANS IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE FIRST TO
COMPLETELY FORM - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- HEART
HOW LONG AFTER BIRTH SHOULD IT TAKE FOR THE DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS TO
CLOSE COMPLETELY - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 96 HOURS
A THERAPIST IS CALLED TO THE LABOR AND DELIVERY ROOM TO ASSIST IN
THE RESUSCITATION OF A TERM NEWBORN. IF NECESSARY, WHAT FI02
SHOULD BE USED TO START POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- 21% AND MAKE CHANGES UTILIZING PREDUCTAL OXIMETRY
A THERAPIST IS CALLED TO THE LABOR AND DELIVERY ROOM TO ASSIST IN
THE RESUSCITATION OF A 32-WEEK NEWBORN. WHAT FI02 SHOULD BE USED
TO START POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 30%
AND THEN ADJUST USING CLINICAL ASSESSMENT AND PREDUCTAL PULSE
OXIMETRY
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS IS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM IN
POSTTERM PREGNANCY - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- MECONIUM ASPIRATION
A WOMAN WITH A LONG HISTORY OF SMOKING IS NOW IN THE LAST PART OF
THE THIRD TRIMESTER OF HER PREGNANCY. SHE IS AT HIGH RISK FOR WHICH
OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a. PREMATURE
RUPTURE OF MEMBRANES
b. PLACENTAL ABRUPTION
c. PLACENTAL PREVIA
WHAT IS THE POTENTIAL PROBLEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE PREMATURE
RUPTURE OF MEMBRANES - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- FETAL INFECTION
, Test used on pregnant mothers to check for chromosomal abnormalities - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- CHORIONIC VILLUS SAMPLING
HEAD BOBBING, NASAL FLARING, AND GRUNTING ARE EXHIBITING SIGNS OF
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- RESPIRATORY DISTRESS
WHILE AUSCULTATING A YOUNG CHILD'S THORAX, THE THERAPIST HEARS
BILATERAL FINE CRACKLES. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS CAN
PRODUCE THESE ADVENTITIOUS SOUNDS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a.
PNEUMONIA
b. PULMONARY EDEMA
WHAT IS THE PRODUCT OF THE REACTION BETWEEN OXYGEN AND NITRIC
OXIDE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- NO2
HOW SHOULD THE NO2 ALARM BE SET ON THE DELIVERY SYSTEM - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- AT 2PPM
AN INFANT HAS BEEN RECEIVING iNO FOR THE LAST 3 DAYS. WHICH
IMPORTANT LEVEL SHOULD BE MONITORED WHEN ORDERING A CO-
OXIMETRY - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- METHEMOGLOBIN
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF ADMINISTERING HELIUM-OXYGEN GAS MIXTURES
TO PATIENTS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- TO REDUCE THE WORK OF BREATHING
THE THERAPIST IS USING AN OXYGEN FLOWMETER TO DELIVER AN 80:20
HELIOX MIXTURE TO A PATIENT. THE READING ON THE FLOWMETER IS 10
L/MIN. WHAT IS THE ACTUAL FLOW RECEIVED BY THE PATIENT - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- 18 L/MIN OR 1.8 X 10
THE THERAPIST IS TREATING A VERY IRRITABLE YOUNG CHILD WITH UPPER
AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION. WHICH OXYGEN DEVICE WILL BE THE MOST
APPROPRIATE TO ADMINISTER THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF HELIUM -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- CLOSE-FITTING NON REBREATHING MASK
UPDATED Actual Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ORGANS IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE FIRST TO
COMPLETELY FORM - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- HEART
HOW LONG AFTER BIRTH SHOULD IT TAKE FOR THE DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS TO
CLOSE COMPLETELY - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 96 HOURS
A THERAPIST IS CALLED TO THE LABOR AND DELIVERY ROOM TO ASSIST IN
THE RESUSCITATION OF A TERM NEWBORN. IF NECESSARY, WHAT FI02
SHOULD BE USED TO START POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- 21% AND MAKE CHANGES UTILIZING PREDUCTAL OXIMETRY
A THERAPIST IS CALLED TO THE LABOR AND DELIVERY ROOM TO ASSIST IN
THE RESUSCITATION OF A 32-WEEK NEWBORN. WHAT FI02 SHOULD BE USED
TO START POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 30%
AND THEN ADJUST USING CLINICAL ASSESSMENT AND PREDUCTAL PULSE
OXIMETRY
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS IS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM IN
POSTTERM PREGNANCY - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- MECONIUM ASPIRATION
A WOMAN WITH A LONG HISTORY OF SMOKING IS NOW IN THE LAST PART OF
THE THIRD TRIMESTER OF HER PREGNANCY. SHE IS AT HIGH RISK FOR WHICH
OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a. PREMATURE
RUPTURE OF MEMBRANES
b. PLACENTAL ABRUPTION
c. PLACENTAL PREVIA
WHAT IS THE POTENTIAL PROBLEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE PREMATURE
RUPTURE OF MEMBRANES - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- FETAL INFECTION
, Test used on pregnant mothers to check for chromosomal abnormalities - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- CHORIONIC VILLUS SAMPLING
HEAD BOBBING, NASAL FLARING, AND GRUNTING ARE EXHIBITING SIGNS OF
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- RESPIRATORY DISTRESS
WHILE AUSCULTATING A YOUNG CHILD'S THORAX, THE THERAPIST HEARS
BILATERAL FINE CRACKLES. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS CAN
PRODUCE THESE ADVENTITIOUS SOUNDS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a.
PNEUMONIA
b. PULMONARY EDEMA
WHAT IS THE PRODUCT OF THE REACTION BETWEEN OXYGEN AND NITRIC
OXIDE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- NO2
HOW SHOULD THE NO2 ALARM BE SET ON THE DELIVERY SYSTEM - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- AT 2PPM
AN INFANT HAS BEEN RECEIVING iNO FOR THE LAST 3 DAYS. WHICH
IMPORTANT LEVEL SHOULD BE MONITORED WHEN ORDERING A CO-
OXIMETRY - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- METHEMOGLOBIN
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF ADMINISTERING HELIUM-OXYGEN GAS MIXTURES
TO PATIENTS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- TO REDUCE THE WORK OF BREATHING
THE THERAPIST IS USING AN OXYGEN FLOWMETER TO DELIVER AN 80:20
HELIOX MIXTURE TO A PATIENT. THE READING ON THE FLOWMETER IS 10
L/MIN. WHAT IS THE ACTUAL FLOW RECEIVED BY THE PATIENT - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- 18 L/MIN OR 1.8 X 10
THE THERAPIST IS TREATING A VERY IRRITABLE YOUNG CHILD WITH UPPER
AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION. WHICH OXYGEN DEVICE WILL BE THE MOST
APPROPRIATE TO ADMINISTER THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF HELIUM -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- CLOSE-FITTING NON REBREATHING MASK
