MSN 610 TESTS COMPILATION BUNDLE
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Hyperresonance. Answer: associated with hyperinflation may indicate
emphysema, pneumothorax, or asthma.
⩥ Dullness or flatness. Answer: suggests pneumonia, atelectasis, pleural
effusion, or asthma
⩥ Diaphragmatic excursion. Answer: excursion distance is usually 3-5
cm.
⩥ diaphragm. Answer: usually higher on the right than on the left
because it sits over the bulk of the liver.
⩥ Tachypnea. Answer: persistent RR above this is an adult.
⩥ • Tachypnea. Answer: symptom of protective splinting from the pain
of a broken rib or pleurisy. Massive liver enlargement or abdominal
ascites may prevent descent of the diaphragm and produce a similar
pattern.
,⩥ Bradypnea. Answer: -rate slower than 12 respirations per min.
⩥ Bradypnea. Answer: o May indicate neurologic or electrolyte
disturbance, infection, or a conscious response to protect against the pain
of pleurisy or other irritative phenomena. May also indicate an excellent
level of cardiorespiratory fitness
⩥ Hyperventilation. Answer: breathing rapidly (tachypnea), breathing
deeply (hyperpnea) or both. Exercise and anxiety can cause hyperpnea,
but so can CNS and metabolic disease.
⩥ Kussmaul breathing. Answer: deep and most often rapid, associated
with respiratory acidosis.
⩥ Hypopnea. Answer: abnormally shallow respirations.
⩥ Cheyne-Stokes respiration. Answer: regular periodic pattern of
breathing with intervals of apnea followed by crescendo/decrescendo
sequence of respiration
⩥ Cheyne-Stokes respiration. Answer: o Children and adults may exhibit
this pattern during sleep, but otherwise occurs in patients who are
seriously ill, particularly those with brain damage at the cerebral level.
, ⩥ Air trapping. Answer: result of a prolonged but inefficient expiratory
effort. trapping can also result from increased resistance chronic
bronchitis), decreased elastic recoil of the lung (i.e., emphysema) or a
drop in the critical closing pressure of the airway (i.e., asthma). may be
Biot respiration
⩥ Air trapping. Answer: The rate of respiration increases to compensate;
as this happens, the effort becomes more shallow, the amount of trapped
air increases, and the lungs hyperinflate. On a chronic basis, this can
lead to barrel chest.
⩥ Biot or ataxic respiration. Answer: irregular respirations varying in
depth and interrupted by intervals of apnea, but lacking the repetitive
pattern of periodic respiration.
⩥ Biot respiration. Answer: usually is associated with severe and
persistent increased intracranial pressure, respiratory compromise
resulting from drug poisoning, or brain damage at the level of the
medulla and generally indicates a poor prognosis
⩥ prolonged expiration and bulging on expiration. Answer: caused by
airway outflow obstruction or the valvelike action of compression by a
tumor, aneurysm, or enlarged heart. The costal angle widens beyond 90
degrees.
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Hyperresonance. Answer: associated with hyperinflation may indicate
emphysema, pneumothorax, or asthma.
⩥ Dullness or flatness. Answer: suggests pneumonia, atelectasis, pleural
effusion, or asthma
⩥ Diaphragmatic excursion. Answer: excursion distance is usually 3-5
cm.
⩥ diaphragm. Answer: usually higher on the right than on the left
because it sits over the bulk of the liver.
⩥ Tachypnea. Answer: persistent RR above this is an adult.
⩥ • Tachypnea. Answer: symptom of protective splinting from the pain
of a broken rib or pleurisy. Massive liver enlargement or abdominal
ascites may prevent descent of the diaphragm and produce a similar
pattern.
,⩥ Bradypnea. Answer: -rate slower than 12 respirations per min.
⩥ Bradypnea. Answer: o May indicate neurologic or electrolyte
disturbance, infection, or a conscious response to protect against the pain
of pleurisy or other irritative phenomena. May also indicate an excellent
level of cardiorespiratory fitness
⩥ Hyperventilation. Answer: breathing rapidly (tachypnea), breathing
deeply (hyperpnea) or both. Exercise and anxiety can cause hyperpnea,
but so can CNS and metabolic disease.
⩥ Kussmaul breathing. Answer: deep and most often rapid, associated
with respiratory acidosis.
⩥ Hypopnea. Answer: abnormally shallow respirations.
⩥ Cheyne-Stokes respiration. Answer: regular periodic pattern of
breathing with intervals of apnea followed by crescendo/decrescendo
sequence of respiration
⩥ Cheyne-Stokes respiration. Answer: o Children and adults may exhibit
this pattern during sleep, but otherwise occurs in patients who are
seriously ill, particularly those with brain damage at the cerebral level.
, ⩥ Air trapping. Answer: result of a prolonged but inefficient expiratory
effort. trapping can also result from increased resistance chronic
bronchitis), decreased elastic recoil of the lung (i.e., emphysema) or a
drop in the critical closing pressure of the airway (i.e., asthma). may be
Biot respiration
⩥ Air trapping. Answer: The rate of respiration increases to compensate;
as this happens, the effort becomes more shallow, the amount of trapped
air increases, and the lungs hyperinflate. On a chronic basis, this can
lead to barrel chest.
⩥ Biot or ataxic respiration. Answer: irregular respirations varying in
depth and interrupted by intervals of apnea, but lacking the repetitive
pattern of periodic respiration.
⩥ Biot respiration. Answer: usually is associated with severe and
persistent increased intracranial pressure, respiratory compromise
resulting from drug poisoning, or brain damage at the level of the
medulla and generally indicates a poor prognosis
⩥ prolonged expiration and bulging on expiration. Answer: caused by
airway outflow obstruction or the valvelike action of compression by a
tumor, aneurysm, or enlarged heart. The costal angle widens beyond 90
degrees.
