NPS Practice Exam with Complete Questions and Answers – 100% Solved
A 9-year-old girl requires mechanical ventilation with PEEP due to ARDS. Which of the following
strategies would be most helpful to improve matching of pulmonary perfusion and ventilation?
A. Neurally adjusted ventilators assist
B. Airway pressure release ventilation
C. Permissive hypocapnic ventilation
D. Prone positioning - ✔✔✔-Answer: D
A Bodai adaptor may be required for which of the following procedures?
A. Flexible bronchoscope
B. Thoracentesis
C. Extracorporeal CO2 removal
D. Bronchial lavage - ✔✔✔-Answer : A
A male newborn delivered after 36 weeks of gestation has been discharged from the hospital.
Nine days later, he is brought to the emergency room with extreme peripheral cyanosis. An AP
chest radiograph reveals an "egg-shaped" heart. This would indicate
A. Transposition of the great vessels
B. Epiglottitis
C. Persistent pulmonary hypertension
D. Coarctation of the aorta - ✔✔✔-Answer: A
A newborn infant has a Dubowitz score of 34. This would indicate
A. High probability of pulmonary maturity
B. A pre-term infant
C. Low risk of respiratory distress
D. Intrauterine growth retardation - ✔✔✔-Answer: B
, NPS Practice Exam with Complete Questions and Answers – 100% Solved
After being born at 24 weeks of gestation, a 675g neonate is lethargic and develops abdominal
distant ion, decreased bowel sounds, and bloody stools. These findings are most consistent with
A. Esophageal atresia
B. Necrotizing enterocolitis
C. Potter syndrome
D. Gastroschisis - ✔✔✔-Answer: B
After using his Ventolin MDI, a 10-year old boy with asthma coughs slightly. This would indicate
that the
A. Medication has been delivered to the airway
B. Dosage exceeds the recommended level
C. Child inhaled too quickly
D. MDI is empty and should be replaced - ✔✔✔-Answer: A
An 8-year-old boy involved in a swimming pool accident is in cardiac arrest. He has been
intubated with a size 6.0 mm oral endotracheal tube and is receiving mechanical ventilation.
Eight hours later, a pulmonary artery catheter is inserted and the neonatal-pediatric specialist
observes a decrease in the patient's measured SvO2. This would indicate that
A. Cardiac output has decreased
B. Systemic vascular resistance has increased
C. The endotracheal tube is too large
D. There is a clot in the catheter - ✔✔✔-Answer: A
At five minutes of life, a newborn's chest and abdomen are pink while the feet and hands
remain blue. In addition, he has a heart rate of 80/minute, irregular respirations, no response to
nasal suctioning, and some flex ion in his extremities. What is his Apgar score?
A. 2
B. 4
A 9-year-old girl requires mechanical ventilation with PEEP due to ARDS. Which of the following
strategies would be most helpful to improve matching of pulmonary perfusion and ventilation?
A. Neurally adjusted ventilators assist
B. Airway pressure release ventilation
C. Permissive hypocapnic ventilation
D. Prone positioning - ✔✔✔-Answer: D
A Bodai adaptor may be required for which of the following procedures?
A. Flexible bronchoscope
B. Thoracentesis
C. Extracorporeal CO2 removal
D. Bronchial lavage - ✔✔✔-Answer : A
A male newborn delivered after 36 weeks of gestation has been discharged from the hospital.
Nine days later, he is brought to the emergency room with extreme peripheral cyanosis. An AP
chest radiograph reveals an "egg-shaped" heart. This would indicate
A. Transposition of the great vessels
B. Epiglottitis
C. Persistent pulmonary hypertension
D. Coarctation of the aorta - ✔✔✔-Answer: A
A newborn infant has a Dubowitz score of 34. This would indicate
A. High probability of pulmonary maturity
B. A pre-term infant
C. Low risk of respiratory distress
D. Intrauterine growth retardation - ✔✔✔-Answer: B
, NPS Practice Exam with Complete Questions and Answers – 100% Solved
After being born at 24 weeks of gestation, a 675g neonate is lethargic and develops abdominal
distant ion, decreased bowel sounds, and bloody stools. These findings are most consistent with
A. Esophageal atresia
B. Necrotizing enterocolitis
C. Potter syndrome
D. Gastroschisis - ✔✔✔-Answer: B
After using his Ventolin MDI, a 10-year old boy with asthma coughs slightly. This would indicate
that the
A. Medication has been delivered to the airway
B. Dosage exceeds the recommended level
C. Child inhaled too quickly
D. MDI is empty and should be replaced - ✔✔✔-Answer: A
An 8-year-old boy involved in a swimming pool accident is in cardiac arrest. He has been
intubated with a size 6.0 mm oral endotracheal tube and is receiving mechanical ventilation.
Eight hours later, a pulmonary artery catheter is inserted and the neonatal-pediatric specialist
observes a decrease in the patient's measured SvO2. This would indicate that
A. Cardiac output has decreased
B. Systemic vascular resistance has increased
C. The endotracheal tube is too large
D. There is a clot in the catheter - ✔✔✔-Answer: A
At five minutes of life, a newborn's chest and abdomen are pink while the feet and hands
remain blue. In addition, he has a heart rate of 80/minute, irregular respirations, no response to
nasal suctioning, and some flex ion in his extremities. What is his Apgar score?
A. 2
B. 4
