TTC NUR 102- Unit 1 Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
True or False: We need to take vitals on ALL our patients? -
correct answer ✅True
What is core temperature? -
correct answer ✅temperature inside the body
What are some factors that affect body temperature? -
correct answer ✅Age
Environment
Time of day
Exercise
Stress
Hormones
What can alter the patient's temperature? -
correct answer ✅smoking
ice water
coffee
gum chewing
,TTC NUR 102- Unit 1 Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
How can temperature be taken? -
correct answer ✅oral
rectal
axillary
tympanic
temporal
What is the lease accurate site to take temperature? -
correct answer ✅Axillary
What is the most accurate site to take temperature? (2) -
correct answer ✅Tympanic and Temporal
What is the normal body temperature? -
correct answer ✅97.6ºF - 99.6ºF oral
36.5ºC - 37.5ºC oral
what is the term used for when temperature exceeds 37.5 ºC? -
correct answer ✅pyrexia, hyperthermia, or fever
,TTC NUR 102- Unit 1 Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
Rectal temperatures may be ______ºC (higher or lower?) than oral -
correct answer ✅0.5 higher
Axillary temps may be ______ºC (higher or lower?) than oral -
correct answer ✅0.5 lower
Death can occur if core temp is _____ºF or _____ºF -
correct answer ✅77ºF or 113ºF
State of normal body temperature in a patient is called -
correct answer ✅afebrile
Absence of respiration; a potentially serious sleep disorder in which
breathing repeatedly stops and starts is called -
correct answer ✅apnea
absence of audible sounds during blood pressure measurement
that may cause inaccurate reading is called -
correct answer ✅auscultatory gap
abnormally slow heart rate (usually less than 60 bpm in adults) -
correct answer ✅bradycardia
, TTC NUR 102- Unit 1 Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
abnormally slow respiratory rate (Usually less than 10 breaths per
min in adults) -
correct answer ✅bradypnea
pressure in the blood vessels during cardiac ventricular relaxation -
correct answer ✅Diastolic blood pressure
normal respiratory rhythm and depth -
correct answer ✅eupnea
abnormally high blood pressure -
correct answer ✅hypertension
abnormally low blood pressure -
correct answer ✅hypotension
sounds heard during auscultation that indicate the systolic and
diastolic pressure -
correct answer ✅korotkoff sounds
& Answers (Grade A+)
True or False: We need to take vitals on ALL our patients? -
correct answer ✅True
What is core temperature? -
correct answer ✅temperature inside the body
What are some factors that affect body temperature? -
correct answer ✅Age
Environment
Time of day
Exercise
Stress
Hormones
What can alter the patient's temperature? -
correct answer ✅smoking
ice water
coffee
gum chewing
,TTC NUR 102- Unit 1 Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
How can temperature be taken? -
correct answer ✅oral
rectal
axillary
tympanic
temporal
What is the lease accurate site to take temperature? -
correct answer ✅Axillary
What is the most accurate site to take temperature? (2) -
correct answer ✅Tympanic and Temporal
What is the normal body temperature? -
correct answer ✅97.6ºF - 99.6ºF oral
36.5ºC - 37.5ºC oral
what is the term used for when temperature exceeds 37.5 ºC? -
correct answer ✅pyrexia, hyperthermia, or fever
,TTC NUR 102- Unit 1 Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
Rectal temperatures may be ______ºC (higher or lower?) than oral -
correct answer ✅0.5 higher
Axillary temps may be ______ºC (higher or lower?) than oral -
correct answer ✅0.5 lower
Death can occur if core temp is _____ºF or _____ºF -
correct answer ✅77ºF or 113ºF
State of normal body temperature in a patient is called -
correct answer ✅afebrile
Absence of respiration; a potentially serious sleep disorder in which
breathing repeatedly stops and starts is called -
correct answer ✅apnea
absence of audible sounds during blood pressure measurement
that may cause inaccurate reading is called -
correct answer ✅auscultatory gap
abnormally slow heart rate (usually less than 60 bpm in adults) -
correct answer ✅bradycardia
, TTC NUR 102- Unit 1 Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
abnormally slow respiratory rate (Usually less than 10 breaths per
min in adults) -
correct answer ✅bradypnea
pressure in the blood vessels during cardiac ventricular relaxation -
correct answer ✅Diastolic blood pressure
normal respiratory rhythm and depth -
correct answer ✅eupnea
abnormally high blood pressure -
correct answer ✅hypertension
abnormally low blood pressure -
correct answer ✅hypotension
sounds heard during auscultation that indicate the systolic and
diastolic pressure -
correct answer ✅korotkoff sounds
