NUR206 EXAM 2 2026 TEST PAPER SOLVED
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Is stomach breathing normal in babies? Answer: yes
◉ what is apnea? Answer: absence of breathing (like sleep apnea)
◉ What is dyspnea? Answer: difficult or labored breathing (asthma
attack)
◉ What is orthopnea? Answer: difficulty breathing while lying
down; needs to sit up to breathe (heart failure)
◉ What is hyperventilation? Answer: breathing faster than normal;
not enough oxygen in body (panic attack)
◉ What is hypoventilation? Answer: slow and shallow breathing; too
much carbon dioxide in the body (opioids, obesity)
◉ what is stridor? Answer: a harsh high-pitched sound when
inhaling, caused by blockage of airway (choking, croup)
,THIS IS A MEDICAL EMERGENCY
stridor = seals bark
◉ what is wheezing? Answer: high pitched squeak or musical sound
from narrowed airway (asthma, COPD)
wheeze = whistle
◉ what is crackles (rales)? Answer: crackly or popping sounds from
fluid in the lungs (pneumonia)
heart failure can sound like rice krispies
◉ What is rhonchi? Answer: low pitched gurgling sound from mucus
or secretions in airway (clears after coughing)
rumbling = rhonchi
◉ Crackles or rales can be ________ or __________ Answer: fine or coarse
◉ what is pleural friction rub? Answer: low-pitched, harsh grating
noise from inflammation
, ◉ what is a partial airway obstruction? Answer: some air is still
moving but can turn life-threatening
◉ what is a complete airway onstruction? Answer: no air is moving;
life threatening; extreme effort to try to breathe
◉ what is eupnea? Answer: normal breathing
12-20/min
◉ what is tachypnea? Answer: rapid breathing
more than 20/min
◉ what is bradypnea? Answer: slow breathing
less than 12/min
◉ What is Cheyne-Stokes breathing? Answer: irregular pattern: deep
to shallow to apnea (repeat)
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Is stomach breathing normal in babies? Answer: yes
◉ what is apnea? Answer: absence of breathing (like sleep apnea)
◉ What is dyspnea? Answer: difficult or labored breathing (asthma
attack)
◉ What is orthopnea? Answer: difficulty breathing while lying
down; needs to sit up to breathe (heart failure)
◉ What is hyperventilation? Answer: breathing faster than normal;
not enough oxygen in body (panic attack)
◉ What is hypoventilation? Answer: slow and shallow breathing; too
much carbon dioxide in the body (opioids, obesity)
◉ what is stridor? Answer: a harsh high-pitched sound when
inhaling, caused by blockage of airway (choking, croup)
,THIS IS A MEDICAL EMERGENCY
stridor = seals bark
◉ what is wheezing? Answer: high pitched squeak or musical sound
from narrowed airway (asthma, COPD)
wheeze = whistle
◉ what is crackles (rales)? Answer: crackly or popping sounds from
fluid in the lungs (pneumonia)
heart failure can sound like rice krispies
◉ What is rhonchi? Answer: low pitched gurgling sound from mucus
or secretions in airway (clears after coughing)
rumbling = rhonchi
◉ Crackles or rales can be ________ or __________ Answer: fine or coarse
◉ what is pleural friction rub? Answer: low-pitched, harsh grating
noise from inflammation
, ◉ what is a partial airway obstruction? Answer: some air is still
moving but can turn life-threatening
◉ what is a complete airway onstruction? Answer: no air is moving;
life threatening; extreme effort to try to breathe
◉ what is eupnea? Answer: normal breathing
12-20/min
◉ what is tachypnea? Answer: rapid breathing
more than 20/min
◉ what is bradypnea? Answer: slow breathing
less than 12/min
◉ What is Cheyne-Stokes breathing? Answer: irregular pattern: deep
to shallow to apnea (repeat)
