RCP 140 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1) The respiratory therapist is conducting a patient interview. The main purpose of this
interview is to: - Answers - gather subjective data from the patient.
1) For there to be a successful interview, the respiratory therapist must: - Answers - be
an active listener.
1) What should be found in a history form? - Answers - chief compliant, present health,
family history
1)Which of the following are the most important components of a successful interview? -
Answers - Communication and understanding
1) The direct or closed question interview format is used to: - Answers - speed up the
interview and gather specific information
1) The respiratory therapist may choose to use the patient interview technique of silence
in which of the following situations? - Answers - After an open-ended question
1) The physical setting for the interview should provide? - Answers - minimize or
prevent interruptions, ensure privacy during discussions, be comfortable for the patient
and interviewer
1) Which of the following are the most important components of a successful interview?
- Answers - Communication and understanding
1) When closing the interview, the respiratory therapist should do which of the
following? - Answers - thank the patient, ask if the patient has any questions
1) The respiratory therapist should be aware of a patient's culture and religious beliefs
for which of the following reasons? - Answers - To better understand how the patient's
beliefs may impact how the patient thinks and behaves
2) When would induced hypothermia be indicated? - Answers - During brain surgery
2) Tachypnea may be the result of - Answers - hypoxemia, fever
2) A dull percussion note would be heard in all of the following situations - Answers -
atelectasis, pleural effusion, consolidation
2) Coarse crackles are associated with: - Answers - inspiration typically, air passing
through an airway intermittently occulded by mucus, bronchial asthma
, 2) Benefits of pursed-lip breathing include that it: - Answers - stabalizes airways, offsets
air trapping on exhalation, generates a better gas mixing breathing pattern, slows the
respiratory rate
2) A patient comes into the emergency department with a complaint of centrally located,
constant chest pain. What is his most likely problem? - Answers - Myocardial ischemia
2) A patient with bronchiectasis has a productive cough. Which of the following should
the respiratory therapist be evaluating about the patient's sputum? - Answers - color,
odor, amount, consistency
2) The respiratory therapist is monitoring the blood pressure of a patient in the
emergency department and notes that the blood pressure is 15 mm Hg less on
inspiration than on expiration. Which of the following would most likely result in this
finding? - Answers - The patient is having a severe exacerbation of asthma.
2) The respiratory therapist is examining a patient in the medical ward and notes that
the trachea is deviated to the left. All of the following may be causing the tracheal
deviation to the left ? - Answers - a right-sided tension pneumothorax, a right-sided
pleural effusion, a tumor mass on the right
2) The respiratory therapist is performing palpation on a patient recently admitted to the
medical ward. The therapist notes decreased tactile fremitus over the right lung. Which
of the following could MOST likely be the cause for this physical exam finding? -
Answers - Right-sided pneumothorax
3) Which of the following is considered a normal tidal volume for a normal adult? -
Answers - 6 to 8 mL/kg
3)Which of the following is considered a symptom a patient with pulmonary disease may
complain of when in distress? - Answers - Dyspnea
3)Which of the following terms is used to describe shortness of breath in the reclining
position? - Answers - Orthopnea
3)What ventilatory pattern occurs when the compliance of the lungs decreases? -
Answers - Rate generally increases while the tidal volume simultaneously decreases.
3)How can work of breathing be quantified? - Answers - Work = pressure × volume
3)In patients with chronically high PaCO2 and low PaO2 which of the following is the
primary receptor site for the control of ventilation? - Answers - Peripheral
chemoreceptors
1) The respiratory therapist is conducting a patient interview. The main purpose of this
interview is to: - Answers - gather subjective data from the patient.
1) For there to be a successful interview, the respiratory therapist must: - Answers - be
an active listener.
1) What should be found in a history form? - Answers - chief compliant, present health,
family history
1)Which of the following are the most important components of a successful interview? -
Answers - Communication and understanding
1) The direct or closed question interview format is used to: - Answers - speed up the
interview and gather specific information
1) The respiratory therapist may choose to use the patient interview technique of silence
in which of the following situations? - Answers - After an open-ended question
1) The physical setting for the interview should provide? - Answers - minimize or
prevent interruptions, ensure privacy during discussions, be comfortable for the patient
and interviewer
1) Which of the following are the most important components of a successful interview?
- Answers - Communication and understanding
1) When closing the interview, the respiratory therapist should do which of the
following? - Answers - thank the patient, ask if the patient has any questions
1) The respiratory therapist should be aware of a patient's culture and religious beliefs
for which of the following reasons? - Answers - To better understand how the patient's
beliefs may impact how the patient thinks and behaves
2) When would induced hypothermia be indicated? - Answers - During brain surgery
2) Tachypnea may be the result of - Answers - hypoxemia, fever
2) A dull percussion note would be heard in all of the following situations - Answers -
atelectasis, pleural effusion, consolidation
2) Coarse crackles are associated with: - Answers - inspiration typically, air passing
through an airway intermittently occulded by mucus, bronchial asthma
, 2) Benefits of pursed-lip breathing include that it: - Answers - stabalizes airways, offsets
air trapping on exhalation, generates a better gas mixing breathing pattern, slows the
respiratory rate
2) A patient comes into the emergency department with a complaint of centrally located,
constant chest pain. What is his most likely problem? - Answers - Myocardial ischemia
2) A patient with bronchiectasis has a productive cough. Which of the following should
the respiratory therapist be evaluating about the patient's sputum? - Answers - color,
odor, amount, consistency
2) The respiratory therapist is monitoring the blood pressure of a patient in the
emergency department and notes that the blood pressure is 15 mm Hg less on
inspiration than on expiration. Which of the following would most likely result in this
finding? - Answers - The patient is having a severe exacerbation of asthma.
2) The respiratory therapist is examining a patient in the medical ward and notes that
the trachea is deviated to the left. All of the following may be causing the tracheal
deviation to the left ? - Answers - a right-sided tension pneumothorax, a right-sided
pleural effusion, a tumor mass on the right
2) The respiratory therapist is performing palpation on a patient recently admitted to the
medical ward. The therapist notes decreased tactile fremitus over the right lung. Which
of the following could MOST likely be the cause for this physical exam finding? -
Answers - Right-sided pneumothorax
3) Which of the following is considered a normal tidal volume for a normal adult? -
Answers - 6 to 8 mL/kg
3)Which of the following is considered a symptom a patient with pulmonary disease may
complain of when in distress? - Answers - Dyspnea
3)Which of the following terms is used to describe shortness of breath in the reclining
position? - Answers - Orthopnea
3)What ventilatory pattern occurs when the compliance of the lungs decreases? -
Answers - Rate generally increases while the tidal volume simultaneously decreases.
3)How can work of breathing be quantified? - Answers - Work = pressure × volume
3)In patients with chronically high PaCO2 and low PaO2 which of the following is the
primary receptor site for the control of ventilation? - Answers - Peripheral
chemoreceptors
