HCA 201B MC QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
Respiratory arrest - Answers - breathing stops
Respiratory depression - Answers - breathing slows due to narcotics
Lung scans use - Answers - radio isotopes
What is a pulmonary function test - Answers - measures amount of air moving into and
out of the lungs
The process of respiration - Answers - The respiratory system brings oxygen into the
lungs and removes carbon dioxide
Average heart rate of an adult is - Answers - 60 to 100 beats per minute
Respiration involves - Answers - inhalation (inspiration) and exhalation (expiration).
Breathing up right and forward is the - Answers - orthopneic position
Tachypnea is - Answers - rapid breathing Respirations are more than 24 per minute
Bradypnea is slow breathing - Answers - Respirations are fewer than 12 per minute
Apnea is lack of or absence of breathing - Answers - Sleep apnea and periodic apnea of
newborns are other types of apnea
Kussmaul respirations - Answers - Deep and rapid respirations characteristic of diabetic
acidosis
Hypoventilation - Answers - Respirations are slow, shallow, and sometimes irregular
Hyperventilation - Answers - Respirations are rapid and deeper than normal
Dyspnea - Answers - Is difficult, laboured, or painful breathing
Cheyne - Answers - Stokes Respirations gradually increase in rate and depth, and then
become shallow and slow
Breathing may stop for 10 to 20 seconds,Cheyne - Answers - Stokes respirations are
common when death is near
Orthopnea - Answers - Is breathing deeply and comfortably only when sitting
Nasal cannula - Answers - you can eat while wearing it
, Partial rebreather mask - Answers - block the intake of the atmospheric air only partially.
Use of such masks result in patient breathing about 40% to 60% concentration of
oxygen.
Nonrebreather mask - Answers - it is designed to prevent mixing of atmospheric air or
the air exhaled by the patient with the oxygen. This type of mask allows up to 90%
concentration of oxygen to be delivered
Venturi mask - Answers - This type of mask increases the supply of total oxygen for
breathing, but the concentration of oxygen supplied is only about 24% to 28%
Thrombus - Answers - Is a blood clot
The entire system from mouth to anus is how long - Answers - 30 feet (9 meters) long
Accessory organs are - Answers - the teeth, tongue, salivary glands, liver, gall bladder,
and pancreas.
Each nephron - Answers - is the basic working unit of the kidney.
The healthy adult produces how much unrine a day - Answers - 1500 ml
What should the support worker do when caring for clients with chest tubes - Answers -
keep connecting tube coiled on bed, turn and reposition the client, observe chest
drainage.
When caring for clients with chest tubes what should the support worker never do -
Answers - raise the drainage system above chest level
What is the major cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - Answers - smoking
What is the correct term for respirations that are greater than 24 per minute - Answers -
tachypnea
What is the correct term for absence of breathing - Answers - apnea
Respiratory arrest occurs when - Answers - breathing has stopped
Where in the body is oxygen and carbon dioxide exchanged - Answers - during
inhalation and exhalation
What does the pulmonary function test do - Answers - measures the amount of air
moving into and out of the lungs
Respiratory arrest - Answers - breathing stops
Respiratory depression - Answers - breathing slows due to narcotics
Lung scans use - Answers - radio isotopes
What is a pulmonary function test - Answers - measures amount of air moving into and
out of the lungs
The process of respiration - Answers - The respiratory system brings oxygen into the
lungs and removes carbon dioxide
Average heart rate of an adult is - Answers - 60 to 100 beats per minute
Respiration involves - Answers - inhalation (inspiration) and exhalation (expiration).
Breathing up right and forward is the - Answers - orthopneic position
Tachypnea is - Answers - rapid breathing Respirations are more than 24 per minute
Bradypnea is slow breathing - Answers - Respirations are fewer than 12 per minute
Apnea is lack of or absence of breathing - Answers - Sleep apnea and periodic apnea of
newborns are other types of apnea
Kussmaul respirations - Answers - Deep and rapid respirations characteristic of diabetic
acidosis
Hypoventilation - Answers - Respirations are slow, shallow, and sometimes irregular
Hyperventilation - Answers - Respirations are rapid and deeper than normal
Dyspnea - Answers - Is difficult, laboured, or painful breathing
Cheyne - Answers - Stokes Respirations gradually increase in rate and depth, and then
become shallow and slow
Breathing may stop for 10 to 20 seconds,Cheyne - Answers - Stokes respirations are
common when death is near
Orthopnea - Answers - Is breathing deeply and comfortably only when sitting
Nasal cannula - Answers - you can eat while wearing it
, Partial rebreather mask - Answers - block the intake of the atmospheric air only partially.
Use of such masks result in patient breathing about 40% to 60% concentration of
oxygen.
Nonrebreather mask - Answers - it is designed to prevent mixing of atmospheric air or
the air exhaled by the patient with the oxygen. This type of mask allows up to 90%
concentration of oxygen to be delivered
Venturi mask - Answers - This type of mask increases the supply of total oxygen for
breathing, but the concentration of oxygen supplied is only about 24% to 28%
Thrombus - Answers - Is a blood clot
The entire system from mouth to anus is how long - Answers - 30 feet (9 meters) long
Accessory organs are - Answers - the teeth, tongue, salivary glands, liver, gall bladder,
and pancreas.
Each nephron - Answers - is the basic working unit of the kidney.
The healthy adult produces how much unrine a day - Answers - 1500 ml
What should the support worker do when caring for clients with chest tubes - Answers -
keep connecting tube coiled on bed, turn and reposition the client, observe chest
drainage.
When caring for clients with chest tubes what should the support worker never do -
Answers - raise the drainage system above chest level
What is the major cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - Answers - smoking
What is the correct term for respirations that are greater than 24 per minute - Answers -
tachypnea
What is the correct term for absence of breathing - Answers - apnea
Respiratory arrest occurs when - Answers - breathing has stopped
Where in the body is oxygen and carbon dioxide exchanged - Answers - during
inhalation and exhalation
What does the pulmonary function test do - Answers - measures the amount of air
moving into and out of the lungs
