NPTE PEAT Exam Review Questions – Asha (Physical Therapy Practice Exam, Clinical Reasoning & Answer Explanations)

NPTE PEAT Exam Review Questions – Asha (Physical Therapy Practice Exam,
Clinical Reasoning & Answer Explanations)


_____ is a normal sound heard when mitral and tricuspid valves close.

_____is a normal sound heard when aortic and pulmonic valves close.

____ is normal in children and young adults, but is abnormal if heard in those over the age of 40
years. In patients who have heart failure, it is indicative of ventricular failure or lack of
ventricular compliance.

____ is an abnormal sound that may occur with cardiomyopathies and coarctation of the aorta
but not with left ventricular failure. - ANS ✔✔S1



S2



S3



S4



-The pulmonary valve?

-The aortic valve?

-The tricuspid valve?

-The mitral valve is auscultated at? - ANS ✔✔PAT M



-The pulmonary valve is auscultated at the second intercostal space, left sternal border

-The aortic valve is auscultated at the second intercostal space, right sternal border.

-The tricuspid valve is auscultated at the fourth intercostal space, left sternal border.

-The mitral valve is auscultated at the fifth intercostal space along the midclavicular line.