RRT CERTIFICATION EXAM
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS 2026
▶ Visual assessment includes. Answer: 1) general appearance
2) appearance of the chest
3) respiratory pattern/rate
4) sensorium
5) posture
6) patient color
7) pulse
▶ Bedside assessment includes. Answer: 1) interview/history
2) palpation/ percussion
3) non - invasive monitoring
4) auscultation
5) other bedside assessments
▶ basic lab tests include. Answer: 1) abg
2) cbc
3) 12 lead ECG
4) electrolytes
5) chest xray
▶ Special tests include. Answer: 1) laboratory
2) pulmonary function
3) imaging studies
4) cardiopulmonary testing
5) hemodynamic monitoring
6) other diagnostic tests
, ▶ Emphysema definition. Answer: presence of permanent enlargement of
the air spaces distal to the terminal bronchioles, accompanied by
destruction of their walls and without obvious fibrosis
▶ Chronic Bronchitis. Answer: chronic productive cough for three months
in each of two successive years in a patient for whom other causes of the
productive cough have been excluded
▶ What are causes of COPD. Answer: 1) tobacco smoke
2) genetic predisposition
3) indoor and outdoor air pollution
▶ Body build of emphysema patient. Answer: thin, underweight, pink
puffer
▶ Body build of chronic bronchitis patient. Answer: stock, overweight, blue
bloater
▶ cough of emphysema patient. Answer: less common, mucoid secretions
▶ cough of chronic bronchitis patient. Answer: productive, copious
amounts, purulent secretions
▶ appearance of the chest of emphysema patient. Answer: barrel chest,
increased AP diameter, hoovers sign
▶ appearance of the chest of chronic bronchitis patient. Answer:
occasionally barrel chest
▶ respiratory pattern of emphysema patient. Answer: dyspnea, pursed lip
breathing, accessory muscle use, especially during exacerbations
▶ respiratory pattern of chronic bronchitis patient. Answer: use of
accessory muscles less common
▶ color of emphysema patient. Answer: often reddish skin
▶ color of chronic bronchitis patient. Answer: cyanotic
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS 2026
▶ Visual assessment includes. Answer: 1) general appearance
2) appearance of the chest
3) respiratory pattern/rate
4) sensorium
5) posture
6) patient color
7) pulse
▶ Bedside assessment includes. Answer: 1) interview/history
2) palpation/ percussion
3) non - invasive monitoring
4) auscultation
5) other bedside assessments
▶ basic lab tests include. Answer: 1) abg
2) cbc
3) 12 lead ECG
4) electrolytes
5) chest xray
▶ Special tests include. Answer: 1) laboratory
2) pulmonary function
3) imaging studies
4) cardiopulmonary testing
5) hemodynamic monitoring
6) other diagnostic tests
, ▶ Emphysema definition. Answer: presence of permanent enlargement of
the air spaces distal to the terminal bronchioles, accompanied by
destruction of their walls and without obvious fibrosis
▶ Chronic Bronchitis. Answer: chronic productive cough for three months
in each of two successive years in a patient for whom other causes of the
productive cough have been excluded
▶ What are causes of COPD. Answer: 1) tobacco smoke
2) genetic predisposition
3) indoor and outdoor air pollution
▶ Body build of emphysema patient. Answer: thin, underweight, pink
puffer
▶ Body build of chronic bronchitis patient. Answer: stock, overweight, blue
bloater
▶ cough of emphysema patient. Answer: less common, mucoid secretions
▶ cough of chronic bronchitis patient. Answer: productive, copious
amounts, purulent secretions
▶ appearance of the chest of emphysema patient. Answer: barrel chest,
increased AP diameter, hoovers sign
▶ appearance of the chest of chronic bronchitis patient. Answer:
occasionally barrel chest
▶ respiratory pattern of emphysema patient. Answer: dyspnea, pursed lip
breathing, accessory muscle use, especially during exacerbations
▶ respiratory pattern of chronic bronchitis patient. Answer: use of
accessory muscles less common
▶ color of emphysema patient. Answer: often reddish skin
▶ color of chronic bronchitis patient. Answer: cyanotic
