SPUTUM BOWL TESTS
COMPILATION BUNDLE 2026 FINAL
PAPER PRACTICE QUESTIONS
ANSWERS ACCURATE A+
◉ What disease process would you suspect in a patient with a persistent
morning cough with a varying cough throughout the day?
Answer: Chronic Bronchitis
◉ What is the term for coughing up blood?
Answer: Hemoptysis
◉ Dyspnea due to left ventricular failure is worsened when a patient
does what activity?
Answer: Lies down
◉ Hyperpnea with large increases in tidal volume is referred to as what
type of breathing?
Answer: Kussmaul
◉ A lateral view of a fingertip with clubbing would have a nail bed
angle greater than how many degrees?
Answer: 180
,◉ How long should the punction site for an ABG be compressed to
prevent hematoma formation?
Answer: 5 minutes
◉ In order to maintain a normal vital capacity the respiratory muscles
must generate a negative ispiratory pressure of what value?
Answer: -20 cm H2O or greater
◉ What procedure is indicated to assess airway anatomy, remove
foreign bodies, or to collect a biopsy sample?
Answer: Bronchoscopy
◉ Failure of arterial oxygenation occurs when the PaO2 fall below what
measurement?
Answer: 50 mmHg
◉ What type of respiratory failure usually causes organ damage but is
not imminently life-threatening?
Answer: Chronic respiratory failure
◉ According to the alveolar air equation PaCO2 is directly proportional
to the body's CO2 production and is inversely proportional to what?
Answer: Alveolar ventilation
◉ Alveolar ventilation is equal to what?
,Answer: Minute ventilation minus dead space ventilation
◉ Low ventilation-perfusion mismatching is the most common cause of
what?
Answer: Hypoxemia
◉ What occurs in the lungs when alveoli are collapsed or flooded with
pus in neonatal or adult respiratory distress syndrome?
Answer: A shunt
◉ Asthma that is caused by acute respiratory failure and does not
respond to conventional therapy is called what?
Answer: Status asthmaticus
◉ What are the three main professional associations for respiratory
care?
Answer: CoARC, NBRC, and AARC
◉ Who developed the Pulmotor ventilator in 1911?
Answer: Henry Drager
◉ What are considered guidelines for delivering appropriate respriatory
care?
Answer: Respiratory care protocols
, ◉ What is the energy potential from an electrical source known as?
Answer: Voltage
◉ The most common site of origin for hospital fires is located where?
Answer: Kitchen
◉ Name three of the five basic strategies for conflict resolution.
Answer: competing, accommodating, avoiding, collaborating, and
compromising
◉ What is the primary source for infectious agents in the health care
setting?
Answer: People
◉ What three elements must be present for transmission of infection?
Answer: A source, a susceptible host, and a route of transmission
◉ What are the three major routes for transmission of human sources of
pathogens in the health care environment?
Answer: Contact (direct or indirect), respiratory droplets, and airborne
◉ Inanimate objects that transfer pathogens from one person to another
are called what?
COMPILATION BUNDLE 2026 FINAL
PAPER PRACTICE QUESTIONS
ANSWERS ACCURATE A+
◉ What disease process would you suspect in a patient with a persistent
morning cough with a varying cough throughout the day?
Answer: Chronic Bronchitis
◉ What is the term for coughing up blood?
Answer: Hemoptysis
◉ Dyspnea due to left ventricular failure is worsened when a patient
does what activity?
Answer: Lies down
◉ Hyperpnea with large increases in tidal volume is referred to as what
type of breathing?
Answer: Kussmaul
◉ A lateral view of a fingertip with clubbing would have a nail bed
angle greater than how many degrees?
Answer: 180
,◉ How long should the punction site for an ABG be compressed to
prevent hematoma formation?
Answer: 5 minutes
◉ In order to maintain a normal vital capacity the respiratory muscles
must generate a negative ispiratory pressure of what value?
Answer: -20 cm H2O or greater
◉ What procedure is indicated to assess airway anatomy, remove
foreign bodies, or to collect a biopsy sample?
Answer: Bronchoscopy
◉ Failure of arterial oxygenation occurs when the PaO2 fall below what
measurement?
Answer: 50 mmHg
◉ What type of respiratory failure usually causes organ damage but is
not imminently life-threatening?
Answer: Chronic respiratory failure
◉ According to the alveolar air equation PaCO2 is directly proportional
to the body's CO2 production and is inversely proportional to what?
Answer: Alveolar ventilation
◉ Alveolar ventilation is equal to what?
,Answer: Minute ventilation minus dead space ventilation
◉ Low ventilation-perfusion mismatching is the most common cause of
what?
Answer: Hypoxemia
◉ What occurs in the lungs when alveoli are collapsed or flooded with
pus in neonatal or adult respiratory distress syndrome?
Answer: A shunt
◉ Asthma that is caused by acute respiratory failure and does not
respond to conventional therapy is called what?
Answer: Status asthmaticus
◉ What are the three main professional associations for respiratory
care?
Answer: CoARC, NBRC, and AARC
◉ Who developed the Pulmotor ventilator in 1911?
Answer: Henry Drager
◉ What are considered guidelines for delivering appropriate respriatory
care?
Answer: Respiratory care protocols
, ◉ What is the energy potential from an electrical source known as?
Answer: Voltage
◉ The most common site of origin for hospital fires is located where?
Answer: Kitchen
◉ Name three of the five basic strategies for conflict resolution.
Answer: competing, accommodating, avoiding, collaborating, and
compromising
◉ What is the primary source for infectious agents in the health care
setting?
Answer: People
◉ What three elements must be present for transmission of infection?
Answer: A source, a susceptible host, and a route of transmission
◉ What are the three major routes for transmission of human sources of
pathogens in the health care environment?
Answer: Contact (direct or indirect), respiratory droplets, and airborne
◉ Inanimate objects that transfer pathogens from one person to another
are called what?
