NUR 504: EXAM 4 QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE
SOLUTIONS
1) What are the common chief complaints of the respiratory system examined in
the text? -- Answer ✔✔ Cough, chest pain, sputum production, dyspnea,
abnormal respiratory rate
2) What are the four ways breath sounds are characterized, and what are the three
classifications? -- Answer ✔✔ Pitch, intensity, quality, and relative duration;
vesicular, bronchovesicular, bronchial
3) Which of the following is true of the cardiac cycle?
A) The ventricles are nearly emptied during the systole.
B) S1 and S2 are related to diastole; S3 and S4 are related to systole.
C) Atrial contraction occurs late in the systole.
D) During the diastole, the atria fill with blood. -- Answer ✔✔ a. The
ventricles are nearly emptied during the systole.
4) Which of the following layers of cardiac muscle is the thin, outermost protective
layer of the heart?
A) Bronchocardium
B) Endocardium
, C) Myocardium
D) Epicardium -- Answer ✔✔ d. Epicardium
5) Which of the following waveforms on an ECG represents the wave of
depolarization?
A) P
B) PR
C) QRS complex
D) ST segment -- Answer ✔✔ a. P
6) The patient complains of chest pain that comes on when he vacuums the house
or mows the lawn. It comes in a fairly consistent pattern, usually lasting about 1
minute. When he feels it, he drinks a glass of water, sits quietly on the couch, and
it typically goes away. What is the most likely type of problem?
A) Anginal
B) Musculoskeletal
C) Pleural
D) Gastrointestinal -- Answer ✔✔ a. Anginal
7) Calf tenderness and warmth, swelling and ankle edema, and an otherwise
unexplained fever are symptoms of what?
A) Congestive heart failure
B) Deep vein thrombosis
C) Arteriosclerosis
D) Obstructed cardiac valves -- Answer ✔✔ b. Deep vein thrombosis
8) Which of the following examples of JVP activity is related to the tricuspid opening
normally?
A) The Y descent
B) Prominent V wave
C) Large A wave
D) C wave -- Answer ✔✔ a. The Y descent
9) Edema is caused by poor function of which part of the heart?
SOLUTIONS
1) What are the common chief complaints of the respiratory system examined in
the text? -- Answer ✔✔ Cough, chest pain, sputum production, dyspnea,
abnormal respiratory rate
2) What are the four ways breath sounds are characterized, and what are the three
classifications? -- Answer ✔✔ Pitch, intensity, quality, and relative duration;
vesicular, bronchovesicular, bronchial
3) Which of the following is true of the cardiac cycle?
A) The ventricles are nearly emptied during the systole.
B) S1 and S2 are related to diastole; S3 and S4 are related to systole.
C) Atrial contraction occurs late in the systole.
D) During the diastole, the atria fill with blood. -- Answer ✔✔ a. The
ventricles are nearly emptied during the systole.
4) Which of the following layers of cardiac muscle is the thin, outermost protective
layer of the heart?
A) Bronchocardium
B) Endocardium
, C) Myocardium
D) Epicardium -- Answer ✔✔ d. Epicardium
5) Which of the following waveforms on an ECG represents the wave of
depolarization?
A) P
B) PR
C) QRS complex
D) ST segment -- Answer ✔✔ a. P
6) The patient complains of chest pain that comes on when he vacuums the house
or mows the lawn. It comes in a fairly consistent pattern, usually lasting about 1
minute. When he feels it, he drinks a glass of water, sits quietly on the couch, and
it typically goes away. What is the most likely type of problem?
A) Anginal
B) Musculoskeletal
C) Pleural
D) Gastrointestinal -- Answer ✔✔ a. Anginal
7) Calf tenderness and warmth, swelling and ankle edema, and an otherwise
unexplained fever are symptoms of what?
A) Congestive heart failure
B) Deep vein thrombosis
C) Arteriosclerosis
D) Obstructed cardiac valves -- Answer ✔✔ b. Deep vein thrombosis
8) Which of the following examples of JVP activity is related to the tricuspid opening
normally?
A) The Y descent
B) Prominent V wave
C) Large A wave
D) C wave -- Answer ✔✔ a. The Y descent
9) Edema is caused by poor function of which part of the heart?
