SCIENCE TRAINING EVALUATION
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
●● AP: what organ causes right hemi-diaphragm to be one centimeter
higher than left:
Answer: The liver
●● History: who was credited with discovery of carbon dioxide with
heating limestone's:
Answer: Black
●● Neonatal/peds: What is the cause of sids:
Answer: unknown
●● The change from solid to liquid is called:
Answer: melting
●● A&P: gaseous O2 diffuses into blood, dissolves in plasma in
erythrocyte fluid, what law causes that:
Answer: Henry
,●● What is complete destruction of all forms of microbial life called:
Answer: Sterilization
●● History: who developed the spirometer:
Answer: Hutchinson
●● What is the most common way to secure an ET tubes:
Answer: Tape
●● The Valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle is:
Answer: Bicuspid valve
●● What is another name for an air oxygen blender:
Answer: Proportionator
●● Secretions or fluid can be removed from oral pharynx by using what:
Answer: A yaunker
●● A&P: Adult trachea averages how many cm in diameter:
Answer: 2 cm
, ●● Abnormal protrusion of sternum is known as:
Answer: Pectus carinatum
●● CP rehab and home care: What does DME stand for?
Answer: Durable medical equipment
●● Airway care: 3 most common tracheal lesions?
Answer: tracheal stenosis, granulomas, tracheomalacia
●● A&P: the acute angle where the costal pleura joins the diaphragmatic
pleura is known as the:
Answer: costophrenic angle
●● Chem and physics: if the compliance of a system increases, the
elastance of the same system does what:
Answer: decreases
●● Chem and physics: if Reynold's number is 2,000 or greater, the flow
of the system is said to be:
Answer: turbulant
●● Humidity and aerosol: what type of nebulizer is commonly used for
intermittent administration of standard dose of bronchodilator.