1. Who first popularized spirometry for the evaluation of pulmonary function?
A) August and Marie Krogh
B) Alvan Barach
C) John Severinghaus
*D) John Hutchinson
2. Which of the following are indications for performing spirometry?
1. Assess the risk of lung resection.
2. Determine the response to bronchodilator therapy.
3. Assess the severity of restrictive lung disease.
4. Quantify the extent of COPD.
A) 1 and 4
B) 2 and 3
*C) 1, 2, and 4
D) 2, 3, and 4
3. The main indication for the measurement of lung volumes is to do which of the followi
*A) Diagnose or assess the severity of restriction.
B) Evaluate the severity of pulmonary hypertension.
C) Determine the level of cardiopulmonary fitness.
D) Assess the risk of abdominal surgical procedures.
4. DLCO measurements may be indicated to evaluate pulmonary involvement in which of the
diseases?
A) Asthma
*B) Sarcoidosis
C) Exertional hypoxemia
D) Guillain-Barré syndrome
5. Blood gas analysis is used with patients with COPD to do which of the following?
A) Monitor airway responsiveness.
B) Determine level of cardiopulmonary fitness.
C) Detect pulmonary hypertension.
*D) Assess need for supplementary O2.
6. Which of the following cause emphysema?
, A) Cystic fibrosis
*B) Asthma
C) Pulmonary hypertension
D) Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
8. Which of the following statements concerning tumors in the upper airway is true?
*A) There may be variable or fixed obstruction.
B) Fixed obstruction will be present.
C) Variable obstruction will be present.
D) Small airway obstruction will result.
9. Sarcoidosis is a systemic disorder that usually causes which of the following?
*A) A restrictive ventilatory defect
B) An obstructive ventilatory defect
C) Hyperreactive airways
D) Primary pulmonary hypertension
10. For which of the following conditions might pulmonary function testing be contraindi
A) Vocal cord dysfunction
*B) Untreated pneumothorax
C) Congestive heart failure (CHF)
D) Bronchiolitis obliterans
11. Which of the following correctly describes appropriate physical measurements before
testing?
1. Actual body weight should be used to calculate predicted values.
2. Standing height should be measured when the patient is barefoot.
3. Arm span should be used instead of height for a patient with kyphosis.
4. Age should be recorded to the nearest decade (10 years).
A) 1 and 4
*B) 2 and 3
C) 1, 2, and 4
D) 2, 3, and 4
12. In addition to explaining the procedure for each pulmonary function test to the pati
function technologist should do which of the following?
A) August and Marie Krogh
B) Alvan Barach
C) John Severinghaus
*D) John Hutchinson
2. Which of the following are indications for performing spirometry?
1. Assess the risk of lung resection.
2. Determine the response to bronchodilator therapy.
3. Assess the severity of restrictive lung disease.
4. Quantify the extent of COPD.
A) 1 and 4
B) 2 and 3
*C) 1, 2, and 4
D) 2, 3, and 4
3. The main indication for the measurement of lung volumes is to do which of the followi
*A) Diagnose or assess the severity of restriction.
B) Evaluate the severity of pulmonary hypertension.
C) Determine the level of cardiopulmonary fitness.
D) Assess the risk of abdominal surgical procedures.
4. DLCO measurements may be indicated to evaluate pulmonary involvement in which of the
diseases?
A) Asthma
*B) Sarcoidosis
C) Exertional hypoxemia
D) Guillain-Barré syndrome
5. Blood gas analysis is used with patients with COPD to do which of the following?
A) Monitor airway responsiveness.
B) Determine level of cardiopulmonary fitness.
C) Detect pulmonary hypertension.
*D) Assess need for supplementary O2.
6. Which of the following cause emphysema?
, A) Cystic fibrosis
*B) Asthma
C) Pulmonary hypertension
D) Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
8. Which of the following statements concerning tumors in the upper airway is true?
*A) There may be variable or fixed obstruction.
B) Fixed obstruction will be present.
C) Variable obstruction will be present.
D) Small airway obstruction will result.
9. Sarcoidosis is a systemic disorder that usually causes which of the following?
*A) A restrictive ventilatory defect
B) An obstructive ventilatory defect
C) Hyperreactive airways
D) Primary pulmonary hypertension
10. For which of the following conditions might pulmonary function testing be contraindi
A) Vocal cord dysfunction
*B) Untreated pneumothorax
C) Congestive heart failure (CHF)
D) Bronchiolitis obliterans
11. Which of the following correctly describes appropriate physical measurements before
testing?
1. Actual body weight should be used to calculate predicted values.
2. Standing height should be measured when the patient is barefoot.
3. Arm span should be used instead of height for a patient with kyphosis.
4. Age should be recorded to the nearest decade (10 years).
A) 1 and 4
*B) 2 and 3
C) 1, 2, and 4
D) 2, 3, and 4
12. In addition to explaining the procedure for each pulmonary function test to the pati
function technologist should do which of the following?
