NR 341 Quiz #2 Airway Management & Vent Settings(Unit 2 Exam 1)

NR 341 Quiz #2 Airway Management &
Vent Settings
An artificial airway, like an endotracheal tube, is used in the following type of ventilation.
a. Positive Pressure
b. Negative pressure - Answer A

Pressure is applied to the abdomen and thorax to draw air into the lungs through the
upper airway in the following type of ventilation.
a. Positive Pressure
b. Negative pressure - Answer B

Iron lung ventilators used after the polio epidemics in the first half of the 20th century
belong to...
a. Positive Pressure Ventilation
b. Negative pressure Ventilation - Answer B

One of the following modes of ventilation "locks out" the patient's efforts to breathe.
a. Controlled Mandatory Ventilation
b. Synchronous Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation
c. Assist Control Mode
d. Pressure Control Mode - Answer A

One of the following modes of ventilation has the risk of the patient getting respiratory
alkalosis.
a. Controlled Mandatory Ventilation
b. Synchronous Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation
c. Assist Control Mode
d. Pressure Control Mode - Answer C

The mode of ventilation which allows the patient to breathe spontaneously at his or her
own respiratory rate and depth between the ventilator breaths is...
a. Controlled Mandatory Ventilation
b. Synchronous Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation
c. Assist Control Mode
d. Pressure Control Mode - Answer B

Minute ventilation is equal to...
a. FiO2 X PEEP
b. FiO2/PEEP
c. Tidal Volume X Respiratory Rate
d. Tidal Volume/Respiratory Rate - Answer C

What are the Ventilator Parameters adjusted to maintain the optimum Minute
Ventilation?
a. FiO2 and PEEP
b. Tidal Volume and Respiratory Rate - Answer B

, NR 341 Quiz #2 Airway Management &
Vent Settings
Which are the Ventilator Parameters adjusted to maintain the optimum oxygenation?
a. FiO2 and PEEP
b. Tidal Volume and Respiratory Rate - Answer A

One of the following modes of ventilation reduces the work of breathing by overcoming
the resistance created by ventilator tubing.
a. Controlled Mandatory Ventilation
b. Synchronous Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation
c. Assist Control Mode
d. Pressure Support Mode - Answer D

What is the difference between a CPAP and a BiPAP? - Answer CPAP is essentially a
constant PEEP. BiPAP is CPAP plus Pressure support. Both these modes have shown
to reduce need for intubation and mortality among COPD patients.

CPAP and BiPAP modes are usually used...
a. in conjunction with bronchodilators and steroids
b. to delay intubation
c. as a weaning protocol
d. All of the above - Answer D

Which one of the following modes of ventilation is triggered by time, limited by pressure
and affects aspiration only?
a. Controlled Mandatory Ventilation
b. Synchronous Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation
c. Assist Control Mode
d. Pressure Control Mode - Answer D

There can be variations in the minute ventilation in one of the following modes of
ventilation as the respiratory rate and tidal volume is determined by the
a. Controlled Mandatory Ventilation
b. Synchronous Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation
c. Pressure Control Mode
d. Pressure Support Mode - Answer D

Which of the following conditions require a higher PEEP to be applied in recruiting
collapsed alveoli?
a. Asthma
b. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
c. Bronchietasis
d. Emphysema - Answer B

One of the following is a risk of keeping high PEEP