NCC EFM Exam Practice Questions
1. Oxygen is transferred from mom to fetus via the placenta through?:
Pas- sive (Simple) Diffusion
2.Intervillous space perfusion is dependent on?: Adequate Uterine Blood
Flow
3. Maternal Fetal Exchange is best promoted by which maternal position?:
-
Either Rt or Lt Lateral
4. What is transfer down the concentration gradient from higher to
lower called?: Diffusion
5. The most likely physical rationale for recurrent late decels after
epidural is?: Maternal Sympathetic Blockade
6. Which FHR pattern would be anticipated when monitoring mono-
mono twins?: Variable Decels
7. Fetus can survive in an environment w/ a PO2 equal to adult venous
blood d/t?: increased O2 carrying capacity
8. Variable decels are mediated primarily by?: baroreceptors
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, 9. The sympathetic branch of the ANS influences FHR to?: increase
10.the average difference in baseline FHR b/w 30 & 40 weeks is?:
10bpm usually 5-6; 10 is closest
11.Fetal blood is most highly oxygenated in the?: Ductus Venosous
12.An abrupt rise in fetal bp can stimulate?: variable decels
13.During an acute episode of fetal hypoxemia, fetal blood flow is
redistrib- uted primarily to the?: brain
14.Over the course of pregnancy, the FHR baseline?: decreases
15.FHR variability is dependent upon?: cerebral oxygen and intact CNS
16. chemoreceptors respond mainly to?:
hypoxemia 17. pH: 7.22
pCO2: 50
HCO3: 24
BE: -3: normal acid-base status
(if pH is normal, answer is normal)
18. Fetal respiratory academia is indicated by a pH of 7.04 and a PCO2
of?: >60
19. pH: 6.98
PCO2: 49
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1. Oxygen is transferred from mom to fetus via the placenta through?:
Pas- sive (Simple) Diffusion
2.Intervillous space perfusion is dependent on?: Adequate Uterine Blood
Flow
3. Maternal Fetal Exchange is best promoted by which maternal position?:
-
Either Rt or Lt Lateral
4. What is transfer down the concentration gradient from higher to
lower called?: Diffusion
5. The most likely physical rationale for recurrent late decels after
epidural is?: Maternal Sympathetic Blockade
6. Which FHR pattern would be anticipated when monitoring mono-
mono twins?: Variable Decels
7. Fetus can survive in an environment w/ a PO2 equal to adult venous
blood d/t?: increased O2 carrying capacity
8. Variable decels are mediated primarily by?: baroreceptors
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, 9. The sympathetic branch of the ANS influences FHR to?: increase
10.the average difference in baseline FHR b/w 30 & 40 weeks is?:
10bpm usually 5-6; 10 is closest
11.Fetal blood is most highly oxygenated in the?: Ductus Venosous
12.An abrupt rise in fetal bp can stimulate?: variable decels
13.During an acute episode of fetal hypoxemia, fetal blood flow is
redistrib- uted primarily to the?: brain
14.Over the course of pregnancy, the FHR baseline?: decreases
15.FHR variability is dependent upon?: cerebral oxygen and intact CNS
16. chemoreceptors respond mainly to?:
hypoxemia 17. pH: 7.22
pCO2: 50
HCO3: 24
BE: -3: normal acid-base status
(if pH is normal, answer is normal)
18. Fetal respiratory academia is indicated by a pH of 7.04 and a PCO2
of?: >60
19. pH: 6.98
PCO2: 49
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