Respiratory Therapy Exit Exam
Questions and Answers. (NBRC RRT)
What best describe a sleep disorder where the patient falls asleep through out the day
and enters REM? -
\Narcolepsy
When draining the fluid from the pleural space while utilizing a three bottle system,
which one is the water seal canister? -
\Canister 2
The therapist is preforming a routine ventilator check when he notices the CO2 monitor
is reading 5%. The therapist should -
\record that the level is normal
When viewing a flow volume loop, you notice it has a football shaped appearance. This
would most likely indicate -
\a fixed obstruction
What pressure best evaluates a patients nitric oxide therapy? -
\Pulmonary artery pressure
The RCP needs to obtain a CVP (RAP) measurement from a patient with an indwelling
pulmonary artery catheter. Which BTFDC lumen should the measurement be taken? -
\proximal
a patient whose HB level is 8 gm/dL will have DLCO values to be falsely -
\decreased
What is the Epworth sleepiness scale used to determine? -
\the likelihood the patient has sleep apnea
The volume of gas that a patient can quickly move out of the lungs in one second -
\FEV1
When used to determine FRC, the body plethysmograph operates on which physical
principle? -
\Boyle's Law
A patient is a ventilator and his CXR reveals patchy and plate like infiltrates. The RCP
should suspect the patient has developed -
\atelectasis
, What sleep wave can occur in any stage of sleep and are referred to as an "intrustion"?
-
\alpha
what method BEST assess an asthmatic patient's response to a beta adrenergic? -
\FEV1
The volume of air in the conducting airways is know as _____________ deadspace and
under normal conditions it can be estimated to about ______ mL per pound of IBW -
\anatomic, one
pressure support offers what physiological benefit? -
\Increased tidal volume
What is preformed by inflating the ETT cuff just until a leak is NOT heard -
\minimal occluding volume technique
A patient is on a ventilator and his SPO2 is 96%. As you suction the patient, the HR
decreased from 90 b/m to 50 b/m. The most likely cause of this problem is -
\vagal nerve stimulation
what pressure represents the highest pressure achieved during a positive pressure
breath? -
\Peak inspiratory pressure
A patient has been ordered 2 ATA at 1.0. What oxygen delivery device should the RCP
use? -
\A hyperbaric chamber
While using a 12% oxygen concentration gas to calibrate a PO2 electrode, the PO2
reading should be -
\91 torr
What test is used to assess FRC? -
\body plethysmography
which is associated with an increase in PWP? -
\excessive PEEP levels
which hemodynamic parameter is best to assess left ventricular preload? -
\PCWP
PaCo2 measurement requires the use of -
\Severinghause electrode
An increase in mechanical deadspace could cause all of the following EXCEPT:
Questions and Answers. (NBRC RRT)
What best describe a sleep disorder where the patient falls asleep through out the day
and enters REM? -
\Narcolepsy
When draining the fluid from the pleural space while utilizing a three bottle system,
which one is the water seal canister? -
\Canister 2
The therapist is preforming a routine ventilator check when he notices the CO2 monitor
is reading 5%. The therapist should -
\record that the level is normal
When viewing a flow volume loop, you notice it has a football shaped appearance. This
would most likely indicate -
\a fixed obstruction
What pressure best evaluates a patients nitric oxide therapy? -
\Pulmonary artery pressure
The RCP needs to obtain a CVP (RAP) measurement from a patient with an indwelling
pulmonary artery catheter. Which BTFDC lumen should the measurement be taken? -
\proximal
a patient whose HB level is 8 gm/dL will have DLCO values to be falsely -
\decreased
What is the Epworth sleepiness scale used to determine? -
\the likelihood the patient has sleep apnea
The volume of gas that a patient can quickly move out of the lungs in one second -
\FEV1
When used to determine FRC, the body plethysmograph operates on which physical
principle? -
\Boyle's Law
A patient is a ventilator and his CXR reveals patchy and plate like infiltrates. The RCP
should suspect the patient has developed -
\atelectasis
, What sleep wave can occur in any stage of sleep and are referred to as an "intrustion"?
-
\alpha
what method BEST assess an asthmatic patient's response to a beta adrenergic? -
\FEV1
The volume of air in the conducting airways is know as _____________ deadspace and
under normal conditions it can be estimated to about ______ mL per pound of IBW -
\anatomic, one
pressure support offers what physiological benefit? -
\Increased tidal volume
What is preformed by inflating the ETT cuff just until a leak is NOT heard -
\minimal occluding volume technique
A patient is on a ventilator and his SPO2 is 96%. As you suction the patient, the HR
decreased from 90 b/m to 50 b/m. The most likely cause of this problem is -
\vagal nerve stimulation
what pressure represents the highest pressure achieved during a positive pressure
breath? -
\Peak inspiratory pressure
A patient has been ordered 2 ATA at 1.0. What oxygen delivery device should the RCP
use? -
\A hyperbaric chamber
While using a 12% oxygen concentration gas to calibrate a PO2 electrode, the PO2
reading should be -
\91 torr
What test is used to assess FRC? -
\body plethysmography
which is associated with an increase in PWP? -
\excessive PEEP levels
which hemodynamic parameter is best to assess left ventricular preload? -
\PCWP
PaCo2 measurement requires the use of -
\Severinghause electrode
An increase in mechanical deadspace could cause all of the following EXCEPT:
