NSG 6020 MIDTERM EXAM WITH
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
What age does bronchiolitis occur? - CORRECT-ANSWERSmost common at age 6
months- does not occur after age 2
main symptom of bronchiolitis - CORRECT-ANSWERSwheezing-lasts about 7 days
most common cause of bronchiolitis - CORRECT-ANSWERSRSV
Treatment for bronchiolitis - CORRECT-ANSWERSNo specific treatment
Order of lung exam - CORRECT-ANSWERSinspect, palpate, percuss, auscultate
Pectus Excavatum - CORRECT-ANSWERScongenital posterior displacement of lower
aspect of sternum
-hollowed-out appearance
-concave appearance of lower sternum
Pectus carinatum - CORRECT-ANSWERSat birth
-post CABG
mid childhood and 11-14 year old pubertal males undergoing a growth spurt
-convex deformity
-97% have MVP
Barrel Chest - CORRECT-ANSWERSassociated with emphysema and lung
hyperinflation
-accompanying x-ray demonstrates increased ant-post diameter as well as
diaphragmatic flattening
Tactile fremitus - CORRECT-ANSWERSpalpable vibrations of the bronchiopulmonary
tree as the patient is speaking (99 or 1-2-3)
, -impeded in COPD, pulm effusion or pneumothorax
-increased in consolidation and PNA
percussion:
flatness - CORRECT-ANSWERS(thigh)
Large Pleural effusion
Percussion- dullness - CORRECT-ANSWERS(liver)
Lobar PNA
Percussion: resonance - CORRECT-ANSWERS(Lung)
simple chronic bronchitis
Percussion: hyperresonance - CORRECT-ANSWERSNone
-emphysema, pneumothorax
Percussion: tympany - CORRECT-ANSWERS(gastric bubble)
-large pneumothorax
Auscultation: vesicular - CORRECT-ANSWERSsoft and low pitched; usually heard
over most of both lungs
Auscultation: bronchial - CORRECT-ANSWERSlouder and higher in pitch; usually
heard over the manubrium
Auscultation: bronchovesicular - CORRECT-ANSWERSintermediate intensity and
pitch; usually heard over the 1st and 2nd interspaces
Auscultation: tracheal - CORRECT-ANSWERSover the trachea and neck, very loud
Rhonchi - CORRECT-ANSWERSlow-pitched snore-like sounds, often characterized by
secretions w/in the large airways
-sometimes cleared with a cough
Wheezes - CORRECT-ANSWERScontinuous, high-pitched, musical, sounds that are
produced by air flowing through narrowed bronchi
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
What age does bronchiolitis occur? - CORRECT-ANSWERSmost common at age 6
months- does not occur after age 2
main symptom of bronchiolitis - CORRECT-ANSWERSwheezing-lasts about 7 days
most common cause of bronchiolitis - CORRECT-ANSWERSRSV
Treatment for bronchiolitis - CORRECT-ANSWERSNo specific treatment
Order of lung exam - CORRECT-ANSWERSinspect, palpate, percuss, auscultate
Pectus Excavatum - CORRECT-ANSWERScongenital posterior displacement of lower
aspect of sternum
-hollowed-out appearance
-concave appearance of lower sternum
Pectus carinatum - CORRECT-ANSWERSat birth
-post CABG
mid childhood and 11-14 year old pubertal males undergoing a growth spurt
-convex deformity
-97% have MVP
Barrel Chest - CORRECT-ANSWERSassociated with emphysema and lung
hyperinflation
-accompanying x-ray demonstrates increased ant-post diameter as well as
diaphragmatic flattening
Tactile fremitus - CORRECT-ANSWERSpalpable vibrations of the bronchiopulmonary
tree as the patient is speaking (99 or 1-2-3)
, -impeded in COPD, pulm effusion or pneumothorax
-increased in consolidation and PNA
percussion:
flatness - CORRECT-ANSWERS(thigh)
Large Pleural effusion
Percussion- dullness - CORRECT-ANSWERS(liver)
Lobar PNA
Percussion: resonance - CORRECT-ANSWERS(Lung)
simple chronic bronchitis
Percussion: hyperresonance - CORRECT-ANSWERSNone
-emphysema, pneumothorax
Percussion: tympany - CORRECT-ANSWERS(gastric bubble)
-large pneumothorax
Auscultation: vesicular - CORRECT-ANSWERSsoft and low pitched; usually heard
over most of both lungs
Auscultation: bronchial - CORRECT-ANSWERSlouder and higher in pitch; usually
heard over the manubrium
Auscultation: bronchovesicular - CORRECT-ANSWERSintermediate intensity and
pitch; usually heard over the 1st and 2nd interspaces
Auscultation: tracheal - CORRECT-ANSWERSover the trachea and neck, very loud
Rhonchi - CORRECT-ANSWERSlow-pitched snore-like sounds, often characterized by
secretions w/in the large airways
-sometimes cleared with a cough
Wheezes - CORRECT-ANSWERScontinuous, high-pitched, musical, sounds that are
produced by air flowing through narrowed bronchi
