Asthma Educator Certification Exam
2025 With 100% Correct Answers
Name the five things for moderate persistant Asthma (adult) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Daily
Symptoms
Daily use of inhaler
Nighttime awakenings more than once/week, but not nightly
Moderate limitation to activities
Lung function is < predicted
Define Asthma - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Asthma is a chronic, inflammatory, obstructive, non-
contagious airway disease with varying levels of severity.
Lungs are a pair of ______ shaped organs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Cone
Lie in the pleural cavity separated by _________ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Mediastinum
Lungs extend from the ________ to 1-2 cm above the _______ - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Diaphragm, Clavicles
These four things enter the lungs at the Hilum - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Mainstem bronchi, blood
vessels, lymphatic vessels, and nerves
Thin layer of tissue that covers the lungs? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Visceral pleura
Thin layer on the inside of the chest wall? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Parietal Pleura
, Area between the chest wall, and the lungs? Which contains a small amount of what? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Pleural Space
Fluid
The average trachea is how long? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔10-12 cm long
What area of the airways no longer have cartilage to hold them open? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Bronchioles
Explain in relation to inhalation, and exhalation what the smooth muscle is doing. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔On inhalation the smooth muscle relaxes allowing the air to enter the alveoli, and
on exhalation the smooth muscle contracts.
Name the areas of gas exchange - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Terminal Bronchioles,Respiratory
bronchioles these lead to alveolar ducts, then sacs, then to the alveoli themselves
What are the three tissue layers in the wall of the airways - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Mucosa
Submucosa
Adventitia
What is the main cell type in the airways are? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Pseudostratified, ciliated
columnar epithelum
Which type of cells are responsible for secreting Mucous? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Goblet Cells
The Cilia is responsible for what in the airway? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Clearing and defending
the conducting airways
2025 With 100% Correct Answers
Name the five things for moderate persistant Asthma (adult) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Daily
Symptoms
Daily use of inhaler
Nighttime awakenings more than once/week, but not nightly
Moderate limitation to activities
Lung function is < predicted
Define Asthma - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Asthma is a chronic, inflammatory, obstructive, non-
contagious airway disease with varying levels of severity.
Lungs are a pair of ______ shaped organs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Cone
Lie in the pleural cavity separated by _________ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Mediastinum
Lungs extend from the ________ to 1-2 cm above the _______ - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Diaphragm, Clavicles
These four things enter the lungs at the Hilum - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Mainstem bronchi, blood
vessels, lymphatic vessels, and nerves
Thin layer of tissue that covers the lungs? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Visceral pleura
Thin layer on the inside of the chest wall? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Parietal Pleura
, Area between the chest wall, and the lungs? Which contains a small amount of what? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Pleural Space
Fluid
The average trachea is how long? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔10-12 cm long
What area of the airways no longer have cartilage to hold them open? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Bronchioles
Explain in relation to inhalation, and exhalation what the smooth muscle is doing. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔On inhalation the smooth muscle relaxes allowing the air to enter the alveoli, and
on exhalation the smooth muscle contracts.
Name the areas of gas exchange - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Terminal Bronchioles,Respiratory
bronchioles these lead to alveolar ducts, then sacs, then to the alveoli themselves
What are the three tissue layers in the wall of the airways - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Mucosa
Submucosa
Adventitia
What is the main cell type in the airways are? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Pseudostratified, ciliated
columnar epithelum
Which type of cells are responsible for secreting Mucous? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Goblet Cells
The Cilia is responsible for what in the airway? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Clearing and defending
the conducting airways
