NSG 316 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS and
ANSWERS: UPDATED || 2025/2026 || VERIFIED TEST BANK
|| COMPLETE REVIEW || GUARANTEED PASS || GRADED A+
when you inspect the chest of an aging adult, what do you look for? -
CORRECT ANSWER -the shape and configuration
When someone complains of SOB when laying down, what do you ask them? -
CORRECT ANSWER -how many pillows do they sleep on
When someone has chronic COPD, what would you expect their chest to look
like? - CORRECT ANSWER -Barrel chested
What are differences between the right and left lungs? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Left lung = 2 lobes, is narrower than the right because heart
bulges to the left
right lung = 3 lobes, but shorter than
In a normal healthy adult, the lung assessment finding would be - CORRECT
ANSWER -vesicular breath sounds and you will hear them over the peripheral
fields of the lungs
decreased or absent breath sounds can be caused by what? - CORRECT
ANSWER -any bronchial obstruction (ex. pneumonia)
Any obstruction (Partial, or if a lung collapsed) can cause what? - CORRECT
ANSWER -unequal breaths
What are adventitious sounds? - CORRECT ANSWER -abnormal sounds
that can be heard in the lungs when you auscultate
With aging adults, what happens to the respiratory system? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Costal cartilages become calcified = less mobile thorax
, lungs have a more rigid structure = lungs are harder to inflate
have decreased # of alveoli = less surface area
lung bases are less ventilated = because of the result of closing off a # of
airways
what are the breathe sounds which are moderately pitched and heard over
bronchi - CORRECT ANSWER -Bronchovesicular
Bronchial
Vesicular
What are ronchii? - CORRECT ANSWER -low-pitched wheezing sounds
What is the bell of the stethoscope designed to hear? - CORRECT
ANSWER -lower pitched sounds
What sound can be generated from the larynx? - CORRECT ANSWER -
vocal sounds
When doing assessment of breathe sounds, what pattern do you listen in? -
CORRECT ANSWER -you go from side to side
When assess adults, how do you hold the diaphragm of the stethoscope? -
CORRECT ANSWER -hold the diaphragm firmly to the chest, especially
on males because of hair
ANSWERS: UPDATED || 2025/2026 || VERIFIED TEST BANK
|| COMPLETE REVIEW || GUARANTEED PASS || GRADED A+
when you inspect the chest of an aging adult, what do you look for? -
CORRECT ANSWER -the shape and configuration
When someone complains of SOB when laying down, what do you ask them? -
CORRECT ANSWER -how many pillows do they sleep on
When someone has chronic COPD, what would you expect their chest to look
like? - CORRECT ANSWER -Barrel chested
What are differences between the right and left lungs? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Left lung = 2 lobes, is narrower than the right because heart
bulges to the left
right lung = 3 lobes, but shorter than
In a normal healthy adult, the lung assessment finding would be - CORRECT
ANSWER -vesicular breath sounds and you will hear them over the peripheral
fields of the lungs
decreased or absent breath sounds can be caused by what? - CORRECT
ANSWER -any bronchial obstruction (ex. pneumonia)
Any obstruction (Partial, or if a lung collapsed) can cause what? - CORRECT
ANSWER -unequal breaths
What are adventitious sounds? - CORRECT ANSWER -abnormal sounds
that can be heard in the lungs when you auscultate
With aging adults, what happens to the respiratory system? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Costal cartilages become calcified = less mobile thorax
, lungs have a more rigid structure = lungs are harder to inflate
have decreased # of alveoli = less surface area
lung bases are less ventilated = because of the result of closing off a # of
airways
what are the breathe sounds which are moderately pitched and heard over
bronchi - CORRECT ANSWER -Bronchovesicular
Bronchial
Vesicular
What are ronchii? - CORRECT ANSWER -low-pitched wheezing sounds
What is the bell of the stethoscope designed to hear? - CORRECT
ANSWER -lower pitched sounds
What sound can be generated from the larynx? - CORRECT ANSWER -
vocal sounds
When doing assessment of breathe sounds, what pattern do you listen in? -
CORRECT ANSWER -you go from side to side
When assess adults, how do you hold the diaphragm of the stethoscope? -
CORRECT ANSWER -hold the diaphragm firmly to the chest, especially
on males because of hair
