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KETTERING TMC EXAM B 2024/2025
Which of the following would be most important to evaluate for a patient who is entering a
smoking cessation program?
A.Height
B.Smoking history
C.Weight
D.Diet - Precise Answer ✔✔B.Smoking history

After a patient undergoes a thoracentesis, the respiratory therapist notes that the obtained
pleural fluid is clear with a slight straw color. This fluid is most likely the result of:
A.empyema.
B.congestive heart failure.
C.lung carcinoma.
D.hemothorax. - Precise Answer ✔✔B.congestive heart failure.

The respiratory therapist calibrates a spirometer and checks the volume with a 3.0 liter super
syringe. The volumes recorded are: 2.85 L, 2.8 L, and 2.8 L. Based upon the information
obtained which of the following is a correct statement?
A.Another syringe needs to be used
B.Spirometer is accurate
C.The plunger was advanced too slowly
D.Spirometer may have a leak - Precise Answer ✔✔D.Spirometer may have a leak

Which of the following is an indication for high frequency jet ventilation?
A.Bronchopleural fistula
B.Wilson Mikity syndrome

,C.Necrotizing lesion of right lung
D.Centrilobular emphysema - Precise Answer ✔✔A.Bronchopleural fistula

A 43-year-old female patient undergoes a total abdominal hysterectomy. The patient arrives in
the Post Anesthesia Care Unit obtunded with minimal response to painful stimulus. What
treatment should the respiratory therapist recommend for this patient?
A.Initiate assisted ventilation
B.Insert oropharyngeal airway
C.Obtain positron emission tomography
D.Initiate noninvasive capnography - Precise Answer ✔✔B.Insert oropharyngeal airway (to
maintain patent airway)

A 44-week gestational age infant is delivered via C-section and is gasping, grunting, and has
tachycardia and tachypnea. At one minute his Apgar score is 4 and at 5 minutes the score is 5.
The infant is most likely suffering from
A.transient tachypnea of the newborn.
B.meconium aspiration.
C.bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
D.apnea of prematurity. - Precise Answer ✔✔B.meconium aspiration. (these are all signs seen
with meconium aspiration)

What is the normal VD/VT ratio for a patient breathing room air?
A.5 - 15%
B.20 - 40%
C.45 - 55%
D.65 - 75% - Precise Answer ✔✔B.20 - 40%

A heat moisture exchanger is indicated for humidification in which of the following situations?
A.Mechanical ventilation in a long-term care facility.

, B.Transport to a tertiary care center.
C.Patient with tenacious secretions.
D.Delivery of aerosolized bronchodilators. - Precise Answer ✔✔B.Transport to a tertiary care
center.

All of the following could cause a patient's right-hemidiaphragm to be elevated, EXCEPT
A.right lower lobe atelectasis.
B.right side hyperlucency, absent vascular markings.
C.hepatomegaly.
D.right lower lobe consolidation with air bronchograms. - Precise Answer ✔✔B.right side
hyperlucency, absent vascular markings.

A 64-year-old, 70 kg (154 lb) man with severe COPD receives independent (differential) lung
ventilation following thoracotomy and right lower lobectomy. Which of the following setting
combinations would be most appropriate for this patient?
A.Right lung 50 mL; left lung 450 mL
B.Right lung 150 mL; left lung 350 mL
C.Right lung 250 mL; left lung 250 mL
D.Right lung 350 mL; left lung 150 mL - Precise Answer ✔✔B.Right lung 150 mL; left lung 350
mL

A patient in the intensive care unit has the following hemodynamic measurements:CVP (mm
Hg)5, PAP (mm Hg)29/8, PCWP (mm Hg)8, BP (mm Hg)130/70, Cardiac output (L/min)5.1,
Cardiac index (L/min/m2) 2.7
What is the pulse pressure?
A.15 mm Hg
B.21 mm Hg
C.60 mm Hg
D.90 mm Hg - Precise Answer ✔✔C.60 mm Hg (Pulse Pressure: 130-70= 60 mm Hg)

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