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NUR231 Respiratory Exam Questions and Answers 100% Solved During an assessment, a person begins to cough. The nurse realises that this means what? a. The person is trying to expel sputum b. The person has a cold c. Something other than air was entering the larynx d. The person has a respirat...

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During an assessment, a person begins to cough. The nurse realises that

this means what?



a. The person is trying to expel sputum

b. The person has a cold

c. Something other than air was entering the larynx

d. The person has a respiratory infection - ✔✔

The nurse is performing a lung assessment on a client with suspected

pneumonia. Which of the following assessments should the nurse report to

the physician immediately?



a. Bilateral symmetric vocal fremitus

b. Asymmetric chest expansion

c. Chest symmetrical

d. Breath sounds equal bilaterally - ✔✔b. Asymmetric chest expansion

A baby holding its breath will:

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a. automatically start to breathe again when the CO2 levels in the blood

reach a certain value

b. suffer brain damage due to low blood oxygen levels

c. suffer cardiac damage due to increased pressure in the carotid sinus and

the aortic arch

d. be called a 'blue baby' - ✔✔a. automatically start to breathe again when

the CO2 levels in the blood reach a certain value

The nurse knows that a thorax deformity called pigeon chest is:



a. a congenital deformity

b. often caused by a vitamin D deficiency

c. often caused by blunt force injury

d. often caused by smoking - ✔✔b. often caused by a vitamin D deficiency

The percussive sound that the nurse should hear over the normal lung

fields is called:



a. Resonance

b. Tympany

c. Vesicular

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d. Timbre - ✔✔a. Resonance

Spirometry measures:



a. the anatomical dead space

b. the percentage of functioning alveoli

c. Respiratory volumes and capacities

d. Dalton's Law - ✔✔c. Respiratory volumes and capacities

Which of the following choices determines the direction of respiratory gas

movement?



a. Solubility in water

b. The temperature

c. Molecular weight and size of the gas molecule

d. Partial pressure gradient - ✔✔d. Partial pressure gradient

A person is diagnosed with a middle ear infection. The nurse realises that

which part of the person's airway is affected?



a. Oral cavity

b. Oropharynx

c. Nasopharynx

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