Egan's Final UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Egan's Final UPDATED Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
You are planning a patient transport that will take approximately 1 hr. The patient requires
manual ventilation with 10 L/min of O2. What is the minimum number of full E cylinders
you would take with you? - Correct Answer- 2
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Egan's Final UPDATED Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
You are planning a patient transport that will take approximately 1 hr. The patient requires
manual ventilation with 10 L/min of O2. What is the minimum number of full E cylinders
you would take with you? - Correct Answer- 2
Which of the following is an expected role of a respiratory therapist?
1. Promoting lung health & wellness
2. Providing patient education
3. Assessing the patient's cardiopulmonary health status
4. Selling oxygen (O2) therapy devices to patients - Correct Answer- 1, 2, & 3 only
When was synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation (SIMV) first introduced? -
Correct Answer- 1975
What was the name for the first professional organization for the field of respiratory care? -
Correct Answer- Inhalation Therapy Association (ITA)
The majority of respiratory care education programs in the United States offer what degree? -
Correct Answer- Associate's degree
Due to the aging of the majority of the population, which of the following will be the focus of
the Respiratory Therapist of the future?
1. verifying insurance information
2. disease management & rehabilitation
3. patient & family education
4. tobacco education & smoking cessation - Correct Answer- 2, 3, & 4
Respiratory care education programs are reviewed by which committee to ensure quality? -
Correct Answer- Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC)
,A therapist who says "You seem to be anxious about your surgery" to a patient just admitted
for bypass surgery is using what interpersonal communication technique? - Correct Answer-
reflecting feelings
Which of the following organisms are destroyed by a disinfection agent?
1. gram-negative cocci
2. bacterial spores
3. gram-positive rods
4. viruses - Correct Answer- 1, 3, & 4 only
What is the minimum recommended time for handwashing in the healthcare environment? -
Correct Answer- 15 sec
Which of the following diseases travel through droplet mode? - Correct Answer- influenza
What ethical issue has recently become a significant concern for respiratory therapists and all
health care providers due to a congressional act? - Correct Answer- Patient's right to privacy
When a respiratory patient defers a patient's questions about a condition to the attending
physician, what ethical principle is being practiced? - Correct Answer- role fidelity
What branch of law is concerned with the recognition and enforcement of the rights and
duties of private individuals and organizations? - Correct Answer- Civil
If a respiratory therapist refers a Medicare patient to a particular home care company ad
receives a finder's fee in return, this is an example of - Correct Answer- Medicare fraud
Which of the following would be the worst heat conductor? - Correct Answer- Air
Which of the following are true of liquids?
1. they are easy to compress
2. they exert pressure
, 3. they exert buoyant force
4. they conform to their containers - Correct Answer- 2, 3, & 4 only
What is the temperature at which the vapor pressure of a liquid equals the pressure exerted on
the liquid by the surrounding atmosphere? - Correct Answer- boiling point
Which of the following are true about molecular water vapor?
1. water vapor exhibits kinetic energy
2. molecular water can be seen
3. water vapor exerts pressure - Correct Answer- 1 & 3 only
Which of the following represents a direct measure of the kinetic activity of water vapor
molecules? - Correct Answer- water vapor pressure
A gas at 50°C with a relative humidity of 100% is cooled to 37°C. Which of the following
will occur?
1. condensation on surfaces
2. visible droplet formation
3. warming of the adjacent air - Correct Answer- 1, 2, & 3
A combination of neutral atoms, free electrons, and atomic nuclei describes - Correct Answer-
plasma.
For every liquid there is a temperature above which the kinetic activity of its molecules is so
great that the attractive forces cannot keep them in a liquid state. This temperature is called
the - Correct Answer- critical temperature
What physical principle underlies most fluid circuitry? - Correct Answer- Coanda effect
Which of the following compares the clinical outcomes of two groups? - Correct Answer-
Cohort studies
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