Advanced Health Assessment Exam 2 Review Questions & Answers-A palpable vibration increased with lobar pneumonia is also known as:
A. Rhonchi
B. Resonance
C. Fremitus
D. Crackles - C. Fremitus (key term is "palpable"
Your patient is exhibiting rapid shallow breathing, with a respiratory rate...
Advanced Health Assessment Exam 2 Review
Questions & Answers
A palpable vibration increased with lobar pneumonia is also known as:
A. Rhonchi
B. Resonance
C. Fremitus
D. Crackles - C. Fremitus (key term is "palpable"
Your patient is exhibiting rapid shallow breathing, with a respiratory rate >24
respirations per minute. Which of the following conditions are they experiencing?
A. hypoxemia
B. tachypnea
C. fremitus
D. resonance - B. tachypnea
Increased tactile fremitus would be evident in an individual who has which of the
following conditions?
A. emphysema
B. pneumonia
C. crepitus
D. pneumothorax - B. pneumonia
Fremitus is a palpable vibration. Increased fremitus occurs with compression or
consolidation of lung tissue (ex. lobar pneumonia)
Which of the following terms is used to describe a decreased level of oxygen (O2)
in the blood?
A. anemia
B. hypercapnia
C. hypoxemia
D. emphysema - C. hypoxemia
,The nurse is assessing a patient who has emphysema. They note a course, crackling
sensation that is palpable over the skin surface. This is known as:
A. hypoxemia
b. crackles
C. fremitus
D. crepitus - D. crepitus
Upon receiving the patient's lab results, the nurse notes the patient has an increased
level of carbon dioxide in the blood. Which of the following conditions would the
patient be experiencing?
A. resonance
B. hypercapnia
C. fremitus
D. tachypnea - B. hypercapnia
The nurse is auscultating a patient's lungs and hears discontinuous, high-pitched,
short, popping sounds heard during inspiration, and not cleared by coughing. These
are described as:
A. bradypnea
B. rhonchi
C. crackles
D. wheezing - C. crackles
The nurse is assessing a patient's lungs by using the percussion technique. Which
sound would the nurse expect to hear over healthy lung tissue?
A. resonance
B. orthopnea
C. crackles
D. tachypnea - A. resonance
A clinical manifestation common in an individual with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) is:
A. periodic breathing patterns
B. pursed lip breathing
C. unequal chest expansion
, D. hyperventilation - B. pursed lip breathing
An individual with COPD may purse the lips in a whistling position. By exhaling
slowly and against a narrow opening, the pressure in the bronchial tree remains
positive, and fewer airways collapse.
Which of the following are functions of the respiratory system? (Select all that
apply)
A. supplying oxygen to the body for energy production
B. removing carbon dioxide as a waste product
C. wound repair
D. maintaining acid-base balance
E. maintenance of heat exchange
F. identification - A. supplying oxygen to the body for energy production
B. removing carbon dioxide as a waste product
D. maintaining acid-base balance
E. maintenance of heat exchange
Stridor is a high pitched, inspiratory crowing sound commonly associated with:
A. upper airway obstruction
B. atelectasis
C. congestive heart failure
D. Pneumothorax - A. upper airway obstruction
Stridor is associated with upper airway obstruction from swollen, inflamed tissues
or a lodged foreign body.
Which of the following correctly expresses the relationship to the lobes of the
lungs and their anatomic position?
A. upper lobes-lateral chest
B. upper lobes-posterior chest
C. lower lobes-posterior chest
D. lower lobes - anterior chest - C. lower lobes - posterior chest
The posterior chest is almost all lower lobe
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