TMC practice test Questions and Correct Answers
Question : A 48 Year-Old Female Is Admitted To The Ed
With Diaphoresis, Jugular Venous Distension, And 3+ Pitting Edema In The Ankles. These Findings Are Consistent With (A) Liver Failure.(B) Pulmonary Embolism.(C) Heart Failure.(D) Electrolyte Imbalances
Correct Answer : Heart Failure
Question : A Patient Is Admitted To The Ed Following A
Motor Vehicle Accident. On Physical Exam, The Respiratory Therapist Discovers That Breath Sounds Are Absent In The Left Chest With A Hyperresonant Percussion Note. The Trachea Is Shifted To The Right. The Patient's Heart Rate Is 45/Min, Respiratory Rate Is 30/Min, And Blood Pressure Is 60/40 Mm Hg. What Action Should The Therapist Recommend First?(A) Call For A Stat Chest X-Ray.
(B) Insert A Chest Tube Into The Left Chest.(C) Needle Aspirate The 2nd Left Intercostal Space.(D) Activate The Medical Emergency Team To Intubate The Patient.
Correct Answer : Needle Aspirate The 2nd Left Intercostal
Space.
Question : All Of The Following Strategies Are Likely To
Decrease The Likelihood Of Damage To The Tracheal Mucosa Except (A) Maintaining Cuff Pressures Between 20 And 25 Mm Hg.(B) Using The Minimal Leak Technique For Inflation.(C) Using A Low-Residual-Volume, Low-Compliance Cuff.(D) Monitoring Intracuff Pressures.
Correct Answer : Monitoring Intracuff Pressures.
Question : A 52 Year-Old Post-Operative Cholecystectomy
Patient's Breath Sounds Become More Coarse Upon
Completion Of Postural Drainage With Percussion. The Respiratory Therapist Should Recommend (A) Continuing The Therapy Until Breath Sounds Improve.(B) Administering Dornase Alpha.(C) Administering Albuterol Therapy.(D) Deep Breathing And Coughing To Clear Secretions.
Correct Answer : Deep Breathing And Coughing To Clear
Secretions.
Question : A 65 Kg Spinal Cord Injured Patient Has
Developed Atelectasis. His Inspiratory Capacity Is 30% Of His Predicted Value. What Bronchial Hygiene Therapy Would Be Most Appropriate Initially?(A) Is / Smi (B) Ippb With Normal Saline (C) Postural Drainage And Percussion (D) Pep Therapy
Correct Answer : Ippb With Normal Saline.
Question : A Patient On Vc Ventilation Has Demonstrated
Auto-Peep On Ventilator Graphics. Which Of The Following Controls, When Adjusted Independently, Would Increase Expiratory Time?
Tidal Volume
Respiratory Rate
Inspiratory Flow
Sensitivity (A) 1, 2, And 3 Only
Correct Answer : 1, 2, And 3 Only.
Question : Which Of The Following Would Be The Most
Appropriate Therapy For A Dyspneic Patient Who Has Crepitus With Tracheal Deviation To The Left And Absent Breath Sounds On The Right?