Deck 14: Chest and Lungs

Question 1

Ms. Rudman, age 74 years, has no known health problems or diseases. You are doing a preventive healthcare history and examination. Which symptom is associated with intrathoracic infection?

A) Barrel chest
B) Cor pulmonale
C) Funnel chest
D) Malodorous breath

Answer 1

Malodorous breath

Question 2

As you take vital signs on Mr. Barrow, age 78 years, you note that his respirations are 40 breaths/min. He has been resting, and his mucosa is pink. In regard to Mr. Barrow's respirations, you would:

A) document his rate as normal.
B) do nothing because his color is pink.
C) note that his rate is below normal.
D) report that he has an above-average rate.

Answer 2

report that he has an above-average rate.

Question 3

Which site of chest wall retractions indicates a more severe obstruction in the asthmatic patient?

A) Lower chest
B) Along the anterior axillary line
C) Above the clavicles
D) At the nipple line

Answer 3

Above the clavicles

Question 4

A 44-year-old male patient who complains of a cough has presented to the emergency department. He admits to smoking one pack per day. During your inspection of his chest, the most appropriate lighting source to highlight chest movement is:

A) bright tangential lighting.
B) daylight from a window.
C) flashlight in a dark room.
D) fluorescent ceiling lights.

Question 5

With consolidation in the lung tissue, the breath sounds are louder and easier to hear, whereas healthy lung tissue produces softer sounds. This is because:

A) consolidation echoes in the chest.
B) consolidation is a poor conductor of sound.
C) air-filled lung sounds are from smaller spaces.
D) air-filled lung tissue is an insulator of sound.

Question 6

You would expect to document the presence of a pleural friction rub for a patient being treated for:

A) pneumonia.
B) atelectasis.
C) pleurisy.
D) emphysema.

Question 7

In which patient situation would you expect to assess tachypnea?

A) Patient who is depressed
B) Patient who abuses narcotics
C) Patient with metabolic acidosis
D) Patient with myasthenia gravis

Question 8

Which finding suggests a minor structural variation?

A) Barrel chest
B) Clubbed fingers
C) Pectus carinatum
D) Chest wall retractions

Question 9

To count the ribs and the intercostal spaces, you begin by palpating the reference point of the:

A) distal point of the xiphoid.
B) manubriosternal junction.
C) suprasternal notch.
D) acromion process.

Question 10

The best time to observe and count respirations is while:

A) the patient is answering questions.
B) weighing the patient.
C) palpating the pulse.
D) the patient is sleeping.

Question 11

An Apgar score of __________ is given to the infant who demonstrates irregular respiratory effort.

Question 12

When auscultating the apex of the lung, you should listen at a point:

A) even with the second rib.
B) 4 cm above the first rib.
C) higher on the right side.
D) on the convex diaphragm surface.

Question 13

Which type of apnea requires immediate action?

A) Primary apnea
B) Secondary apnea
C) Sleep apnea
D) Periodic apnea of the newborn

Question 14

Which lung sounds are associated with atelectasis? (Select all that apply.)

A) Wheezes
B) Ronchi
C) Crackles
D) Crepitus
E) Rales

Question 15

Mr. Curtis is a 44-year-old patient who has presented to the emergency department with shortness of breath. During the history, the patient describes shortness of breath that gets worse when he sits up. To document this, you will use the term:

A) platypnea.
B) orthopnea.
C) tachypnea.
D) bradypnea.