NSG 6020 Week 2 Quiz
1. Which of the following percussion notes would you obtain over the gastric bubble? (Points : 2)
2. Which of the following anatomic landmark associations is correct? (Points : 2)
3. Which of the following is consistent with good percussion technique? (Points : 2)
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3 which of the following is consistent with good percussion technique points 2
4 a mother brings her infant to you because of a “rattle” in his chest with breathing which of the following woul
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NSG 6020 WEEK 2 QUIZ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Question 1.
1. Which of the following percussion notes would you obtain over the gastric bubble? (Points : 2)
Resonance
* Tympany
Hyperresonance
Flatness
Question 2.
2. Which of the following anatomic landmark associations is correct? (Points : 2)
*Second intercostal space for needle insertion in tension pneumothorax
T6 for lower margin of endotracheal tube
Sternal angle marks the fourth rib
Fifth intercostal space for chest tube insertion
Question 3.
3. Which of the following is consistent with good percussion technique? (Points : 2)
Allow all of the fingers to touch the chest while performing percussion.
Maintain a stiff wrist and hand.
Leave the plexor finger on the pleximeter after each strike.
*Strike the pleximeter over the distal interphalangeal joint.
Question 4.
4. A mother brings her infant to you because of a “rattle” in his chest with breathing. Which of the
following would you hear if there is a problem in the upper airway? (Points : 12)
Different sounds from the nose and the chest
Asymmetric sounds
*Inspiratory sounds
Sounds louder in the lower chest
Question 5.
5. Which of the following conditions would produce a hyperresonant percussion note? (Points : 2)
*Large pneumothorax
Lobar pneumonia
Pleural effusion
Empyema
Question 6.
6. On examination of a young child you notice that he or she has a noisy breathing, barking, "seal-
like" cough. What would your diagnosis be? (Points : 2)
Asthma
*Croup
Bronchitis
Pneumonia
Question 7.
7. A patient complains of shortness of breath for the past few days. On examination, you note late
inspiratory crackles in the lower third of the chest that were not present a week ago. What is the
most likely explanation for these? (Points : 2)
Asthma
COPD
Bronchiectasis
*Heart failure
Question 8.
8. Which lung sound possesses the characteristics of being louder and higher in pitch, with a
short silence between inspiration and expiration and with expiration being longer than
inspiration? (Points : 2)
Bronchovesicular
Vesicular
*Bronchial
Tracheal
Question 9.
9. A sixty-year-old baker presents to your clinic, complaining of increasing shortness of breath
and nonproductive cough over the last month. She feels like she can’t do as much activity as she
used to do without becoming tired. She even has to sleep upright in her recliner at night to be able
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