Question 1When crackles, wheezes, or rhonchi clear with a cough, which of the following is a likely etiology?
Cystic fibrosis
Simple asthma
Heart failure
Bronchitis
Question 2The middle lobe of the right lung is best auscultated in the:
Right midclavicular line
Right anterior chest
Right midaxillary line
Right posterior chest
Question 6Which of the following conditions would produce a hyperresonant percussion note?
Lobar pneumonia
Pleural effusion
Large pneumothorax
Empyema
Question 7Which 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?
Tracheal
Bronchovesicular
Vesicular
Bronchial
Question 8A cause for alarm during the chest assessment of an infant is:
An irregular respiratory rate
Wheezing
Rhonci
Stridor
Question 9Which of the following percussion notes would you obtain over the gastric bubble?
Flatness
Resonance
Dullness
Tympany
Question 10During a chest assessment, you note the patient’s voice quality while auscultating the lung fields. The voice sound is intensified, there is a nasal quality to the voice, and e’s sound like a’s. This is indicative of:
Bronchial obstruction
Asthma
Emphysema
Lung consolidation
