Clinical Simulation Practice Test

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• In culture and sensitivity testing, after incubation the cultures are exposed to antibiotics to evaluate what?
• Lactated Ringer's solution is described as which of the following?
• Inductive plethysmography is used in sleep studies to monitor what?
• Plasma oncotic pressure is another name for which term?
• Chest fluoroscopy is limited primarily due to what factor?
• Capillary refill time is considered normal if it completes in less than how many seconds?
• Which condition is not typically treated by hyperbaric oxygen therapy?
• Which of the following is an indication for two-dimensional echocardiography?
• Which device is used to remove meconium from the upper airway of a neonate?
• Which statement correctly identifies the Lecithin/Sphingomyelin (L/S) ratio in fetal assessment?
• What is the normal Cardiac Index (CI) range?
• Which statement about BNP is true?
• Creatinine clearance is a measurement of what?
• Induced (therapeutic) hypothermia is indicated for which conditions?
• What is the normal creatinine clearance range in mL/min?
• Carotid massage is indicated for which arrhythmia?
• Which laboratory measurement assesses the number of T-type lymphocytes?
• Calorimetry is used to measure which of the following?
• What is the normal respiratory rate for an infant?
• What is the therapeutic serum range for theophylline when used as a bronchodilator in adults?
• In which patient is the gag reflex not indicated?
• Bowel sounds are used to determine presence of which condition in newborns?
• Grimace is the name for which reflex?
• What does Gram staining indicate about Gram-positive versus Gram-negative bacteria?
• Permissive hypercapnia is characterized by which finding?
• Which therapy is used to dissolve intravascular thrombi in conditions such as pulmonary embolism, myocardial infarction, or stroke?
• Intraocular pressure refers to the internal pressure of which structure?
• What is the normal range for cerebral perfusion pressure?
• Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated for treatment of which conditions?
• Which value represents a normal cardiac output within the hemodynamic normals?
• What is the normal reported range for lactate levels?
• The term maxillomandibular refers to which anatomical region?
• Phrenic nerve pacing is an intervention that does what?
• Electromyography primarily records which of the following?
• Toxic digoxin level is greater than which value?
• The Dubowitz score is used to determine the gestational age of a newborn.
• Pancreatic enzymes are primarily involved in which bodily process?
• Deep tendon reflex testing commonly assesses which of the following?
• What is the normal range for prothrombin time (PT) in seconds?
• A drug toxicology screen is indicated in which scenario?
• What is the normal range for the anion gap?
• In infant normals, what is the typical pulse range?
• EEG is used to evaluate which of the following?
• Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is typically conducted at what atmospheric pressure range?
• In permissive hypercapnia, what adjustment is made to ventilation?
• A deep pain response evaluates a patient's reaction to which type of stimulus?
• What is a Holter monitor used for?
• What population is primarily treated with surfactant replacement therapy?
• Regarding capillary PO2, which statement is true?
• Prenatal risk associated with Rh incompatibility in pregnancy can lead to which fetal condition?
• A sweat chloride result greater than 60 mEq/L is considered positive for which condition?
• Surfactant replacement therapy is indicated for which neonatal condition?
• In adults, echocardiography can evaluate which of the following?
• Which term describes a normal thoracic cage configuration?
• BNP testing can help distinguish whether dyspnea is due to heart failure.
• RVSWI measures the pumping function of which heart chamber?
• What does the Hering-Breuer inflation reflex do?
• The Silverman-Anderson score is used to assess neonatal respiratory distress. What is the score range?
• Aptt monitors heparin therapy.
• The D-dimer test is used to determine the presence of which condition?
• Urine specific gravity indicates what property of urine?
• Blood magnesium level is present in chronic diarrhea.
• Basal metabolic rate is best described as which of the following?
• Transtracheal aspiration yields a sample from which location?
• Peak expiratory flow rate is used to monitor which condition?
• Medroxyprogesterone is used to treat which condition?
• Elevated BUN may indicate presence of renal disease.
• Which of the following best describes the primary role of platelets?
• Edrophonium chloride (Tensilon) test is used to diagnose which condition?
• Which statement best reflects a standard serum laboratory panel?
• Plasmapheresis is used to treat which of the following conditions?
• Colloid infusion refers to administration of a solution containing proteins for patients with ARDS. What is another way to phrase this concept?
• Which test is specifically used to predict fetal lung maturity through a biochemical ratio?
• Inhaled nitric oxide therapy is used in patients receiving mechanical ventilation for what effects?
• BNP testing can help determine whether symptoms are due to congestive heart failure.
• Dextrostix is used to rapidly identify which condition?
• The Specific Conductance (SGAW) test measures which parameter?
• GERD is defined as what?
• A bronchogram is an imaging study that visualizes which structure?
• Which description best defines inotropic agents?
• Moro reflex in newborns is a startle response to a sudden stimulus such as what?
• In microbiology, what does C&S stand for?
• Lactate levels are indicated in which of the following conditions?
• What is the normal range for urine specific gravity?
• Caloric stimulation is used to assess brain death.
• Lung fluoroscopy is best described as which of the following?
• What is the normal range for activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) as given?
• Normal Moro reflex includes which of the following movements?
• Pleural biopsy involves removal of which tissue?
• What is the normal range for serum magnesium?
• The glucose tolerance test is used to diagnose what?
• Two-dimensional echocardiography is indicated for evaluating which of the following?
• Which description matches the Chaddock reflex?
• Peak expiratory flow rate measures what aspect of lung function?
• The blood type crossmatch is used to determine which of the following?
• Which statement correctly describes tympanic temperature measurement?
• What is the typical normal value for the respiratory exchange ratio?
• Jugular venous distention may be observed as a result of which conditions?
• In a methacholine challenge test, a 20% decrease in FEV1 indicates what?
• What is the normal bilirubin level?
• Tympanic temperature measurement primarily monitors which physiologic parameter?
• The transillumination test in newborns helps detect which conditions?
• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is used to detect which features in the chest region?
• The ELISA test detects antibodies associated with which infection?
• Which test helps detect pneumothorax or congenital diaphragmatic hernia in newborns and is ideally performed prior to radiographic imaging?
• Rh incompatibility in pregnancy can cause which condition in the fetus?
• What is the normal cerebrospinal fluid volume?
• Normal methemoglobin level is less than what percent?
• Ocular pressure refers to pressure in which structure?
• What is the primary purpose of a V/Q scan?
• What is another name for the methacholine challenge test?
• Radioisotope implantation is described as a therapy for which type of disease?
• BCG vaccine is used for immunization against which disease?
• The echocardiogram is best described as which imaging modality?
• For general ventilation, which tidal volume range is recommended?
• The presence of a pulmonary embolus can be suggested by which test result?
• Normal intracranial pressure is within which range?
• In the normal pupillary light reflex, the pupil what happens in response to bright light?
• End tidal CO2 level is normally within which range?
• Pulsus paradoxus is best described as which of the following?
• Computed tomography (CT) imaging is best described as which type of imaging?
• In treating infants with apnea of prematurity, theophylline levels should be kept between which values?
• Therapeutic blood digoxin level is which range?
• Which item is part of the standard visual bedside assessment?
• Elevated serum immunoglobulins may be seen in which conditions?
• Which of the following are listed as contraindications for LDH testing?
• Which laboratory value is a primary indicator of renal function and is considered more accurate than BUN?
• Which method is used to determine basal metabolic rate?
• Bilirubin is the orange-yellow pigment of which bodily substance?
• IgE levels play a major role in which physiological process?
• Bone marrow transplant is indicated for which of the following conditions?
• Which laboratory test measures the amount of vitamin C in the blood?
• During a thallium stress test, when is the thallium tracer typically injected?
• Wilson Mitiky syndrome describes which condition?
• Which conditions are ECMO typically used for?
• Which test measures myocardial perfusion by imaging after administration of a radioactive tracer during exercise?
• Which statement correctly defines the Rapid Shallow Breathing Index (RSBI)?
• A complete blood count (CBC) includes measurements of which components?
• M-mode echocardiography is used to measure what aspects of cardiac function?
• Normal ranges for carboxyhemoglobin are specified for non-smokers and smokers. Which statement correctly lists these ranges?
• The carinal reflex is best described as which of the following?
• Which term describes the imaging study used to assess acute myocardial infarction?
• MAST trousers are used to apply external pressure to which body region?
• What is the primary purpose of a rubella titer?
• Which parameter is used to indicate the amount of pressure necessary to overcome airway resistance?
• Calcium chloride is used to raise the calcium level in the blood.
• Which statement about jugular venous distention (JVD) is true?
• Induced hypothermia primarily reduces ischemic injury by lowering body temperature. Which statement best reflects this effect?
• Which finding defines a positive Mantoux tuberculin skin test?
• Cerebral perfusion pressure is defined as which calculation?
• Transtracheal aspiration involves which procedure and is useful for identifying which type of bacteria?
• What is the normal shunt percentage?
• What does an angiogram evaluate?
• Pleural fluid analysis uses protein content to distinguish transudate from exudate. Which finding suggests a transudate?
• The gag reflex may disappear in which conditions?
• What is the birth weight listed under infant normals?
• Which blood alcohol level range corresponds to intoxication (delirium)?
• What is the total score range of the Glasgow Coma Scale?
• Carboxyhemoglobin level is most accurately measured by which method?
• A troponin level greater than which value indicates myocardial injury?
• A normal peak expiratory flow rate value is approximately which of the following in liters per minute?
• Lumbar puncture opening pressure is typically within which range?
• Which statement describes acid-fast bacillus staining for TB?
• Indirect calorimetry is used for what purpose?
• Lumbar puncture is also known as what procedure, and what condition can it help diagnose due to elevated CSF protein?
• The lecithin/sphingomyelin (L/S) ratio is used to predict what, and what ratio indicates maturity?
• Normal blood magnesium level falls within which range?
• Creatinine levels are used to assess the function of which organ?
• Which statement best describes how serum is prepared from blood?
• Decreased serum magnesium is associated with which of the following scenarios?
• The Coombs test is the antiglobulin test and is used to anticipate which condition in newborns?
• Which of the following is NOT listed as a urinalysis parameter?
• What is the primary function of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)?
• A normal platelet count is within which range per cubic millimeter (mm3)?
• Digitalis and digoxin are examples of which type of cardiovascular drugs?
• End tidal CO2 is measured with which device?
• Cardiac catheterization is primarily used to measure pressures and oxygen saturations in which heart chambers?
• Elevated serum amylase can occur in pancreatitis or which other condition?
• Aspiration of gastric contents in GERD may cause which symptoms?
• Neuromuscular blockade refers to which of the following?
• A ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) scan procedure includes which steps?
• An RSBI value indicating readiness to wean from mechanical ventilation is which?
• Vestibular Nystagmus is defined as which of the following?
• Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty removes which structures?
• Elevated ocular pressure is most commonly associated with which condition?
• What is the normal albumin level?
• Elevated serum amylase is most commonly associated with which condition?
• In a child with suspected epiglottitis, which test should be avoided due to airway risk?
• Which markers are used to detect myocardial damage in cardiac injury?
• Military anti-shock trousers are indicated in which conditions?
• Serum electrolytes typically measure which ions?
• Rh factor refers to the presence or absence of antigens on which cells?
• Which method is the most accurate measurement of airway resistance?
• What is another term for chest X-ray?
• What is the term for the gag reflex?
• What is the normal range for right ventricular stroke work index (RVSWI) in g/beat?
• Bronchoalveolar lavage is used to diagnose which infections?
• A blood alcohol level greater than which value is typically considered fatal?
• Dorsiflexion of the toes after stroking the sole indicates which sign?
• Upper & Lower GI series involve radiographic and fluoroscopic examinations of which structures?
• Muller’s maneuver is best described as what?
• The carinal reflex is a protective mechanism that results in which response?
• What APGAR score range is considered normal immediately after birth?
• Which procedure is primarily used to evaluate blockage in the coronary arteries in the context of myocardial infarction?
• Reye's syndrome is best described as which combination following a viral illness?
• Prothrombin time is used to monitor which anticoagulant therapy?
• The gag reflex tests the integrity of which nerves?
• Upper & lower GI series examines which part of the gastrointestinal tract?
• What is the adult normal range for blood glucose level?
• Echocardiography can determine congenital heart defects in which population?
• CT imaging is particularly useful for diagnosing which conditions?
• Intracranial pressure monitoring is indicated for which conditions?
• Which FiO2 range is used in standard infant ventilator settings?
• A CPP value of 60 mmHg indicates increased risk of cerebral ischemia.
• The corneal reflex results in which response?
• In the permissive hypercapnia strategy, sodium bicarbonate may be used to treat which condition?
• Elevated liver enzymes are indicative of what condition?
• The heel stick is used for what procedure in a neonate?
• Which term describes a barrel-shaped chest?
• Peripheral reflex testing is used to assess what?
• Percent shunt is represented by which ratio?
• What is the normal BUN range?
• Intravenous pyelogram is used for evaluating which system?
• Which therapy may increase methemoglobin levels?
• Esophageal pH monitoring is used to determine which condition?
• Which statement about eosinophils is true?
• Calcium chloride is incompatible with which medication?
• Measurement of plasma oncotic pressure may help determine which condition?
• Capillary blood gas samples are typically obtained from which site in neonates?
• Indication for uvulopalatopharyngoplasty includes which of the following?
• Increased eosinophil levels are typically associated with which conditions?
• Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) is primarily used as an indicator of which condition?
• Plasmapheresis involves which process?
• The Babinski reflex is used to assess what?
• Cord blood pH measurement assesses pH in which location?
• What does range of motion measure?
• What is the normal MAP value range?
• What is the normal percentage range of eosinophils in white blood cells?
• Pedal edema is best described as which of the following?
• A Basic Metabolic Panel (BMP) measures which of the following?