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Please read each question and select your answer from the choices provided. You must complete all of the questions in order to view your results. At the end of each exam, you have the option to e-mail your results to your instructor.

1: The smallest vessels in the lungs, where air exchange occurs, are:
	A: bronchioles
	B: bronchi
	C: alveoli
	D: villius

2: Tension pneumothorax occurs when:
	A: Air can escape, but not enter, the pleural cavity
	B: Air can enter, but not escape, the pleural cavity
	C: Air can freely enter and escape the pleural cavity
	D: Air can neither enter nor escape the pleural cavity

3: Vital capacity is:
	A: The total volume of air expired after maximum inhalation
	B: The arterial level of PCO2
	C: The arterial oxygen level
	D: The maxiumum air expelled in one second.

4: Atelectasis is usually immediately treatable through:
	A: Antivirals
	B: Antibiotics
	C: Removal of obstruction or compressing material
	D: radiation

5: Which is NOT a manifestation of pneumonia?
	A: chest pain
	B: fever
	C: elevated white blood cell count
	D: edema
	E: coughing

6: Pneumocystis Pneumonia primarily affects:
	A: intravenous drug users
	B: individuals with tubercular antibodies
	C: genetically predisposed individuals
	D: immunocomprimised persons

7: SARS is easily curable with existing antiviral medications.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

8: Tuberculosis is characterized by:
	A: necrosis
	B: pneumothorax
	C: giant cells
	D: A and C

9: A tuberculosis skin test identifies:
	A: Bacterium
	B: Antibodies
	C: T-cells
	D: none of the above

10: The most common treatment of bronchiectasis involves:
	A: radiation
	B: antivirals
	C: surgery
	D: all of the above

11: Chronic obstructive lung disease can impair both the efficiency of gas exchange and the ventilation of the lungs.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

12: Bronchial asthma results from the _____ of the bronchial muscle.
	A: infection
	B: necrosis
	C: abscess
	D: spasm
	E: paralysis

13: Adult respiratory distress syndrome can result from any of the following EXCEPT:
	A: lung trauma
	B: gastric aspiration
	C: protozoan parasites
	D: toxic gas
	E: shock

14: Pulmonary fibrosis most commonly results from lifelong exposure to which substances?
	A: Silica dust
	B: Asbestos
	C: Teflon
	D: A and B

15: Lung carcinoma has a poorer diagnosis than most types of cancer.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

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