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NEW RPSGT EXAM - Latest Study Guide and Practice Test Already Passed
Question 1: A PATIENTS OXIMETER READING DURING
PATIENT CALIBRATION IS 88%. WHICH OF THE
FOLLOWING WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE
RESPONSE?
CORRECT ANSWER: PLACE THE PROBE ON THE
PATIENTS EARLOBE
Question 2: A PATIENT WITH ONDINES CURSE WOULD
BE EXPECTED TO HAVE WHICH TYPE OF
RESPIRATORY IMPAIRMENT IN SLEEP?
CORRECT ANSWER: CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA
Question 3: ACCORDING TO THE AASM, INTERCOSTAL
EMG ACTIVITY IS AN ACCEPTABLE ALTERNATIVE
SESOR FOR RECORDING WHAT PARMETER?
CORRECT ANSWER: DETECTION OF RESPIRATORY
EFFORT
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Question 4: SLOW ROLLING EYE MOVEMENTS
OCCURING DURING STAGE N1 SLEEP WILL BEST BE
SEEN AT LOW FILTER SETTING OF?
CORRECT ANSWER: 0.3HZ
Question 5: A 1.0 HZ EEG WAVE IS MEASURED AT 15MM
PEAK TO PEAK. THE SENSITIVITY IS 5UV/MM. THE
VOLTAGE OF THE WAVE IS?
CORRECT ANSWER: 75UV
Question 6: A CHEYNE STOKES BREATHING PATTERN IS
OFTEN SEEN IN PATIENTS WITH?
CORRECT ANSWER: CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
Question 7: CAPNOGRAPHY MEASURES?
CORRECT ANSWER: EXPIRED CO2
Question 8: WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING HIGH
FREQUENCY FILTER SETTINGS IS RECOMMENDED
FOR RECORDING SUBMENTAL EMG?
CORRECT ANSWER: 100HZ
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Question 9: ENDOESOPHAGEAL PRESSURE
MEASUREMENTS WOULD BE MOST HELPFUL IN
EVALUTATING WHICH SLEEP DISORDERS?
CORRECT ANSWER: SLEEP RELATED BREATHING
DISORDERS
Question 10: A PATIENT BEING EVALUATED FOR
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING HAS
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION. WHAT SHOULD THE TECH DO?
CORRECT ANSWER: CONTINUE TO OBSERVE AND
DOCUMENT RHYTHM
Question 11: WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE MOST
DANGEROUS CARDIAC R HYTHM?
CORRECT ANSWER: VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION
Question 12: HOW WOULD YOU COMPUTE SLEEP
EFFICIENCY?
CORRECT ANSWER: TOTAL SLEEP TIME DIVIDED BY
TIME IN BED X 100
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