Blood Pressure Practice Quiz: Measurement & Documentation

1. Question 1
   • Arterial pressure during ventricular contraction
   • Pressure remaining in veins after atrial contraction
   • Pressure generated when the cuff is fully deflated
   • Arterial pressure during ventricular relaxation
2. Question 2
   • Systolic pressure
   • Diastolic pressure
   • Mean arterial pressure
   • Pulse pressure
3. Question 3
   • The muffling of the sounds
   • The disappearance of the sounds
   • The first tapping sound
   • The loudest tapping sound
4. Question 4
   • Diastolic blood pressure is the arterial pressure during ventricular relaxation.
5. Question 5
   • pulse pressure
6. Question 6
   • 220 mmHg
   • 52 mmHg
   • 84 mmHg
   • 136 mmHg
7. Question 7
   • True
   • False
8. Question 8
   • True
   • False
9. Question 9
10. Question 10
    • Blood intermittently passes through the partially compressed artery
    • The cuff creates sounds from the stethoscope diaphragm
    • Blood permanently stops in the compressed artery
    • Venous blood flows backward through the artery
11. Question 11
    • Subtract the diastolic pressure from the systolic pressure.
12. Question 12
    • True
    • False
13. Question 13
    • Pulse pressure has remained unchanged
    • Pulse pressure has increased by 40 mmHg
    • Pulse pressure has increased by 20 mmHg
    • Pulse pressure has decreased by 20 mmHg
14. Question 14
    • systolic
15. Question 15
    • Ventricular ejection into the arteries
    • Ventricular relaxation before filling
    • Closure of the semilunar valves before contraction
    • Atrial filling from the veins
16. Question 16
    • The artery is completely compressed by the cuff
    • The ventricles have stopped contracting
    • Arterial flow has become fully unobstructed
    • The cuff has reached the patient's pulse pressure
17. Question 17
    • It is temporarily occluded
    • It remains unrestricted throughout the cycle
    • It becomes continuously turbulent
    • It increases during ventricular relaxation
18. Question 18
    • A decrease in systolic pressure
    • Equal decreases in systolic and diastolic pressure
    • A decrease in diastolic pressure
    • An increase in diastolic pressure
19. Question 19
    • Intermittent flow, unobstructed flow, then complete occlusion
    • Unobstructed flow, complete occlusion, then intermittent flow
    • Complete arterial occlusion, intermittent flow, then unobstructed flow
    • Continuous turbulence, complete occlusion, then intermittent flow
20. Question 20
    • It represents the average pressure in the arteries during one minute
    • It represents the number of arterial pulsations per minute
    • It represents the pressure required to occlude an artery
    • It represents the difference between peak and resting arterial pressures
21. Question 21
    • The pulse pressure is 128 mmHg
    • The pulse pressure is 76 mmHg
    • The pulse pressure is 52 mmHg
    • The pulse pressure is 204 mmHg
22. Question 22
    • Approximately 30 cm wide and 60 cm long
    • Approximately 18 cm wide and 36 cm long
    • Approximately 12 cm wide and 24 cm long
    • Approximately 6 cm wide and 12 cm long
23. Question 23
    • The smallest cuff available for all adult patients
    • A cuff whose bladder width equals the patient's arm circumference
    • A cuff with a bladder length about 40% of arm circumference
    • A cuff with a bladder width about 40% of arm circumference
24. Question 24
    • True
    • False
25. Question 25
    • Seated with back supported, feet flat on the floor, and legs uncrossed
    • Standing with the arm held above shoulder level
    • Seated with feet dangling and the arm unsupported
    • Seated with legs crossed and the back unsupported
26. Question 26
    • The arm should be supported at the level of the heart.
27. Question 27
    • Measure immediately after the patient climbs stairs
    • Have the patient talk continuously to reduce anxiety
    • Allow the patient to rest quietly for about 5 minutes
    • Ask the patient to exercise the arm for 5 minutes
28. Question 28
    • 1 inch
29. Question 29
    • Over the brachial artery
    • Over the ulnar side of the forearm
    • Over the radial artery at the wrist
    • Over the center of the antecubital crease without regard to the artery
30. Question 30
    • To identify the patient's pulse pressure directly
    • To replace the need for selecting the correct cuff size
    • To estimate how high to inflate the cuff and reduce the risk of missing an auscultatory gap
    • To determine the diastolic pressure without using a stethoscope

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