Vital Signs Quiz

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Quiz on Vital Signs Quiz, created by RCuccia4 on 22/09/2013.
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Question 1

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The tendency of an organism to maintain a constant internal environment is:
Answer
  • Homeostasis
  • Adaptation
  • Diaphoresis
  • Sensorium

Question 2

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Assessment of mental alertness is:
Answer
  • Temperature
  • Homeostasis
  • Diaphoresis
  • Sensorium

Question 3

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a balance between heat created and heat lost. Heat is created as the body changes food to energy is:
Answer
  • Diaphoresis
  • Thermoregulation
  • Temperature
  • Homeostasis

Question 4

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What are the ways heat is lost from the body?
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  • From the body to the environment, perspiration, breathing
  • From the body to the environment, perspiration, sexual activity
  • From the body to the environment, sleeping, breathing
  • Exercise, perspiration, breathing

Question 5

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What is diaphoresis?
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  • Sleeping
  • Fever
  • Perspiration
  • Low body temperature

Question 6

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What are the types of thermometers?
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  • Glass, electronic, digital, tympanic, and thermal scanners
  • Glass, electronic, digital, tympanic, and disposable.
  • Glass, electronic, laser, tympanic, and thermal scanners
  • Glass, rectal, digital, tympanic, and thermal scanners

Question 7

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What is the most common type of thermometer?
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  • Glass
  • Electronic
  • Digital
  • Thermal Scanner
  • Tympanic

Question 8

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Five methods for measurement:
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  • Oral, axillary, tympanic, parietal, and rectal
  • Vaginal, axillary, tympanic, temporal, and rectal
  • Oral, Occipital, tympanic, temporal, and rectal
  • Oral, axillary, tympanic, temporal, and rectal

Question 9

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How long does an oral thermometer take?
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  • 2 minutes
  • 3 minutes
  • 4 minutes
  • 1.5 minutes

Question 10

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How long does an axillary thermometer take?
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  • 5-12 minutes
  • 5-8 minutes
  • 5-6 minutes
  • 5-10 minutes
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