Tech: Quiz 3 (Exam 1)

Question 1

At the common gas outlet, the female connector is _______ mm and the male connector is _______mm.

Answer 1

15, 22

Question 2

True or False:

Anesthesia machine flow meter tubes are interchangeable.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

When reading the floats in an oxygen flow meter, the bobbin is read at the ________ and the ball is read at the ________.

Answer 3

top, middle

Question 4

True or False:
In the United States the oxygen flow meter on the anesthesia machine must be furthest to the right and the furthest downstream.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Laminar flow through a tube is slowest where?

Answer 5

along the inside edges of the tube

Question 6

Excessive use of the oxygen flush valve may result in

Answer 6

inadequate anesthetic level

Question 7

Laminar flow follows _______ lines, while turbulent flow follows _______ lines

Answer 7

parallel, non-specific

Question 8

Why do most new ventilators have standing bellows

Answer 8

they will cease to rise/fall if there is a disconnect

Question 9

If a flowmeter is utilized at a remote mountain village at an elevation of approx 11000 feet, the amount of gas actually being delivered by the flowmeter will be

Answer 9

more than indicated on the flowmeter because the ambient pressure is less than the pressure that the flowmeter was calibrated at

Question 10

A standing bellows (select 2)

Answer 10

makes it easy to detect disconnections

expands during exhalation