Physics ,

Chemistry,
and
Mathematics
Questions
DIRECTIONS (Questions 1-34): Each of
the numbered items or incomplete
statements in this section is followed by
answers or by completions of the
statement. Select the ONE lettered
answer or completion
that is BEST in each case.
1. A patient with severe pulmonary
fibrosis
wishes to travel on an airplane. What
amount
of supplemental oxygen will be needed
to

maintain the arterial oxygen

concentration at
about 70 mm Hg? Assume the airplane
cabin is pressurized at 580 mm Hg and
that the patients alveolar-arterial
oxygen gradient is 150 mm Hg.
(A) 40%
(B) 50%
(C) 60%
(D) 70%
(E) 80%
2. A clinician wishes to perform a singlebreath induction with sevoflu rane and
exceed the maximum sevoflurane
concentration supplied by the vaporizer.
She fills a 3-L reservoir bag with oxygen
and adds 2 mL of sevoflurane liquid to
the bag. What will the concentration of
sevoflurane vapor be in the reservoir
bag? Assume the operating room is at
sea level and the room temperature is
20C. The ideal gas constant is 0.082 Latm-K-1-mole-1, the specific
gravity of sevoflurane is 1.52, and its
molecular weight is 200 g/ mol.
(A) 12.2%

(B) 13.5%
(C) 14.8%
(D) 16.1%
(E) 18.5%
3. In the typical operating room,
patients lose
heat via all of the following mechanisms
EXCEPT
(A) sublimation
(B) conduction
(C) convection
(D) radiation
(E) evaporation
4. An anesthesiologist plans a clinical
study
comparing a new antiemetic with
ondansetron.
100 women undergoing elective
laparoscopic
tubal ligation will be randomized to
receive
either the new antiemetic or a standard
4-mg
dose of ondansetron. The primary
outcome
variable is the number of women that

vomit
postoperatively in each group. In all
likelihood, the best statistical test to
compare the two treatments will be
(A) Students t-test for unpaired data
(B) Students t-test for paired data
(C) analysis of variance
(D) chi squared
(E) Wilcoxon rank-sum test
DIRECTIONS: Use the following scenario
to answer
Questions 5-7:
The standard extension cord used in a
particular hospital is 15 feet long and
has a capacitance of 0.05 F. The
capacitive reactance of each extension
cord when used with 60 Hz power is 53
kilohms.
Three of these extension cords are
plugged into a circuit protected by the
same circuit breaker and line isolation
monitor. Assume that the three
extension cords are the only sources of
capacitance and capacitive reactance on
the circuit.