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10-point question Given the following yield information on U.S. Treasury securities: 1-year note yield = 4.23% 2-year note yield = 4.01% 3-year note yield = 4.29% 4-year note yield = 4.95% 5-year note yield = 4.33% 6-year note yield = 4.33% With constant premiums of 0, .16%, .21%, .24%, .26%, and .265%. a. Calculate the expected expectations yields for a (3,3) path. b. Calculate the expected market yields for a (2,4) path. c. Determine the expected preferred habitat yield for a 3-year note purchased at the beginning of year 2. d. Determine the expected expectations yield on a 5-year note purchased today.

A patient is receiving controlled ventilation via a IPPB ventilator (Bird Mark 7).  Suddenly, the ventilator will not cycle into expiration, this problem may be caused by: 1. Development of a spontaneous pneumothorax 2. Disconnected expiratory valve 3. A hole in the cuff of the ETT 4. A leak in the patient tubing

Which of the following drugs should the respiratory therapist recommend for a patient to decrease ventricular preload and lower blood pressure?

A patient is receiving 60% oxygen via a heated nebulizer.  You note that there is insufficient aerosol flow being delivered to the patient.  What is the following is a likely cause of this issue? 1. The patient is shallow breathing 2. The flowmeter is set too high 3. The water level is too low in nebulizer 4. Water collected in tubing

Which of the following back-up O2 systems should be used in case of a power outage for a home care patient receiving 02 with a concentrator? 

A patient has just been intubated, and the CO2 detector placed on the proximal end of hte ETT reads 1.5%.  The respiratory therapist should suspect which of the following?

A patient with asthma enters the emergency room. Auscultation reveals bilateral wheezes.  Which of the following drugs would be the most appropriate to administer at this time?

What effect could a fever have on a patient’s CO2?