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TVarnum

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A very common application of the adjustable pressure-reducing valve is in combination with which of the following?
 
  a. Flow restrictor
  b. Thorpe tube flowmeter
  c. Bourdon gauge
  d. Uncompensated flowmeter

Question 2

You must connect a large-volume nebulizer to a bedside compressed-air outlet through a flow-meter. You have only standard O2 flowmeters available. Which of the following actions is ap-propriate?
 
  a. Connect the O2 flowmeter to the air outlet with piping tape.
  b. Use an O2-to-air DISS adapter to join the flowmeter and outlet.
  c. Connect the O2 flowmeter to the air outlet with a petroleum jelly seal.
  d. Try to cross-thread an O2 flowmeter di-rectly on the air outlet.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
The adjustable reducing valve commonly is used in combination with a Bourdon-type flow gauge.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
To avoid stocking a large variety of pressure regulators, flowmeters, and connectors for special gas use, adapters can be used to convert various DISS connections so that they can be used for a different purpose.



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