Devices for Airway Management
- Previous year questions on Devices for Airway Management for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Anaesthesia section of the exam.
- Most questions here come from previous-year papers of Indian postgraduate medical entrance and licensing exams; where a paper and year are recorded the question carries them. The image-based questions are original vignettes written around an openly licensed figure, and were never asked in any exam.
- 36 live questions in Devices for Airway Management.
- 1 of 36 questions carries a verified exam year: 2018.
- Anaesthesia is worth about 6 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 8 Aug 2026.
Q1.Supreme LMA characteristic is -
- AHas no bite block
- BUsed in infants
- CHigh pressure, low volume
- DHas built in drain tube✓ Correct answer
Q2.All are true about Transtracheal Jet ventilation through 14 gauge IV venflon except
- AHigh rate
- BHigh Flow
- CCan be given through endotracheal tube✓ Correct answer
- DCan be given through cricothyrotomy
Q3.All of the following are advantages of LMA except-
- AMore reliable than face mask
- BPrevent aspiration✓ Correct answer
- CAlternative to Endotracheal intubation
- DDoes not require laryngoscope & visualization
Q4.Laryngeal mask is contraindicated in all Except
- AOral tumor
- BOcular surgeries✓ Correct answer
- CMassive maxillofacial injury
- DHigh risk of aspiration
Q5.Which of the following is not a definitive airway?
- ATracheostomy
- BOrotracheal tube
- CNasotracheal tube
- DLaryngeal mask airway✓ Correct answer
Q6.Most useful supraglottic airway device in abdominal surgery
- AFAST-trach LMA
- BPROSEAL LMA✓ Correct answer
- CSLIPA
- DC TRACH LMA
Q7.Tracheal secretions should be suctioned for:
- A10-15 seconds✓ Correct answer
- B60 seconds
- C30 seconds
- D3 minutes
Q8.Most common sign of airway obstruction
- ASlow pounding pulse
- BStrenuous breathing✓ Correct answer
- CIncrease pulse rate
- DDecrease pulse rate
Q9.Which of the following is not an indicator of difficult mask ventilation?
- APatient having history of snoring
- BPatient having beard
- COld age patient
- DFull set of teeth present✓ Correct answer
Q10.The following is true about endotracheal cuff. It has –
- ALow volume, high pressure✓ Correct answer
- BLow volume, low pressure
- CHigh volume, high pressure
- DEqual volume and pressure
Answer key
Q1: D. Has built in drain tube; Q2: C. Can be given through endotracheal tube; Q3: B. Prevent aspiration; Q4: B. Ocular surgeries; Q5: D. Laryngeal mask airway; Q6: B. PROSEAL LMA; Q7: A. 10-15 seconds; Q8: B. Strenuous breathing; Q9: D. Full set of teeth present; Q10: A. Low volume, high pressure.
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