QUESTIONAccording to the Remote Pilot Study Guide, hyperventilation is best described as
- Aa breathing rate too slow to remove carbon dioxide from the blood.
- Ban excessive rate and depth of breathing that raises blood carbon dioxide to dangerous levels.
- Can excessive rate and depth of breathing that lowers blood carbon dioxide.
Show the answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. an excessive rate and depth of breathing that lowers blood carbon dioxide.
- A — incorrect Hyperventilation involves breathing too fast and deep, not too slow, and it removes too much carbon dioxide rather than too little.
- B — incorrect The rate and depth are excessive, but the effect is an abnormal loss of carbon dioxide from the blood, not a rise.
- C — correct The study guide defines hyperventilation as the excessive rate and depth of respiration leading to abnormal loss of carbon dioxide from the blood.