RCIS Practice Test Questions and
Answers Grade A+
What is the formula for calculating cardiac output?
✓ CO= HR x SV
What is stroke volume related to?
✓ preload
Preload is most impacted by.....
✓ Increased filling volumes
A patient with chronic untreated hypertension would demonstrate....
✓ Increased afterload
Vascular resistance/pressure is most influenced by....
✓ Radius of the vessel
The formula for BP is....
✓ BP = CO x SVR
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What component of a Pulmonary Capillary Wedge pressure indicates Mitral
insufficiency
✓ V wave
An elevated RVEDP is found in which pathology
✓ RV infarct
If the RA waveform is 2x the normal value, where would this be demonstrated
in the physical assessment
✓ JVD
What is the most common cause of Pulmonic stenosis
✓ Congenital
The Blue proximal part of the swan is located how far from the distal tip of the
swan
✓ 30 cm
When performing a thermodilution cardiac output, the operator injects 10 cc
of saline into the _____ and the temperature change is measured in the ______
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✓ RA, PA
Equalization of RVEDP and LVEDP are found in
✓ restrictive pericarditis
Signs of Right sided heart failure include
✓ JVD
Based on these oxygen saturations, what type of shunt is present? SVC sat=
67% IVC sat= 71% RA sat= 85% RV sat= 85% PA sat= 85% LA sat= 98% LV sat=
98% AO sat= 98%
✓ L to R ASD
What type of ASD, located in the middle 1/3 of the atrial septum (the former
site of the fossa ovalis) is called
✓ Ostium Secundum
What is the Flamm's equation
✓ 3(SVC) + 1(IVC)/4
The formula used to calculate MAP is
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✓ 1 (systolic) + 2 (diastolic)/3
What are the four anomalies associated with Tetralogy of Fallot
✓ Pulmonic stenosis, over riding aorta, RVH, VSD
Which fetal anomaly is characterized by a large VSD over which a large
single great vessel arises
✓ Truncas Arteriosus
Pulsus Paradoxus is a sign of
✓ Cardiac Tamponade
What does RAD stand for
✓ Radiation absorbed dose
What component of the X-ray system converts light rays into images
✓ Image intensifier
What is the maximum annual dose of radiation one can receive annually
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