ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR LIFE
SUPPORT ACLS EXAMINATION TEST 2026
COMPLETE TESTBANK AND STUDY GUIDE
BUNDLE
⩥ What is the pulse generated by? Answer: Blood flow
-NOT electrical potential
⩥ Can we have electrical activity with no muscle contraction? Answer:
Yes
-leads to no pulse
⩥ What does a cardiopulmonary arrest require? Answer:
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
⩥ What does CPR do? Answer: Provide tissue perfusion by external
chest compression
Establishment of airway and delivery of oxygen
⩥ What are the 4 types of arrest? Answer: Pulseless ventricular
tachycardia (pVT)
Ventricular fibrillation (VFib)
,Pulseless electrical activity (PEA)
Aystole
⩥ Which types of arrest are shockable (heart is moving but not moving
blood)? Answer: pVT
VFib
⩥ Which types of arrest are not shockable? Answer: PEA
Asystole
⩥ Which types of arrest have a big QRS that covers up the P wave?
Answer: pVT
VFib
⩥ pVT Answer: Rapid ventricular contraction insufficient to allow
adequate ventricular filling and meaningful cardiac output
-Ventricles beat faster than atria
-Not getting blood thru
⩥ VFib Answer: Rapid, uncoordinated, fluttering contractions of the
ventricles leading to cessation of isolated ventricular contraction and
blood flow
-Blood stands still
, ⩥ PEA Answer: Electrophysiologic state demonstrating impulse on ECG
w/o resultant ventricular contraction
⩥ Aystole Answer: A condition of weakening or cessation of ventricular
contraction
-flat-line
⩥ VFib ECG: Answer: Irregular
⩥ pVT ECG: Answer: Organized
⩥ PEA ECG: Answer:
⩥ Asystole ECG: Answer:
⩥ What are the most common types of arrest? Answer: Asystole-39%
PEA-37%
⩥ What are the most common causes of an arrest? Answer: Arrhythmia-
34%
Acute respiratory failure-25%
SUPPORT ACLS EXAMINATION TEST 2026
COMPLETE TESTBANK AND STUDY GUIDE
BUNDLE
⩥ What is the pulse generated by? Answer: Blood flow
-NOT electrical potential
⩥ Can we have electrical activity with no muscle contraction? Answer:
Yes
-leads to no pulse
⩥ What does a cardiopulmonary arrest require? Answer:
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
⩥ What does CPR do? Answer: Provide tissue perfusion by external
chest compression
Establishment of airway and delivery of oxygen
⩥ What are the 4 types of arrest? Answer: Pulseless ventricular
tachycardia (pVT)
Ventricular fibrillation (VFib)
,Pulseless electrical activity (PEA)
Aystole
⩥ Which types of arrest are shockable (heart is moving but not moving
blood)? Answer: pVT
VFib
⩥ Which types of arrest are not shockable? Answer: PEA
Asystole
⩥ Which types of arrest have a big QRS that covers up the P wave?
Answer: pVT
VFib
⩥ pVT Answer: Rapid ventricular contraction insufficient to allow
adequate ventricular filling and meaningful cardiac output
-Ventricles beat faster than atria
-Not getting blood thru
⩥ VFib Answer: Rapid, uncoordinated, fluttering contractions of the
ventricles leading to cessation of isolated ventricular contraction and
blood flow
-Blood stands still
, ⩥ PEA Answer: Electrophysiologic state demonstrating impulse on ECG
w/o resultant ventricular contraction
⩥ Aystole Answer: A condition of weakening or cessation of ventricular
contraction
-flat-line
⩥ VFib ECG: Answer: Irregular
⩥ pVT ECG: Answer: Organized
⩥ PEA ECG: Answer:
⩥ Asystole ECG: Answer:
⩥ What are the most common types of arrest? Answer: Asystole-39%
PEA-37%
⩥ What are the most common causes of an arrest? Answer: Arrhythmia-
34%
Acute respiratory failure-25%
