CCI RCIS CERTIFICATION PREP 2025 ELITE
REVIEW GUIDE WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED
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◍ What equipment is used in peripheral interventions to cross a lesion?
Choose two items. Answer: guidewire
torque device
◍ What is a complication associated with mechanical cardiac valves?
Answer: thrombus formation
◍ Activated clotting time is used to assess the effects of which
medication? Answer: heparin
◍ Post cardiac catheterization using femoral access, patients'
instructions should include Answer: holding pressure to access site when
coughing or sneezing.
◍ What is the best wire when intervening in the lower extremities from
a radial approach? Answer: .035 x 260 cm
,◍ What determines the number of electrons generated by an x-ray tube?
Answer: milliamperage
◍ What complications are MOST FREQUENTLY associated with
vascular closure devices? Choose three responses. Answer: infection
thrombosis
delayed bleeding
◍ Where is the dicrotic notch located on the arterial waveform? Click
on the dicrotic notch on either arterial waveform deflexion. Answer:
◍ Where is the cephalic vein located? Answer: antecubital fossa of the
lateral side of the arm
◍ What medications are MOST COMMONLY used to pre-treat a
patient with a history of contrast allergies? Answer: famotidine,
diphenhydramine, Solu-Medrol
◍ What vascular approach should be used to perform a transseptal left
heart catheterization? Answer: right femoral vein
◍ What inotropic agent predominately stimulates beta 1 receptors?
Answer: Isuprel
, ◍ What are the possible vascular access sites for a left common femoral
artery intervention? Answer: left/right radial artery, right femoral artery,
or left/right popliteal artery
◍ What planes are represented in this image? Choose two planes.
Answer: LAO
caudal
◍ The compliance chart for a balloon catheter has rated burst and
Answer: nominal pressure.
◍ What is an absolute contraindication for intra-aortic balloon
counterpulsation? Answer: aortic regurgitation
◍ What hemodynamic waveform would be observed with mitral
stenosis? Answer: large "a" wave in the left atrium
◍ Which atherectomy catheters shave and debulk plaque? Answer:
orbital and directional
◍ In respiratory arrest, the rescuer should give one breath every _____
seconds. Answer: 6
REVIEW GUIDE WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED
A+
◍ What equipment is used in peripheral interventions to cross a lesion?
Choose two items. Answer: guidewire
torque device
◍ What is a complication associated with mechanical cardiac valves?
Answer: thrombus formation
◍ Activated clotting time is used to assess the effects of which
medication? Answer: heparin
◍ Post cardiac catheterization using femoral access, patients'
instructions should include Answer: holding pressure to access site when
coughing or sneezing.
◍ What is the best wire when intervening in the lower extremities from
a radial approach? Answer: .035 x 260 cm
,◍ What determines the number of electrons generated by an x-ray tube?
Answer: milliamperage
◍ What complications are MOST FREQUENTLY associated with
vascular closure devices? Choose three responses. Answer: infection
thrombosis
delayed bleeding
◍ Where is the dicrotic notch located on the arterial waveform? Click
on the dicrotic notch on either arterial waveform deflexion. Answer:
◍ Where is the cephalic vein located? Answer: antecubital fossa of the
lateral side of the arm
◍ What medications are MOST COMMONLY used to pre-treat a
patient with a history of contrast allergies? Answer: famotidine,
diphenhydramine, Solu-Medrol
◍ What vascular approach should be used to perform a transseptal left
heart catheterization? Answer: right femoral vein
◍ What inotropic agent predominately stimulates beta 1 receptors?
Answer: Isuprel
, ◍ What are the possible vascular access sites for a left common femoral
artery intervention? Answer: left/right radial artery, right femoral artery,
or left/right popliteal artery
◍ What planes are represented in this image? Choose two planes.
Answer: LAO
caudal
◍ The compliance chart for a balloon catheter has rated burst and
Answer: nominal pressure.
◍ What is an absolute contraindication for intra-aortic balloon
counterpulsation? Answer: aortic regurgitation
◍ What hemodynamic waveform would be observed with mitral
stenosis? Answer: large "a" wave in the left atrium
◍ Which atherectomy catheters shave and debulk plaque? Answer:
orbital and directional
◍ In respiratory arrest, the rescuer should give one breath every _____
seconds. Answer: 6
