CRAT PREP COMPREHENSIVE SCRIPT 2026
FULL ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ 2. Monitor technicians record an ECG tracing and place it into the
patient record, but they must perform which of the following?
A. Assist the physician with angioplasty.
B. Perform an ultrasound of blood vessels.
C. Prepare an ECG report.
D. Evaluate the tracing and recognize abnormal rhythms.
Answer: D. Evaluate the tracing and recognize abnormal rhythms.
⩥ 3. Which of the following employees assists the physician with
invasive cardiovascular diagnostic tests such as angioplasty, heart
surgery, or implantation of artificial pacemakers?
A. ECG technician
B. Cardiovascular technologist
C. Medical assistant
D. Monitor technician
Answer: B. Cardiovascular technologist
,⩥ 4. Which of the following is considered an unethical act but is not
necessarily illegal?
A. Reporting blood pressure results of a stress test incorrectly, resulting
in a heart attach to the patient.
B. Taking a break when you are required to be viewing multiple patient's
heart rhythms.
C. Deciding to keep a $10 bill you find on the patient's bedside table.
D. Keeping the door open to the patient's room when you expose his or
her body to perform an ECG.
Answer: D. Keeping the door open to the patient's room when you
expose his or her body to perform an ECG.
⩥ 5. Which of these is the responsibility of an ECG technician?
A. Evaluating electrical tracings on a monitor.
B. Recording the ECG and preparing the report for the physician.
C. Assisting with invasive procedures.
D. Evaluating the rhythm.
Answer: B. Recording the ECG and preparing the report for the
physician.
⩥ 6. Which of the following BEST describes the universal and standards
precautions?
,A. Universal precautions are practiced on patients in isolation and
standard precautions are practiced on all patients.
B. Universal precautions are practiced on all patients with or without an
identified infection and stand precautions are only practiced on isolated
patients.
C. Universal precautions and standard precautions are the same.
D. Standard precautions combine universal precautions and body
substance isolation.
Answer: D. Standard precautions combine universal precautions and
body substance isolation.
⩥ 7. What type of ECG procedure is being performed? - Patient is laying
down with leads placed on him while the technician records.
A. Telemetry monitoring
B. Treadmill ECG stress test
C. Transtelephonic ECG monitoring
D. 12-lead ECG
Answer: D. 12-lead ECG
⩥ 8. A photo features the first ECG machine, which weighed about 600
lbs and took 6 people to operate. Which scientist won the Nobel prize
for this invention?
, A. Augusta D. Waller
B. Wilhelm Einthoven
C. Sir Thomas Lewis
D. James B. Herrick
Answer: B. Wilhelm Einthoven
⩥ 9. Which of the following ECG procedures is almost ALWAYS
performed in a hospital or in-patient facility?
A. Continuous Monitoring
B. Ambulatory monitoring
C. Treadmill stress test
D. Transtelephonic monitoring
Answer: A. Continuous Monitoring
⩥ 10. Which of the following is preformed as a routine procedure or
during an emergency in the hospital setting?
A. Treadmill stress test
B. 12-lead ECG
C. Ambulatory monitoring
FULL ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ 2. Monitor technicians record an ECG tracing and place it into the
patient record, but they must perform which of the following?
A. Assist the physician with angioplasty.
B. Perform an ultrasound of blood vessels.
C. Prepare an ECG report.
D. Evaluate the tracing and recognize abnormal rhythms.
Answer: D. Evaluate the tracing and recognize abnormal rhythms.
⩥ 3. Which of the following employees assists the physician with
invasive cardiovascular diagnostic tests such as angioplasty, heart
surgery, or implantation of artificial pacemakers?
A. ECG technician
B. Cardiovascular technologist
C. Medical assistant
D. Monitor technician
Answer: B. Cardiovascular technologist
,⩥ 4. Which of the following is considered an unethical act but is not
necessarily illegal?
A. Reporting blood pressure results of a stress test incorrectly, resulting
in a heart attach to the patient.
B. Taking a break when you are required to be viewing multiple patient's
heart rhythms.
C. Deciding to keep a $10 bill you find on the patient's bedside table.
D. Keeping the door open to the patient's room when you expose his or
her body to perform an ECG.
Answer: D. Keeping the door open to the patient's room when you
expose his or her body to perform an ECG.
⩥ 5. Which of these is the responsibility of an ECG technician?
A. Evaluating electrical tracings on a monitor.
B. Recording the ECG and preparing the report for the physician.
C. Assisting with invasive procedures.
D. Evaluating the rhythm.
Answer: B. Recording the ECG and preparing the report for the
physician.
⩥ 6. Which of the following BEST describes the universal and standards
precautions?
,A. Universal precautions are practiced on patients in isolation and
standard precautions are practiced on all patients.
B. Universal precautions are practiced on all patients with or without an
identified infection and stand precautions are only practiced on isolated
patients.
C. Universal precautions and standard precautions are the same.
D. Standard precautions combine universal precautions and body
substance isolation.
Answer: D. Standard precautions combine universal precautions and
body substance isolation.
⩥ 7. What type of ECG procedure is being performed? - Patient is laying
down with leads placed on him while the technician records.
A. Telemetry monitoring
B. Treadmill ECG stress test
C. Transtelephonic ECG monitoring
D. 12-lead ECG
Answer: D. 12-lead ECG
⩥ 8. A photo features the first ECG machine, which weighed about 600
lbs and took 6 people to operate. Which scientist won the Nobel prize
for this invention?
, A. Augusta D. Waller
B. Wilhelm Einthoven
C. Sir Thomas Lewis
D. James B. Herrick
Answer: B. Wilhelm Einthoven
⩥ 9. Which of the following ECG procedures is almost ALWAYS
performed in a hospital or in-patient facility?
A. Continuous Monitoring
B. Ambulatory monitoring
C. Treadmill stress test
D. Transtelephonic monitoring
Answer: A. Continuous Monitoring
⩥ 10. Which of the following is preformed as a routine procedure or
during an emergency in the hospital setting?
A. Treadmill stress test
B. 12-lead ECG
C. Ambulatory monitoring
