ADVENT HEALTH EKG EXAM SCRIPT
UPDATED COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS BUNDLED REVIEW
●● While performing a standard 12 lead EKG, an EKG technician
notices that none of the leads are giving a reading. Which of the
following limbs should the technician check first when correcting the
problem?
Answer: Right leg
- The technician should check the right leg because all leads share this
electrode.
●● Which of the following statements should an EKG technician include
when preparing a patient for an upcoming exercise stress test?
Answer: Refrain from caffeine, smoking, or alcohol for atleast 3 hours
prior to the test
●● An EKG technician is monitoring a patient who is undergoing an
exercise stress test. Which of the following findings should indicate to
the technician that the patient is experiencing an adverse reaction?
Answer: Report of tingling sensations in the lower extremities
●● Which of the following positions is appropriate for a patient during a
nuclear stress test while the camera is scanning?
,Answer: Supines with the arms above the head
●● An EKG technician should recognize that which of the following
situations is an allowable disclosure of patient information according to
HIPAA guidelines?
Answer: Patient write their names on a basic sign in sheet at the
registration desk
●● In which of the following locations should an EKG technician place
the leads for a resting EKG tracing for a patient who is in an imobile
fetal position?
Answer: On the patients back
●● While performing an exercise stress test on a patient, a technician
observes elevated ST segments. The technician should identify these
findings as which of the following?
Answer: Signs of acute myocardial infarction
●● An EKG technician observes st segment depression and t wave
inversion in multiple leads. Which of the following should the technician
suspect?
A) Myocardial infarction
B) Myocardial injury
C) Myocardial ischemia
, D) Heart block
Answer: C. Myocardial ischemia
●● When placing the electrodes on the patient for telemetry. In which of
the following locations should an EKG technician place the ground
electrode?
Answer: On the right lower leg
●● An EKG technician eliminates an artifact on a 3 lead EKG tracing by
plugging the machine into a different wall outlet. Which of the following
caused the artifact?
Answer: AC interference
●● Which of the following intervals should be used to determine the
regularity of ventricular depolarization?
Answer: R-R interval
●● Which of the following patient findings indicates Myocardial
Infarction?
Answer: Cyanosis
●● An EKG technician should recognize the smallest box on EKG graph
paper represents which of the following length of time?
Answer: 0.04 seconds
UPDATED COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS BUNDLED REVIEW
●● While performing a standard 12 lead EKG, an EKG technician
notices that none of the leads are giving a reading. Which of the
following limbs should the technician check first when correcting the
problem?
Answer: Right leg
- The technician should check the right leg because all leads share this
electrode.
●● Which of the following statements should an EKG technician include
when preparing a patient for an upcoming exercise stress test?
Answer: Refrain from caffeine, smoking, or alcohol for atleast 3 hours
prior to the test
●● An EKG technician is monitoring a patient who is undergoing an
exercise stress test. Which of the following findings should indicate to
the technician that the patient is experiencing an adverse reaction?
Answer: Report of tingling sensations in the lower extremities
●● Which of the following positions is appropriate for a patient during a
nuclear stress test while the camera is scanning?
,Answer: Supines with the arms above the head
●● An EKG technician should recognize that which of the following
situations is an allowable disclosure of patient information according to
HIPAA guidelines?
Answer: Patient write their names on a basic sign in sheet at the
registration desk
●● In which of the following locations should an EKG technician place
the leads for a resting EKG tracing for a patient who is in an imobile
fetal position?
Answer: On the patients back
●● While performing an exercise stress test on a patient, a technician
observes elevated ST segments. The technician should identify these
findings as which of the following?
Answer: Signs of acute myocardial infarction
●● An EKG technician observes st segment depression and t wave
inversion in multiple leads. Which of the following should the technician
suspect?
A) Myocardial infarction
B) Myocardial injury
C) Myocardial ischemia
, D) Heart block
Answer: C. Myocardial ischemia
●● When placing the electrodes on the patient for telemetry. In which of
the following locations should an EKG technician place the ground
electrode?
Answer: On the right lower leg
●● An EKG technician eliminates an artifact on a 3 lead EKG tracing by
plugging the machine into a different wall outlet. Which of the following
caused the artifact?
Answer: AC interference
●● Which of the following intervals should be used to determine the
regularity of ventricular depolarization?
Answer: R-R interval
●● Which of the following patient findings indicates Myocardial
Infarction?
Answer: Cyanosis
●● An EKG technician should recognize the smallest box on EKG graph
paper represents which of the following length of time?
Answer: 0.04 seconds
