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NHA EKG CERTIFICATION STUDY GUIDE
|ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS 2026
Aortic Valve - correct-answer - What is missing in this outline of Pulmonary
Circulation?
1) RA (Right Atrium)
2) Tricuspid Valve
3) RV (Right Ventricle)
4) Pulmonary Valve
5) Pulmonary Arteries (Right/Left)
6) Lungs
7) Pulmonary Veins (Right/Left)
8) LA (Left Atrium)
9) Mitral Valve
10) LV (Left Ventricle)
11) _____
12) Aorta
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Angle of Louis - correct-answer - What is formed by the manubrium and the body
of the sternum and helps in electrode placement?
Right - correct-answer - V1 is placed in the 4th intercostal space and is located on
which side of the sternum?
Atrial Rate - correct-answer - The distance between P wave to P wave can be used
to calculate what kind of rate? (2 words)
Equation = 1500 / (distance b/w P waves)(# of boxes b/w P waves)
*OR*
300 / # of big boxes b/w P waves
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V4 - correct-answer - Which lead should be placed just below the nipple, in the
5th intercostal space on the midclavicular line (MCL)?
Sinus Arrest - correct-answer - What arrhythmia is associated with the skipping of
heartbeats on an EKG tracing? (2 words)
Right - correct-answer - Which side of the sternum would you place V2 if the
patient had dextrocardia?
V2 and V4 - correct-answer - V3 should be placed halfway between which two
leads?
Midaxillary - correct-answer - V6 is placed along the same horizontal plane as V4
and on the _____ line.
(Hint: MAL)
NHA EKG CERTIFICATION STUDY GUIDE
|ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS 2026
Aortic Valve - correct-answer - What is missing in this outline of Pulmonary
Circulation?
1) RA (Right Atrium)
2) Tricuspid Valve
3) RV (Right Ventricle)
4) Pulmonary Valve
5) Pulmonary Arteries (Right/Left)
6) Lungs
7) Pulmonary Veins (Right/Left)
8) LA (Left Atrium)
9) Mitral Valve
10) LV (Left Ventricle)
11) _____
12) Aorta
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Angle of Louis - correct-answer - What is formed by the manubrium and the body
of the sternum and helps in electrode placement?
Right - correct-answer - V1 is placed in the 4th intercostal space and is located on
which side of the sternum?
Atrial Rate - correct-answer - The distance between P wave to P wave can be used
to calculate what kind of rate? (2 words)
Equation = 1500 / (distance b/w P waves)(# of boxes b/w P waves)
*OR*
300 / # of big boxes b/w P waves
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V4 - correct-answer - Which lead should be placed just below the nipple, in the
5th intercostal space on the midclavicular line (MCL)?
Sinus Arrest - correct-answer - What arrhythmia is associated with the skipping of
heartbeats on an EKG tracing? (2 words)
Right - correct-answer - Which side of the sternum would you place V2 if the
patient had dextrocardia?
V2 and V4 - correct-answer - V3 should be placed halfway between which two
leads?
Midaxillary - correct-answer - V6 is placed along the same horizontal plane as V4
and on the _____ line.
(Hint: MAL)