BASIC ARRHYTHMIA Exam 2026/2027 UPDATED QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+

BASIC ARRHYTHMIA Exam 2026/2027 UPDATED
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
• Sinus Rhythms -✓✓ Regular
PR .12 -.20
QRS .04-.12

• Normal sinus rhythm -✓✓ 60-100

• Sinus Bradycardia -✓✓ below 60

• Sinus Tachycardia -✓✓ Above 100

• Sinus Block -✓✓ Irregular
Pause does not disturb sync
SA fired but was blocked

• Sinus Arrest -✓✓ Irregular
Pause disturbs sync
SA failed to fire

• Sinus Arrhythmia -✓✓ Irregular
shorter to longer in time
or longer to shorter

• Atrial Rhythms -✓✓ Originate from the AV node
PR Variable
P wave vary in shape
QRS .04 - .12

• Premature atrial complex (PAC) -✓✓ Underline rhythm
Irregular
P wave of PAC looks different from the others
conducted = QRS after
nonconducted = no QRS

• Wandering Atrial Pacemaker -✓✓ Irregular
60-100
Three different Pwaves

• Multifocal atrial Tachycardia -✓✓ Regular
above 100
T wave distorted
PR unable to measure

, • Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) -✓✓ Regular
150-250
P wave & T wave merged

• paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia -✓✓ Regular
SVT
Fast to slow
slow to fast

• Atrial flutter -✓✓ Regular
Sawtooth
250-350
2:1, 3:1...block

• Atrial Fibrillation -✓✓ Irregularly Irregular
Atrial rate above 350
Controlled below 100
Uncontrolled above 100
Coarse = high amplitude
fine = low amplitude

• Junctional Rhythms -✓✓ Originate in AV node
40-60
P waves after, hidden in QRS (absent), inverted
QRS narrow

• Premature Junctional Complex -✓✓ Underlined rhythm
Irregular

• Junctional escape (Idiojunctional) -✓✓ Irregular
Late not early
looks like sinus arrest/block

• Accelerated Junctional -✓✓ Regular
60-100

• Junctional Tachycardia -✓✓ Regular
101-150

• Atrioventricular (Blocks) -✓✓ PR greater than .20
P-P regular

• 1st Degree -✓✓ Regular

• 2nd degree I