RCIS Board Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What is the pressure as blood enters the right atrium? -
correct answer ✅5mmHg
What organ system in the body acts on the blood in the vessels to
make a pressure of 5mmHg? -
correct answer ✅Deep skeletal muscle pump system
What pressure is the blood under as it goes from the RA through
the tricuspid valve? -
correct answer ✅5mmHg
The bigger the diameter of the valve the __________ pressure is
needed to move blood across it. -
correct answer ✅Less
The smaller the diameter of the valve the _________ pressure is
needed to move blood across it. -
correct answer ✅more
What is the largest valve in the heart? -
correct answer ✅tricuspid valve
,RCIS Board Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What is the normal right ventricular systolic pressure? -
correct answer ✅25mmHg
How much smaller is the pulmonic valve than the tricuspid valve? -
correct answer ✅5x smaller. It takes 5mmHg to get across the
tricuspid valve and 25mmHg to get across the pulmonic valve.
Which valve has a bigger diameter, the tricuspid or pulmonic valve?
-
correct answer ✅Tricuspid
Which valve requires more pressure to move across it, the tricuspid
or the pulmonic? -
correct answer ✅pulmonic
Valve A requires 5mmHg to move blood and valve B requires
30mmHg. Which valve has a smaller diameter? -
correct answer ✅Valve B
What is the right ventricular diastolic pressure? -
correct answer ✅5mmHg
,RCIS Board Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What is the RV EDP? -
correct answer ✅5mmHg
Why is the RV EDP not zero? -
correct answer ✅Because some blood is not ejected out. The
heart is not a perfectly efficient pump.
What is a normal RV ejection fraction? -
correct answer ✅55-60%
What is EDP? -
correct answer ✅End Diastolic Pressure. An efficient heart has an
ejection fraction of 55-60%, this leftover blood in the ventricle is
under a resting (diastolic) pressure.
What is a normal diastolic pressure in the pulmonary artery? -
correct answer ✅7-12mmHg
What is the normal left atrial pressure? -
correct answer ✅7-12mmHg
, RCIS Board Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What is the normal O2 concentration of a RBC leaving the lungs? -
correct answer ✅98%
What is the normal O2 concentration of a RBC when it returns to
the RA? -
correct answer ✅70%
How much O2 is a RBC able to give up to the organs? -
correct answer ✅30% of its O2
True/False: If someone has a higher EDP there is less damage to the
heart. -
correct answer ✅False, the higher the EDP the more damage.
More blood is being left and not pumped out.
What is a normal wedge pressure? -
correct answer ✅7-12mmHg
If the RBCs go through the lungs faster than 7-12mmHg what
happens? -
correct answer ✅The RBCs have less time to get the O2 needed to
fill them up fully.
Answers (Grade A+)
What is the pressure as blood enters the right atrium? -
correct answer ✅5mmHg
What organ system in the body acts on the blood in the vessels to
make a pressure of 5mmHg? -
correct answer ✅Deep skeletal muscle pump system
What pressure is the blood under as it goes from the RA through
the tricuspid valve? -
correct answer ✅5mmHg
The bigger the diameter of the valve the __________ pressure is
needed to move blood across it. -
correct answer ✅Less
The smaller the diameter of the valve the _________ pressure is
needed to move blood across it. -
correct answer ✅more
What is the largest valve in the heart? -
correct answer ✅tricuspid valve
,RCIS Board Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What is the normal right ventricular systolic pressure? -
correct answer ✅25mmHg
How much smaller is the pulmonic valve than the tricuspid valve? -
correct answer ✅5x smaller. It takes 5mmHg to get across the
tricuspid valve and 25mmHg to get across the pulmonic valve.
Which valve has a bigger diameter, the tricuspid or pulmonic valve?
-
correct answer ✅Tricuspid
Which valve requires more pressure to move across it, the tricuspid
or the pulmonic? -
correct answer ✅pulmonic
Valve A requires 5mmHg to move blood and valve B requires
30mmHg. Which valve has a smaller diameter? -
correct answer ✅Valve B
What is the right ventricular diastolic pressure? -
correct answer ✅5mmHg
,RCIS Board Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What is the RV EDP? -
correct answer ✅5mmHg
Why is the RV EDP not zero? -
correct answer ✅Because some blood is not ejected out. The
heart is not a perfectly efficient pump.
What is a normal RV ejection fraction? -
correct answer ✅55-60%
What is EDP? -
correct answer ✅End Diastolic Pressure. An efficient heart has an
ejection fraction of 55-60%, this leftover blood in the ventricle is
under a resting (diastolic) pressure.
What is a normal diastolic pressure in the pulmonary artery? -
correct answer ✅7-12mmHg
What is the normal left atrial pressure? -
correct answer ✅7-12mmHg
, RCIS Board Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What is the normal O2 concentration of a RBC leaving the lungs? -
correct answer ✅98%
What is the normal O2 concentration of a RBC when it returns to
the RA? -
correct answer ✅70%
How much O2 is a RBC able to give up to the organs? -
correct answer ✅30% of its O2
True/False: If someone has a higher EDP there is less damage to the
heart. -
correct answer ✅False, the higher the EDP the more damage.
More blood is being left and not pumped out.
What is a normal wedge pressure? -
correct answer ✅7-12mmHg
If the RBCs go through the lungs faster than 7-12mmHg what
happens? -
correct answer ✅The RBCs have less time to get the O2 needed to
fill them up fully.
