RCIS Practice Test Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What is the formula for calculating cardiac output? -
correct answer ✅CO= HR x SV
What is stroke volume related to? -
correct answer ✅preload
Preload is most impacted by..... -
correct answer ✅Increased filling volumes
A patient with chronic untreated hypertension would
demonstrate.... -
correct answer ✅Increased afterload
Vascular resistance/pressure is most influenced by.... -
correct answer ✅Radius of the vessel
The formula for BP is.... -
correct answer ✅BP = CO x SVR
What component of a Pulmonary Capillary Wedge pressure
indicates Mitral insufficiency -
correct answer ✅V wave
,RCIS Practice Test Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
An elevated RVEDP is found in which pathology -
correct answer ✅RV infarct
If the RA waveform is 2x the normal value, where would this be
demonstrated in the physical assessment -
correct answer ✅JVD
What is the most common cause of Pulmonic stenosis -
correct answer ✅Congenital
The Blue proximal part of the swan is located how far from the
distal tip of the swan -
correct answer ✅30 cm
When performing a thermodilution cardiac output, the operator
injects 10 cc of saline into the _____ and the temperature change is
measured in the ______ -
correct answer ✅RA, PA
Equalization of RVEDP and LVEDP are found in -
correct answer ✅restrictive pericarditis
,RCIS Practice Test Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Signs of Right sided heart failure include -
correct answer ✅JVD
Based on these oxygen saturations, what type of shunt is present?
SVC sat= 67% IVC sat= 71% RA sat= 85% RV sat= 85% PA sat= 85%
LA sat= 98% LV sat= 98% AO sat= 98% -
correct answer ✅L to R ASD
What type of ASD, located in the middle 1/3 of the atrial septum
(the former site of the fossa ovalis) is called -
correct answer ✅Ostium Secundum
What is the Flamm's equation -
correct answer ✅3(SVC) + 1(IVC)/4
The formula used to calculate MAP is -
correct answer ✅1 (systolic) + 2 (diastolic)/3
What are the four anomalies associated with Tetralogy of Fallot -
correct answer ✅Pulmonic stenosis, over riding aorta, RVH, VSD
, RCIS Practice Test Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Which fetal anomaly is characterized by a large VSD over which a
large single great vessel arises -
correct answer ✅Truncas Arteriosus
Pulsus Paradoxus is a sign of -
correct answer ✅Cardiac Tamponade
What does RAD stand for -
correct answer ✅Radiation absorbed dose
What component of the X-ray system converts light rays into images
-
correct answer ✅Image intensifier
What is the maximum annual dose of radiation one can receive
annually -
correct answer ✅5 REM
Lead protection should be at least how many millimeters of lead -
correct answer ✅.5
Answers (Grade A+)
What is the formula for calculating cardiac output? -
correct answer ✅CO= HR x SV
What is stroke volume related to? -
correct answer ✅preload
Preload is most impacted by..... -
correct answer ✅Increased filling volumes
A patient with chronic untreated hypertension would
demonstrate.... -
correct answer ✅Increased afterload
Vascular resistance/pressure is most influenced by.... -
correct answer ✅Radius of the vessel
The formula for BP is.... -
correct answer ✅BP = CO x SVR
What component of a Pulmonary Capillary Wedge pressure
indicates Mitral insufficiency -
correct answer ✅V wave
,RCIS Practice Test Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
An elevated RVEDP is found in which pathology -
correct answer ✅RV infarct
If the RA waveform is 2x the normal value, where would this be
demonstrated in the physical assessment -
correct answer ✅JVD
What is the most common cause of Pulmonic stenosis -
correct answer ✅Congenital
The Blue proximal part of the swan is located how far from the
distal tip of the swan -
correct answer ✅30 cm
When performing a thermodilution cardiac output, the operator
injects 10 cc of saline into the _____ and the temperature change is
measured in the ______ -
correct answer ✅RA, PA
Equalization of RVEDP and LVEDP are found in -
correct answer ✅restrictive pericarditis
,RCIS Practice Test Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Signs of Right sided heart failure include -
correct answer ✅JVD
Based on these oxygen saturations, what type of shunt is present?
SVC sat= 67% IVC sat= 71% RA sat= 85% RV sat= 85% PA sat= 85%
LA sat= 98% LV sat= 98% AO sat= 98% -
correct answer ✅L to R ASD
What type of ASD, located in the middle 1/3 of the atrial septum
(the former site of the fossa ovalis) is called -
correct answer ✅Ostium Secundum
What is the Flamm's equation -
correct answer ✅3(SVC) + 1(IVC)/4
The formula used to calculate MAP is -
correct answer ✅1 (systolic) + 2 (diastolic)/3
What are the four anomalies associated with Tetralogy of Fallot -
correct answer ✅Pulmonic stenosis, over riding aorta, RVH, VSD
, RCIS Practice Test Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Which fetal anomaly is characterized by a large VSD over which a
large single great vessel arises -
correct answer ✅Truncas Arteriosus
Pulsus Paradoxus is a sign of -
correct answer ✅Cardiac Tamponade
What does RAD stand for -
correct answer ✅Radiation absorbed dose
What component of the X-ray system converts light rays into images
-
correct answer ✅Image intensifier
What is the maximum annual dose of radiation one can receive
annually -
correct answer ✅5 REM
Lead protection should be at least how many millimeters of lead -
correct answer ✅.5
