Cardiac NCLEX Questions with VERIFIED Answers (Guaranteed Success)
Q1: A patient with a tricuspid valve disorder will have impaired blood flow between the
A. vena cava and right atrium.
B. left atrium and left ventricle.
C. right atrium and right ventricle.
D. right ventricle and pulmonary artery..
Answer: C. right atrium and right ventricle.
Q2: A patient with an MI of the anterior wall of the left ventricle most likely has an occlusion of then
A. right marginal artery.
B. left circumflex artery.
C. left anterior descending artery.
D. right anterior descending artery..
Answer: C. left anterior descending artery.
Q3: If the Purkinje system is damaged, conduction of the electrical impulse is impaired through the
A. atria.
B. AV node.
C. ventricles.
D. bundle of His..
Answer: C. ventricles.
Q4: Prolonged pressure on the skin causes reddened areas at the point of contact due to
A. arterial vasodilation from smooth muscle relaxation.
B. compression of veins resulting in venous engorgement.
C. occlusion of major arteries causing infarction of the tissue.
D. tissue damage and inflammation resulting from impaired capillary blood flow..
Answer: D. tissue damage and inflammation resulting from impaired capillary blood flow..
, Q5: When a person's blood pressure rises, the homeostatic mechanism to compensate for an elevation
involves stimulation of
A. chemoreceptors that inhibit the sympathetic nervous system, causing vasodilation.
B. baroreceptors that inhibit the parasympathetic nervous system, causing vasodilation.
C. baroreceptors that inhibit the sympathetic nervous system, causing a decreased heart rate.
D. chemoreceptors that stimulate the sympathetic nervous system, causing an increased heart rate..
Answer: C. baroreceptors that inhibit the sympathetic nervous system, causing a decreased heart rate.
Q6: When checking the capillary filling time of a patient, the color returns in 10 seconds. The nurse
recognizes this finding as indicative of
A. a normal response.
B. thrombus formation in the veins.
C. lymphatic obstruction of venous return.
D. impaired arterial flow to the extremities..
Answer: D. impaired arterial flow to the extremities..
Q7: The auscultatory area in the left midclavicular line at the level of the fifth ICS is the
A. aortic area.
B. mitral area.
C. tricuspid area.
D. pulmonic area..
Answer: B. mitral area.
Q8: When assessing the patient, the nurse notes a palpable precordial thrill. This finding may be caused
by
A. heart murmurs.
B. gallop rhythms.
C. pulmonary edema.
D. right ventricular hypertrophy..
Answer: A. heart murmurs.
Q1: A patient with a tricuspid valve disorder will have impaired blood flow between the
A. vena cava and right atrium.
B. left atrium and left ventricle.
C. right atrium and right ventricle.
D. right ventricle and pulmonary artery..
Answer: C. right atrium and right ventricle.
Q2: A patient with an MI of the anterior wall of the left ventricle most likely has an occlusion of then
A. right marginal artery.
B. left circumflex artery.
C. left anterior descending artery.
D. right anterior descending artery..
Answer: C. left anterior descending artery.
Q3: If the Purkinje system is damaged, conduction of the electrical impulse is impaired through the
A. atria.
B. AV node.
C. ventricles.
D. bundle of His..
Answer: C. ventricles.
Q4: Prolonged pressure on the skin causes reddened areas at the point of contact due to
A. arterial vasodilation from smooth muscle relaxation.
B. compression of veins resulting in venous engorgement.
C. occlusion of major arteries causing infarction of the tissue.
D. tissue damage and inflammation resulting from impaired capillary blood flow..
Answer: D. tissue damage and inflammation resulting from impaired capillary blood flow..
, Q5: When a person's blood pressure rises, the homeostatic mechanism to compensate for an elevation
involves stimulation of
A. chemoreceptors that inhibit the sympathetic nervous system, causing vasodilation.
B. baroreceptors that inhibit the parasympathetic nervous system, causing vasodilation.
C. baroreceptors that inhibit the sympathetic nervous system, causing a decreased heart rate.
D. chemoreceptors that stimulate the sympathetic nervous system, causing an increased heart rate..
Answer: C. baroreceptors that inhibit the sympathetic nervous system, causing a decreased heart rate.
Q6: When checking the capillary filling time of a patient, the color returns in 10 seconds. The nurse
recognizes this finding as indicative of
A. a normal response.
B. thrombus formation in the veins.
C. lymphatic obstruction of venous return.
D. impaired arterial flow to the extremities..
Answer: D. impaired arterial flow to the extremities..
Q7: The auscultatory area in the left midclavicular line at the level of the fifth ICS is the
A. aortic area.
B. mitral area.
C. tricuspid area.
D. pulmonic area..
Answer: B. mitral area.
Q8: When assessing the patient, the nurse notes a palpable precordial thrill. This finding may be caused
by
A. heart murmurs.
B. gallop rhythms.
C. pulmonary edema.
D. right ventricular hypertrophy..
Answer: A. heart murmurs.
