CCI ECHO Exam Questions Complete
Solutions New Update (A+ Pass)
When Transporting a Patient with a Urinary Catheter the bag should always be ? -
Answers --Below the patients bladder
A 52 year old women developes a murmur after a myocardial infarction. What is the
most likely etiology? - Answers -Ventricular septal defect VSD
Which of the following choices would not be used to correct for pulced wave doppler
aliasing? - Answers -Use of higher frequency probe
How do you position a patient for using a Pedoff probe along the right sternal border? -
Answers -Right lateral decubitus.
A patient with down syndrome is referred to your lab for an echo. Which of the following
cardiac defects would you likely find? - Answers -Atrioventricular Canal defect.
During a pharmacological echo stress test using Dobutamine which drug is given if the
patient dosnt reach target heart rate? - Answers -Atropine
How do you position a patient for a TEE exam? - Answers -Left lateral decubitus
If you measure the LVOT too big how will this affect your measurement for the aortic
area? - Answers -Area is to large
A patient with AIDS ( acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) might present with what
type of cardiomyopathy? - Answers -Dilated
A 3 year old patient comes to the lab with a systolic murmur. what is the most likely
etiology? - Answers -Ventricular septal defect.
In a patient with COPD which frequency transducer would most likely result in the best
images? - Answers -2.25MHz
Which is the best stress echo technique for revealing hibernating or stunned
myocardium? - Answers -Dobutamine
You are in the emergency department and a patient presents with the signs and
symptoms of aortic dissection. which modality would give you the most rapid diagnosis?
- Answers -TEE
which is the proper term when the pulmonic valve is removed and put in place of the
aortic valve in the same patient? - Answers -autograft
,Know that pericarditis (pericardial Effusion) can present with positional chest pain. -
Answers -Hurts more in certain positions or when changing positions.
what is the 1st structure seen when imaging from the suprasternal notch? - Answers -
Aortic arch
which of the following drugs is used in Nuclear stress test? - Answers -Thallium
which of the following is the most important echo to do? - Answers -Murmur Post MI
At what time during fetal growth is the heart first fully developed? - Answers -40 days
on the 3oth day, the trunks normally divides. what anomaly occurs if the truncus does
not divide? - Answers -Truncus ateriosus
The sinus venosus forms all of the following except: - Answers -Pulmonary arteries
The truncus ateriosus forms all of the following except: - Answers -Pulmonary veins
what are the two right to left saints in the normal fetal circulation? - Answers -Foramen
oval and ductus arteriosus
which of the following left to right shunts is the last to close in the normal post partum
period? when does it close ? - Answers -patent foramen ovale, closes at the end of the
first week.
in the normal fetal circulation, which of the following has the least amount of blood flow?
- Answers -pulmonary veins
all of the following hemodynamic events occur post delivery except: - Answers -Left
atrial pressure decreases
The fetal ductus arteriosus closes soon after birth. what structure does it become? -
Answers -ligamentum arteriosum
The ductus arteriosus connects the pulmonary artery and aorta in the fetus. at what site
does the ductus attach to the aorta? - Answers -aortic isthmus
the following five structures are activated during a single cardiac cycle. Rank them in
the normal order of activation. - Answers -SA node
AV node
Bundle of His
left bundle branch
purkinje fibers
, which of the following structures is the primary pacemaker of the heart? - Answers -SA
node
During the resting state, which of the following ions are pumped out of the cells of the
myocardium? - Answers -Sodium
Following electrical depolarization of the myocardial cell membrane, which ion rushes in
first, and which ion rushes in later? - Answers -sodium followed by calcium
which of the following helps slow heart muscle contraction? - Answers -potassium
in the cardiac cell action potential, what phases are included in the absolute refractory
period? - Answers -phases 1 into phase 3
when contraction against which of the following pressures will the velocity of muscle cell
contraction be more rapid? - Answers -75 mmHg
what happens to the beat following a premature ventricular depolarization ? - Answers -
the beat is stronger than a typical beat
what is the Frank sterling Law? - Answers -the more the heart muscle is stretched, the
more forcefully it contracts.
which of the following best describes preload? - Answers -LV filling
all of the following tend to increase preload except: - Answers -AS
what best describes afterload? - Answers -aortic pressure
all of the following tend to increase after load except? - Answers -MR
what is the predominant echo findings associated with increased after load? - Answers -
LV hypertrophy
what is the predominant echo finding associated with increased preload? - Answers -LV
Dilation
Afterload equals : - Answers -hypertrophy
Preload equals : - Answers -Dilation
a patients blood pressure is 120/80mmHg, stroke volume is 80mL,R-R interval is .86,
heart rate is 70 beats/min, and age is 42 years. what is the patients cardiac output? -
Answers -5.5L/min
Cardiac output= - Answers -heart rate x stroke volume
Solutions New Update (A+ Pass)
When Transporting a Patient with a Urinary Catheter the bag should always be ? -
Answers --Below the patients bladder
A 52 year old women developes a murmur after a myocardial infarction. What is the
most likely etiology? - Answers -Ventricular septal defect VSD
Which of the following choices would not be used to correct for pulced wave doppler
aliasing? - Answers -Use of higher frequency probe
How do you position a patient for using a Pedoff probe along the right sternal border? -
Answers -Right lateral decubitus.
A patient with down syndrome is referred to your lab for an echo. Which of the following
cardiac defects would you likely find? - Answers -Atrioventricular Canal defect.
During a pharmacological echo stress test using Dobutamine which drug is given if the
patient dosnt reach target heart rate? - Answers -Atropine
How do you position a patient for a TEE exam? - Answers -Left lateral decubitus
If you measure the LVOT too big how will this affect your measurement for the aortic
area? - Answers -Area is to large
A patient with AIDS ( acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) might present with what
type of cardiomyopathy? - Answers -Dilated
A 3 year old patient comes to the lab with a systolic murmur. what is the most likely
etiology? - Answers -Ventricular septal defect.
In a patient with COPD which frequency transducer would most likely result in the best
images? - Answers -2.25MHz
Which is the best stress echo technique for revealing hibernating or stunned
myocardium? - Answers -Dobutamine
You are in the emergency department and a patient presents with the signs and
symptoms of aortic dissection. which modality would give you the most rapid diagnosis?
- Answers -TEE
which is the proper term when the pulmonic valve is removed and put in place of the
aortic valve in the same patient? - Answers -autograft
,Know that pericarditis (pericardial Effusion) can present with positional chest pain. -
Answers -Hurts more in certain positions or when changing positions.
what is the 1st structure seen when imaging from the suprasternal notch? - Answers -
Aortic arch
which of the following drugs is used in Nuclear stress test? - Answers -Thallium
which of the following is the most important echo to do? - Answers -Murmur Post MI
At what time during fetal growth is the heart first fully developed? - Answers -40 days
on the 3oth day, the trunks normally divides. what anomaly occurs if the truncus does
not divide? - Answers -Truncus ateriosus
The sinus venosus forms all of the following except: - Answers -Pulmonary arteries
The truncus ateriosus forms all of the following except: - Answers -Pulmonary veins
what are the two right to left saints in the normal fetal circulation? - Answers -Foramen
oval and ductus arteriosus
which of the following left to right shunts is the last to close in the normal post partum
period? when does it close ? - Answers -patent foramen ovale, closes at the end of the
first week.
in the normal fetal circulation, which of the following has the least amount of blood flow?
- Answers -pulmonary veins
all of the following hemodynamic events occur post delivery except: - Answers -Left
atrial pressure decreases
The fetal ductus arteriosus closes soon after birth. what structure does it become? -
Answers -ligamentum arteriosum
The ductus arteriosus connects the pulmonary artery and aorta in the fetus. at what site
does the ductus attach to the aorta? - Answers -aortic isthmus
the following five structures are activated during a single cardiac cycle. Rank them in
the normal order of activation. - Answers -SA node
AV node
Bundle of His
left bundle branch
purkinje fibers
, which of the following structures is the primary pacemaker of the heart? - Answers -SA
node
During the resting state, which of the following ions are pumped out of the cells of the
myocardium? - Answers -Sodium
Following electrical depolarization of the myocardial cell membrane, which ion rushes in
first, and which ion rushes in later? - Answers -sodium followed by calcium
which of the following helps slow heart muscle contraction? - Answers -potassium
in the cardiac cell action potential, what phases are included in the absolute refractory
period? - Answers -phases 1 into phase 3
when contraction against which of the following pressures will the velocity of muscle cell
contraction be more rapid? - Answers -75 mmHg
what happens to the beat following a premature ventricular depolarization ? - Answers -
the beat is stronger than a typical beat
what is the Frank sterling Law? - Answers -the more the heart muscle is stretched, the
more forcefully it contracts.
which of the following best describes preload? - Answers -LV filling
all of the following tend to increase preload except: - Answers -AS
what best describes afterload? - Answers -aortic pressure
all of the following tend to increase after load except? - Answers -MR
what is the predominant echo findings associated with increased after load? - Answers -
LV hypertrophy
what is the predominant echo finding associated with increased preload? - Answers -LV
Dilation
Afterload equals : - Answers -hypertrophy
Preload equals : - Answers -Dilation
a patients blood pressure is 120/80mmHg, stroke volume is 80mL,R-R interval is .86,
heart rate is 70 beats/min, and age is 42 years. what is the patients cardiac output? -
Answers -5.5L/min
Cardiac output= - Answers -heart rate x stroke volume
