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AHA ACLS Practice Exam Questions And
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1. You find an unresponsive patient who is not breathing. After activating the emergency
response system, you determine that there is no pulse. What is your next action?
A. Open the airway with a head tilt-chin lift.
B. Administer epinephrine at a dose of 1 mg/kg.
C. Deliver 2 rescue breaths each over 1 second.
D. Start chest compressions at a rate of at least 100/min. - Answer✔Start chest compressions at
a rate of at least 100/min.
2. You are evaluating a 58- year-old man with chest pain. The blood pressure is 92/50 mm Hg,
the heart rate is 92/min, the nonlabored respiratory rate is 14 breaths/min, and the pulse
oximetry reading is 97%. What assessment step is most important now?
A. PETCO2
B. Chest x-ray
C. Laboratory testing
D. Obtaining a 12-lead ECG - Answer✔Obtaining a 12-lead ECG
3. What is the preferred method of access for epinephrine administration during cardiac arrest
in most patients?
A. Intraosseous
B. Endotracheal
C. Central intravenous
D. Peripheral intravenous - Answer✔Peripheral intravenous
4. An activated AED does not promptly analyze the rhythm. What is your next action?
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A. Begin chest compressions.
B. Discontinue the resuscitation attempt.
C. Check all AED connections and reanalyze.
D. Rotate AED electrodes to an alternate position. - Answer✔Begin chest compressions.
5. You have completed 2 minutes of CPR. The ECG monitor displays the lead II rhythm below,
and the patient has no pulse. Another member of your team resumes chest compressions, and
an IV is in place. What management step is your next priority?
A. Give 0.5 mg of atropine.
B. Insert an advanced airway.
C. Administer 1 mg of epinephrine.
D. Administer a dopamine infusion. - Answer✔Administer 1 mg of epinephrine.
6. During a pause in CPR, you see this lead II ECG rhythm on the monitor. The patient has no
pulse. What is the next action?
A. Establish vascular access.
B. Obtain the patient's history.
C. Resume chest compressions.
D. Terminate the resuscitative effort. - Answer✔Resume chest compressions.
7. What is a common but sometimes fatal mistake in cardiac arrest management?
A. Failure to obtain vascular access
B. Prolonged periods of no ventilations
C. Failure to perform endotracheal intubation
D. Prolonged interruptions in chest compressions - Answer✔Prolonged interruptions in chest
compressions
8. Which action is a component of high-quality chest compressions?
A. Allowing complete chest recoil
B. Chest compressions without ventilation
C. 60 to 100 compressions per minute with a 15:2 ratio
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D. Uninterrupted compressions at a depth of 12 inches - Answer✔Allowing complete chest
recoil
9. Which action increases the chance of successful conversion of ventricular fibrillation?
A. Pausing chest compressions immediately after a defibrillation attempt
B. Administering 4 quick ventilations immediately before a defibrillation attempt
C. Using manual defibrillator paddles with light pressure against the chest
D. Providing quality compressions immediately before a defibrillation attempt -
Answer✔Providing quality compressions immediately before a defibrillation attempt
10. Which situation BEST describes pulseless electrical activity?
A. Asystole without a pulse
B. Sinus rhythm without a pulse
C. Torsades de pointes with a pulse
D. Ventricular tachycardia with a pulse - Answer✔Sinus rhythm without a pulse
11. What is the BEST strategy for performing high- quality CPR on a patient with an advanced
airway in place?
A. Provide compressions and ventilations with a 15:2 ratio.
B. Provide compressions and ventilations with a 30:2 ratio.
C. Provide a single ventilation every 6 seconds during the compression pause.
D. Provide continuous chest compressions without pauses and 10 ventilations per minute. -
Answer✔Provide continuous chest compressions without pauses and 10 ventilations per
minute.
12. Three minutes after witnessing a cardiac arrest, one member of your team inserts an
endotracheal tube while another performs continuous chest compressions. During subsequent
ventilation, you notice the presence of a waveform on the capnography screen and a PETCO2
level of 8 mm Hg. What is the significance of this finding?
A. Chest compressions may not be effective.
B. The endotracheal tube is no longer in the trachea.
C. The patient meets the criteria for termination of efforts.
D. The team is ventilating the patient too often (hyperventilation). - Answer✔Chest
compressions may not be effective.
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AHA ACLS Practice Exam Questions And
Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass.
1. You find an unresponsive patient who is not breathing. After activating the emergency
response system, you determine that there is no pulse. What is your next action?
A. Open the airway with a head tilt-chin lift.
B. Administer epinephrine at a dose of 1 mg/kg.
C. Deliver 2 rescue breaths each over 1 second.
D. Start chest compressions at a rate of at least 100/min. - Answer✔Start chest compressions at
a rate of at least 100/min.
2. You are evaluating a 58- year-old man with chest pain. The blood pressure is 92/50 mm Hg,
the heart rate is 92/min, the nonlabored respiratory rate is 14 breaths/min, and the pulse
oximetry reading is 97%. What assessment step is most important now?
A. PETCO2
B. Chest x-ray
C. Laboratory testing
D. Obtaining a 12-lead ECG - Answer✔Obtaining a 12-lead ECG
3. What is the preferred method of access for epinephrine administration during cardiac arrest
in most patients?
A. Intraosseous
B. Endotracheal
C. Central intravenous
D. Peripheral intravenous - Answer✔Peripheral intravenous
4. An activated AED does not promptly analyze the rhythm. What is your next action?
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A. Begin chest compressions.
B. Discontinue the resuscitation attempt.
C. Check all AED connections and reanalyze.
D. Rotate AED electrodes to an alternate position. - Answer✔Begin chest compressions.
5. You have completed 2 minutes of CPR. The ECG monitor displays the lead II rhythm below,
and the patient has no pulse. Another member of your team resumes chest compressions, and
an IV is in place. What management step is your next priority?
A. Give 0.5 mg of atropine.
B. Insert an advanced airway.
C. Administer 1 mg of epinephrine.
D. Administer a dopamine infusion. - Answer✔Administer 1 mg of epinephrine.
6. During a pause in CPR, you see this lead II ECG rhythm on the monitor. The patient has no
pulse. What is the next action?
A. Establish vascular access.
B. Obtain the patient's history.
C. Resume chest compressions.
D. Terminate the resuscitative effort. - Answer✔Resume chest compressions.
7. What is a common but sometimes fatal mistake in cardiac arrest management?
A. Failure to obtain vascular access
B. Prolonged periods of no ventilations
C. Failure to perform endotracheal intubation
D. Prolonged interruptions in chest compressions - Answer✔Prolonged interruptions in chest
compressions
8. Which action is a component of high-quality chest compressions?
A. Allowing complete chest recoil
B. Chest compressions without ventilation
C. 60 to 100 compressions per minute with a 15:2 ratio
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D. Uninterrupted compressions at a depth of 12 inches - Answer✔Allowing complete chest
recoil
9. Which action increases the chance of successful conversion of ventricular fibrillation?
A. Pausing chest compressions immediately after a defibrillation attempt
B. Administering 4 quick ventilations immediately before a defibrillation attempt
C. Using manual defibrillator paddles with light pressure against the chest
D. Providing quality compressions immediately before a defibrillation attempt -
Answer✔Providing quality compressions immediately before a defibrillation attempt
10. Which situation BEST describes pulseless electrical activity?
A. Asystole without a pulse
B. Sinus rhythm without a pulse
C. Torsades de pointes with a pulse
D. Ventricular tachycardia with a pulse - Answer✔Sinus rhythm without a pulse
11. What is the BEST strategy for performing high- quality CPR on a patient with an advanced
airway in place?
A. Provide compressions and ventilations with a 15:2 ratio.
B. Provide compressions and ventilations with a 30:2 ratio.
C. Provide a single ventilation every 6 seconds during the compression pause.
D. Provide continuous chest compressions without pauses and 10 ventilations per minute. -
Answer✔Provide continuous chest compressions without pauses and 10 ventilations per
minute.
12. Three minutes after witnessing a cardiac arrest, one member of your team inserts an
endotracheal tube while another performs continuous chest compressions. During subsequent
ventilation, you notice the presence of a waveform on the capnography screen and a PETCO2
level of 8 mm Hg. What is the significance of this finding?
A. Chest compressions may not be effective.
B. The endotracheal tube is no longer in the trachea.
C. The patient meets the criteria for termination of efforts.
D. The team is ventilating the patient too often (hyperventilation). - Answer✔Chest
compressions may not be effective.
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