EKG CRAT Test UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
HIPPA - CORRECT ANSWER Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Wandering Baseline - CORRECT ANSWER Baseline Drifting
Continuous ECG monitoring done in a hospital setting is known as:
a. Holter Monitor
b. Telemetry Monitor
c. Echocardiography - CORRECT ANSWER b
How long does an ambulatory monitor typically record and ECG:
a. 12 hours
b. 24 to 48 hours - CORRECT ANSWER b. 24 to 48 hours
What artifact is caused by Improperly applied electrodes or poor skin preparation - CORRECT
ANSWER Wandering Baseline
After completing he ECG procedure, which of the following tasks is NOT included in the ECH
Techs responsibilities:
a. Assist the patient in to a comfortable position
b. Clean the lead wires, leads, and ECG machine
c. Interpret the ECG and explain the results to the patient - CORRECT ANSWER c. Interpret
the ECG and explain the results to the patient
Artifact caused by lead wires crossed and not pointed towards the hands and feet - CORRECT
ANSWER AC interference
,Which device recognizes an abnormal rhythm and can deliver and electric shock to the heart if
necessary
a. ECG
b. CAD
C. AED - CORRECT ANSWER C. AED
Patients with permanent pacemakers may require monitoring for 30 days or more. What type of
ambulatory monitoring is most commonly used in these patients?
a. telemetry monitoring
b. 24 ambulatory monitoring
c. transtelephonic monitoring - CORRECT ANSWER c. transtelephonic monitoring
Artifact caused by involuntary movement / patient talking during procedure - CORRECT
ANSWER Somatic tremor
What type of ambulatory monitoring is performed in a hospital? - CORRECT
ANSWER Telemetry monitoring
Ambulating
a. performing daily activities
b. breathing
c. walking - CORRECT ANSWER c. walking
NOT a basic function of the electrocardiograph
a. input
b. analysis
c. signal processing - CORRECT ANSWER b. analysis
signal processing, which occurs in side the ECG machine,
, a. amplifies the electrical impulse
b. directs impulses to the ECG instrument
c. notifies the operator of input errors - CORRECT ANSWER a. amplifies the electrical
impulse
HOw many leads are attached to a patients chest with ambulatory monitoring?
a. 2 leads
b. 3-5 leads
c. 10 leads - CORRECT ANSWER b. 3-5 leads
Post-symptom event monitors are used primarily to document what type of dysrhythmias ?
a. occasional PVCs
b. Heart murmurs
c. Sv tachycardias, atrial fibrillation, and atrial flutter - CORRECT ANSWER c. Sv
tachycardias, atrial fibrillation, and atrial flutter
Angina - CORRECT ANSWER Pain in the heart region caused by lack of oxygen
Ischemia - CORRECT ANSWER Lack of oxygen to the muscle tissue
QT interval time frame - CORRECT ANSWER .36 - .44 secs
Gain - CORRECT ANSWER Changes the height of ECG training
Separates the left ventricle - CORRECT ANSWER Interventricular septum
Conducts the impulse for the left side of the interventricular septum - CORRECT
ANSWER Left bundle branch
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
HIPPA - CORRECT ANSWER Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Wandering Baseline - CORRECT ANSWER Baseline Drifting
Continuous ECG monitoring done in a hospital setting is known as:
a. Holter Monitor
b. Telemetry Monitor
c. Echocardiography - CORRECT ANSWER b
How long does an ambulatory monitor typically record and ECG:
a. 12 hours
b. 24 to 48 hours - CORRECT ANSWER b. 24 to 48 hours
What artifact is caused by Improperly applied electrodes or poor skin preparation - CORRECT
ANSWER Wandering Baseline
After completing he ECG procedure, which of the following tasks is NOT included in the ECH
Techs responsibilities:
a. Assist the patient in to a comfortable position
b. Clean the lead wires, leads, and ECG machine
c. Interpret the ECG and explain the results to the patient - CORRECT ANSWER c. Interpret
the ECG and explain the results to the patient
Artifact caused by lead wires crossed and not pointed towards the hands and feet - CORRECT
ANSWER AC interference
,Which device recognizes an abnormal rhythm and can deliver and electric shock to the heart if
necessary
a. ECG
b. CAD
C. AED - CORRECT ANSWER C. AED
Patients with permanent pacemakers may require monitoring for 30 days or more. What type of
ambulatory monitoring is most commonly used in these patients?
a. telemetry monitoring
b. 24 ambulatory monitoring
c. transtelephonic monitoring - CORRECT ANSWER c. transtelephonic monitoring
Artifact caused by involuntary movement / patient talking during procedure - CORRECT
ANSWER Somatic tremor
What type of ambulatory monitoring is performed in a hospital? - CORRECT
ANSWER Telemetry monitoring
Ambulating
a. performing daily activities
b. breathing
c. walking - CORRECT ANSWER c. walking
NOT a basic function of the electrocardiograph
a. input
b. analysis
c. signal processing - CORRECT ANSWER b. analysis
signal processing, which occurs in side the ECG machine,
, a. amplifies the electrical impulse
b. directs impulses to the ECG instrument
c. notifies the operator of input errors - CORRECT ANSWER a. amplifies the electrical
impulse
HOw many leads are attached to a patients chest with ambulatory monitoring?
a. 2 leads
b. 3-5 leads
c. 10 leads - CORRECT ANSWER b. 3-5 leads
Post-symptom event monitors are used primarily to document what type of dysrhythmias ?
a. occasional PVCs
b. Heart murmurs
c. Sv tachycardias, atrial fibrillation, and atrial flutter - CORRECT ANSWER c. Sv
tachycardias, atrial fibrillation, and atrial flutter
Angina - CORRECT ANSWER Pain in the heart region caused by lack of oxygen
Ischemia - CORRECT ANSWER Lack of oxygen to the muscle tissue
QT interval time frame - CORRECT ANSWER .36 - .44 secs
Gain - CORRECT ANSWER Changes the height of ECG training
Separates the left ventricle - CORRECT ANSWER Interventricular septum
Conducts the impulse for the left side of the interventricular septum - CORRECT
ANSWER Left bundle branch
