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AMCA EKG National practice Exam Study Guide
|Certified Technician (CET) practice questions and
correct detailed answers Latest version 2025-2026
a patient is regularly taking check their pulse on a regular basis
digoxin for
heart failure. The patient is
instructed to do which of the
following?
the patient is asymptomatic continue recording
during the ecg, has a heart
rate of 98bpm and you
notice
normal sinus rhythm. what
should you do ?
the point at which the QRS j point
complex meets the ST
segment is called the
in which of the when there is fluid in the pericardium
following will the qrs
complex have a
higher amplitude?
When a rhythm speeds up patterned
and slows down in a
rhythmic fashion it is
referred to as
the 3rd step of analyzing an Determine the heart rate
ECG is to
a medication that can be used xylocaine
as a local anesthetic as well
as a first line anti-
arrhythmic used to treat
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acute life
threatening ventricular
arrhythmia is
Tall and symmetrically increased right atrial pressure and right atrial dilation
peaked P waves may be
seen with
The category of ACE inhibitor
antihypertensive
medications that will cause
vasodilation,
block aldosterone secretion,
and increase urine output
is?
which of the following is the Aortic Arch
first structure that will be
seen when imaging from
the
suprasternal notch?
the wall that separates the interatrial septum
two superior chambers of
the heart is called
the skeleton of the heart Separates the atria from the ventricles
The heart receives most of its coronary arteries
own blood supply via the
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regulation of the heart autonomic
rate speed of electrical
conduction and strength
of
contraction are influenced
by the brain via the ___
nervous system
the cardio accelerator center is part of the sympathetic nervous system
how much blood coming into 70%
the ventricles flows passively
through the aorta?
during which phase of the early diastole
cardiac cycle do the
coronary arteries fill?
Impulses are generated and transmitted when positively
during depolarization
charged ions move inside the cell causing the interior
to become positively charged
the most muscular chamber of left ventricle
the heart
that forces blood through
the aortic valve into the
aorta would be
the t wave is normally oriented in the same direction as the preceding QRS
complex
The initiation of the impulse in P wave
the SA node and its
movement through the atria
produces a:
what is used as a reference isoelectric line
point to identify the
changing electrical impulse
With Lead II, the positive left leg
electrode is positioned on
the
a standardization mark is 10 mm tall; 2 large squares high
an electrical current points upward
traveling toward a
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AMCA EKG National practice Exam Study Guide
|Certified Technician (CET) practice questions and
correct detailed answers Latest version 2025-2026
a patient is regularly taking check their pulse on a regular basis
digoxin for
heart failure. The patient is
instructed to do which of the
following?
the patient is asymptomatic continue recording
during the ecg, has a heart
rate of 98bpm and you
notice
normal sinus rhythm. what
should you do ?
the point at which the QRS j point
complex meets the ST
segment is called the
in which of the when there is fluid in the pericardium
following will the qrs
complex have a
higher amplitude?
When a rhythm speeds up patterned
and slows down in a
rhythmic fashion it is
referred to as
the 3rd step of analyzing an Determine the heart rate
ECG is to
a medication that can be used xylocaine
as a local anesthetic as well
as a first line anti-
arrhythmic used to treat
1/2
2
,9/4/25, 11:41 PM AMCA EKG EXAM
acute life
threatening ventricular
arrhythmia is
Tall and symmetrically increased right atrial pressure and right atrial dilation
peaked P waves may be
seen with
The category of ACE inhibitor
antihypertensive
medications that will cause
vasodilation,
block aldosterone secretion,
and increase urine output
is?
which of the following is the Aortic Arch
first structure that will be
seen when imaging from
the
suprasternal notch?
the wall that separates the interatrial septum
two superior chambers of
the heart is called
the skeleton of the heart Separates the atria from the ventricles
The heart receives most of its coronary arteries
own blood supply via the
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, 9/4/25, 11:41 PM AMCA EKG EXAM
regulation of the heart autonomic
rate speed of electrical
conduction and strength
of
contraction are influenced
by the brain via the ___
nervous system
the cardio accelerator center is part of the sympathetic nervous system
how much blood coming into 70%
the ventricles flows passively
through the aorta?
during which phase of the early diastole
cardiac cycle do the
coronary arteries fill?
Impulses are generated and transmitted when positively
during depolarization
charged ions move inside the cell causing the interior
to become positively charged
the most muscular chamber of left ventricle
the heart
that forces blood through
the aortic valve into the
aorta would be
the t wave is normally oriented in the same direction as the preceding QRS
complex
The initiation of the impulse in P wave
the SA node and its
movement through the atria
produces a:
what is used as a reference isoelectric line
point to identify the
changing electrical impulse
With Lead II, the positive left leg
electrode is positioned on
the
a standardization mark is 10 mm tall; 2 large squares high
an electrical current points upward
traveling toward a
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