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High Acuity: Hemodynamics Exam
Actual Questions and Answers 2026
Which basic measures can be used to evaluate hemodynamic
status? (Select all that apply.)


A. Urine output
B. Temperature
C. Heart rate
D. Blood pressure -
correct answer ✅A. Urine output
C. Heart rate
D. Blood pressure


How is cardiac index (CI) best defined?


A. The amount of blood pumped through the body every hour
B. The amount of blood pumped through the body every minute
C. The amount of blood pumped by the heart each minute
corrected for body weight
D. The amount of blood pumped by the heart each minute
corrected for body size -
correct answer ✅D. The amount of blood pumped by the heart
each minute corrected for body size

,High Acuity: Hemodynamics Exam
Actual Questions and Answers 2026

Stroke volume is heavily influenced by which hemodynamic
factors? (Select all that apply.)
A. Contractility
B. Afterload
C. Preload
D. Elasticity -
correct answer ✅A. Contractility
B. Afterload
C. Preload


Which term best represents afterload?
A. Resistance
B. Contraction
C. Force
D. Flow -
correct answer ✅A. Resistance


What do Doppler ultrasound hemodynamic monitors
measure?

, High Acuity: Hemodynamics Exam
Actual Questions and Answers 2026
A. Pulmonary artery wedge pressure
B. Blood flow velocity
C. Pulse pressure variation
D. Systolic blood pressure -
correct answer ✅B. Blood flow velocity


Using pulse contour analysis hemodynamic monitors, how is stroke
volume measured?


A. Cardiac output
B. Beat-to-beat changes in pulse amplitude
C. Heart rate
D. Central venous pressure -
correct answer ✅B. Beat-to-beat changes in pulse amplitude


What is the normal range for mean arterial pressure (MAP)?
A. 60-70 mm Hg
B. 140/80 mm Hg
C. 70-90 mm Hg