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SHARP EKG/ ECG FINAL Exam (Latest 2026/
2027 Update) 100% Verified Questions &
Answers | Direct Credit A+
Which is true about sinus Rhythm?
It is regular
The T wave represents_________________.
Ventricular Repolarization
The target heart rate for a 60yr old man having a stress test is __________.
220 (wrong)
The phase of the action potential characterized by a sharp, tall upstroke of the curve and the cell
receives an impulse from a neighboring cell and depolarizes is called ____________
Phase 0 - Depolarization
Pulmonary veins deliver blood to the _______________.
left atrium
When some sinus impulses get through to ventricles and some do not, resulting in dropped beats,
it is considered to be what kind of AV Block?
Second-degree block
Augmented leads are ____________.
leads I, II, III (wrong)
The aVR lead has its positive pole on the __________.
right arm
The mean ventricular rate is calculater by counting the number of ____________.
QRS complexes on a 6-second strip and multiplying by 10.
Examine Figure 1. This rhythm can best be described as ____________.
Sinus Bradychardia
The ventricle's ineherent rate is ___________.
20-40 beats per minute
, Which type of pacemaker would be indicated for a marathon runner?
Rate modulated pacemaker
An abnormal heart rhythm resulting from impulses coming from a focus of tissue in the area of
the atrioventricular node is called _________________.
junctional rhythm
Ventricular relaxation occurs during _____________.
diastole
The first heart sound (S1) is associated with closure of which heart valves?
Tricuspid and mitral
A heart rate greater than 100 is said to be a ____________.
tachycardia
Your patient is in a ventricular tachycardia with a heart rate of 124. His blood pressure is stable
but he's complaining of mild dizziness. Appropriate treatment for THIS PATIENT AT THIS
TIME is ______________.
amiodarone to decrease ventricular irritability and help convert the rhythm back to sinus
Capture is evidenced on the EKG by the presence of ____________.
P waves or QRS complexes following the pacemaker spikes
Atrial flutter has an atrial rate ______________.
between 250 and 350
________________ is an absolute contraindication to stress testing.
Unstable angina or angina at rest
Atrial fibrilation has _______________
no P waves at all
If the patient's rhythm changes, you should FIRST ____________
assess your patient for signs of decreased cardiac output
The cardia cycle's two phases are __________ and _________.
systole ; diastole
Which of these statements about how sinus arrhythmia differs from wandering atrial pacemaker
SHARP EKG/ ECG FINAL Exam (Latest 2026/
2027 Update) 100% Verified Questions &
Answers | Direct Credit A+
Which is true about sinus Rhythm?
It is regular
The T wave represents_________________.
Ventricular Repolarization
The target heart rate for a 60yr old man having a stress test is __________.
220 (wrong)
The phase of the action potential characterized by a sharp, tall upstroke of the curve and the cell
receives an impulse from a neighboring cell and depolarizes is called ____________
Phase 0 - Depolarization
Pulmonary veins deliver blood to the _______________.
left atrium
When some sinus impulses get through to ventricles and some do not, resulting in dropped beats,
it is considered to be what kind of AV Block?
Second-degree block
Augmented leads are ____________.
leads I, II, III (wrong)
The aVR lead has its positive pole on the __________.
right arm
The mean ventricular rate is calculater by counting the number of ____________.
QRS complexes on a 6-second strip and multiplying by 10.
Examine Figure 1. This rhythm can best be described as ____________.
Sinus Bradychardia
The ventricle's ineherent rate is ___________.
20-40 beats per minute
, Which type of pacemaker would be indicated for a marathon runner?
Rate modulated pacemaker
An abnormal heart rhythm resulting from impulses coming from a focus of tissue in the area of
the atrioventricular node is called _________________.
junctional rhythm
Ventricular relaxation occurs during _____________.
diastole
The first heart sound (S1) is associated with closure of which heart valves?
Tricuspid and mitral
A heart rate greater than 100 is said to be a ____________.
tachycardia
Your patient is in a ventricular tachycardia with a heart rate of 124. His blood pressure is stable
but he's complaining of mild dizziness. Appropriate treatment for THIS PATIENT AT THIS
TIME is ______________.
amiodarone to decrease ventricular irritability and help convert the rhythm back to sinus
Capture is evidenced on the EKG by the presence of ____________.
P waves or QRS complexes following the pacemaker spikes
Atrial flutter has an atrial rate ______________.
between 250 and 350
________________ is an absolute contraindication to stress testing.
Unstable angina or angina at rest
Atrial fibrilation has _______________
no P waves at all
If the patient's rhythm changes, you should FIRST ____________
assess your patient for signs of decreased cardiac output
The cardia cycle's two phases are __________ and _________.
systole ; diastole
Which of these statements about how sinus arrhythmia differs from wandering atrial pacemaker
