CVS 105 ECG AMCA EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
2026/2027
1)Gastro means
a)flatulence
b)gas
c)stomach
d)mediastinum - Answers c)stomach
2) Waveforms may be displayed on a screen called
a) graph
b) oscilloscope
c) leads
d) electrocardiogram - Answers b) oscilloscope
3) The breastbone is referred to as
a) the septum
b) mediastinum
c) intercostal space
d) sternum - Answers d) sternum
4) What are the three layers of the heart?
a) endocardium myocardium, pericardium
b) pericardium, myocardium, epicardium
c) epicardium, myocardium, endocardium
d) myocytes, myosin actin - Answers c) epicardium, myocardium, endocardium
5) The use of non-invasive and painless ultrasound to examine the heart, its chambers and
valves is known as
a) electrocardiography
b) echocardiography
,c) Doppler imaging
d) cardiac catheterization - Answers b) echocardiography
6) Which of the following actions is helpful in assisting patients with their needs?
a) Referring the patient to the internet
b) Sending the visiting nurse to assess the patient
c) Having the patient personalize information that he or she wants to learn
d) Keeping a list of community resources that can further assist the patient - Answers d)
Keeping a list of community resources that can further assist the patient
7) Automaticity means
a) The ability of the myocardial cell to contract when stimulated by an electrical impulse
b) The ability of certain cells to produce an electrical impulse without the need for outside
stimulation
c) The ability to respond to an electrical impuse
d) The ability to transmit an electrical stimulus from cell to cell throughout the myocardum -
Answers b) The ability of certain cells to produce an electrical impulse without the need for
outside stimulation
8) ventricular depolarization - Answers QRS
9) Contraction or Systole of the cardiac muscle - Answers depolarization
10) Relaxation or Diastole of the cardiac muscle - Answers repolarization
11) Atrial depolarization - Answers P wave
12) Ventricular repolarization - Answers T
13) Two PVCs in a row
a) double
b) couplet
c) salvo
d) bigeminy. - Answers b) couplet
14) Atrial fibrillation has
,a) no P-waves
b) longer PR intervals
c) a regular rhythm
d) no QRS complex - Answers a) no P-waves
15) On an ECG horizontal lines measure
a) electric voltage of the waveform
b) amplitude of the waveform
c) cardiac output
d) heart rate - Answers d) heart rate
16) Lowers overall resistance in the vascular beds
a) Nitroglycerin
b) ACE inhibitors
c) Digoxin
d) Warfarin - Answers b) ACE inhibitors
17) The PR interval gets progressively longer in
a) 1st degree AV heart block
b) 2nd degree AV heart block
c) 3rd degree heart block
d) sinus dysrhythmia - Answers b) 2nd degree AV heart block
18) Touching a person's body without their consent
a) assault
b) battery
c) tort
d) intentional tort - Answers b) battery
19) An idioventricular rhythm has a rate of
, a) 60-100 bpm
b) 250-350 bpm
c) 100-120 bpm
d) 20-40 bpm - Answers d) 20-40 bpm
20) Which patient education process lets you know that the teaching plan is working?
a) Planning
b) Evaluation
c) Documentation
d) Implementation - Answers b) Evaluation
21) Which of the following marks the ECG paper?
a) Stylus
b) Marker
c) Pen
d) Ink jet - Answers a) Stylus
22) Who must be present during a stress test?
a) EKG Tech
b) Medical assistant
c) Cardiologist
d) Nurse - Answers c) Cardiologist
23) The pericardial sac that surrounds the heart
a) is a thick single walled sac
b) is called the mediastinum
c) allows the heart to expand & contract with minimal friction
d) is the middle layer of the heart - Answers c) allows the heart to expand & contract with
minimal friction
24) Making false statements orally
2026/2027
1)Gastro means
a)flatulence
b)gas
c)stomach
d)mediastinum - Answers c)stomach
2) Waveforms may be displayed on a screen called
a) graph
b) oscilloscope
c) leads
d) electrocardiogram - Answers b) oscilloscope
3) The breastbone is referred to as
a) the septum
b) mediastinum
c) intercostal space
d) sternum - Answers d) sternum
4) What are the three layers of the heart?
a) endocardium myocardium, pericardium
b) pericardium, myocardium, epicardium
c) epicardium, myocardium, endocardium
d) myocytes, myosin actin - Answers c) epicardium, myocardium, endocardium
5) The use of non-invasive and painless ultrasound to examine the heart, its chambers and
valves is known as
a) electrocardiography
b) echocardiography
,c) Doppler imaging
d) cardiac catheterization - Answers b) echocardiography
6) Which of the following actions is helpful in assisting patients with their needs?
a) Referring the patient to the internet
b) Sending the visiting nurse to assess the patient
c) Having the patient personalize information that he or she wants to learn
d) Keeping a list of community resources that can further assist the patient - Answers d)
Keeping a list of community resources that can further assist the patient
7) Automaticity means
a) The ability of the myocardial cell to contract when stimulated by an electrical impulse
b) The ability of certain cells to produce an electrical impulse without the need for outside
stimulation
c) The ability to respond to an electrical impuse
d) The ability to transmit an electrical stimulus from cell to cell throughout the myocardum -
Answers b) The ability of certain cells to produce an electrical impulse without the need for
outside stimulation
8) ventricular depolarization - Answers QRS
9) Contraction or Systole of the cardiac muscle - Answers depolarization
10) Relaxation or Diastole of the cardiac muscle - Answers repolarization
11) Atrial depolarization - Answers P wave
12) Ventricular repolarization - Answers T
13) Two PVCs in a row
a) double
b) couplet
c) salvo
d) bigeminy. - Answers b) couplet
14) Atrial fibrillation has
,a) no P-waves
b) longer PR intervals
c) a regular rhythm
d) no QRS complex - Answers a) no P-waves
15) On an ECG horizontal lines measure
a) electric voltage of the waveform
b) amplitude of the waveform
c) cardiac output
d) heart rate - Answers d) heart rate
16) Lowers overall resistance in the vascular beds
a) Nitroglycerin
b) ACE inhibitors
c) Digoxin
d) Warfarin - Answers b) ACE inhibitors
17) The PR interval gets progressively longer in
a) 1st degree AV heart block
b) 2nd degree AV heart block
c) 3rd degree heart block
d) sinus dysrhythmia - Answers b) 2nd degree AV heart block
18) Touching a person's body without their consent
a) assault
b) battery
c) tort
d) intentional tort - Answers b) battery
19) An idioventricular rhythm has a rate of
, a) 60-100 bpm
b) 250-350 bpm
c) 100-120 bpm
d) 20-40 bpm - Answers d) 20-40 bpm
20) Which patient education process lets you know that the teaching plan is working?
a) Planning
b) Evaluation
c) Documentation
d) Implementation - Answers b) Evaluation
21) Which of the following marks the ECG paper?
a) Stylus
b) Marker
c) Pen
d) Ink jet - Answers a) Stylus
22) Who must be present during a stress test?
a) EKG Tech
b) Medical assistant
c) Cardiologist
d) Nurse - Answers c) Cardiologist
23) The pericardial sac that surrounds the heart
a) is a thick single walled sac
b) is called the mediastinum
c) allows the heart to expand & contract with minimal friction
d) is the middle layer of the heart - Answers c) allows the heart to expand & contract with
minimal friction
24) Making false statements orally
