KAISER EKG PRACTICE TEST 4 MOCK EXAM
AND STUDY MATERIAL WITH STEP-BY-STEP
ECG INTERPRETATION
◉ How should electrodes be explained to a pediatric patient?
Answer: Stickers
◉ How should a patient be prepared for a scheduled 12- lead EKG?
Answer: Use an alcohol pad to cleanse the electrode placement sites
◉ Why should a patient wear loose-fitting clothes while waring a
Holter monitor?
Answer: To reduce artifacts on the tracing
◉ What action should be taken when performing an EKG for a
patient that doesn't speak the same language as the technician?
Answer: Having a bilingual staff member translate
◉ What wave represents atrial depolarization?
Answer: P wave
◉ What wave represents ventricular repolarization?
,Answer: T wave
◉ What complex is the result of ventricular depolarization?
Answer: QRS complex
◉ Where is the lead MCL2 located?
Answer: fourth intercoastal space to the left of the patient's sternum
◉ What lead groups represent Einthoven's Triangle?
Answer: Leads I, II, and III
◉ What is the most effective technician for an EKG tech. to use to
verify that a patient understands the Holter monitor instructions?
Answer: Have the patient repeat the instructions back
◉ What sections of the EKG tracing should be used to measure the
QRS complex?
Answer: Beginning of the Q wave to the end of the S wave
◉ What pulse rate is in the expected reference range for a 2-year-old
patient?
Answer: 120/min
,◉ An EKG technician observes varying R-R intervals on a EKG for a
2-year-old patient. What is correct?
Answer: "The irregularity is normal and is a result of respiration."
( irregular R-R intervals are commonly seen on pediatric EKGs)
◉ When performing an EKG on an infant, where should the
technician place the electrode for lead V3R?
Answer: Between V2 and V4 on the right side of the chest
◉ What should be performed for a patient immediately before an
exercise stress test?
Answer: Measure blood pressure and obtain an EKG while the
patient is supine, siting and standing up
◉ What should the technician do when they notice the patient's
heart rhythm shows a depressed ST segment during an exercise
stress test?
Answer: Discontinue the test
◉ What symptom should the technician immediately report to the
provider?
Answer: Headache
, ◉ What action by the EKG technician demonstrates compliance with
HIPAA regulations?
Answer: Th technician uses a privacy screen, on the computer to
prevent others from viewing the monitor
◉ What factor can produce an artifact that appears as uniform, small
spikes on a EKG tracing?
Answer: improper grounding
(AC interference artifact)
◉ What describes a complete cardiac cycle in a healthy heart?
Answer: P wave, QRS complex, and T waves
◉ What patient should an EKG technician expect the provider to
prescribe a chemical stress test?
Answer: A patient who is 40 years old and is unable to walk due to
the presence of full leg cast
◉ What vital sign change during an exercise stress test should
indicate to an EKG technician that the patient is experiencing
distress?
Answer: An increase in respirations from 18 to 36/min
AND STUDY MATERIAL WITH STEP-BY-STEP
ECG INTERPRETATION
◉ How should electrodes be explained to a pediatric patient?
Answer: Stickers
◉ How should a patient be prepared for a scheduled 12- lead EKG?
Answer: Use an alcohol pad to cleanse the electrode placement sites
◉ Why should a patient wear loose-fitting clothes while waring a
Holter monitor?
Answer: To reduce artifacts on the tracing
◉ What action should be taken when performing an EKG for a
patient that doesn't speak the same language as the technician?
Answer: Having a bilingual staff member translate
◉ What wave represents atrial depolarization?
Answer: P wave
◉ What wave represents ventricular repolarization?
,Answer: T wave
◉ What complex is the result of ventricular depolarization?
Answer: QRS complex
◉ Where is the lead MCL2 located?
Answer: fourth intercoastal space to the left of the patient's sternum
◉ What lead groups represent Einthoven's Triangle?
Answer: Leads I, II, and III
◉ What is the most effective technician for an EKG tech. to use to
verify that a patient understands the Holter monitor instructions?
Answer: Have the patient repeat the instructions back
◉ What sections of the EKG tracing should be used to measure the
QRS complex?
Answer: Beginning of the Q wave to the end of the S wave
◉ What pulse rate is in the expected reference range for a 2-year-old
patient?
Answer: 120/min
,◉ An EKG technician observes varying R-R intervals on a EKG for a
2-year-old patient. What is correct?
Answer: "The irregularity is normal and is a result of respiration."
( irregular R-R intervals are commonly seen on pediatric EKGs)
◉ When performing an EKG on an infant, where should the
technician place the electrode for lead V3R?
Answer: Between V2 and V4 on the right side of the chest
◉ What should be performed for a patient immediately before an
exercise stress test?
Answer: Measure blood pressure and obtain an EKG while the
patient is supine, siting and standing up
◉ What should the technician do when they notice the patient's
heart rhythm shows a depressed ST segment during an exercise
stress test?
Answer: Discontinue the test
◉ What symptom should the technician immediately report to the
provider?
Answer: Headache
, ◉ What action by the EKG technician demonstrates compliance with
HIPAA regulations?
Answer: Th technician uses a privacy screen, on the computer to
prevent others from viewing the monitor
◉ What factor can produce an artifact that appears as uniform, small
spikes on a EKG tracing?
Answer: improper grounding
(AC interference artifact)
◉ What describes a complete cardiac cycle in a healthy heart?
Answer: P wave, QRS complex, and T waves
◉ What patient should an EKG technician expect the provider to
prescribe a chemical stress test?
Answer: A patient who is 40 years old and is unable to walk due to
the presence of full leg cast
◉ What vital sign change during an exercise stress test should
indicate to an EKG technician that the patient is experiencing
distress?
Answer: An increase in respirations from 18 to 36/min
