AMCA EKG EXAM SCRIPT TESTED
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
●● The breastbone is referred to as the:
Answer: sternum
●● What are the 3 layers of the heart?
Answer: epicardium, myocardium, endocardium
●● The use of noninvasive and painless ultrasound to examine the heart
Answer: Echocardiography
●● Which of the following actions is helpful in assisting patient with
their needs
Answer: Keeping a list of community resources list that can further
assist patient
●● Automaticity means
Answer: The ability of certain cells to produce an electrical impulse
without the need for outside nerve stimulation
,●● ventricular depolarization
Answer: QRS complex
●● Contraction or systole of the cardiac muscle
Answer: depolarization
●● Relaxation or Diastole of the
cardiac muscle of the cardiac muscle
Answer: Repolarization
●● Atrial depolarization
Answer: P wave
●● Ventricular repolarization
Answer: T wave
●● Two PVCs in a row
Answer: couplet
●● Atrial fibrillization has
Answer: No P waves
, ●● On an ECG horizontal lines measure
Answer: heart rate
●● Lower overall resistance in the ventricular bed
Answer: Ace inhibitors
●● The PR interval gets progressively longer in
Answer: 2nd degree AV heart block
●● Touching a patient's body without their consent is called
Answer: Battery
●● An idioventricular rhythm has a rate of
Answer: 20-40 bpm
●● Which patient education process lets you know that the teaching plan
is working
Answer: evaluation
●● Which of the following marks the ECG paper
Answer: stylus
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
●● The breastbone is referred to as the:
Answer: sternum
●● What are the 3 layers of the heart?
Answer: epicardium, myocardium, endocardium
●● The use of noninvasive and painless ultrasound to examine the heart
Answer: Echocardiography
●● Which of the following actions is helpful in assisting patient with
their needs
Answer: Keeping a list of community resources list that can further
assist patient
●● Automaticity means
Answer: The ability of certain cells to produce an electrical impulse
without the need for outside nerve stimulation
,●● ventricular depolarization
Answer: QRS complex
●● Contraction or systole of the cardiac muscle
Answer: depolarization
●● Relaxation or Diastole of the
cardiac muscle of the cardiac muscle
Answer: Repolarization
●● Atrial depolarization
Answer: P wave
●● Ventricular repolarization
Answer: T wave
●● Two PVCs in a row
Answer: couplet
●● Atrial fibrillization has
Answer: No P waves
, ●● On an ECG horizontal lines measure
Answer: heart rate
●● Lower overall resistance in the ventricular bed
Answer: Ace inhibitors
●● The PR interval gets progressively longer in
Answer: 2nd degree AV heart block
●● Touching a patient's body without their consent is called
Answer: Battery
●● An idioventricular rhythm has a rate of
Answer: 20-40 bpm
●● Which patient education process lets you know that the teaching plan
is working
Answer: evaluation
●● Which of the following marks the ECG paper
Answer: stylus
