RCIS Practice Test Questions with
Correct Answers
What is the formula for calculating cardiac output? - correct answers:CO= HR x SV
What is stroke volume related to? - correct answers:preload
Preload is most impacted by..... - correct answers:Increased filling volumes
A patient with chronic untreated hypertension would demonstrate.... - correct answers:Increased
afterload
Vascular resistance/pressure is most influenced by.... - correct answers:Radius of the vessel
The formula for BP is.... - correct answers:BP = CO x SVR
What component of a Pulmonary Capillary Wedge pressure indicates Mitral insufficiency - correct
answers:V wave
An elevated RVEDP is found in which pathology - correct answers:RV infarct
If the RA waveform is 2x the normal value, where would this be demonstrated in the physical assessment
- correct answers:JVD
What is the most common cause of Pulmonic stenosis - correct answers:Congenital
The Blue proximal part of the swan is located how far from the distal tip of the swan - correct answers:30
cm
,When performing a thermodilution cardiac output, the operator injects 10 cc of saline into the _____
and the temperature change is measured in the ______ - correct answers:RA, PA
Equalization of RVEDP and LVEDP are found in - correct answers:restrictive pericarditis
Signs of Right sided heart failure include - correct answers:JVD
Based on these oxygen saturations, what type of shunt is present? SVC sat= 67% IVC sat= 71% RA sat=
85% RV sat= 85% PA sat= 85% LA sat= 98% LV sat= 98% AO sat= 98% - correct answers:L to R ASD
What type of ASD, located in the middle 1/3 of the atrial septum (the former site of the fossa ovalis) is
called - correct answers:Ostium Secundum
What is the Flamm's equation - correct answers:3(SVC) + 1(IVC)/4
The formula used to calculate MAP is - correct answers:1 (systolic) + 2 (diastolic)/3
What are the four anomalies associated with Tetralogy of Fallot - correct answers:Pulmonic stenosis,
over riding aorta, RVH, VSD
Which fetal anomaly is characterized by a large VSD over which a large single great vessel arises - correct
answers:Truncas Arteriosus
Pulsus Paradoxus is a sign of - correct answers:Cardiac Tamponade
What does RAD stand for - correct answers:Radiation absorbed dose
What component of the X-ray system converts light rays into images - correct answers:Image intensifier
What is the maximum annual dose of radiation one can receive annually - correct answers:5 REM
, Lead protection should be at least how many millimeters of lead - correct answers:.5
What is the minimum safe distance to position oneself from the X-ray source - correct answers:6 feet
In an X-ray tube what is the charge on the cathode and the anode - correct answers:Cathode: positive
Anode: negative
Which view exposes the operator to the greatest amount of radiation - correct answers:Lateral
What converts x-rays into an image - correct answers:Image Intensifier
The contrast that is best for a patient is - correct answers:low osmolality
Radiolucent means - correct answers:X-rays are permitted to pass through
Radiopaque means - correct answers:X-rays are not permitted to pass through
ReoPro works on - correct answers:IIb/IIIa receptors
Heparin potentiates the action of - correct answers:Antithrombin
Fibrinogen is converted to Fibrin by the action of - correct answers:Thrombin
There are _________ known pathways to imitate the clotting cascade - correct answers:2
Aspirin inhibits the action of - correct answers:Arachidonic Acid
Which agent is not an antiplatelet - correct answers:Heparin
Correct Answers
What is the formula for calculating cardiac output? - correct answers:CO= HR x SV
What is stroke volume related to? - correct answers:preload
Preload is most impacted by..... - correct answers:Increased filling volumes
A patient with chronic untreated hypertension would demonstrate.... - correct answers:Increased
afterload
Vascular resistance/pressure is most influenced by.... - correct answers:Radius of the vessel
The formula for BP is.... - correct answers:BP = CO x SVR
What component of a Pulmonary Capillary Wedge pressure indicates Mitral insufficiency - correct
answers:V wave
An elevated RVEDP is found in which pathology - correct answers:RV infarct
If the RA waveform is 2x the normal value, where would this be demonstrated in the physical assessment
- correct answers:JVD
What is the most common cause of Pulmonic stenosis - correct answers:Congenital
The Blue proximal part of the swan is located how far from the distal tip of the swan - correct answers:30
cm
,When performing a thermodilution cardiac output, the operator injects 10 cc of saline into the _____
and the temperature change is measured in the ______ - correct answers:RA, PA
Equalization of RVEDP and LVEDP are found in - correct answers:restrictive pericarditis
Signs of Right sided heart failure include - correct answers:JVD
Based on these oxygen saturations, what type of shunt is present? SVC sat= 67% IVC sat= 71% RA sat=
85% RV sat= 85% PA sat= 85% LA sat= 98% LV sat= 98% AO sat= 98% - correct answers:L to R ASD
What type of ASD, located in the middle 1/3 of the atrial septum (the former site of the fossa ovalis) is
called - correct answers:Ostium Secundum
What is the Flamm's equation - correct answers:3(SVC) + 1(IVC)/4
The formula used to calculate MAP is - correct answers:1 (systolic) + 2 (diastolic)/3
What are the four anomalies associated with Tetralogy of Fallot - correct answers:Pulmonic stenosis,
over riding aorta, RVH, VSD
Which fetal anomaly is characterized by a large VSD over which a large single great vessel arises - correct
answers:Truncas Arteriosus
Pulsus Paradoxus is a sign of - correct answers:Cardiac Tamponade
What does RAD stand for - correct answers:Radiation absorbed dose
What component of the X-ray system converts light rays into images - correct answers:Image intensifier
What is the maximum annual dose of radiation one can receive annually - correct answers:5 REM
, Lead protection should be at least how many millimeters of lead - correct answers:.5
What is the minimum safe distance to position oneself from the X-ray source - correct answers:6 feet
In an X-ray tube what is the charge on the cathode and the anode - correct answers:Cathode: positive
Anode: negative
Which view exposes the operator to the greatest amount of radiation - correct answers:Lateral
What converts x-rays into an image - correct answers:Image Intensifier
The contrast that is best for a patient is - correct answers:low osmolality
Radiolucent means - correct answers:X-rays are permitted to pass through
Radiopaque means - correct answers:X-rays are not permitted to pass through
ReoPro works on - correct answers:IIb/IIIa receptors
Heparin potentiates the action of - correct answers:Antithrombin
Fibrinogen is converted to Fibrin by the action of - correct answers:Thrombin
There are _________ known pathways to imitate the clotting cascade - correct answers:2
Aspirin inhibits the action of - correct answers:Arachidonic Acid
Which agent is not an antiplatelet - correct answers:Heparin
