Cardiovascular
CARDIOVASCULAR ASSESSMENT EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED
(2024/2025) (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
1. Normal BP reading - ANS ✓-based on 2 or more consecutive readings
<120 m Hg/ <80 mm Hg
2. Prehypertension - ANS ✓120-139 mm Hg/ 80-89 mm Hg
3. Hypertension Stage 1 - ANS ✓140-159 mm Hg/ 90-99 mm Hg
4. Hypertension Stage 2 - ANS ✓greater or equal to 160 mm Hg/ greater r
equal to 100 mm Hg
5. Identifying Heart Murmurs - ANS ✓Murmurs are graded on a scale of 1-
VI
Grade 1- barely audible
Grade II -Audible but quiet and soft
Grade III -Moderately loud without a trust or thrill
Grade IV- Loud with a thrill
Grade V - Very loud with a palpable thrill
Grade VI - Loud enough to be heard without a stethoscope
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-Document your findings with VI as the denominator, e.g. a grade III murmur is
documented as III/VI
6. Heart Murmurs: Mid systolic (Systolic ejection) - ANS ✓-Harsh rough
with medium to high pitch
-located Pulmonic and Aortic and supra-sternal notch
-caused by pulmonic or aortic stenosis
7. Heart Murmurs: Holosystolic (pansystolic) - ANS ✓-harsh/blowing
with high pitch
-located in tricuspid or mitral lower left sternal boarder
-caused by ventricular septal defect, pr mitral or tricuspid insufficiency
8. Heart Murmurs: Early diastolic - ANS ✓-blowing with high pitch
-located in mid left sternal edge or pulmonic
-caused by aortic or pulmonic insufficiency
9. Heart Murmurs: Mid-late diastolic - ANS ✓-rumbling with a low pitch
-located in apex or tricuspid lower right sternal boarder
-caused by mitral or tricuspid stenosis
10. Female Heart - ANS ✓-smaller, weighs less, smaller coronary
arteries
-More easily occluded by arthrosclerosis
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CARDIOVASCULAR ASSESSMENT EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED
(2024/2025) (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
1. Normal BP reading - ANS ✓-based on 2 or more consecutive readings
<120 m Hg/ <80 mm Hg
2. Prehypertension - ANS ✓120-139 mm Hg/ 80-89 mm Hg
3. Hypertension Stage 1 - ANS ✓140-159 mm Hg/ 90-99 mm Hg
4. Hypertension Stage 2 - ANS ✓greater or equal to 160 mm Hg/ greater r
equal to 100 mm Hg
5. Identifying Heart Murmurs - ANS ✓Murmurs are graded on a scale of 1-
VI
Grade 1- barely audible
Grade II -Audible but quiet and soft
Grade III -Moderately loud without a trust or thrill
Grade IV- Loud with a thrill
Grade V - Very loud with a palpable thrill
Grade VI - Loud enough to be heard without a stethoscope
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-Document your findings with VI as the denominator, e.g. a grade III murmur is
documented as III/VI
6. Heart Murmurs: Mid systolic (Systolic ejection) - ANS ✓-Harsh rough
with medium to high pitch
-located Pulmonic and Aortic and supra-sternal notch
-caused by pulmonic or aortic stenosis
7. Heart Murmurs: Holosystolic (pansystolic) - ANS ✓-harsh/blowing
with high pitch
-located in tricuspid or mitral lower left sternal boarder
-caused by ventricular septal defect, pr mitral or tricuspid insufficiency
8. Heart Murmurs: Early diastolic - ANS ✓-blowing with high pitch
-located in mid left sternal edge or pulmonic
-caused by aortic or pulmonic insufficiency
9. Heart Murmurs: Mid-late diastolic - ANS ✓-rumbling with a low pitch
-located in apex or tricuspid lower right sternal boarder
-caused by mitral or tricuspid stenosis
10. Female Heart - ANS ✓-smaller, weighs less, smaller coronary
arteries
-More easily occluded by arthrosclerosis
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