CCT Exam Study Guide Questions and
Answers with Complete Solutions
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The pulmonary artery carries -Correct Answer ✔D) Deoxygenated blood to the lungs
Wolf-Parkinson-White Syndrome, a form of pre-excitation is best described -Correct
Answer ✔-A) Delta shortened PR interval
Idioventricular rhythms are most often seen in which of the following: -Correct Answer
✔D) 3 degree AV block
The physiological conduction delay at the AV node allows -Correct Answer ✔Ventricles
to fill
Atrial flutter has P waves that appear -Correct Answer ✔Saw toothed
Which describes the three layers of the heart from inside to outside -Correct Answer
✔Endocardium, Myocardium, Epicardium
The opening in the right atrium for the venous return from the heart is called -Correct
Answer ✔Coronary sinus
The semilunar valves allow on way blood flow from the -Correct Answer ✔Ventricles to
arteries
Vascular resistance is greatest in which of the following -Correct Answer ✔Arterioles
EKG graph paper is marked by small lines across the top to mark intervals of -Correct
Answer ✔3 seconds
Which of the following leads normally produces a negative p wave and a predominately
negative QRS on the EKG -Correct Answer ✔AVR
If the paper speed is run 50mm/sec the tracing -Correct Answer ✔Complex widens
The middle layer of the heart that contains the muscle -Correct Answer ✔Myocardial
layer
A false positive stress test result means -Correct Answer ✔The test recorded signs of
CAD but the patient does not have the pathology
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An absolute contraindication for preforming a maximum graded stress test -Correct
Answer ✔Severe aortic valve stenosis
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CHF
A 55 year old male patient with symptomatic bradycardia would be given -Correct
Answer ✔5 mg/kg dose of atropine
The purpose of the hyperventilation phase of a stress test is to -Correct Answer ✔To
rule out ST-T wave changes by an increase in ventilation rate
EKG changes associated with digitalis therapy -Correct Answer ✔Gradual down sloping
of the ST segment
myocardial infarction will produce which of the following -Correct Answer ✔Axis to shift
away from the infarction
Which of the following has an intrinsic rate of 60-100 -Correct Answer ✔SA node
The valve that is located between the left atrium and the left ventricle is the -Correct
Answer ✔The bicuspid valve (mitral)
The limb leads are recorded on the -Correct Answer ✔Coronal plane
The first negative deflection of the QRS would be the -Correct Answer ✔The Q wave
An 80 year old female patient is brought into the ER with no pulse and the monitor show
Vfib. What is the first line of medication that would be used -Correct Answer ✔1mg/kg
lidocaine
A change in the p wave morphology every cycle could be -Correct Answer ✔WAP
The axial skeleton includes -Correct Answer ✔Floating ribs
The left sided chest leads are -Correct Answer ✔V5 and V6
A form of digitalis is -Correct Answer ✔Lanoxin
The bipolar leads include -Correct Answer ✔1,2,3
The chamber that pumps blood to the pulmonary system is -Correct Answer ✔Right
ventricle
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