Cardiology (Paramedic) Exam Questions And Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass.

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Cardiology (Paramedic) Exam Questions
And Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass.


1) Which of the following risk factors has been proven to increase the risk of cardiovascular
disease?
A) Oral contraceptive use
B) Type A personality
C) Stress

D) Lack of exercise - Answer✔D) Lack of exercise (pg. 52)
2) Public education about cardiovascular disease focuses on:
A) risk factors and signs and symptoms of CVD.
B) CPR and public access defibrillation.
C) CPR and signs and symptoms of CVD.

D) risk factors and public-access defibrillation - Answer✔A) risk factors and signs and symptoms
of CVD. (pg. 52)
3) The valve between the right atrium and right ventricle is the ________ valve.
A) bicuspid
B) pulmonic
C) tricuspid

D) aortic - Answer✔C) tricuspid (pg. 55)
4) Blood entering the left atrium arrives via the:
A) bicuspid valve.
B) superior and inferior vena cava.


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C) pulmonary vein.

D) pulmonary artery - Answer✔C) pulmonary vein. (pg. 55)
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5) The first part of the aorta as it leaves the heart is the:
A) aortic arch.
B) thoracic aorta.
C) descending aorta.

D) ascending aorta. - Answer✔D) ascending aorta. (pg. 55)
6) Your patient is a 54-year-old male who is unresponsive and cyanotic and has agonal
respirations. A "quick look" shows ventricular tachycardia. Which of the following is most
important when determining the immediate treatment of this patient?
A) How long he has been "down"
B) Whether he has a pulse
C) Whether he is allergic to lidocaine

D) Whether he has an implanted cardioverter-defibrillator - Answer✔B) Whether he has a pulse
(pg. 140, 141)
7) ECG findings associated with hypokalemia include:
A) U waves and flat T waves.
B) U waves and an Osborn wave.
C) an Osborn wave and a "J" wave.

D) flattened T waves and a widened QRS complex - Answer✔A) U waves and flat T waves. (pg.
109)
8) The presence of inverted T waves on an ECG indicates:
A) myocardial infarction.
B) myocardial necrosis.
C) myocardial ischemia.

D) myocardial injury - Answer✔C) myocardial ischemia. (pg 73)
9) The pressure in the left ventricle at the end of diastole is called:


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A) after.
B) preload.
C) ejection fraction.

D) stroke volume - Answer✔B) preload. (pg 58)
10) Typical stroke volume is about ________ of the volume of the left ventricle.
A) one-third
B) one-half
C) two-thirds

D) three-quarters - Answer✔C) two-thirds (pg 58)
11) Which of the following items is most likely to interfere with the function of an implanted
cardiac pacemaker?
A) Magnet
B) Cellular telephone
C) Television remote control

D) Hair dryer - Answer✔A) Magnet (pg 107, 108)
12) The first phase of the cardiac cycle is:
A) systole.
B) diastole.
C) contraction.

D) ejection - Answer✔B) diastole. (pg 57)
13) For a resting potential in a cardiac cell to exist, there must be an:
A) adequate number of potassium ions inside the cell and sodium ions outside the cell.
B) adequate number of sodium ions inside the cell and potassium ions outside the cell.
C) influx of calcium ions into the cell.

D) ionic equilibrium between the inside and outside of the cell. - Answer✔A) adequate number
of potassium ions inside the cell and sodium ions outside the cell. (pg 63)
14) The proportion of the left ventricular volume that is pumped out of the heart during systole
is the:

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