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AMCA EKG prep: The Electrocardiogram
Questions with Detailed Verified Answers for
Accuracy
Which of the following is correct regarding the ECG?
✓✓ It is much easier to analyze an ECG printout to determine
abnormalities than it is to examine an image that is moving
across a screen.
With ECG paper
✓✓ Five small squares, which make up a larger box, represent
0.20 seconds in duration.
On ECG paper, horizontal measurements are used to
determine
✓✓ heart rate
_____ larger boxes equal a three second interval.
✓✓ Fifteen
On the top or bottom (and sometimes both) of the ECG tracing
printout, there are often vertical slashes or markings that can
help you quickly determine the
✓✓ approximate heart rate
The flat line seen on the ECG tracing
AMCA EKG prep: The Electrocardiogram
Questions with Detailed Verified Answers for
Accuracy
Which of the following is correct regarding the ECG?
✓✓ It is much easier to analyze an ECG printout to determine
abnormalities than it is to examine an image that is moving
across a screen.
With ECG paper
✓✓ Five small squares, which make up a larger box, represent
0.20 seconds in duration.
On ECG paper, horizontal measurements are used to
determine
✓✓ heart rate
_____ larger boxes equal a three second interval.
✓✓ Fifteen
On the top or bottom (and sometimes both) of the ECG tracing
printout, there are often vertical slashes or markings that can
help you quickly determine the
✓✓ approximate heart rate
The flat line seen on the ECG tracing
