ARRT CI EVALUATION EXAMS 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS TAGGED A+
✔✔WHEN THE SA NODE FIRES IRREGULARLY - ✔✔SINUS ARRHYTHMIA
✔✔SINOATRIAL BLOCK - ✔✔IMPULSE IS BLOCKED, RESULTING IN AN ABSENT
PQRST COMPLEX
✔✔OTHER NAME FOR SA BLOCK - ✔✔SINUS EXIT BLOCK
✔✔SINUS ARREST - ✔✔PACEMAKER CELLS FAIL TO INITIATE AN ELECTRICAL
IMPULSE FOR 1 OR MORE BEATS
✔✔PAC - ✔✔PREMATURE ATRIAL COMPLEX
✔✔WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A PAC OCCURS - ✔✔A SITE IN THE ATRIA FIRES
BEFORE THE SA NODE IS EXPECTED TO FIRE
✔✔WILL THE PAC P WAVE LOOK SIMILAR TO NORMAL P WAVE? - ✔✔ONLY IF
THE SPOT FIRING IN THE ATRIA IS NEAR THE SA NODE
✔✔HOW DOES THE QRS LOOK IN A PAC - ✔✔CAN LOOK NORMAL UNLESS THEY
ABNORMALLY CONDUCTED
✔✔ABERRANTLY CONDUCTED PACS HAVE A _______ QRS - ✔✔WIDE
✔✔WIDE QRS IN ABERRANTLY CONFUCTED PACS INDICATES WHAT -
✔✔CONDUCTION THROUGH THE VENTRICLES IS ABNORMAL
✔✔NONCONDUCTED PREMATURE ATRIAL COMPLE - ✔✔PAC OCCURS EARLY-
CLOSE TO THE T WAVE, NO QRS AFTER
✔✔MULTIFORM ATRIAL RHYTHM - ✔✔SIZE, SHAPE, DIRECTION OF PWAVES
DIFFER DUE TO SHIFTING OF DOMINANT PACEMAKER
✔✔MULTIFOCAL ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA - ✔✔WHEN THE WANDERING ATRIAL
PACEMAKER HAS A VENTRICULAR RATE MORE THAN 100 BPM
✔✔SUPRAVENTRICLAR TACHYCARDIA BEGINS WHERE - ✔✔ABOVE THE
BUNDLE OF HIS
✔✔ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA - ✔✔REGULAR RHYTHM WITH A RAPID ATRIAL RATE
✔✔NONSUSTAINED RHYTHM - ✔✔THREE BEATS UP TO 30 SECONDS
, ✔✔SUSTAINED RHYTHM - ✔✔ONE THAT LASTS 30 SECONDS OR MORE
✔✔HOW DO P WAVES LOOK IN ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA - ✔✔ONE PRECEDES
EACH QRS, THEY DIFFER IN SIZE AND SHAPE
✔✔ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL RE ENTRANT TACHYCARDIA - ✔✔MOST
COMMON TYPE OF SVT- 2 PATHWAYS IN THE AV NODE THAT CONDUCT
IMPULSES A DIFF. SPEEDS AND RECOVER AT DIFF. RATES
✔✔ARE THERE P WAVE IN AVNRT? - ✔✔OFTEN HIDDEN IN THE QRS, NEGATIVE
P WAVES MAY BE OCCUR IF VENTRICLES ARE STIMULATED FIRST
✔✔HOW TO STOP AVNRT IF A PT IS SYMPTOMATIC - ✔✔VAGAL, IF DOESNT
WORK---ADENOSINE----BETA BLOCKERS/ CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS
✔✔ATRIOVENTRICULAR REENTRANT TACHYCARDIA - ✔✔IMPULSE EXCITES
THE VENTRICLES EARLIER THAN EXPECTED- ABNORMAL CONDUCTION
✔✔MOST COMMON PREEXCITATION PATTERN ASSOCIATED WITH AVRT -
✔✔WOLFF-PARKINSON WHITE PATTERN
✔✔FINDINGS ON WOLFF-PARKINSON WHITE PATTERN - ✔✔SHORT PR
INTERVAL, DELTA WAVE, WIDE QRS
✔✔WHERE DOES THE DELTA WAVE OCCUR - ✔✔A SLURRING UPSTROKE OF
THE QRS
✔✔WHY DOES THE DELTA WAVE OCCUR - ✔✔SA NODE IS ABLE TO CONDUCT
THE VENTRICLES VERY QUICKLY SO QRS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWS P WAVE
✔✔ATRIAL FLUTTER IS CAUSED BY... - ✔✔IRRITABLE SITE WITHIN ATRIA FIRES
A VERY RAPID RATE. REENTRY IMPULSE CIRCLE IN ATRIA
✔✔WHAT DOES THE ATRIAL FLUTTER WAVEFORM RESEMBLE - ✔✔TEETH OF A
SAW
✔✔atrial flutter treatment when patient is stable - ✔✔beta blockers to control the
ventricular rate
✔✔atrial fibrillation - ✔✔one or several rapidly firing sites in the atria
✔✔atria fire____ time due to afib - ✔✔300 to 600 times
WITH ANSWERS TAGGED A+
✔✔WHEN THE SA NODE FIRES IRREGULARLY - ✔✔SINUS ARRHYTHMIA
✔✔SINOATRIAL BLOCK - ✔✔IMPULSE IS BLOCKED, RESULTING IN AN ABSENT
PQRST COMPLEX
✔✔OTHER NAME FOR SA BLOCK - ✔✔SINUS EXIT BLOCK
✔✔SINUS ARREST - ✔✔PACEMAKER CELLS FAIL TO INITIATE AN ELECTRICAL
IMPULSE FOR 1 OR MORE BEATS
✔✔PAC - ✔✔PREMATURE ATRIAL COMPLEX
✔✔WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A PAC OCCURS - ✔✔A SITE IN THE ATRIA FIRES
BEFORE THE SA NODE IS EXPECTED TO FIRE
✔✔WILL THE PAC P WAVE LOOK SIMILAR TO NORMAL P WAVE? - ✔✔ONLY IF
THE SPOT FIRING IN THE ATRIA IS NEAR THE SA NODE
✔✔HOW DOES THE QRS LOOK IN A PAC - ✔✔CAN LOOK NORMAL UNLESS THEY
ABNORMALLY CONDUCTED
✔✔ABERRANTLY CONDUCTED PACS HAVE A _______ QRS - ✔✔WIDE
✔✔WIDE QRS IN ABERRANTLY CONFUCTED PACS INDICATES WHAT -
✔✔CONDUCTION THROUGH THE VENTRICLES IS ABNORMAL
✔✔NONCONDUCTED PREMATURE ATRIAL COMPLE - ✔✔PAC OCCURS EARLY-
CLOSE TO THE T WAVE, NO QRS AFTER
✔✔MULTIFORM ATRIAL RHYTHM - ✔✔SIZE, SHAPE, DIRECTION OF PWAVES
DIFFER DUE TO SHIFTING OF DOMINANT PACEMAKER
✔✔MULTIFOCAL ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA - ✔✔WHEN THE WANDERING ATRIAL
PACEMAKER HAS A VENTRICULAR RATE MORE THAN 100 BPM
✔✔SUPRAVENTRICLAR TACHYCARDIA BEGINS WHERE - ✔✔ABOVE THE
BUNDLE OF HIS
✔✔ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA - ✔✔REGULAR RHYTHM WITH A RAPID ATRIAL RATE
✔✔NONSUSTAINED RHYTHM - ✔✔THREE BEATS UP TO 30 SECONDS
, ✔✔SUSTAINED RHYTHM - ✔✔ONE THAT LASTS 30 SECONDS OR MORE
✔✔HOW DO P WAVES LOOK IN ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA - ✔✔ONE PRECEDES
EACH QRS, THEY DIFFER IN SIZE AND SHAPE
✔✔ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL RE ENTRANT TACHYCARDIA - ✔✔MOST
COMMON TYPE OF SVT- 2 PATHWAYS IN THE AV NODE THAT CONDUCT
IMPULSES A DIFF. SPEEDS AND RECOVER AT DIFF. RATES
✔✔ARE THERE P WAVE IN AVNRT? - ✔✔OFTEN HIDDEN IN THE QRS, NEGATIVE
P WAVES MAY BE OCCUR IF VENTRICLES ARE STIMULATED FIRST
✔✔HOW TO STOP AVNRT IF A PT IS SYMPTOMATIC - ✔✔VAGAL, IF DOESNT
WORK---ADENOSINE----BETA BLOCKERS/ CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS
✔✔ATRIOVENTRICULAR REENTRANT TACHYCARDIA - ✔✔IMPULSE EXCITES
THE VENTRICLES EARLIER THAN EXPECTED- ABNORMAL CONDUCTION
✔✔MOST COMMON PREEXCITATION PATTERN ASSOCIATED WITH AVRT -
✔✔WOLFF-PARKINSON WHITE PATTERN
✔✔FINDINGS ON WOLFF-PARKINSON WHITE PATTERN - ✔✔SHORT PR
INTERVAL, DELTA WAVE, WIDE QRS
✔✔WHERE DOES THE DELTA WAVE OCCUR - ✔✔A SLURRING UPSTROKE OF
THE QRS
✔✔WHY DOES THE DELTA WAVE OCCUR - ✔✔SA NODE IS ABLE TO CONDUCT
THE VENTRICLES VERY QUICKLY SO QRS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWS P WAVE
✔✔ATRIAL FLUTTER IS CAUSED BY... - ✔✔IRRITABLE SITE WITHIN ATRIA FIRES
A VERY RAPID RATE. REENTRY IMPULSE CIRCLE IN ATRIA
✔✔WHAT DOES THE ATRIAL FLUTTER WAVEFORM RESEMBLE - ✔✔TEETH OF A
SAW
✔✔atrial flutter treatment when patient is stable - ✔✔beta blockers to control the
ventricular rate
✔✔atrial fibrillation - ✔✔one or several rapidly firing sites in the atria
✔✔atria fire____ time due to afib - ✔✔300 to 600 times
