CRAT TEST FINAL EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS 2025 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS) /ALREADY GRADED A+

CRAT TEST FINAL EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS 2025 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS) /ALREADY GRADED A+ A nursing home calls a cardiology office requesting that a transtelephonic pacemaker check be conducted on a new admission to the facility. The technician finds no medical record indicating that the patient has been followed by the practice. What is the technician's next step? - ANSWER Contact the primary care physician's office to obtain a prescription for transtelephonic monitoring What should be done when a patient reports that his or her demographic information is incorrect? - ANSWER Follow the organizational procedure and correct the error immediately In the absence of a release form, a patient's health information may be shared with the patient's __________ without committing a HIPAA violation. - ANSWER physician In addition to the patient identification process EXCEPT the patient's ____________ - ANSWER room number When is the appropriate to contact a patient's family member? - ANSWER only if the patient has signed a HIPAA form giving permission A monitor technician in a pediatric cardiology office offers to deliver event monitor electrode patches, which are less likely to cause skin irritation to a patient's home after work. What is this an example of? - ANSWER occupational safety violation A technician has been ordered to obtain an ECG from an unconscious patient. The technician should ___________ - ANSWER explain procedure to the family in the room An in-hospital telemetry technician arrives for his shift and notices that the report for the prior shift has not been completed. The telemetry technician should ______________ - ANSWER Notify the supervisor or senior technician of the situation to seek advice on how to proceed A patient with a transtelephonic monitor suddenly begins slurring his words and complaining that he has a tingling in his left arm. What is the MOST appropriate action? - ANSWER Activate EMS A patient with an event monitor calls the service to submit his recordings. What is the BEST approach for recording the patient's symptoms? - ANSWER use the patient's verbiage A primary care technician office calls the cardiology office. For a diagnosis of syncope, she orders a 48-hour Holter monitor to be placed on a patient new to the cardiology office. The cardiology office is unable to contact the patient by phone within the following 24 hours to schedule the patient's testing. What is the next step when arranging for this patient's - ANSWER Call the primary physician's office to verify contact information A testing facility is ordered to send a mobile cardiovascular telemetry monitor to a patient. The testing facility notifies the cardiology office that the patient's primary care physician for palpitations. An appropriate next step would be to - ANSWER Contact the primary care physician's office and explain the issue regarding coverage, offering a different type monitor that would be covered by the patient's insurance The transtelephonic technicians responsible for checking pacemakers in a cardiology office note that a particular demographic area of their patient population has more problems with unpredictable disconnections during transmissions than other locations. What is MOST APPROPRIATE next step for the technicians to take? - ANSWER create a list of patients who have had a problem with disconnections The MOST effective ECG analysis requires following which sequence of steps? - ANSWER Regularity, rate, P wave, PR interval and QRS complex What is the benefit to the clinician from explaining planned services or pending procedures clearly to patients? - ANSWER no legal action Ensuring that the electrocardiograph is properly grounded reduces the risk of _______________ - ANSWER 60-cycle electrical interference Which cardiac chamber contains MOST of the muscle mass of the heart? - ANSWER left ventricle Without possession of a release form, PHI may be shared with a patient's ______ without violating HIPPA regulations A. Children B. Husband/Wife C. Doctor D. Verbally reported power of a attorney - ANSWER C. Doctor When an ECG is properly grounded it reduces the risk of? A. Electrical shock B. Paper malfunction C. Faulty results D. 60 cycle electrical interference - ANSWER D. 60 cycle electrical interference which ecg waveform represents ventricular repolarization? A. R wave B. F wave C. Q wave D. T wave - ANSWER D. t wave On standard ECG graph paper, one large box on the ventricle axis represents? - ANSWER .25 which selection accurately describes how to measure a qrs complex? - ANSWER measure from the beginning of q wave to the end of the s wave a p wave represents depolarization of the - ANSWER atria which chamber of the heart contains the most muscle mass and is known as the 'workhorse'? - ANSWER left ventricle the preferred sequence of steps for ecg analysis is to determine: regularity, rate, p wave, pri and qrs complex - ANSWER true while you are monitoring a patient you observe the presence of pacemaker spikes with no associated p wave or qrs complex this is known as - ANSWER loss of capture which of the following is a characterestic of 3rd degree heart block - ANSWER atrial impulses failing to conduct to the ventricles select the option which most accurately describes idioventricular rhythm - ANSWER rate 20-40, regular, no p waves before each wide qrs a pvc that occurs during the relative refractory period or ventricular repolarization is referred to as - ANSWER R and to T phenomenon at which rate could we identify ventricular tachy? - ANSWER 130 atrial flutter is caused by the rapid depolarization of - ANSWER a single reentry focus which selection most accurately describes SVT - ANSWER regular rhtym greater than 150 bpm with narrow qrs what is atrial flutter with variable ventricular response - ANSWER ?? most commonly sinus arrythmia is due to patient - ANSWER respiration which of the following may indicate that a patient has one of their leads reversed - ANSWER inverted qrs if a patient is suffering from tremors, their exg baseline may appear - ANSWER erratic and rough physicians are often concerened about patient's who develop a fib because those patients are at higher risk for - ANSWER stroke