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NHA EKG PRACTICE EXAM LATEST 2024/2025
WITH ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS/ALREADY GRADED A+
If ventricular tachycardia occurs, what should you do? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ notify the provider (this is an
emergency)
For a stress test, where do you take the patients heart
rate? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ radial site
When would you stop a stress test? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ when patients states they are dizzy
What extremity records activity in leads II & III? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ left leg
What extremities record activity in lead I? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ right arm and left arm
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When a patient has low oxygen levels, what are they
experiencing? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Hypoxemia
What part deals with atria polarization on an EKG? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ p wave
What part deals with ventricular depolarization (and
atria repolarization) on an EKG? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
QRS complex
What part deals with ventricular repolarization and is
known as the relaxation period? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
t wave
Where do you check the apical heart rate? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ between the 5th and 6th ribs
on/below the heart
When tachycardia is apparent on an EKG what would
the speed be? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 50mm/second
What does R-R calculate? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
ventricular rate
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What does P-P calculate? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ atria
rate
Before an EKG, what should you cleanse the skin with? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ alcohol pad
what is the grounding leg? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ right
leg
With a transtelephonic device what must you tell
patients to do when experiencing symptoms? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Push record when symptoms begin
Where is tenementary monitoring used? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ hospitals
What type of situation is accelerated idioventricular
rate? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ emergency situation
When a patient is completing a stress test, what would
be an issue to report to the provider? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ patients presents a decreased heart rate
NHA EKG PRACTICE EXAM LATEST 2024/2025
WITH ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS/ALREADY GRADED A+
If ventricular tachycardia occurs, what should you do? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ notify the provider (this is an
emergency)
For a stress test, where do you take the patients heart
rate? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ radial site
When would you stop a stress test? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ when patients states they are dizzy
What extremity records activity in leads II & III? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ left leg
What extremities record activity in lead I? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ right arm and left arm
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When a patient has low oxygen levels, what are they
experiencing? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Hypoxemia
What part deals with atria polarization on an EKG? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ p wave
What part deals with ventricular depolarization (and
atria repolarization) on an EKG? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
QRS complex
What part deals with ventricular repolarization and is
known as the relaxation period? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
t wave
Where do you check the apical heart rate? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ between the 5th and 6th ribs
on/below the heart
When tachycardia is apparent on an EKG what would
the speed be? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 50mm/second
What does R-R calculate? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
ventricular rate
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What does P-P calculate? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ atria
rate
Before an EKG, what should you cleanse the skin with? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ alcohol pad
what is the grounding leg? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ right
leg
With a transtelephonic device what must you tell
patients to do when experiencing symptoms? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Push record when symptoms begin
Where is tenementary monitoring used? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ hospitals
What type of situation is accelerated idioventricular
rate? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ emergency situation
When a patient is completing a stress test, what would
be an issue to report to the provider? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ patients presents a decreased heart rate
