ASPT EKG CERTIFICATION EXAM
FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS ALREADY
GRADED A+ LATEST VERSION
"The myocardium is the ________ layer of the heart. - CORRECT ANSWER=> thickest"
"The size of a normal heart is about the size of your? - CORRECT ANSWER=> fist"
"The heart functions as a pump to pump blood to all of the body's _____. - CORRECT ANSWER=>
cells"
"Blood returns to the heart through - CORRECT ANSWER=> superior and inferior vena cava"
"The inferior vena cava brings blood from below the ______. - CORRECT ANSWER=> diaphragm"
"The superior vena cava brings blood from the? - CORRECT ANSWER=> head, neck and upper
extremities"
"___________ _________ is the only vein the carries high oxygen blood; comes from the lungs
and returns blood back to the left atrium for eventual circulation to body organs. - CORRECT
ANSWER=> pulmonary vein"
"The term for a rapid heart beat is _______. - CORRECT ANSWER=> tachycardia"
"What is coronary insufficiency? - CORRECT ANSWER=> The right and left coronary arteries supply
blood the heart. Flow is considered insufficient if it cannot meet the needs of the heart."
"The purpose of the conduction system is to _______ the heart beat and ______ the cardiac
cycle. - CORRECT ANSWER=> initiate
regulate"
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,"________ is an adjective referring to an event or tissue occurring at a place other than its
normal location. _______ heart beats are generated from an impulse originating some other
lace than the SA node. - CORRECT ANSWER=> ectopic"
"The SA node is located on the upper wall of the ??? - CORRECT ANSWER=> right atrium"
"The SA node function is to generate the stimulus to make the ?????? - CORRECT ANSWER=>
heart beat"
"Order of the conduction system? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Sa node, Av node, Av bundle, Left and
Right Bundle Branches, Purkinje Fibers"
"Once the electrical stimulus is in the purkinje fibers, the ventricles ?????? - CORRECT ANSWER=>
contract"
"The term for the hear when it is contracting is ??? - CORRECT ANSWER=> systole"
"?????? is a non synchronous contraction of muscle tissue, with individual cells firing at their
own rate. - CORRECT ANSWER=> fibrillation"
"Fibrillation can be isolated to the ????? - CORRECT ANSWER=> atria or ventricles"
"Ventricular fibrillation is not compatible with life. A heart rate in fibrillation has been described
as looking and feeling like a ???? - CORRECT ANSWER=> bag of worms"
"In the heart, when the atria contracts, the blood is ???? into the ventricles - CORRECT
ANSWER=> squeezed"
"When the heart beats too slow the patient can suffer from ???? - CORRECT ANSWER=> syncope"
"The heart is located in the - CORRECT ANSWER=> mediastinum"
"The U wave usually appears after the ???? - CORRECT ANSWER=> T wave"
"?????? is a condition of inadequate blood flow to a tissue. ?????? to the heart can cause
angina, and if present long enough, infraction. - CORRECT ANSWER=> Ischemia
is reduced isch (blood) emia"
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, "Precordial leads are - CORRECT ANSWER=> chest leads"
"The right leg electrode shows ??????????????? - CORRECT ANSWER=> no cardiac information,
and serves as a ground electrode"
"A muscle tremor would look like a ????? ????? baseline on an EKG. - CORRECT ANSWER=> fuzzy
irregular"
"A broken cable wire would cause a?????? - CORRECT ANSWER=> wandering baseline"
"Mediumstinum is???? - CORRECT ANSWER=> the space between the lungs in the chest cavity;
holds the heart and other respiratory units"
"?????? are plates that come between the patient and the current - CORRECT ANSWER=>
electrodes"
"Augmented lead aVR goes to the ??? - CORRECT ANSWER=> right arm"
"When the myocardium is stimulated, its muscle ???? - CORRECT ANSWER=> contracts"
"The myocardium is made of ??? - CORRECT ANSWER=> muscle"
"If the patient has the right arm amputated above the elbow, where would you place the lead? -
CORRECT ANSWER=> on the upper part of the arm"
"If the patient has an amputation, the important thing to do is ????? - CORRECT ANSWER=> to be
sure that wherever you place the lead, you sue the same corresponding spot on the opposite
limb"
"You standardize an EKG ????? and ????? you run the EKG. - CORRECT ANSWER=> before
after"
"????? ?????? is the only artery that carries low oxygen blood; leaves right ventricles and goes
to the heart. - CORRECT ANSWER=> pulmonary artery"
"????? ???? ???? has a rate of 60-100 beats per minute and each complex is complete and
normal in appearance. - CORRECT ANSWER=> normal sinus rhythm"
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FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS ALREADY
GRADED A+ LATEST VERSION
"The myocardium is the ________ layer of the heart. - CORRECT ANSWER=> thickest"
"The size of a normal heart is about the size of your? - CORRECT ANSWER=> fist"
"The heart functions as a pump to pump blood to all of the body's _____. - CORRECT ANSWER=>
cells"
"Blood returns to the heart through - CORRECT ANSWER=> superior and inferior vena cava"
"The inferior vena cava brings blood from below the ______. - CORRECT ANSWER=> diaphragm"
"The superior vena cava brings blood from the? - CORRECT ANSWER=> head, neck and upper
extremities"
"___________ _________ is the only vein the carries high oxygen blood; comes from the lungs
and returns blood back to the left atrium for eventual circulation to body organs. - CORRECT
ANSWER=> pulmonary vein"
"The term for a rapid heart beat is _______. - CORRECT ANSWER=> tachycardia"
"What is coronary insufficiency? - CORRECT ANSWER=> The right and left coronary arteries supply
blood the heart. Flow is considered insufficient if it cannot meet the needs of the heart."
"The purpose of the conduction system is to _______ the heart beat and ______ the cardiac
cycle. - CORRECT ANSWER=> initiate
regulate"
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,"________ is an adjective referring to an event or tissue occurring at a place other than its
normal location. _______ heart beats are generated from an impulse originating some other
lace than the SA node. - CORRECT ANSWER=> ectopic"
"The SA node is located on the upper wall of the ??? - CORRECT ANSWER=> right atrium"
"The SA node function is to generate the stimulus to make the ?????? - CORRECT ANSWER=>
heart beat"
"Order of the conduction system? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Sa node, Av node, Av bundle, Left and
Right Bundle Branches, Purkinje Fibers"
"Once the electrical stimulus is in the purkinje fibers, the ventricles ?????? - CORRECT ANSWER=>
contract"
"The term for the hear when it is contracting is ??? - CORRECT ANSWER=> systole"
"?????? is a non synchronous contraction of muscle tissue, with individual cells firing at their
own rate. - CORRECT ANSWER=> fibrillation"
"Fibrillation can be isolated to the ????? - CORRECT ANSWER=> atria or ventricles"
"Ventricular fibrillation is not compatible with life. A heart rate in fibrillation has been described
as looking and feeling like a ???? - CORRECT ANSWER=> bag of worms"
"In the heart, when the atria contracts, the blood is ???? into the ventricles - CORRECT
ANSWER=> squeezed"
"When the heart beats too slow the patient can suffer from ???? - CORRECT ANSWER=> syncope"
"The heart is located in the - CORRECT ANSWER=> mediastinum"
"The U wave usually appears after the ???? - CORRECT ANSWER=> T wave"
"?????? is a condition of inadequate blood flow to a tissue. ?????? to the heart can cause
angina, and if present long enough, infraction. - CORRECT ANSWER=> Ischemia
is reduced isch (blood) emia"
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, "Precordial leads are - CORRECT ANSWER=> chest leads"
"The right leg electrode shows ??????????????? - CORRECT ANSWER=> no cardiac information,
and serves as a ground electrode"
"A muscle tremor would look like a ????? ????? baseline on an EKG. - CORRECT ANSWER=> fuzzy
irregular"
"A broken cable wire would cause a?????? - CORRECT ANSWER=> wandering baseline"
"Mediumstinum is???? - CORRECT ANSWER=> the space between the lungs in the chest cavity;
holds the heart and other respiratory units"
"?????? are plates that come between the patient and the current - CORRECT ANSWER=>
electrodes"
"Augmented lead aVR goes to the ??? - CORRECT ANSWER=> right arm"
"When the myocardium is stimulated, its muscle ???? - CORRECT ANSWER=> contracts"
"The myocardium is made of ??? - CORRECT ANSWER=> muscle"
"If the patient has the right arm amputated above the elbow, where would you place the lead? -
CORRECT ANSWER=> on the upper part of the arm"
"If the patient has an amputation, the important thing to do is ????? - CORRECT ANSWER=> to be
sure that wherever you place the lead, you sue the same corresponding spot on the opposite
limb"
"You standardize an EKG ????? and ????? you run the EKG. - CORRECT ANSWER=> before
after"
"????? ?????? is the only artery that carries low oxygen blood; leaves right ventricles and goes
to the heart. - CORRECT ANSWER=> pulmonary artery"
"????? ???? ???? has a rate of 60-100 beats per minute and each complex is complete and
normal in appearance. - CORRECT ANSWER=> normal sinus rhythm"
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