EKG NHA FINAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Which of the following is a reason that a patient should wear loose-fitting clothing
while wearing a Holter monitor? - ✔✔To reduce artifact
✔✔A CET has performed an EKG on a patient. Which of the following actions by the
CET would protect the patient's health information in accordance with HIPAA? -
✔✔Hand-delivering the EKG to the patient's physician
✔✔An EKG technician should identify that which of the following is a symptom
associated with bradycardia? - ✔✔Cold and clammy skin
✔✔A EKG eliminated artifact by plugging the machine to a different wall outlet. The
artifact was cause by what? - ✔✔60-cycle interference
✔✔A patient has trouble understanding why she needs an ambulatory monitor after
having an EKG two days prior. What is an appropriate response by the CET? -
✔✔"Your doctor wants to study your heart over a longer period of time."
✔✔While performing a stress test, the patient complains of heaviness on his chest and
becomes diaphoretic. These are signs and symptoms of which of the following
conditions? - ✔✔Myocardial infarction
✔✔Which of the following arteries is the preferred site for measuring heart rate in an
adult patient after a stress test? - ✔✔Radial
✔✔An EKG technician observes ST segment depression and T wave inversion in
multiple leads. Which of the following should the technician suspect? - ✔✔Myocardial
ischemia
✔✔Electrical interference on an EKG would most likely be a result of which of the
following? - ✔✔Frayed wire
✔✔Which of the following is the correct section to measure the QRS complex? -
✔✔Beginning of the Q wave to the end of the S wave
✔✔When applying a Holter monitor, how many monitor leads are placed on the patient?
- ✔✔5
✔✔In which of the following situations is it acceptable for a CET to share a patient's
protected health information? - ✔✔An inquiry from the quality assurance office
, ✔✔Which of the following abnormalities is associated with large U waves on the EKG? -
✔✔Decreased potassium level (Hypokalemia)
✔✔In order for an EKG technician to control and regulate the output or height of EKG
waveforms, he/she should use which control? - ✔✔Sensitivity (Gain)
✔✔The physician has ordered a patient to wear a telemetry monitor at home. Which of
the following statements from the patient indicates the need for further instruction? -
✔✔"If the leads come loose. I will reattach them."
✔✔The QRS complex is too tall to fit on the EKG paper. Which of the following actions
should the EKG technician take? - ✔✔Change the gain control to 1/2
✔✔Which of the following modifications may be made to lead placement when
recording a standard 12-lead EKG on a 2-year-old patient? - ✔✔Move the limb leads to
the torso
✔✔A thin spike before the P wave indicates that the pacemaker has been implanted to
pace which of the following? - ✔✔Atria
✔✔A patient loses consciousness. The EKG tracing reveals ventricular fibrillation.
Which of the following should the EKG technician do first? - ✔✔Call for help and begin
CPR
✔✔Which of the following heart blocks is the most serious? - ✔✔Third-degree AV block
✔✔Which of the following lead groups represents Einthoven's Triangle? - ✔✔Leads I, II,
and III
✔✔Patients are restricted from doing which of the following while wearing a Holter
monitor? - ✔✔Taking a shower
✔✔Where should the EKG technician place the electrodes for leads V7, V8, and V9? -
✔✔Evenly spaced on the back between the axillary line and the vertebral column at the
5th intercostal space
✔✔A CET observes varying R-R intervals on a 2-year-old patient's EKG. Which of the
following statements made by the CET would be correct? - ✔✔"The irregularity is
normal and is a result of respiration"
✔✔An EKG technician notices that the waveforms on an EKG are very close together
and the patient has an unusually rapid heart rate. In order to spread out the tracing, the
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Which of the following is a reason that a patient should wear loose-fitting clothing
while wearing a Holter monitor? - ✔✔To reduce artifact
✔✔A CET has performed an EKG on a patient. Which of the following actions by the
CET would protect the patient's health information in accordance with HIPAA? -
✔✔Hand-delivering the EKG to the patient's physician
✔✔An EKG technician should identify that which of the following is a symptom
associated with bradycardia? - ✔✔Cold and clammy skin
✔✔A EKG eliminated artifact by plugging the machine to a different wall outlet. The
artifact was cause by what? - ✔✔60-cycle interference
✔✔A patient has trouble understanding why she needs an ambulatory monitor after
having an EKG two days prior. What is an appropriate response by the CET? -
✔✔"Your doctor wants to study your heart over a longer period of time."
✔✔While performing a stress test, the patient complains of heaviness on his chest and
becomes diaphoretic. These are signs and symptoms of which of the following
conditions? - ✔✔Myocardial infarction
✔✔Which of the following arteries is the preferred site for measuring heart rate in an
adult patient after a stress test? - ✔✔Radial
✔✔An EKG technician observes ST segment depression and T wave inversion in
multiple leads. Which of the following should the technician suspect? - ✔✔Myocardial
ischemia
✔✔Electrical interference on an EKG would most likely be a result of which of the
following? - ✔✔Frayed wire
✔✔Which of the following is the correct section to measure the QRS complex? -
✔✔Beginning of the Q wave to the end of the S wave
✔✔When applying a Holter monitor, how many monitor leads are placed on the patient?
- ✔✔5
✔✔In which of the following situations is it acceptable for a CET to share a patient's
protected health information? - ✔✔An inquiry from the quality assurance office
, ✔✔Which of the following abnormalities is associated with large U waves on the EKG? -
✔✔Decreased potassium level (Hypokalemia)
✔✔In order for an EKG technician to control and regulate the output or height of EKG
waveforms, he/she should use which control? - ✔✔Sensitivity (Gain)
✔✔The physician has ordered a patient to wear a telemetry monitor at home. Which of
the following statements from the patient indicates the need for further instruction? -
✔✔"If the leads come loose. I will reattach them."
✔✔The QRS complex is too tall to fit on the EKG paper. Which of the following actions
should the EKG technician take? - ✔✔Change the gain control to 1/2
✔✔Which of the following modifications may be made to lead placement when
recording a standard 12-lead EKG on a 2-year-old patient? - ✔✔Move the limb leads to
the torso
✔✔A thin spike before the P wave indicates that the pacemaker has been implanted to
pace which of the following? - ✔✔Atria
✔✔A patient loses consciousness. The EKG tracing reveals ventricular fibrillation.
Which of the following should the EKG technician do first? - ✔✔Call for help and begin
CPR
✔✔Which of the following heart blocks is the most serious? - ✔✔Third-degree AV block
✔✔Which of the following lead groups represents Einthoven's Triangle? - ✔✔Leads I, II,
and III
✔✔Patients are restricted from doing which of the following while wearing a Holter
monitor? - ✔✔Taking a shower
✔✔Where should the EKG technician place the electrodes for leads V7, V8, and V9? -
✔✔Evenly spaced on the back between the axillary line and the vertebral column at the
5th intercostal space
✔✔A CET observes varying R-R intervals on a 2-year-old patient's EKG. Which of the
following statements made by the CET would be correct? - ✔✔"The irregularity is
normal and is a result of respiration"
✔✔An EKG technician notices that the waveforms on an EKG are very close together
and the patient has an unusually rapid heart rate. In order to spread out the tracing, the
