BKAT 9R COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔A central venous pressure CVP reading directly reflects pressure in the:
1. Left atrium
2. Right atrium
3. Left ventricle
4. Pulmonary artery - ✔✔Right atrium
✔✔An elevated CVP reading may indicate:
1. Right heart failure
2. A fall in blood pressure
3. Acute dehydration
4. Onset of left ventricle failure - ✔✔Right heart failure
✔✔The pulmonary artery occlusive (wedge) pressure (PAOP) reflects pressure in the:
1. aorta
2. left ventricle
3. right atrium
4. vena cava - ✔✔left ventricle
✔✔The normal pulmonary artery pressure is:
1. (10-20)/(0-4) mean 5-10
2. (21-30)/(5-15) mean 11-20
3. (31-35)/(16-20) mean 21-30
4. (36-45)/(21-23) mean 31-33 - ✔✔11-2
✔✔How many mm Hg is the normal PAOP
1. 1-3
2. 6-12
3. 15-20
4. 21-26 - ✔✔6-12
✔✔An elevated PAOP may indicate:
1. Hypovolemia
2. Peripheral vasodilation
3. systemic hypotension
4. left ventricular failure - ✔✔left ventricular failure
✔✔Mr. Adams, a 68 yo patient, complains of feeling "a little funny in his chest." His ECG
shows atrial fibrillation/flutter. Which of the following medications could be used to treat
his cardiac rhythm?
1. Digoxin
2. Nifedipine
, 3. Diltiazem
4. Adenosine - ✔✔Diltiazem
✔✔A QRS complex wider than 0.12 seconds most likely indicates:
1. Normal sinus node conduction
2. Bundle branch block
3. Second degree heart block
4. myocardial infarction - ✔✔bundle branch block
✔✔The following rhythm represents: - ✔✔First degree HB
✔✔Special care should be exercised when administering IV dopamine because:
1. Infiltration leads to tissue necrosis
2. High doses may lead to a profound bradycardia
3. Precipitation can occur when used in a dextrose IV solution
4. even low doses decrease renal perfusion - ✔✔Infiltration leads to tissue necrosis
✔✔The following strip is: - ✔✔Aflutter
✔✔A strong ventricular stimulus is potentially dangerous when it lands on the:
1. U wave
2. P wave
3. T wave
4. QRS complex - ✔✔T wave
✔✔The rhythm strip below shows: - ✔✔VTach
✔✔An indication for use of an external cardiac pacemaker includes:
1. paroxysmal atria tachycardia
2. Ventricular fibrillation
3. Wenckebach (Mobitz Block Type 1)
4. Symptomatic complete heart block - ✔✔Symptomatic complete heart block
✔✔In the following rhythm strip the transvenous pacemaker shows:
1. Failure to sense
2. Demand pacing
3. Failure to fire
4. Failure to capture - ✔✔Failure to sense
✔✔The initial drug treatment for sustained ventricular tachycardia when a pulse is
present is:
1. Isuprel 1.0 mg in 250 ml D5W drip
2. Epinephrine 1.0 mg IV push
3. Atropine 0.5 mg IV push
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔A central venous pressure CVP reading directly reflects pressure in the:
1. Left atrium
2. Right atrium
3. Left ventricle
4. Pulmonary artery - ✔✔Right atrium
✔✔An elevated CVP reading may indicate:
1. Right heart failure
2. A fall in blood pressure
3. Acute dehydration
4. Onset of left ventricle failure - ✔✔Right heart failure
✔✔The pulmonary artery occlusive (wedge) pressure (PAOP) reflects pressure in the:
1. aorta
2. left ventricle
3. right atrium
4. vena cava - ✔✔left ventricle
✔✔The normal pulmonary artery pressure is:
1. (10-20)/(0-4) mean 5-10
2. (21-30)/(5-15) mean 11-20
3. (31-35)/(16-20) mean 21-30
4. (36-45)/(21-23) mean 31-33 - ✔✔11-2
✔✔How many mm Hg is the normal PAOP
1. 1-3
2. 6-12
3. 15-20
4. 21-26 - ✔✔6-12
✔✔An elevated PAOP may indicate:
1. Hypovolemia
2. Peripheral vasodilation
3. systemic hypotension
4. left ventricular failure - ✔✔left ventricular failure
✔✔Mr. Adams, a 68 yo patient, complains of feeling "a little funny in his chest." His ECG
shows atrial fibrillation/flutter. Which of the following medications could be used to treat
his cardiac rhythm?
1. Digoxin
2. Nifedipine
, 3. Diltiazem
4. Adenosine - ✔✔Diltiazem
✔✔A QRS complex wider than 0.12 seconds most likely indicates:
1. Normal sinus node conduction
2. Bundle branch block
3. Second degree heart block
4. myocardial infarction - ✔✔bundle branch block
✔✔The following rhythm represents: - ✔✔First degree HB
✔✔Special care should be exercised when administering IV dopamine because:
1. Infiltration leads to tissue necrosis
2. High doses may lead to a profound bradycardia
3. Precipitation can occur when used in a dextrose IV solution
4. even low doses decrease renal perfusion - ✔✔Infiltration leads to tissue necrosis
✔✔The following strip is: - ✔✔Aflutter
✔✔A strong ventricular stimulus is potentially dangerous when it lands on the:
1. U wave
2. P wave
3. T wave
4. QRS complex - ✔✔T wave
✔✔The rhythm strip below shows: - ✔✔VTach
✔✔An indication for use of an external cardiac pacemaker includes:
1. paroxysmal atria tachycardia
2. Ventricular fibrillation
3. Wenckebach (Mobitz Block Type 1)
4. Symptomatic complete heart block - ✔✔Symptomatic complete heart block
✔✔In the following rhythm strip the transvenous pacemaker shows:
1. Failure to sense
2. Demand pacing
3. Failure to fire
4. Failure to capture - ✔✔Failure to sense
✔✔The initial drug treatment for sustained ventricular tachycardia when a pulse is
present is:
1. Isuprel 1.0 mg in 250 ml D5W drip
2. Epinephrine 1.0 mg IV push
3. Atropine 0.5 mg IV push
