AMCA EKG EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE PREP RESOURCE
●● The breastbone is referred to as the:.
Answer: sternum
●● What are the 3 layers of the heart?.
Answer: epicardium, myocardium, endocardium
●● The use of noninvasive and painless ultrasound to examine the heart.
Answer: Echocardiography
●● Which of the following actions is helpful in assisting patient with
their needs.
Answer: Keeping a list of community resources list that can further
assist patient
●● Automaticity means.
Answer: The ability of certain cells to produce an electrical impulse
without the need for outside nerve stimulation
,●● ventricular depolarization.
Answer: QRS complex
●● Contraction or systole of the cardiac muscle.
Answer: depolarization
●● Relaxation or Diastole of the
cardiac muscle of the cardiac muscle.
Answer: Repolarization
●● Atrial depolarization.
Answer: P wave
●● Ventricular repolarization.
Answer: T wave
●● Two PVCs in a row.
Answer: couplet
●● Atrial fibrillization has.
Answer: No P waves
, ●● On an ECG horizontal lines measure.
Answer: heart rate
●● Lower overall resistance in the ventricular bed.
Answer: Ace inhibitors
●● The PR interval gets progressively longer in.
Answer: 2nd degree AV heart block
●● Touching a patient's body without their consent is called.
Answer: Battery
●● An idioventricular rhythm has a rate of.
Answer: 20-40 bpm
●● Which patient education process lets you know that the teaching plan
is working.
Answer: evaluation
●● Which of the following marks the ECG paper.
Answer: stylus
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE PREP RESOURCE
●● The breastbone is referred to as the:.
Answer: sternum
●● What are the 3 layers of the heart?.
Answer: epicardium, myocardium, endocardium
●● The use of noninvasive and painless ultrasound to examine the heart.
Answer: Echocardiography
●● Which of the following actions is helpful in assisting patient with
their needs.
Answer: Keeping a list of community resources list that can further
assist patient
●● Automaticity means.
Answer: The ability of certain cells to produce an electrical impulse
without the need for outside nerve stimulation
,●● ventricular depolarization.
Answer: QRS complex
●● Contraction or systole of the cardiac muscle.
Answer: depolarization
●● Relaxation or Diastole of the
cardiac muscle of the cardiac muscle.
Answer: Repolarization
●● Atrial depolarization.
Answer: P wave
●● Ventricular repolarization.
Answer: T wave
●● Two PVCs in a row.
Answer: couplet
●● Atrial fibrillization has.
Answer: No P waves
, ●● On an ECG horizontal lines measure.
Answer: heart rate
●● Lower overall resistance in the ventricular bed.
Answer: Ace inhibitors
●● The PR interval gets progressively longer in.
Answer: 2nd degree AV heart block
●● Touching a patient's body without their consent is called.
Answer: Battery
●● An idioventricular rhythm has a rate of.
Answer: 20-40 bpm
●● Which patient education process lets you know that the teaching plan
is working.
Answer: evaluation
●● Which of the following marks the ECG paper.
Answer: stylus
