FISDAP CARDIOLOGY PRACTICE QUIZ 100
HIGH-YIELD ACLS ALGORITHMS,
ARRHYTHMIAS, AND CARDIAC EMERGENCIES
SUMMARY 2026
◉ The heart is divided down the middle into left and right sides by
the:
Answer: Septum
◉ Which chamber of the heart receives incoming unoxygenated
blood?
Answer: Atrium
◉ Which chamber of the heart pumps oxygenated blood?
Answer: Ventricles
◉ Normal electrical impulses begin in the:
Answer: Sinoatrial (SA) node
◉ What characteristic allows a cardiac muscle cells to contract
spontaneously without an external stimulus?
Answer: Automaticity
,◉ The sympathetic nervous system acts on the body by:
Answer: -increasing HR and RR
-constricting blood vessels in the muscles
◉ The parasympathetic nervous system acts on the body by:
Answer: (directly opposes the sympathetic NS)
-decreases HR and RR
-constricts blood vessels in muscles
◉ Increased oxygen demand in a normal heart is supplied by ______
of the coronary arteries.
Answer: Dilation
◉ The heart itself is supplied by blood through what vessels?
Answer: Coronary vessels
◉ The iliac arteries descend into the:
Answer: femoral arteries
◉ Which veins bring blood back to the right atrium?
Answer: Venae cavae
, ◉ Systolic pressure is the:
Answer: maximum pressure generated in the arteries during
contraction of the left ventricle
◉ Pulses felt in the extremities are called:
Answer: Peripheral pulses
◉ Pulses felt near the trunk of the body are called:
Answer: Central pulses
◉ Decrease in blood flow to the heart is called:
Answer: ischemia
◉ Disorder in which calcium an cholesterol build up and form a
plaque inside the walls of the blood vessels is called:
Answer: Athersclerosis
◉ Occlusion:
Answer: Complete blockage of an artery
HIGH-YIELD ACLS ALGORITHMS,
ARRHYTHMIAS, AND CARDIAC EMERGENCIES
SUMMARY 2026
◉ The heart is divided down the middle into left and right sides by
the:
Answer: Septum
◉ Which chamber of the heart receives incoming unoxygenated
blood?
Answer: Atrium
◉ Which chamber of the heart pumps oxygenated blood?
Answer: Ventricles
◉ Normal electrical impulses begin in the:
Answer: Sinoatrial (SA) node
◉ What characteristic allows a cardiac muscle cells to contract
spontaneously without an external stimulus?
Answer: Automaticity
,◉ The sympathetic nervous system acts on the body by:
Answer: -increasing HR and RR
-constricting blood vessels in the muscles
◉ The parasympathetic nervous system acts on the body by:
Answer: (directly opposes the sympathetic NS)
-decreases HR and RR
-constricts blood vessels in muscles
◉ Increased oxygen demand in a normal heart is supplied by ______
of the coronary arteries.
Answer: Dilation
◉ The heart itself is supplied by blood through what vessels?
Answer: Coronary vessels
◉ The iliac arteries descend into the:
Answer: femoral arteries
◉ Which veins bring blood back to the right atrium?
Answer: Venae cavae
, ◉ Systolic pressure is the:
Answer: maximum pressure generated in the arteries during
contraction of the left ventricle
◉ Pulses felt in the extremities are called:
Answer: Peripheral pulses
◉ Pulses felt near the trunk of the body are called:
Answer: Central pulses
◉ Decrease in blood flow to the heart is called:
Answer: ischemia
◉ Disorder in which calcium an cholesterol build up and form a
plaque inside the walls of the blood vessels is called:
Answer: Athersclerosis
◉ Occlusion:
Answer: Complete blockage of an artery
