2026 NHA EKG STUDYS LATEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Which of the following methods should an egg tech use to calculate a patients heart
rate from the leg tracing?
1. calculate the mean rate and divide 1500 by that rate
2. count the number of small boxes in two cardiac cycles
3. Divide 300 by the number of large boxes between two r waves
4. count the number of large boxes between p and t waves - ✔✔3. divide 300
✔✔An ekg tech is preforming a standard 12 lead ekg for a patient who is experiencing
accelerated junctional rhythm. Which of the following speed settings should the tech
use?
1. 5mm/sec
2. 10 mm/sec
3. 25 mm/sec
4. 50 mm/sec - ✔✔25 mm/sec
✔✔An ekg tech is recording a patients radial pulse rate and finds the pulse to be
irregular. The provider then takes the patients apical pulse. The tech should recognize
which of the following locations is used to this technique?
1. between the larynx and the sternoclediomastoid
2. between the fifth and sixth ribs, at the left midclavicular line
3. elbow
4. the thumb side of the left wrist - ✔✔2. between the 5th and 6th ribs
✔✔An ekg tech is reviewing a tracing for a patient who has a ventricular pacemaker.
Which of the following rhythms should the tech expect after the pacing spike?
1. regular p waves
2. Av dealt between .12 and .16 secs
3. QRS interval between .6 and .10 secs
4. wide QRS - ✔✔4. wide QRS
, ✔✔An ekg tech is preparing a patient for the application of a Holter Monitor. The patient
tells the tech that she runs about 5 miles each day. Which of the following responses
should the tech make?
1. you should continuing exercising as usual while wearing the monitor
2. make sure to increase your cardiac meds
3. talk to your provider
4. take someone with you while running - ✔✔1. continue to exercise as normal
✔✔A thin spike before the P wave indicates that the pacemaker has been implanted to
pace which of the following?
1. atria
2. ventricles
3. early repolarization
4. late repolarization - ✔✔1. atria
✔✔Which of the following electrodes is used to create leads I, II , and aVR?
1. left arm
2. right arm
3. left leg
4. right leg - ✔✔2. right arm
✔✔An EKG tech is measuring the intervals on an EKG tracing. What is an anticipated
finding of impaired conduction through the AV node?
1. decreased QT interval
2. prolonged QRS interval
3. prolonged QT interval
4. prolonged PR interval - ✔✔4. prolonged PR interval
✔✔An ekg tech is preforming a standard 12 lead egg for a patient who Is 9 years old. In
which if the following locations should the tech place the V6 electrode?
1. right midclavicular space
2. left midclav space
3. right midax line
4. left midax line - ✔✔3. right midax line
✔✔An ekg tech is preforming a posterior 12 lead egg for a patient. Which of the
following should the tech place along the paraspinous border?
1. lead V7
2. lead V8
3. lead V9
4. lead V7R - ✔✔lead V9
✔✔Which of the following methods should an egg tech use to store electrodes when not
in use?
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Which of the following methods should an egg tech use to calculate a patients heart
rate from the leg tracing?
1. calculate the mean rate and divide 1500 by that rate
2. count the number of small boxes in two cardiac cycles
3. Divide 300 by the number of large boxes between two r waves
4. count the number of large boxes between p and t waves - ✔✔3. divide 300
✔✔An ekg tech is preforming a standard 12 lead ekg for a patient who is experiencing
accelerated junctional rhythm. Which of the following speed settings should the tech
use?
1. 5mm/sec
2. 10 mm/sec
3. 25 mm/sec
4. 50 mm/sec - ✔✔25 mm/sec
✔✔An ekg tech is recording a patients radial pulse rate and finds the pulse to be
irregular. The provider then takes the patients apical pulse. The tech should recognize
which of the following locations is used to this technique?
1. between the larynx and the sternoclediomastoid
2. between the fifth and sixth ribs, at the left midclavicular line
3. elbow
4. the thumb side of the left wrist - ✔✔2. between the 5th and 6th ribs
✔✔An ekg tech is reviewing a tracing for a patient who has a ventricular pacemaker.
Which of the following rhythms should the tech expect after the pacing spike?
1. regular p waves
2. Av dealt between .12 and .16 secs
3. QRS interval between .6 and .10 secs
4. wide QRS - ✔✔4. wide QRS
, ✔✔An ekg tech is preparing a patient for the application of a Holter Monitor. The patient
tells the tech that she runs about 5 miles each day. Which of the following responses
should the tech make?
1. you should continuing exercising as usual while wearing the monitor
2. make sure to increase your cardiac meds
3. talk to your provider
4. take someone with you while running - ✔✔1. continue to exercise as normal
✔✔A thin spike before the P wave indicates that the pacemaker has been implanted to
pace which of the following?
1. atria
2. ventricles
3. early repolarization
4. late repolarization - ✔✔1. atria
✔✔Which of the following electrodes is used to create leads I, II , and aVR?
1. left arm
2. right arm
3. left leg
4. right leg - ✔✔2. right arm
✔✔An EKG tech is measuring the intervals on an EKG tracing. What is an anticipated
finding of impaired conduction through the AV node?
1. decreased QT interval
2. prolonged QRS interval
3. prolonged QT interval
4. prolonged PR interval - ✔✔4. prolonged PR interval
✔✔An ekg tech is preforming a standard 12 lead egg for a patient who Is 9 years old. In
which if the following locations should the tech place the V6 electrode?
1. right midclavicular space
2. left midclav space
3. right midax line
4. left midax line - ✔✔3. right midax line
✔✔An ekg tech is preforming a posterior 12 lead egg for a patient. Which of the
following should the tech place along the paraspinous border?
1. lead V7
2. lead V8
3. lead V9
4. lead V7R - ✔✔lead V9
✔✔Which of the following methods should an egg tech use to store electrodes when not
in use?
