2026 NHA EKG EXAMS MAIN QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔An ekg tech is providing instruction to a patient who is to wear a cardiac event
monitor at home. Which of the following statements by the patient indicates an
understanding of the instruction?
1. I can take showers while wearing the monitor
2. the monitor will keep track of all my daily activities
3. I can continue to use my electronic blanket
4. of the batteries fail I will replace them myself - ✔✔if the batteries fail I will replace
them myself
✔✔An ekg tech is preforming an exercise stress test for a patient. Which is the following
findings should the tech report to the provider?
1. decreased heart rate
2. increased respiratory rate
3. increased sweating
4. decreased premature beats - ✔✔decreased heart rate
✔✔An ekg tech is preparing to preform a 12 lead ekg for a patient who has
dextrocardia. In which of the following locations should the tech place the electrode for
lead v1?
1. right sternal border
2. left sternal border
3. left midcavicular line
4. right midclavicular line - ✔✔left sternal border
✔✔An ekg tech is preparing to obtain a 12 lead ekg for a patient who is 35 weeks
gestation. In which of the following positions should the tech place the patient?
1. supine with head elevated
2. partially upright with legs supported
3. slightly on the left side with pillows supporting the right hip
, 4. supine with the feet flat on the table - ✔✔slightly on left side with pillow supporting the
right hip
✔✔an ekg tech should identify that which of the following is an expected reference
range for the body temp of an adult patient?
1. 95.6 to 96.8
2. 96.9 to 97.5
3. 97.7 to 99
4. 99.1 to 99.7 - ✔✔97.7 to 99
✔✔An ekg tech obtains a pulse oximetry reading of 88 from a patient. which of the
following terms should the tech use to describe the patients condition?
1. rales
2. hypoxemia
3. hemoptysis
4. orthopnea - ✔✔hypoxemia
✔✔An ekg tech is instructing a patient about the use of a trans telephonic monitor with
loop memory. which of the following instructions should the tech include?
1. press the record button on the device when you feel dizzy
2. remove the monitor when connecting to the phone or internet
3. record a notation in your diary that shows the time and location of when the chest
pain occurred
4. contact the tech at the central monitoring station whenever you begin to experience
chest pain - ✔✔press the record button on the device when you feel dizzy
✔✔which of the following ekg findings differentiates accelerated idioventricular rhythm
from junctional rhythm?
1. accelerated has p waves
2. ventricular rate in accelerated is slower than in junctional
3. accelerated is indicated by an irregular rhythm
4. accelerated has a wide QRS - ✔✔accelerated has a wide QRS
✔✔Ab ekg tech notices an accelerated idio rhythm on the tracing. which of the following
actions should the tech take next?
1. tell the patient the results show significant findings and ask if she feels any different
2. call for help and stay with the patient
3. ask another tech to run an ekg
4. Upload the tracing to the ehr and notify the provider that the tracing is ready for
interpretation - ✔✔call for help and stay with the patient
✔✔An egg is entering a patients history into the electronic health records. Which of the
following statements by the patient should the tech enter into the social history section?
1. I have smoked cigs for a long time
2. my parents both has heart attacks
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔An ekg tech is providing instruction to a patient who is to wear a cardiac event
monitor at home. Which of the following statements by the patient indicates an
understanding of the instruction?
1. I can take showers while wearing the monitor
2. the monitor will keep track of all my daily activities
3. I can continue to use my electronic blanket
4. of the batteries fail I will replace them myself - ✔✔if the batteries fail I will replace
them myself
✔✔An ekg tech is preforming an exercise stress test for a patient. Which is the following
findings should the tech report to the provider?
1. decreased heart rate
2. increased respiratory rate
3. increased sweating
4. decreased premature beats - ✔✔decreased heart rate
✔✔An ekg tech is preparing to preform a 12 lead ekg for a patient who has
dextrocardia. In which of the following locations should the tech place the electrode for
lead v1?
1. right sternal border
2. left sternal border
3. left midcavicular line
4. right midclavicular line - ✔✔left sternal border
✔✔An ekg tech is preparing to obtain a 12 lead ekg for a patient who is 35 weeks
gestation. In which of the following positions should the tech place the patient?
1. supine with head elevated
2. partially upright with legs supported
3. slightly on the left side with pillows supporting the right hip
, 4. supine with the feet flat on the table - ✔✔slightly on left side with pillow supporting the
right hip
✔✔an ekg tech should identify that which of the following is an expected reference
range for the body temp of an adult patient?
1. 95.6 to 96.8
2. 96.9 to 97.5
3. 97.7 to 99
4. 99.1 to 99.7 - ✔✔97.7 to 99
✔✔An ekg tech obtains a pulse oximetry reading of 88 from a patient. which of the
following terms should the tech use to describe the patients condition?
1. rales
2. hypoxemia
3. hemoptysis
4. orthopnea - ✔✔hypoxemia
✔✔An ekg tech is instructing a patient about the use of a trans telephonic monitor with
loop memory. which of the following instructions should the tech include?
1. press the record button on the device when you feel dizzy
2. remove the monitor when connecting to the phone or internet
3. record a notation in your diary that shows the time and location of when the chest
pain occurred
4. contact the tech at the central monitoring station whenever you begin to experience
chest pain - ✔✔press the record button on the device when you feel dizzy
✔✔which of the following ekg findings differentiates accelerated idioventricular rhythm
from junctional rhythm?
1. accelerated has p waves
2. ventricular rate in accelerated is slower than in junctional
3. accelerated is indicated by an irregular rhythm
4. accelerated has a wide QRS - ✔✔accelerated has a wide QRS
✔✔Ab ekg tech notices an accelerated idio rhythm on the tracing. which of the following
actions should the tech take next?
1. tell the patient the results show significant findings and ask if she feels any different
2. call for help and stay with the patient
3. ask another tech to run an ekg
4. Upload the tracing to the ehr and notify the provider that the tracing is ready for
interpretation - ✔✔call for help and stay with the patient
✔✔An egg is entering a patients history into the electronic health records. Which of the
following statements by the patient should the tech enter into the social history section?
1. I have smoked cigs for a long time
2. my parents both has heart attacks
