NHA EKG CERTIFICATION STUDY GUIDE |ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 202

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NHA EKG CERTIFICATION STUDY GUIDE
|ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS 2026



Aortic Valve - correct-answer - What is missing in this outline of Pulmonary

Circulation?

1) RA (Right Atrium)

2) Tricuspid Valve

3) RV (Right Ventricle)

4) Pulmonary Valve

5) Pulmonary Arteries (Right/Left)

6) Lungs

7) Pulmonary Veins (Right/Left)

8) LA (Left Atrium)

9) Mitral Valve

10) LV (Left Ventricle)

11) _____

12) Aorta

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Angle of Louis - correct-answer - What is formed by the manubrium and the body

of the sternum and helps in electrode placement?




Right - correct-answer - V1 is placed in the 4th intercostal space and is located on

which side of the sternum?




Atrial Rate - correct-answer - The distance between P wave to P wave can be used

to calculate what kind of rate? (2 words)



Equation = 1500 / (distance b/w P waves)(# of boxes b/w P waves)

*OR*

300 / # of big boxes b/w P waves

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V4 - correct-answer - Which lead should be placed just below the nipple, in the

5th intercostal space on the midclavicular line (MCL)?




Sinus Arrest - correct-answer - What arrhythmia is associated with the skipping of

heartbeats on an EKG tracing? (2 words)




Right - correct-answer - Which side of the sternum would you place V2 if the

patient had dextrocardia?




V2 and V4 - correct-answer - V3 should be placed halfway between which two

leads?




Midaxillary - correct-answer - V6 is placed along the same horizontal plane as V4

and on the _____ line.

(Hint: MAL)