AMCA EKG exam
AMCA EKG Practice Test Question and answers
correctly solved 2025
Gastro means - Answer stomach
Waveforms may be displayed on a screen called - Answer oscilloscope
The breastbone is referred to as - Answer sternum
What are the three layers of the heart? - Answer epicardium, myocardium,
endocardium
The use of non-invasive and painless ultrasound to examine the heart, its chambers
and
valves is known as - Answer echocardiography
Which of the following actions is helpful in assisting patients with their needs? -
Answer Keeping a list of community resources that can further assist the patient
Automaticity means - Answer The ability of certain cells to produce an electrical
impulse without the need for
outside stimulation
ventricular depolarization - Answer QRS
Contraction or Systole of the
cardiac muscle - Answer Depolarzaon
Relaxation or Diastole of the
cardiac muscle - Answer Repolarization
Atrial depolarization - Answer P wave
Ventricular repolarization - Answer T
Two PVCs in a row - Answer couplet
, AMCA EKG exam
What is the term for the thin fluid-filled sac that surrounds the heart?
Pericardium
What is the middle layer of the heart?
myocardium (muscle layer)
The patient has a history of cardiovascular disease. Which of the following test
would not be used as a screening procedure?
Colonoscopy
What is the heart valve in between the left atrium and left ventricle?
Bicuspid
Which of the following irregularities on an ECG would be the most severe?
V-Fib
Which heart chamber delivers oxygen-rich blood to the ascending aorta?
Left Ventricle
Which heart chamber receives blood from systemic system?
Right Atrium
What's the average normal heart rate?
72 beats per minute
On ECG papers, what are horizontal measurements used to determine?
Heart Rate
What does automaticity mean?
The ability of certain cells to produce an electrical impulse without the need for
outside nerve stimulation.
Atrial fibrillation has - Answer no P-waves
On an ECG horizontal lines measure - Answer heart rate
Lowers overall resistance in the vascular beds - Answer ACE inhibitors
The PR interval gets progressively longer in - Answer 2nd degree AV heart block
Touching a person's body without their consent - 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
The normal standardization mark should be how high? - Answer 10 mm
The pericardial sac that surrounds the heart - Answer allows the heart to expand &
contract with minimal friction
Making false statements orally - Answer slander
AMCA EKG Practice Test Question and answers
correctly solved 2025
Gastro means - Answer stomach
Waveforms may be displayed on a screen called - Answer oscilloscope
The breastbone is referred to as - Answer sternum
What are the three layers of the heart? - Answer epicardium, myocardium,
endocardium
The use of non-invasive and painless ultrasound to examine the heart, its chambers
and
valves is known as - Answer echocardiography
Which of the following actions is helpful in assisting patients with their needs? -
Answer Keeping a list of community resources that can further assist the patient
Automaticity means - Answer The ability of certain cells to produce an electrical
impulse without the need for
outside stimulation
ventricular depolarization - Answer QRS
Contraction or Systole of the
cardiac muscle - Answer Depolarzaon
Relaxation or Diastole of the
cardiac muscle - Answer Repolarization
Atrial depolarization - Answer P wave
Ventricular repolarization - Answer T
Two PVCs in a row - Answer couplet
, AMCA EKG exam
What is the term for the thin fluid-filled sac that surrounds the heart?
Pericardium
What is the middle layer of the heart?
myocardium (muscle layer)
The patient has a history of cardiovascular disease. Which of the following test
would not be used as a screening procedure?
Colonoscopy
What is the heart valve in between the left atrium and left ventricle?
Bicuspid
Which of the following irregularities on an ECG would be the most severe?
V-Fib
Which heart chamber delivers oxygen-rich blood to the ascending aorta?
Left Ventricle
Which heart chamber receives blood from systemic system?
Right Atrium
What's the average normal heart rate?
72 beats per minute
On ECG papers, what are horizontal measurements used to determine?
Heart Rate
What does automaticity mean?
The ability of certain cells to produce an electrical impulse without the need for
outside nerve stimulation.
Atrial fibrillation has - Answer no P-waves
On an ECG horizontal lines measure - Answer heart rate
Lowers overall resistance in the vascular beds - Answer ACE inhibitors
The PR interval gets progressively longer in - Answer 2nd degree AV heart block
Touching a person's body without their consent - 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
The normal standardization mark should be how high? - Answer 10 mm
The pericardial sac that surrounds the heart - Answer allows the heart to expand &
contract with minimal friction
Making false statements orally - Answer slander
