NHA NOW EKG TECHNICIAN PRACTICE TEST (ACTUAL
2025)
While performing a standard 12-lead EKG, an EKG
technician notices that none of the leads are giving a reading.
Which of the following limbs should the technician check first
when correcting this problem?
a. Right arm
b. Left arm
c. Right leg
d. Left leg - <<<Answers>>>>c. Right leg
Which of the following activities should an EKG technician
instruct a patient to record in the Holter monitor diary?
a. Bike riding
b. Swimming
c. Driving
d. Sleeping position - <<<Answers>>>>a. Bike riding
For which of the following patients should an EKG technician
expect the provider to prescribe a chemical stress test?
a. A patient who is 35 years old and requires interpretive
services
b. A patient who is 40 years old and is unable to walk due to
the presence of a full leg cast
c. A patient who is 55 years old and has been talking
anticoagulants for a period of 1 year
,NHA NOW EKG TECHNICIAN PRACTICE TEST (ACTUAL
2025)
d. A patient who is 60 years old and has a history of coronary
artery disease - <<<Answers>>>>b. A patient who is 40 years
old and is unable to walk due to the presence of a full leg cast
Which of the following waves should an EKG technician use
to determine the regularity of the ventricular rate?
a. U wave
b. T wave
c. R wave
d. P wave - <<<Answers>>>>c. R wave
Which of the following leads is created between the left arm
and left leg?
a. Lead aVL
b. Lead aVF
c. Lead III
d. Lead I - <<<Answers>>>>c. Lead III
An EKG technician is performing a standard 12-lead EKG for
a patient. The technician should identify that which of the
following information is recorded by lead I?
a. Electrical activity between the right arm and left leg
b. Electrical activity between the right arm and left arm
c. Electrical activity between the left arm and leg leg
,NHA NOW EKG TECHNICIAN PRACTICE TEST (ACTUAL
2025)
d. Electrical activity between the right leg and left leg -
<<<Answers>>>>b. Electrical activity between the right arm
and left arm
Which of the following methods should an EKG technician
use to calculate a patient's heart rate from the EKG tracing?
a. Calculate the mean rate and divide 1,500 by that rate
b. Count the number of small boxes in two cardiac cycles
c. Divide 300 by the number of large boxes between two R
waves
d. Count the number of large boxes between P and T waves -
<<<Answers>>>>c. Divide 300 by the number of large boxes
between two R waves
An EKG technician is entering a patient's history into the
electronic health record. Which of the following statements by
the patient should the technician enter into the social history
section?
a. "I have smoked cigarettes for a long time"
b. "My parents both had heart attacks"
c. "I had an appendectomy 1 year ago"
d. "I had chicken pox when I was 10 years old" -
<<<Answers>>>>a. "I have smoked cigarettes for a long
time"
, NHA NOW EKG TECHNICIAN PRACTICE TEST (ACTUAL
2025)
An EKG technician is preparing to perform a standard 12-lead
EKG for a healthy adult patient. In which of the following
positions should the technician place the patient for testing
a. Left later position
b. Trendelenburg position
c. Right lateral position
d. Supine position - <<<Answers>>>>d. Supine position
An EKG technician is performing an exercise stress test when
the patient becomes unresponsive with no breathing or pulse.
The technician uses an automated external defibrillator (AED)
to administer a shock to the patient. Which of the following
instructions should the technician expect next?
a. Check the patient for responsiveness
b. Resume performing CPR on the patient
c. Check the patient's airway
d. Monitor the patient's pulse - <<<Answers>>>>b. Resume
performing CPR on the patient
Which of the following leads i s created when an EKG
technician places the electrode to the right of the patient's
sternum at the fourth intercostal space?
a. Leave V1
b. Lead I
c. Lead aVR
2025)
While performing a standard 12-lead EKG, an EKG
technician notices that none of the leads are giving a reading.
Which of the following limbs should the technician check first
when correcting this problem?
a. Right arm
b. Left arm
c. Right leg
d. Left leg - <<<Answers>>>>c. Right leg
Which of the following activities should an EKG technician
instruct a patient to record in the Holter monitor diary?
a. Bike riding
b. Swimming
c. Driving
d. Sleeping position - <<<Answers>>>>a. Bike riding
For which of the following patients should an EKG technician
expect the provider to prescribe a chemical stress test?
a. A patient who is 35 years old and requires interpretive
services
b. A patient who is 40 years old and is unable to walk due to
the presence of a full leg cast
c. A patient who is 55 years old and has been talking
anticoagulants for a period of 1 year
,NHA NOW EKG TECHNICIAN PRACTICE TEST (ACTUAL
2025)
d. A patient who is 60 years old and has a history of coronary
artery disease - <<<Answers>>>>b. A patient who is 40 years
old and is unable to walk due to the presence of a full leg cast
Which of the following waves should an EKG technician use
to determine the regularity of the ventricular rate?
a. U wave
b. T wave
c. R wave
d. P wave - <<<Answers>>>>c. R wave
Which of the following leads is created between the left arm
and left leg?
a. Lead aVL
b. Lead aVF
c. Lead III
d. Lead I - <<<Answers>>>>c. Lead III
An EKG technician is performing a standard 12-lead EKG for
a patient. The technician should identify that which of the
following information is recorded by lead I?
a. Electrical activity between the right arm and left leg
b. Electrical activity between the right arm and left arm
c. Electrical activity between the left arm and leg leg
,NHA NOW EKG TECHNICIAN PRACTICE TEST (ACTUAL
2025)
d. Electrical activity between the right leg and left leg -
<<<Answers>>>>b. Electrical activity between the right arm
and left arm
Which of the following methods should an EKG technician
use to calculate a patient's heart rate from the EKG tracing?
a. Calculate the mean rate and divide 1,500 by that rate
b. Count the number of small boxes in two cardiac cycles
c. Divide 300 by the number of large boxes between two R
waves
d. Count the number of large boxes between P and T waves -
<<<Answers>>>>c. Divide 300 by the number of large boxes
between two R waves
An EKG technician is entering a patient's history into the
electronic health record. Which of the following statements by
the patient should the technician enter into the social history
section?
a. "I have smoked cigarettes for a long time"
b. "My parents both had heart attacks"
c. "I had an appendectomy 1 year ago"
d. "I had chicken pox when I was 10 years old" -
<<<Answers>>>>a. "I have smoked cigarettes for a long
time"
, NHA NOW EKG TECHNICIAN PRACTICE TEST (ACTUAL
2025)
An EKG technician is preparing to perform a standard 12-lead
EKG for a healthy adult patient. In which of the following
positions should the technician place the patient for testing
a. Left later position
b. Trendelenburg position
c. Right lateral position
d. Supine position - <<<Answers>>>>d. Supine position
An EKG technician is performing an exercise stress test when
the patient becomes unresponsive with no breathing or pulse.
The technician uses an automated external defibrillator (AED)
to administer a shock to the patient. Which of the following
instructions should the technician expect next?
a. Check the patient for responsiveness
b. Resume performing CPR on the patient
c. Check the patient's airway
d. Monitor the patient's pulse - <<<Answers>>>>b. Resume
performing CPR on the patient
Which of the following leads i s created when an EKG
technician places the electrode to the right of the patient's
sternum at the fourth intercostal space?
a. Leave V1
b. Lead I
c. Lead aVR
