AMCA EKG STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔An over-the-counter medication that can be very effective as an anti-platelet is which
of the following - ✔✔aspirin
✔✔The myocardium is the - ✔✔Middle layer of the heart muscle responsible for
pumping action
✔✔The patient must undressed from the waist up and put on gown. What else is the
patient instructed to do prior to their EKG - ✔✔Remove any metal items change and cell
phones from their pockets and body
✔✔A flat line going across the screen is known as - ✔✔asystole
✔✔HIPAA has four standards which standard was made to ensure confidentiality of oral
electronic and written health info - ✔✔Privacy rule
✔✔ waveform may be displayed on a screen called an: - ✔✔oscilloscope
✔✔What are the three layers of the heart - ✔✔epicardium, myocardium, endocardium
✔✔The use of non-invasive and painless ultrasound to examine the heart, its chambers
and valves is known as - ✔✔echocardiography
✔✔Automaticity means - ✔✔certain cells to produce electrical impulse w/o need for
outside stimulation
✔✔Conductivity - ✔✔Ability to transmit electrical stimulus from cell to cell
✔✔Excotability - ✔✔Ability to respond to electrical impulses
✔✔Contractility - ✔✔Myocardial cell to contract when stimulated by an electrical
impulse
✔✔Two PVCs in a row - ✔✔couplet
✔✔Three PVCs in a row - ✔✔Salvo
✔✔Atrial Fibrillation has - ✔✔no P waves
✔✔On an ECG horizontal lines measure - ✔✔heart rate
, ✔✔On an ECG vertical lines measure - ✔✔amplitude of the waveform
✔✔Lowers overall resistance in the vascular beds - ✔✔ACE inhibitors
✔✔The PR interval gets progressively longer in - ✔✔2nd degree AV heart block
✔✔Touching a person's body without his or her consent is - ✔✔battery
✔✔An idioventricular rhythm has a rate of - ✔✔20-40 bpm
✔✔Which patient education process lets you know that the teaching plan is working -
✔✔evaluation
✔✔Which of the following marks the ECG paper - ✔✔stylus
✔✔The normal standardization mark should be how high - ✔✔10 mm
✔✔The pericardial sac that surrounds the heart - ✔✔allows the heart to expand &
contract with minimal friction
✔✔Making false statements orally - ✔✔slander
✔✔Dysthymia means - ✔✔ECG rhythm differs from normal sinus rhythm
✔✔Where is V2 located? - ✔✔4th intercostal space to the left of the sternum
✔✔Where in V1 located - ✔✔4th intercostal space to the right of the sternum
✔✔If a patient is said to be in a-systole, the characteristics would be - ✔✔Rate 0 No
pulse
✔✔Premature atrial complex's originate from - ✔✔Atria
✔✔premature ventricular contractions originate from - ✔✔AV Junction
✔✔Which of the following is treated with hydrochlorothiazide - ✔✔High blood pressure
and fluid retention
✔✔Excersice ECG, another name for this - ✔✔Stress test
✔✔Junction Tachycardia has - ✔✔PR intervals less than 0.12 seconds
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔An over-the-counter medication that can be very effective as an anti-platelet is which
of the following - ✔✔aspirin
✔✔The myocardium is the - ✔✔Middle layer of the heart muscle responsible for
pumping action
✔✔The patient must undressed from the waist up and put on gown. What else is the
patient instructed to do prior to their EKG - ✔✔Remove any metal items change and cell
phones from their pockets and body
✔✔A flat line going across the screen is known as - ✔✔asystole
✔✔HIPAA has four standards which standard was made to ensure confidentiality of oral
electronic and written health info - ✔✔Privacy rule
✔✔ waveform may be displayed on a screen called an: - ✔✔oscilloscope
✔✔What are the three layers of the heart - ✔✔epicardium, myocardium, endocardium
✔✔The use of non-invasive and painless ultrasound to examine the heart, its chambers
and valves is known as - ✔✔echocardiography
✔✔Automaticity means - ✔✔certain cells to produce electrical impulse w/o need for
outside stimulation
✔✔Conductivity - ✔✔Ability to transmit electrical stimulus from cell to cell
✔✔Excotability - ✔✔Ability to respond to electrical impulses
✔✔Contractility - ✔✔Myocardial cell to contract when stimulated by an electrical
impulse
✔✔Two PVCs in a row - ✔✔couplet
✔✔Three PVCs in a row - ✔✔Salvo
✔✔Atrial Fibrillation has - ✔✔no P waves
✔✔On an ECG horizontal lines measure - ✔✔heart rate
, ✔✔On an ECG vertical lines measure - ✔✔amplitude of the waveform
✔✔Lowers overall resistance in the vascular beds - ✔✔ACE inhibitors
✔✔The PR interval gets progressively longer in - ✔✔2nd degree AV heart block
✔✔Touching a person's body without his or her consent is - ✔✔battery
✔✔An idioventricular rhythm has a rate of - ✔✔20-40 bpm
✔✔Which patient education process lets you know that the teaching plan is working -
✔✔evaluation
✔✔Which of the following marks the ECG paper - ✔✔stylus
✔✔The normal standardization mark should be how high - ✔✔10 mm
✔✔The pericardial sac that surrounds the heart - ✔✔allows the heart to expand &
contract with minimal friction
✔✔Making false statements orally - ✔✔slander
✔✔Dysthymia means - ✔✔ECG rhythm differs from normal sinus rhythm
✔✔Where is V2 located? - ✔✔4th intercostal space to the left of the sternum
✔✔Where in V1 located - ✔✔4th intercostal space to the right of the sternum
✔✔If a patient is said to be in a-systole, the characteristics would be - ✔✔Rate 0 No
pulse
✔✔Premature atrial complex's originate from - ✔✔Atria
✔✔premature ventricular contractions originate from - ✔✔AV Junction
✔✔Which of the following is treated with hydrochlorothiazide - ✔✔High blood pressure
and fluid retention
✔✔Excersice ECG, another name for this - ✔✔Stress test
✔✔Junction Tachycardia has - ✔✔PR intervals less than 0.12 seconds
