AMCA EKG EXAM SET 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔The PR interval may vary from beat to beat in - ✔✔Wandering atrial pacemaker
✔✔Which of the following terms refers to the ventricular ectopic discharge at a rapid,
regular
rate in excess of 100 beats per minute? - ✔✔Ventricular tachycardia
✔✔When monitoring a patient with a sinus arrhythmia, a gradual increasing of the heart
rate is usually associated with: - ✔✔inspiration
✔✔Select the method of preparation for the patient that will ensure a successful ECG
recording. - ✔✔Making sure the patient's legs are not crossed and the arms are resting
at each
side
✔✔When educating a patient about factors that increase the risk of atherosclerosis,
include
which of the following? - ✔✔High blood pressure and obesity
✔✔The Q wave is: - ✔✔The first negative deflection following the P wave
✔✔A patient is regularly taking digoxin for heart failure. The patient is instructed to do
which of
the following? - ✔✔Check their pulse on a regular basis
✔✔The patient is asymptomatic during the ECG and you notice normal sinus rhythm.
What
should you do? - ✔✔Continue recording
✔✔The point at which the QRS complex meets the ST segment is called the: - ✔✔J
point
✔✔When a rhythm speeds up and slows down in a rhythmic fashion it is referred as: -
✔✔Patterned
✔✔The 3rd step of analyzing an ECG is to: - ✔✔Examine the P wave
✔✔A medication that can be used as a local anesthetic as well as a first line anti-
arrhythmic
used to treat acute life threatening ventricular arrhythmia is: - ✔✔Xylocaine
, ✔✔Tall and symmetrical peaked P waves may be seen with - ✔✔Increased right atrial
pressure and right atrial dilation
✔✔The category of anti-hypertensive medications that will cause vasodilation, block
aldosterone secretion and increase urine output - ✔✔ACE inhibitor
✔✔Which of the following is the first structure that will be seen when imaging from the
suprasternal notch? - ✔✔Aortic arch
✔✔The wall that separates the two superior chambers of the heart is called -
✔✔Interatrial septum
✔✔The skeleton of the heart: - ✔✔Separates the atria from the ventricles
✔✔The heart receives most of its own blood supply via the: - ✔✔coronary arteries
✔✔Regulation of the heart rate, speed of electrical conduction and strength of
contraction are
influenced by the brain via the _______ nervous system - ✔✔Autonomic
✔✔The cardio accelerator center - ✔✔Is part of the sympathetic nervous system
✔✔How much blood coming into the ventricles flows passively through the aorta? -
✔✔70%
✔✔During which phase of the cardiac cycle do the coronary arteries fill? - ✔✔Early
diastole
✔✔During depolarization: - ✔✔Impulses are generated and transmitted when positively
charged ions move
inside the cell causing interior to be positive
✔✔The most muscular chamber of the heart that forces blood through the aortic valve
into the
aorta would be the: - ✔✔Left ventricle
✔✔The T wave: - ✔✔Is normally oriented in the same direction as the preceding QRS
complex
✔✔The initiation of the impulse in the SA node and its movement through the atria
produces - ✔✔P wave
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔The PR interval may vary from beat to beat in - ✔✔Wandering atrial pacemaker
✔✔Which of the following terms refers to the ventricular ectopic discharge at a rapid,
regular
rate in excess of 100 beats per minute? - ✔✔Ventricular tachycardia
✔✔When monitoring a patient with a sinus arrhythmia, a gradual increasing of the heart
rate is usually associated with: - ✔✔inspiration
✔✔Select the method of preparation for the patient that will ensure a successful ECG
recording. - ✔✔Making sure the patient's legs are not crossed and the arms are resting
at each
side
✔✔When educating a patient about factors that increase the risk of atherosclerosis,
include
which of the following? - ✔✔High blood pressure and obesity
✔✔The Q wave is: - ✔✔The first negative deflection following the P wave
✔✔A patient is regularly taking digoxin for heart failure. The patient is instructed to do
which of
the following? - ✔✔Check their pulse on a regular basis
✔✔The patient is asymptomatic during the ECG and you notice normal sinus rhythm.
What
should you do? - ✔✔Continue recording
✔✔The point at which the QRS complex meets the ST segment is called the: - ✔✔J
point
✔✔When a rhythm speeds up and slows down in a rhythmic fashion it is referred as: -
✔✔Patterned
✔✔The 3rd step of analyzing an ECG is to: - ✔✔Examine the P wave
✔✔A medication that can be used as a local anesthetic as well as a first line anti-
arrhythmic
used to treat acute life threatening ventricular arrhythmia is: - ✔✔Xylocaine
, ✔✔Tall and symmetrical peaked P waves may be seen with - ✔✔Increased right atrial
pressure and right atrial dilation
✔✔The category of anti-hypertensive medications that will cause vasodilation, block
aldosterone secretion and increase urine output - ✔✔ACE inhibitor
✔✔Which of the following is the first structure that will be seen when imaging from the
suprasternal notch? - ✔✔Aortic arch
✔✔The wall that separates the two superior chambers of the heart is called -
✔✔Interatrial septum
✔✔The skeleton of the heart: - ✔✔Separates the atria from the ventricles
✔✔The heart receives most of its own blood supply via the: - ✔✔coronary arteries
✔✔Regulation of the heart rate, speed of electrical conduction and strength of
contraction are
influenced by the brain via the _______ nervous system - ✔✔Autonomic
✔✔The cardio accelerator center - ✔✔Is part of the sympathetic nervous system
✔✔How much blood coming into the ventricles flows passively through the aorta? -
✔✔70%
✔✔During which phase of the cardiac cycle do the coronary arteries fill? - ✔✔Early
diastole
✔✔During depolarization: - ✔✔Impulses are generated and transmitted when positively
charged ions move
inside the cell causing interior to be positive
✔✔The most muscular chamber of the heart that forces blood through the aortic valve
into the
aorta would be the: - ✔✔Left ventricle
✔✔The T wave: - ✔✔Is normally oriented in the same direction as the preceding QRS
complex
✔✔The initiation of the impulse in the SA node and its movement through the atria
produces - ✔✔P wave
