AMCA EKG 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED
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✔✔Which of the following is treated with hydrochlorothiazide? - ✔✔High blood pressure
and fluid retention
✔✔When no abnormalities show during a resting ECG, the physician may order an
exercise ECG. Another name for this is: - ✔✔Stress test
✔✔Junctional Tachycardia has? - ✔✔P'R intervals less than 0.12 seconds
✔✔Characteristics of premature ventricular complexes include that they? - ✔✔Have a
wide and bizarre QRS complex
✔✔When preparing a patient to wear a Holter monitor instruct the patient to? -
✔✔Depress the event marker for significant symptoms
✔✔The most superficial layer of the heart that is made up of simple squamous epithelial
tissue? - ✔✔Pericardium
✔✔Which of the following refers to period in the mechanical and electrical events when
the heart is relaxed and involves repolarization? - ✔✔Diastole
✔✔The blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood to the body is called? - ✔✔Aorta
✔✔What position should the patient be in when an ECG is performed? - ✔✔Supine
✔✔The PR interval may vary from beat to beat in? - ✔✔Wandering atrial pacemaker
(wap)
✔✔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, has a pulse of 92 bpm, and you notice
normal sinus rhythm. What should you do? - ✔✔Continue reading
✔✔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 to as
___ irregularity. - ✔✔Patterned
✔✔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 atria from 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%
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✔✔Which of the following is treated with hydrochlorothiazide? - ✔✔High blood pressure
and fluid retention
✔✔When no abnormalities show during a resting ECG, the physician may order an
exercise ECG. Another name for this is: - ✔✔Stress test
✔✔Junctional Tachycardia has? - ✔✔P'R intervals less than 0.12 seconds
✔✔Characteristics of premature ventricular complexes include that they? - ✔✔Have a
wide and bizarre QRS complex
✔✔When preparing a patient to wear a Holter monitor instruct the patient to? -
✔✔Depress the event marker for significant symptoms
✔✔The most superficial layer of the heart that is made up of simple squamous epithelial
tissue? - ✔✔Pericardium
✔✔Which of the following refers to period in the mechanical and electrical events when
the heart is relaxed and involves repolarization? - ✔✔Diastole
✔✔The blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood to the body is called? - ✔✔Aorta
✔✔What position should the patient be in when an ECG is performed? - ✔✔Supine
✔✔The PR interval may vary from beat to beat in? - ✔✔Wandering atrial pacemaker
(wap)
✔✔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, has a pulse of 92 bpm, and you notice
normal sinus rhythm. What should you do? - ✔✔Continue reading
✔✔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 to as
___ irregularity. - ✔✔Patterned
✔✔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 atria from 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%
