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EKG National Test Bank Final Exam Study Guide
|Certified Technician (CET) practice questions and
correct detailed answers Latest version 2025-2026
A CET has performed an EKG Hand delivering the EKG to the patient's physician
on a patient. Which of the
following actions by the CET
would protect the patient's
health
information in accordance
with HIPAA?
A) Sending the EKG in an
encrypted
electronic file to the patient's
employer.
B) Whiting out the patient's
name address and physical
description on the EKG
printout
C) Restricting the patient's
access to the EKG file
D) Hand delivering the EKG
to the patient's physician
An EKG technician observes st Myocardial ischemia
segment
depression and t wave
inversion in multiple leads.
Which of the following
should the technician
suspect?
A) Myocardial infarction
B) Myocardial injury
C) Myocardial ischemia
D) Heart block
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Where should the EKG On the left anterior line, horizontal to v4
technician place the
electrode for lead v5?
A) On the left midaxillary
horizontal to v4
B) On the left anterior line,
horizontal to v4
C) On the left
midclavicular line, 5th
intercostal space
D) On the right margin of the
sternum, 4th intercostal
space
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In order for an EKG Sensitivity
technician to control and
regulate the output or
height of EKG waveforms,
he/she should use which
control?
A) Speed
B) Stylus
C) Calibration
D) Sensitivity
An EKG technician detects a Notify the patient's physician
U wave, and the patient
reports chest pain and
discomfort. Which of the
following is an
appropriate action for the
technician to take?
A) Reposition the patient's
electrodes
B) Perform another EKG
recording
C) Notify the patient's physician
D) Check the patient and
the room for cause of
artifacts interference
A technician is performing Start chest compressions
an EKG in a hospital
setting. The patient
becomes
unresponsive, stops
breathing, does not
have a pulse. Which of the
following would be the first
appropriate step?
A) Place the patient in
the recovery position
B) Start chest compressions
C) Perform rescue breathing
D) Retrieve the
automated external
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defibrillator
Which of the following R-R
intervals should be used to
determine the regularity of
ventricular depolarization?
A) P-P
B) R-R
C) QT
D) PR
While performing a stress Notify the physician
test, the patient complains
of dizziness. After stopping
the test, which of the
following actions should the
CET take first?
A) Notify the physician
B) Obtain vital signs
C) Contact the spouse
D) Administer oxygen
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EKG National Test Bank Final Exam Study Guide
|Certified Technician (CET) practice questions and
correct detailed answers Latest version 2025-2026
A CET has performed an EKG Hand delivering the EKG to the patient's physician
on a patient. Which of the
following actions by the CET
would protect the patient's
health
information in accordance
with HIPAA?
A) Sending the EKG in an
encrypted
electronic file to the patient's
employer.
B) Whiting out the patient's
name address and physical
description on the EKG
printout
C) Restricting the patient's
access to the EKG file
D) Hand delivering the EKG
to the patient's physician
An EKG technician observes st Myocardial ischemia
segment
depression and t wave
inversion in multiple leads.
Which of the following
should the technician
suspect?
A) Myocardial infarction
B) Myocardial injury
C) Myocardial ischemia
D) Heart block
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,9/4/25, 11:18 PM EKG final
Where should the EKG On the left anterior line, horizontal to v4
technician place the
electrode for lead v5?
A) On the left midaxillary
horizontal to v4
B) On the left anterior line,
horizontal to v4
C) On the left
midclavicular line, 5th
intercostal space
D) On the right margin of the
sternum, 4th intercostal
space
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,9/4/25, 11:18 PM EKG final
In order for an EKG Sensitivity
technician to control and
regulate the output or
height of EKG waveforms,
he/she should use which
control?
A) Speed
B) Stylus
C) Calibration
D) Sensitivity
An EKG technician detects a Notify the patient's physician
U wave, and the patient
reports chest pain and
discomfort. Which of the
following is an
appropriate action for the
technician to take?
A) Reposition the patient's
electrodes
B) Perform another EKG
recording
C) Notify the patient's physician
D) Check the patient and
the room for cause of
artifacts interference
A technician is performing Start chest compressions
an EKG in a hospital
setting. The patient
becomes
unresponsive, stops
breathing, does not
have a pulse. Which of the
following would be the first
appropriate step?
A) Place the patient in
the recovery position
B) Start chest compressions
C) Perform rescue breathing
D) Retrieve the
automated external
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defibrillator
Which of the following R-R
intervals should be used to
determine the regularity of
ventricular depolarization?
A) P-P
B) R-R
C) QT
D) PR
While performing a stress Notify the physician
test, the patient complains
of dizziness. After stopping
the test, which of the
following actions should the
CET take first?
A) Notify the physician
B) Obtain vital signs
C) Contact the spouse
D) Administer oxygen
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