AMCA EKG Practice Test
Questions & Verified Answers
Waveforms that are displayed on screen - correct answer ✔✔Oscilloscope
The breastbone is referred to as the: - correct answer ✔✔sternum
What are the 3 layers of the heart? - correct answer ✔✔epicardium, myocardium, endocardium
The use of noninvasive and painless ultrasound to examine the heart - correct answer
✔✔Echocardiography
Which of the following actions is helpful in assisting patient with their needs - correct answer
✔✔Keeping a list of community resources list that can further assist patient
Automaticity means - correct answer ✔✔The ability of certain cells to produce an electrical
impulse without the need for outside nerve stimulation
ventricular depolarization - correct answer ✔✔QRS complex
Contraction or systole of the cardiac muscle - correct answer ✔✔depolarization
Relaxation or Diastole of the
cardiac muscle of the cardiac muscle - correct answer ✔✔Repolarization
, Atrial depolarization - correct answer ✔✔P wave
Ventricular repolarization - correct answer ✔✔T wave
Two PVCs in a row - correct answer ✔✔couplet
Atrial fibrillization has - correct answer ✔✔No P waves
On an ECG horizontal lines measure - correct answer ✔✔heart rate
Lower overall resistance in the ventricular bed - correct answer ✔✔Ace inhibitors
The PR interval gets progressively longer in - correct answer ✔✔2nd degree AV heart block
Touching a patient's body without their consent is called - correct answer ✔✔Battery
An idioventricular rhythm has a rate of - correct answer ✔✔20-40 bpm
Which patient education process lets you know that the teaching plan is working - correct
answer ✔✔evaluation
Which of the following marks the ECG paper - correct answer ✔✔stylus
Who must be present during a stress test - correct answer ✔✔Cardiologist
The pericardial sac that surrounds the heart - correct answer ✔✔allows the heart to expand &
contract with minimal friction
Questions & Verified Answers
Waveforms that are displayed on screen - correct answer ✔✔Oscilloscope
The breastbone is referred to as the: - correct answer ✔✔sternum
What are the 3 layers of the heart? - correct answer ✔✔epicardium, myocardium, endocardium
The use of noninvasive and painless ultrasound to examine the heart - correct answer
✔✔Echocardiography
Which of the following actions is helpful in assisting patient with their needs - correct answer
✔✔Keeping a list of community resources list that can further assist patient
Automaticity means - correct answer ✔✔The ability of certain cells to produce an electrical
impulse without the need for outside nerve stimulation
ventricular depolarization - correct answer ✔✔QRS complex
Contraction or systole of the cardiac muscle - correct answer ✔✔depolarization
Relaxation or Diastole of the
cardiac muscle of the cardiac muscle - correct answer ✔✔Repolarization
, Atrial depolarization - correct answer ✔✔P wave
Ventricular repolarization - correct answer ✔✔T wave
Two PVCs in a row - correct answer ✔✔couplet
Atrial fibrillization has - correct answer ✔✔No P waves
On an ECG horizontal lines measure - correct answer ✔✔heart rate
Lower overall resistance in the ventricular bed - correct answer ✔✔Ace inhibitors
The PR interval gets progressively longer in - correct answer ✔✔2nd degree AV heart block
Touching a patient's body without their consent is called - correct answer ✔✔Battery
An idioventricular rhythm has a rate of - correct answer ✔✔20-40 bpm
Which patient education process lets you know that the teaching plan is working - correct
answer ✔✔evaluation
Which of the following marks the ECG paper - correct answer ✔✔stylus
Who must be present during a stress test - correct answer ✔✔Cardiologist
The pericardial sac that surrounds the heart - correct answer ✔✔allows the heart to expand &
contract with minimal friction
