NHA EKG PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
If ventricular tachycardia occurs, what should you do? - (ANSWER)notify the provider (this is an
emergency)
For a stress test, where do you take the patients heart rate? - (ANSWER)radial site
When would you stop a stress test? - (ANSWER)when patients states they are dizzy
What extremity records activity in leads II & III? - (ANSWER)left leg
What extremities record activity in lead I? - (ANSWER)right arm and left arm
When a patient has low oxygen levels, what are they experiencing? - (ANSWER)Hypoxemia
What part deals with atria polarization on an EKG? - (ANSWER)p wave
What part deals with ventricular depolarization (and atria repolarization) on an EKG? - (ANSWER)QRS
complex
What part deals with ventricular repolarization and is known as the relaxation period? - (ANSWER)t
wave
Where do you check the apical heart rate? - (ANSWER)between the 5th and 6th ribs on/below the heart
When tachycardia is apparent on an EKG what would the speed be? - (ANSWER)50mm/second
What does R-R calculate? - (ANSWER)ventricular rate
What does P-P calculate? - (ANSWER)atria rate
, NHA EKG PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Before an EKG, what should you cleanse the skin with? - (ANSWER)alcohol pad
what is the grounding leg? - (ANSWER)right leg
With a transtelephonic device what must you tell patients to do when experiencing symptoms? -
(ANSWER)Push record when symptoms begin
Where is tenementary monitoring used? - (ANSWER)hospitals
What type of situation is accelerated idioventricular rate? - (ANSWER)emergency situation
When a patient is completing a stress test, what would be an issue to report to the provider? -
(ANSWER)patients presents a decreased heart rate
When ST segment is depressed, what is indicated? - (ANSWER)myocardial ischemia
When ST segment is elevated, what is indicated? - (ANSWER)myocardial infarction
What is dextrocardia? - (ANSWER)heart is on the right side of the body (EKG is reversed)
What leads record the activity of the septal wall? - (ANSWER)V1 and V2
What monitor is 24h monitoring? - (ANSWER)holter monitoring
What is referred to as looking like "Bunny Ears" - (ANSWER)Bundle branch block
What is caused bye seizures, Parkinson's disease, or shivers? - (ANSWER)somatic tremors
If ventricular tachycardia occurs, what should you do? - (ANSWER)notify the provider (this is an
emergency)
For a stress test, where do you take the patients heart rate? - (ANSWER)radial site
When would you stop a stress test? - (ANSWER)when patients states they are dizzy
What extremity records activity in leads II & III? - (ANSWER)left leg
What extremities record activity in lead I? - (ANSWER)right arm and left arm
When a patient has low oxygen levels, what are they experiencing? - (ANSWER)Hypoxemia
What part deals with atria polarization on an EKG? - (ANSWER)p wave
What part deals with ventricular depolarization (and atria repolarization) on an EKG? - (ANSWER)QRS
complex
What part deals with ventricular repolarization and is known as the relaxation period? - (ANSWER)t
wave
Where do you check the apical heart rate? - (ANSWER)between the 5th and 6th ribs on/below the heart
When tachycardia is apparent on an EKG what would the speed be? - (ANSWER)50mm/second
What does R-R calculate? - (ANSWER)ventricular rate
What does P-P calculate? - (ANSWER)atria rate
, NHA EKG PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Before an EKG, what should you cleanse the skin with? - (ANSWER)alcohol pad
what is the grounding leg? - (ANSWER)right leg
With a transtelephonic device what must you tell patients to do when experiencing symptoms? -
(ANSWER)Push record when symptoms begin
Where is tenementary monitoring used? - (ANSWER)hospitals
What type of situation is accelerated idioventricular rate? - (ANSWER)emergency situation
When a patient is completing a stress test, what would be an issue to report to the provider? -
(ANSWER)patients presents a decreased heart rate
When ST segment is depressed, what is indicated? - (ANSWER)myocardial ischemia
When ST segment is elevated, what is indicated? - (ANSWER)myocardial infarction
What is dextrocardia? - (ANSWER)heart is on the right side of the body (EKG is reversed)
What leads record the activity of the septal wall? - (ANSWER)V1 and V2
What monitor is 24h monitoring? - (ANSWER)holter monitoring
What is referred to as looking like "Bunny Ears" - (ANSWER)Bundle branch block
What is caused bye seizures, Parkinson's disease, or shivers? - (ANSWER)somatic tremors
