CCMA PRACTISE TEST WITH
CORRECT AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
(2025/2026 EDITION)
1. Three lead EKG monitor - ANSWER I, II, III
2. Why increase the speed of the EKG - ANSWER Increase speed
widens wave forms
3. Placement of leads V1-V6 is important to diagnose - ANSWER
Left ventricular
4. Why place V3 on right side of chest on an infant - ANSWER
To prevent crowding of the leads
5. Dextrocardia - ANSWER When heart is on opposite side of the
body
6. Lead combo for Lateral wall acute MI - ANSWER Leads I, AVL,
V5 & V6
,7. ST Segment Elevation indicates - ANSWER Cardiac injury in
progress
8. Which leads allow viewing pt's anterior wall of Left
Ventricular - ANSWER V3 & V4
9. EKG line representing zero electrical activity - ANSWER
Isoelectric line
10. Patient with a 2 degree heart block would show this -
ANSWER Progressively prolonged PR intervals until the QRS
complex dropped
11. What is the heart rate with 5 big boxes and 3 little boxes
- ANSWER 54
12. Sequencing - ANSWER 300, 150, 100, 75, 60, 50
13. The epicardium forms a protective sac around the heart
known as the - ANSWER Pericardium
14. Atrio ventricular valves - ANSWER Tricuspid and mitral
,15. The last valve to touch de-oxygenated blood is the -
ANSWER Pulmonary valve
16. All 4 valves are - ANSWER Unidirectional
17. The right side of the heart has what type of blood -
ANSWER De-oxygenated blood
18. The heart is fed by these - ANSWER Coronary arteries
19. The L anterior descending artery is also known as -
ANSWER The Widow maker
20. The pathway from the SA node to the AV node is the -
ANSWER Internodal pathway
21. Intrinsic rate for the SA node is - ANSWER 60-100 BPMs
22. Eintoven's Triangle does what? - ANSWER shows basic
EKG reading
23. Calculating the atrial rate would be - ANSWER The p-p
big box method
, 24. The PR interval is measured from - ANSWER The
beginning of the P wave to the beginning of QRS complex
25. This makes a rhythm a "sinus rhythm" - ANSWER a P
wave
26. In hospital cardiac monitoring - ANSWER Telemetry
27. On a telemetry monitor what color lead is on the right
shoulder - ANSWER White lead
28. The artery used for blood pressure is - ANSWER
Brachial
29. The area of the eye you start irrigation in - ANSWER
Inner canthus
30. Pulmonary function tests use this - ANSWER Spirometer
31. Heart muscle disease - ANSWER Cardiomyopathy
32. With wave scheduling, which patient would be priority -
ANSWER Patient who arrives first
CORRECT AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
(2025/2026 EDITION)
1. Three lead EKG monitor - ANSWER I, II, III
2. Why increase the speed of the EKG - ANSWER Increase speed
widens wave forms
3. Placement of leads V1-V6 is important to diagnose - ANSWER
Left ventricular
4. Why place V3 on right side of chest on an infant - ANSWER
To prevent crowding of the leads
5. Dextrocardia - ANSWER When heart is on opposite side of the
body
6. Lead combo for Lateral wall acute MI - ANSWER Leads I, AVL,
V5 & V6
,7. ST Segment Elevation indicates - ANSWER Cardiac injury in
progress
8. Which leads allow viewing pt's anterior wall of Left
Ventricular - ANSWER V3 & V4
9. EKG line representing zero electrical activity - ANSWER
Isoelectric line
10. Patient with a 2 degree heart block would show this -
ANSWER Progressively prolonged PR intervals until the QRS
complex dropped
11. What is the heart rate with 5 big boxes and 3 little boxes
- ANSWER 54
12. Sequencing - ANSWER 300, 150, 100, 75, 60, 50
13. The epicardium forms a protective sac around the heart
known as the - ANSWER Pericardium
14. Atrio ventricular valves - ANSWER Tricuspid and mitral
,15. The last valve to touch de-oxygenated blood is the -
ANSWER Pulmonary valve
16. All 4 valves are - ANSWER Unidirectional
17. The right side of the heart has what type of blood -
ANSWER De-oxygenated blood
18. The heart is fed by these - ANSWER Coronary arteries
19. The L anterior descending artery is also known as -
ANSWER The Widow maker
20. The pathway from the SA node to the AV node is the -
ANSWER Internodal pathway
21. Intrinsic rate for the SA node is - ANSWER 60-100 BPMs
22. Eintoven's Triangle does what? - ANSWER shows basic
EKG reading
23. Calculating the atrial rate would be - ANSWER The p-p
big box method
, 24. The PR interval is measured from - ANSWER The
beginning of the P wave to the beginning of QRS complex
25. This makes a rhythm a "sinus rhythm" - ANSWER a P
wave
26. In hospital cardiac monitoring - ANSWER Telemetry
27. On a telemetry monitor what color lead is on the right
shoulder - ANSWER White lead
28. The artery used for blood pressure is - ANSWER
Brachial
29. The area of the eye you start irrigation in - ANSWER
Inner canthus
30. Pulmonary function tests use this - ANSWER Spirometer
31. Heart muscle disease - ANSWER Cardiomyopathy
32. With wave scheduling, which patient would be priority -
ANSWER Patient who arrives first
