ECG PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

The tricuspid valve is located between the? - ANSWER-Right Atrium & Ventricle Blood flows out from the ______ and into the aorta. - ANSWER-Left Ventricle The ______ Walls are thin, one-celled structures. - ANSWER-Capillary Which type of cardiovascular test uses sound waves to help identify deep vein thrombosis? - ANSWER-Doppler Ultrasonography Which Type of Cardiovascular test measures the passage of blood through the coronary arteries to the myocardium? - ANSWER-Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Which type of aneurysm is detectable on palpation as a pulsating mass in an area around the umbilicus ? - ANSWER-Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm The term ______ is used to identify an abnormal changes in the heart rhythm. - ANSWER-Arrhythmia With Congestive heart failure (CHF), the Myocardium of the ______ is most commonly affected. - ANSWER-Left Ventricle Which of the following is a condition in which the heart pumps to weakly to supply the body with blood? - ANSWER-Heart Failure A patient is considered to have hypertension if the blood pressure is consistently elevated above? - ANSWER-140/90 Which of the following is a disease in which the walls of the ventricles of the heart are markedly thickened? - ANSWER-Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Which of the following is not a common cause of hypotension? - ANSWER-Poor Diet Which of the following conditions involves the localized inflammation of a vein? - ANSWER-Phlebitis The first part of the cardiac cycle is called - ANSWER-Atrial Depolarization ECGs are most often performed along with the routine annual physical examination every? - ANSWER-5 to 10 years The ECG tracing is generated in about ______ on a single 8 x 10 sheet of ECG paper. - ANSWER-1 Minute Who interprets an ECG? - ANSWER-Provider ECG paper for single-channel machines comes in which form? - ANSWER-Roll The paper moves through an ECG Machines at a rate of ______ mm Per Second. - ANSWER-25 The distance across _____ Large Squares on a ECG paper represents 1.0 second? - ANSWER-5 The Bipolar leads are attached to which parts of the body? - ANSWER-Upper outer arms and inner lower calves Which ECG lead records the voltage difference between the left arm and the left leg? - ANSWER-Lead III The ______ records the hearts voltage difference between the left leg electrode and a central point between the right arm and left arm? - ANSWER-aVF Cardiac patients should be instructed to: - ANSWER-Take their prescribed medications regularly and report any problems immediately If the ECG tracing is too large, the sensitivity dial should be turned down 1/2 to produce a standardization mark: - ANSWER-5MM high and 2MM wide If the ECG cycles are too close together, the speed can be changed to ______ MM per second. - ANSWER-50 When placing the ECG electrodes on a patients lower leg, the connectors should point: - ANSWER-UP Atrial Fibrillation: - ANSWER-Produces a heart rate that ranges from 400 to 500 BPM Premature ventricular contractions are not commonly seen in patients with: - ANSWER-Leukemia Ventricular fibrillation is seen in patients with: - ANSWER-Cardiac disease When using a Holter monitor, the ECG electrodes are attached to a patient's ? - ANSWER-Chest Wall Consistently slow heart rate? - ANSWER-Bradycardia These have the ectopic pacemaker focused at the junction of the AV node and the bundle of his ? - ANSWER-Premature Junctional Contractions (PJCs) Contraction phase of a heartbeat? - ANSWER-Systole Device used to discharge a strong electrical current into a patients heart through electrode paddles held against the bare chest wall? - ANSWER-Defibrillator Cause the atria to contract ahead of the anticipated time - ANSWER-Premature atrial contraction (PACs) BAD Cholesterol - ANSWER-Low-Density-Lipoprotein Consistently rapid heart rate - ANSWER-Tachycardia GOOD Cholesterol - ANSWER-High-Density-Lipoprotein Relaxation Phase of a heartbeat - ANSWER-Diastole Originate in the ventricle and cause contraction ahead of the next anticipated beat? - ANSWER-Premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) From the lungs to the left atrium of the heart? - ANSWER-Pulmonary In the thigh from the knee into the pelvis ? e - ANSWER-Sepehnous From the arm to the brachiocephalic?f - ANSWER-Brachial From the head and neck? - ANSWER-Jugular From the arm to the brachiocephalic? - ANSWER-Cephalic From the saphenous and femoral to the inferior vena cava? - ANSWER-Common iliac All upper-body veins to the right atrium of the heart? - ANSWER-Superior Vena Cava From the feet to the thigh? - ANSWER-Tibial In the thigh from the knee into the pelvis? - ANSWER-Femoral all lower-body veins to the right atrium of the heart? - ANSWER-Inferior Vena Cava Form of hypertension in which blood pressure arises rapidly and severely, and may not respond to treatment? - ANSWER-Malignant Small, temporary interruption of blood flow, also known as a warning stroke? - ANSWER-Transient Ischemic Attack Backward flow of blood into the left atrium ? - ANSWER-Regurgitate Refers to a "Leaking Valve" ? - ANSWER-Stenotic Stroke in which a blood vessel ruptures and the escaping blood damages brain tissue either by pressure against it or from lack of circulation through the tissue? - ANSWER-Hemorrhagic Stroke Stagnation of blood ? - ANSWER-Stasis Interference with circulation ? - ANSWER-Infarction Form of hypertension in which the blood pressure rises moderately over a fairly long Coronary Vein? - ANSWER-Benign Stainless steel mesh tube commonly used with balloon catheter to prop open a coronary vein? - ANSWER-Stent Inherited condition due to an autosomal recessive trait? - ANSWER-Sickle Cell Anemis Placed on the patients limbs and chest for an ECG? - ANSWER-Electrodes Makes tracing easy to read and copy because they are clear and legible and standardized, creating a universal readin