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AHN 568 Exam 2 Cardiac Assessment Practice Questions and Answers 100% Pass S1 is the closure of the ________&________ valve - ANSWER-mitral & tricuspid (atrioventricular) S1 marks the beginning of systole or diastole - ANSWER-systole S1 compliments which wave on the EKG - ANSWER-R wave - the d...

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AHN 568 Exam 2 Cardiac Assessment Practice
Questions and Answers 100% Pass


S1 is the closure of the ________&________ valve - ANSWER✔✔-mitral & tricuspid

(atrioventricular)


S1 marks the beginning of systole or diastole - ANSWER✔✔-systole


S1 compliments which wave on the EKG - ANSWER✔✔-R wave - the depolarization

and contraction of the ventricles causes the mitral & tricuspid valve to close.


S1 is best heard at the base or apex? - ANSWER✔✔-Apex (Mitral & Tricuspid area)


5th ICS MCL


S2 is the closure of the ______ & _______ valve - ANSWER✔✔-aortic & pulmonic

(semilunar)


S2 marks the beginning of systole or diastole - ANSWER✔✔-Diastole


S2 is heard best at the apex or base of the heart? - ANSWER✔✔-Base (Aortic &

Pulmonic Area)


2nd ICS Right & Left sternal border.




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,The sound is S2 is mostly contributed from the closure of the Aortic or Pulmonic Valve -

ANSWER✔✔-Aortic


S2 is of higher pitch and shorter duration than S1.


True or false - ANSWER✔✔-True


A splitting S2 is a common finding in older adults.


True or False - ANSWER✔✔-False


Common finding in children & young adults


The Atrial kick accounts for ___ % of blood that fills the ventricles - ANSWER✔✔-25%


A splitting S2 is best auscultated in which valve area? - ANSWER✔✔-Pulmonic


The splitting of S2 is the early/late closure of the aortic valve and the early/late closure

of the pulmonic valve - ANSWER✔✔-Early closure of aortic valve


Late closure of the pulmonic valve


S1 and S2 are best auscultated with bell or diaphragm of the stethoscope -

ANSWER✔✔-Diaphragm


S3 and S4 are best auscultated with bell or diaphragm of the stethoscope -

ANSWER✔✔-Bell


The diaphragm is best used to detect high or low pitch sounds - ANSWER✔✔-High


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, Bell of stethoscope detects high or low pitch sounds - ANSWER✔✔-low


Splitting of S2 is best heard during inspiration or expiration - ANSWER✔✔-Inspiration


Aortic Valve ausculatory area - ANSWER✔✔-2nd Right ICS right sternal border


Pulmonic Valve ausculatory area - ANSWER✔✔-2nd Left ICS left sternal border


Erb's point - ANSWER✔✔-3rd ICS left sternal border


Second Pulmonic Area


Tricuspid valve area - ANSWER✔✔-4th or 5th ICS left sternal border


Mitral Valve Area - ANSWER✔✔-5th left ICS mid clavicular line


This extra heart sound is associated with conditions where fluid overload is present.

(left ventricular failure, pregnancy, hyperthyroidism, anemia) - ANSWER✔✔-S3


Extra heart sound also known as the ventricular gallop - ANSWER✔✔-S3


S3 occurs 0.12-0.16 seconds after S1, S2, or S4? - ANSWER✔✔-S2


A patient presents with complaints of swelling in their ankles and shortness of breath.

Physical exam reveals JVD, 2+ pitting edema, enlarged spleen, and crackles in their

lungs. Which heart sound would expect to hear upon auscultation with the bell of your

stethoscope? - ANSWER✔✔-S3 - associated with fluid overload and heart failure.


extra heart sound also known as atrial gallop - ANSWER✔✔-S4


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