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BASIC EKG TEST UPDATED QUESTION AND ANSWERS | UPDATED 2024
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BASIC EKG TEST UPDATED QUESTION AND ANSWERS | UPDATED2024
1. What is the normal PR interval (PRi)?
a. 0.01-0.12 seconds
b. 0.12-0.20 seconds
c. .020-.030 seconds
2. What is the normal QRS measurement?
a. 0.10-0.20 seconds
b. 0.12-0.24 mm
c. 0.08-0.12 seconds
3. If a patient is said to be in sinus tachycardia, what range would that be?
a. 40-60 bpm
b. 60-100 bpm
c. 100-150 bpm
d. 150-220 bpm
4. Which arrhythmia is easily identified by its unusual saw-tooth pattern?
a. Atrial Flutter
b. Atrial Fibrillation
c. Atrial Tachycardia
d. Mulitfocal Atrial Tachycardia
5. Which heart block is identified by each P wave being longer than the
previous, until a QRS complex is “dropped?
a. 1st degree AV block
b. 2nd degree – Mobitz I (Wenckebach) block
c. 2nd degree – Mobitz II
d. 3rd degree AV block
6. Who is responsible for call the physician if a patient has a rhythm change?
a. The monitor tech
b. The charge nurse
c. The patient care nurse
d. The patient care assistant
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7. To be classified as a “run of V-Tach,” the patient
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a. has a heart rate greater than 100 bpm
b. has had at least three PVCs in a row
c. should be assessed by a nurse ASAP
d. all of the above
8. Atrial Fibrillation is always irregular. Circle all of the following statements that
are true?
a. A Fib will have definite, definable P waves
b. A Fib is initiated from the SA node.
c. The patient ins A Fib may develop blood clots that can lead to a
heart attack or stroke.
d. A patient with A Fib loses 20% of their cardiac output which affects
their activity tolerance.
9. The is/are often referred to as the natural pacemaker of the heart.
a. SA node
b. AV node
c. Bundle of HIS
d. Purkinje Fibers
10. The P wave on an EKG recording is reflective of:
a. Atrial repolarization
b. Atrial depolarization
c. Ventricular repolarization
d. Ventricular depolarization
11. In intrinsic pacemaker of the SA node generates a normal heart rate of:
a. 20-40 beats per minute
b. 40-60 beats per minute
c. 60-100 beats per minute
d. None of the above
12. For an irregular rhythm “the 6 second method of rate measurement” is done
by counting the numbers of R waves in a six second strip and multiplying
by:
a. 3
b. 6
c. 10
d. 12
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