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EKG Technician Practice Exams: Questions and Answers, Exams of Nursing

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  1. Which of the following waves on an EKG tracing relates to electrical activity in the atria? - Correct answer P-wave

Correct answer a ventricular dysrhythmia

  1. Under which of the following circumstances can an EKG technician discuss the details of a patient's EKG or treatment? - Correct answer When the technician is delivering the completed EKG and the patient's chart to the

cardiologist that ordered the test

  1. When the patient's insurance company calls to confirm that an EKG was ordered and conducted
  2. Which of these sentences demonstrates patient understanding of directions for Holter monitoring? - Correct
  1. Which of these electrodes is not involved in creating Einthoven's triangle? - Correct answer Right leg
  2. An intellectually disabled adult patient is frightened of the EKG machine and does not want to lie down for the test. What should the EKG technician do? - Correct answer Offer to

show the machine to the patient and answer any questions

  1. Which leads will show changes if an EKG technician has reversed the right and left arm leads? - Correct answer Leads I and aVR
  2. An EKG technician sees pacing spikes on a
  1. Which of these series represents the depolarization and depolarization of the ventricles? - Correct answer QRS complex, T- wave
  2. What type of stress is likely to be performed on a patient who does not have the use of their legs? -

Correct answer pharmacologic stress test

  1. Narrow and wide are words often used to describe - Correct answer QRS complexes
  2. Under which of these circumstances may an EKG technician share her interpretation of an EKG with the patient? - Correct
  1. Which electrode is shared by leads I and III? - Correct answer LA
  2. at standard gain a calibration mark will measure - Correct answer two large blocks high
  3. acceptable locations for the LL and RL electrodes include the following -

Correct answer on the upper thighs

  1. on the lower torso
  2. before performing an EKG on a patient under precautions the technician should - Correct answer don gloves
  3. an ectopic focus is a group of cells in the heart that initiates an impulse -

where should the technician place the V electrode? - Correct answer on the right side of the cheat at the fifth intercostal space at the midclavicular line

  1. how many electrodes are placed om the back when conducting a posterior EKG? - Correct

answer three electrodes are moved to the back

  1. an ekg tracing in which the p waves are not uniform may indicate a dysthymia originating in the - Correct answer atria
  2. after leaving the room to give the patient privacy for downing, the EKG technician knocks and
  1. the button row in a 12- lead ekg tracing - Correct answer shows only lead II
  2. a QRS complex that measures 4 small boxes wide would be considered - Correct answer abnormally wide
  3. when is the best time to count respirations and record a patient's

respiratory rate? - Correct answer immediately after measuring radial pulse, while still holding the wrist

  1. which of the following would need to be reported to a doctor right away - Correct answer a patient's ekg shows a three-millimeter elevation of the ST segment