ABCP Perfusion Basic Science Exam Practice Questions and
Answers.
The most common type of anomalous venous return is:
a. supracardiac
b. cardiac
c. infracardiac
d. cardiac correct answers a
A Pott's operation is an anastomosis of the:
a. ascending aorta to the left pulmonary artery
b. descending aorta to the pulmonary artery branch
c. subclavian artery to the pulmonary artery branch
d. ascending aorta to the subclavian artery correct answers a
The basic hemodynamic fault in a patent ductus arteriosus is a ____ -to- _____ shunt at the
pulmonary artery level
a. right, left
b. left, right
c. superior, inferior
d. inferior, superior correct answers b
Which of the following statements is not true if viewing the heart through a median sternotomy?
a. the right atrioventricular sulcus may bee seen
b. the left atrium is predominant
c. the apex point anteriorly
d. the inter ventricular sulcus may be visualized correct answers b
The posterior hepatic vein connects to the
a. inferior vena cava
b. hemiazygous system
c. azygous system
d. accessory-azygous system correct answers a
What is the most common type of valvular defect?
a. AI
b. AS
c. MI
d. MS correct answers d
,Which of the following is not evident in Tetralogy of Fallot?
a. VSD
b. pulmonary stenosis
c. ASD
d. overriding aorta
e. RV hypertrophy correct answers c
Of the following arteries, which is most superior?
a. Celiac
b. Mesenteric
c. Renal
d. Iliac correct answers a
Where is the most common site for a coarctation of the aorta?
a. ascending aorta distal to the coronary ostia
b. transverse aorta between the innominate and the carotid arteries
c. descending aorta distal to the subclavian artery
d. ascending aorta proximal to the innominate artery correct answers c
Closure of the small valve that overlies the foramen ovale in the ____ (A-atrial, V-ventricular)
septum is associated with _____ (D-decreased, I-increased) right chamber pressure
a. A, D
b. A, I
c. V, D
d. V, I correct answers a
Which of the following is not true?
a. sinusoids are a type of capillary
b. the intimal of veins and arteries is continuous with the capillary endothelium
c. the opening of a precapillary sphincter will force blood to flow through arteriovenous shunts
d. the vaso-vasorum is the blood supply for the tunica adventitia of veins and arteries correct
answers c
Which of the following statements is true?
a. the SA nodal branch of the RCA is almost always responsible for the blood supply to the SA
node
b. the major blood supply of the septum is the circumflex artery
c. cardiac venous blood drains either into the coronary sinus or directly into the right atrium
d. metarterioles and arteriovenous anastomoses both circumvent the capillary beds correct
answers c
,Which of the following arteries would be found in the posterior interventricular sulcus?
a. posterior descending artery
b. left circumflex
c. acute marginal branch
d. distal portion the obtuse marginal branch correct answers a
Pick the most correct statement:
a. the Rastelli procedure is a cath lab technique in which a balloon catheter is used to enlarge or
create an ASD
b. the Fontan operation facilitates complete correction of tricuspid atresia by placement of a tube
graft conduit between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery system
c. a VSD is necessary for survival in a child born with tricuspid atresia
d. a Blalock-Hanlon procedure creates an enlarged ASD and is done under cardiopulmonary
bypass correct answers c
Which valve is commonly replaced with IHSS?
a. tricuspid
b. pulmonary
c. mitral
d. aortic correct answers c
The initiation of respiration in the newborn infant ______ pulmonary vascular resistance and
_____ the pulmonary arterial pressure (I-increase, D-decrease)
a. I, I
b. I, D
c. D, I
d. D, D correct answers d
In a Waterston-Cooley shunt you create a/an:
a. VSD
b. aorta-pulmonary window
c. ASD
d. subclavian to PA shunt correct answers b
A PFO in a newborn can be categorized as what type of shunt?
a. restrictive
b. non-restrictive
c. complex
d. cyanotic correct answers b
, Which of the following is a type III endocardial cushion defect?
a. ostium primum defect
b. ostium primum defect with a cleft in the mitral and tricuspid leaflet
c. atrioventricular communis
d. sinus venosus correct answers c
Which type of VSD is located between the pulmonary valve and the crista supraventricularis?
a. Type I
b. Type II
c. Type III
d. Type IV correct answers a
Regarding a VSD, which is correct?
a. the type I defect is located in the muscular septum
b. early in life, the direction of shunt across a VSD (in the absence of other anomalies) will be
right to left
c. cyanosis due to a right to left shunt across a VSD can occur when the pulmonary vascular
resistance is high
d. membranous VSDs occurs in the septum area near the apex of the left ventricle correct
answers c
Choose the most correct statement:
a. truncus arteriosus results from an underdevelopment of the ventricular septum
b. an ASD has a higher frequency of occurrence of cardiac malformation at birth than a VSD
c. a VSD has a lower frequency of occurrence of cardiac malformation at birth than an ASD
d. pulmonary hypotension caused by any of several factors and leading to the development of
right heart failure is known as for pulmonale correct answers a
A loss of blood flow through the placenta at birth _____ the fetal systemic vascular resistance
and ______ fetal aortic pressure (I-increase, D-decrease)
a. I, I
b. I, D
c. D, I
d. D, D correct answers a
Excessive volume in the right atrium with bicaval cannulation and tapes down would indicate
what?
a. PFO
b. PDA
Answers.
The most common type of anomalous venous return is:
a. supracardiac
b. cardiac
c. infracardiac
d. cardiac correct answers a
A Pott's operation is an anastomosis of the:
a. ascending aorta to the left pulmonary artery
b. descending aorta to the pulmonary artery branch
c. subclavian artery to the pulmonary artery branch
d. ascending aorta to the subclavian artery correct answers a
The basic hemodynamic fault in a patent ductus arteriosus is a ____ -to- _____ shunt at the
pulmonary artery level
a. right, left
b. left, right
c. superior, inferior
d. inferior, superior correct answers b
Which of the following statements is not true if viewing the heart through a median sternotomy?
a. the right atrioventricular sulcus may bee seen
b. the left atrium is predominant
c. the apex point anteriorly
d. the inter ventricular sulcus may be visualized correct answers b
The posterior hepatic vein connects to the
a. inferior vena cava
b. hemiazygous system
c. azygous system
d. accessory-azygous system correct answers a
What is the most common type of valvular defect?
a. AI
b. AS
c. MI
d. MS correct answers d
,Which of the following is not evident in Tetralogy of Fallot?
a. VSD
b. pulmonary stenosis
c. ASD
d. overriding aorta
e. RV hypertrophy correct answers c
Of the following arteries, which is most superior?
a. Celiac
b. Mesenteric
c. Renal
d. Iliac correct answers a
Where is the most common site for a coarctation of the aorta?
a. ascending aorta distal to the coronary ostia
b. transverse aorta between the innominate and the carotid arteries
c. descending aorta distal to the subclavian artery
d. ascending aorta proximal to the innominate artery correct answers c
Closure of the small valve that overlies the foramen ovale in the ____ (A-atrial, V-ventricular)
septum is associated with _____ (D-decreased, I-increased) right chamber pressure
a. A, D
b. A, I
c. V, D
d. V, I correct answers a
Which of the following is not true?
a. sinusoids are a type of capillary
b. the intimal of veins and arteries is continuous with the capillary endothelium
c. the opening of a precapillary sphincter will force blood to flow through arteriovenous shunts
d. the vaso-vasorum is the blood supply for the tunica adventitia of veins and arteries correct
answers c
Which of the following statements is true?
a. the SA nodal branch of the RCA is almost always responsible for the blood supply to the SA
node
b. the major blood supply of the septum is the circumflex artery
c. cardiac venous blood drains either into the coronary sinus or directly into the right atrium
d. metarterioles and arteriovenous anastomoses both circumvent the capillary beds correct
answers c
,Which of the following arteries would be found in the posterior interventricular sulcus?
a. posterior descending artery
b. left circumflex
c. acute marginal branch
d. distal portion the obtuse marginal branch correct answers a
Pick the most correct statement:
a. the Rastelli procedure is a cath lab technique in which a balloon catheter is used to enlarge or
create an ASD
b. the Fontan operation facilitates complete correction of tricuspid atresia by placement of a tube
graft conduit between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery system
c. a VSD is necessary for survival in a child born with tricuspid atresia
d. a Blalock-Hanlon procedure creates an enlarged ASD and is done under cardiopulmonary
bypass correct answers c
Which valve is commonly replaced with IHSS?
a. tricuspid
b. pulmonary
c. mitral
d. aortic correct answers c
The initiation of respiration in the newborn infant ______ pulmonary vascular resistance and
_____ the pulmonary arterial pressure (I-increase, D-decrease)
a. I, I
b. I, D
c. D, I
d. D, D correct answers d
In a Waterston-Cooley shunt you create a/an:
a. VSD
b. aorta-pulmonary window
c. ASD
d. subclavian to PA shunt correct answers b
A PFO in a newborn can be categorized as what type of shunt?
a. restrictive
b. non-restrictive
c. complex
d. cyanotic correct answers b
, Which of the following is a type III endocardial cushion defect?
a. ostium primum defect
b. ostium primum defect with a cleft in the mitral and tricuspid leaflet
c. atrioventricular communis
d. sinus venosus correct answers c
Which type of VSD is located between the pulmonary valve and the crista supraventricularis?
a. Type I
b. Type II
c. Type III
d. Type IV correct answers a
Regarding a VSD, which is correct?
a. the type I defect is located in the muscular septum
b. early in life, the direction of shunt across a VSD (in the absence of other anomalies) will be
right to left
c. cyanosis due to a right to left shunt across a VSD can occur when the pulmonary vascular
resistance is high
d. membranous VSDs occurs in the septum area near the apex of the left ventricle correct
answers c
Choose the most correct statement:
a. truncus arteriosus results from an underdevelopment of the ventricular septum
b. an ASD has a higher frequency of occurrence of cardiac malformation at birth than a VSD
c. a VSD has a lower frequency of occurrence of cardiac malformation at birth than an ASD
d. pulmonary hypotension caused by any of several factors and leading to the development of
right heart failure is known as for pulmonale correct answers a
A loss of blood flow through the placenta at birth _____ the fetal systemic vascular resistance
and ______ fetal aortic pressure (I-increase, D-decrease)
a. I, I
b. I, D
c. D, I
d. D, D correct answers a
Excessive volume in the right atrium with bicaval cannulation and tapes down would indicate
what?
a. PFO
b. PDA
