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What is the formula for calculating cardiac output?
Answers: CO= HR x SV
What is stroke volume related to?
Answers: preload
Preload is most impacted by.....
Answers: Increased filling volumes
A patient with chronic untreated hypertension would demonstrate....
Answers: Increased afterload
Vascular resistance/pressure is most influenced by....
Answers: Radius of the vessel
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The formula for BP is....
Answers: BP = CO x SVR
What component of a Pulmonary Capillary Wedge pressure indicates Mitral
insufficiency
Answers: V wave
An elevated RVEDP is found in which pathology
Answers: RV infarct
If the RA waveform is 2x the normal value, where would this be demonstrated in
the physical assessment
Answers: JVD
What is the most common cause of Pulmonic stenosis
Answers: Congenital
The Blue proximal part of the swan is located how far from the distal tip of the
swan
Answers: 30 cm
When performing a thermodilution cardiac output, the operator injects 10 cc
of saline into the _____ and the temperature change is measured in the ______
Answers: RA, PA
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Equalization of RVEDP and LVEDP are found in
Answers: restrictive pericarditis
Signs of Right sided heart failure include
Answers: JVD
Based on these oxygen saturations, what type of shunt is present? SVC sat= 67%
IVC sat= 71% RA sat= 85% RV sat= 85% PA sat= 85% LA sat= 98% LV sat= 98% AO
sat= 98%
Answers: L to R ASD
What type of ASD, located in the middle 1/3 of the atrial septum (the former site
of the fossa ovalis) is called
Answers: Ostium Secundum
What is the Flamm's equation
Answers: 3(SVC) + 1(IVC)/4
The formula used to calculate MAP is
Answers: 1 (systolic) + 2 (diastolic)/3
What are the four anomalies associated with Tetralogy of Fallot
Answers: Pulmonic stenosis, over riding aorta, RVH, VSD
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Which fetal anomaly is characterized by a large VSD over which a large single
great vessel arises
Answers: Truncas Arteriosus
Pulsus Paradoxus is a sign of
Answers: Cardiac Tamponade
What does RAD stand for
Answers: Radiation absorbed dose
What component of the X-ray system converts light rays into images
Answers: Image intensifier
What is the maximum annual dose of radiation one can receive annually
Answers: 5 REM
Lead protection should be at least how many millimeters of lead
Answers: .5
What is the minimum safe distance to position oneself from the X-ray source
Answers: 6 feet
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RCIS Practice Test Bank Exam 2026 -2027 ACTUAL COMPLETE
REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+ / NEWEST EXAM /JUST
RELEASED!!
What is the formula for calculating cardiac output?
Answers: CO= HR x SV
What is stroke volume related to?
Answers: preload
Preload is most impacted by.....
Answers: Increased filling volumes
A patient with chronic untreated hypertension would demonstrate....
Answers: Increased afterload
Vascular resistance/pressure is most influenced by....
Answers: Radius of the vessel
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The formula for BP is....
Answers: BP = CO x SVR
What component of a Pulmonary Capillary Wedge pressure indicates Mitral
insufficiency
Answers: V wave
An elevated RVEDP is found in which pathology
Answers: RV infarct
If the RA waveform is 2x the normal value, where would this be demonstrated in
the physical assessment
Answers: JVD
What is the most common cause of Pulmonic stenosis
Answers: Congenital
The Blue proximal part of the swan is located how far from the distal tip of the
swan
Answers: 30 cm
When performing a thermodilution cardiac output, the operator injects 10 cc
of saline into the _____ and the temperature change is measured in the ______
Answers: RA, PA
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Equalization of RVEDP and LVEDP are found in
Answers: restrictive pericarditis
Signs of Right sided heart failure include
Answers: JVD
Based on these oxygen saturations, what type of shunt is present? SVC sat= 67%
IVC sat= 71% RA sat= 85% RV sat= 85% PA sat= 85% LA sat= 98% LV sat= 98% AO
sat= 98%
Answers: L to R ASD
What type of ASD, located in the middle 1/3 of the atrial septum (the former site
of the fossa ovalis) is called
Answers: Ostium Secundum
What is the Flamm's equation
Answers: 3(SVC) + 1(IVC)/4
The formula used to calculate MAP is
Answers: 1 (systolic) + 2 (diastolic)/3
What are the four anomalies associated with Tetralogy of Fallot
Answers: Pulmonic stenosis, over riding aorta, RVH, VSD
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Which fetal anomaly is characterized by a large VSD over which a large single
great vessel arises
Answers: Truncas Arteriosus
Pulsus Paradoxus is a sign of
Answers: Cardiac Tamponade
What does RAD stand for
Answers: Radiation absorbed dose
What component of the X-ray system converts light rays into images
Answers: Image intensifier
What is the maximum annual dose of radiation one can receive annually
Answers: 5 REM
Lead protection should be at least how many millimeters of lead
Answers: .5
What is the minimum safe distance to position oneself from the X-ray source
Answers: 6 feet
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