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TEST (CRAT) |ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (ECG)
INTERPRETATION EXAMINATION 2026
Cardiac Electrical Activity Analysis, Rhythm Interpretation, and
Clinical Decision-Making Assessment
Medical / Nursing / Allied Health Sciences
Cardiac Physiology & Diagnostic Interpretation
Spring semester exams 2026
1. In addition to recording the ECG and preparing the report, an ECG technician must be able to:
A. Determine if the tracing is accurate and recognize if interference causes abnormalities during
the recording process.
B. Evaluate tracing, recognize abnormal heart rhythms, and report abnormalities to the
appropriate health care professionals.
C. Maintain patient records and evaluate tracings.
D. Perform ultrasounds on blood vessels and assist with angioplasty.
A. Determine if the tracing is accurate and recognize if interference causes abnormalities during
the recording process.
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,2. Monitor technicians record an ECG tracing and place it into the patient record, but they must
perform which of the following?
A. Assist the physician with angioplasty.
B. Perform an ultrasound of blood vessels.
C. Prepare an ECG report.
D. Evaluate the tracing and recognize abnormal rhythms.
D. Evaluate the tracing and recognize abnormal rhythms.
3. Which of the following employees assists the physician with invasive cardiovascular
diagnostic tests such as angioplasty, heart surgery, or implantation of artificial pacemakers?
A. ECG technician
B. Cardiovascular technologist
C. Medical assistant
D. Monitor technician
B. Cardiovascular technologist
4. Which of the following is considered an unethical act but is not necessarily illegal?
A. Reporting blood pressure results of a stress test incorrectly, resulting in a heart attach to the
patient.
B. Taking a break when you are required to be viewing multiple patient's heart rhythms.
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,C. Deciding to keep a $10 bill you find on the patient's bedside table.
D. Keeping the door open to the patient's room when you expose his or her body to perform an
ECG.
D. Keeping the door open to the patient's room when you expose his or her body to perform an
ECG.
5. Which of these is the responsibility of an ECG technician?
A. Evaluating electrical tracings on a monitor.
B. Recording the ECG and preparing the report for the physician.
C. Assisting with invasive procedures.
D. Evaluating the rhythm.
B. Recording the ECG and preparing the report for the physician.
6. Which of the following BEST describes the universal and standards precautions?
A. Universal precautions are practiced on patients in isolation and standard precautions are
practiced on all patients.
B. Universal precautions are practiced on all patients with or without an identified infection and
stand precautions are only practiced on isolated patients.
C. Universal precautions and standard precautions are the same.
D. Standard precautions combine universal precautions and body substance isolation.
D. Standard precautions combine universal precautions and body substance isolation.
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, 7. What type of ECG procedure is being performed? - Patient is laying down with leads placed
on him while the technician records.
A. Telemetry monitoring
B. Treadmill ECG stress test
C. Transtelephonic ECG monitoring
D. 12-lead ECG
D. 12-lead ECG
8. A photo features the first ECG machine, which weighed about 600 lbs and took 6 people to
operate. Which scientist won the Nobel prize for this invention?
A. Augusta D. Waller
B. Wilhelm Einthoven
C. Sir Thomas Lewis
D. James B. Herrick
B. Wilhelm Einthoven
9. Which of the following ECG procedures is almost ALWAYS performed in a hospital or in-
patient facility?
A. Continuous Monitoring
B. Ambulatory monitoring
C. Treadmill stress test
D. Transtelephonic monitoring
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TEST (CRAT) |ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (ECG)
INTERPRETATION EXAMINATION 2026
Cardiac Electrical Activity Analysis, Rhythm Interpretation, and
Clinical Decision-Making Assessment
Medical / Nursing / Allied Health Sciences
Cardiac Physiology & Diagnostic Interpretation
Spring semester exams 2026
1. In addition to recording the ECG and preparing the report, an ECG technician must be able to:
A. Determine if the tracing is accurate and recognize if interference causes abnormalities during
the recording process.
B. Evaluate tracing, recognize abnormal heart rhythms, and report abnormalities to the
appropriate health care professionals.
C. Maintain patient records and evaluate tracings.
D. Perform ultrasounds on blood vessels and assist with angioplasty.
A. Determine if the tracing is accurate and recognize if interference causes abnormalities during
the recording process.
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,2. Monitor technicians record an ECG tracing and place it into the patient record, but they must
perform which of the following?
A. Assist the physician with angioplasty.
B. Perform an ultrasound of blood vessels.
C. Prepare an ECG report.
D. Evaluate the tracing and recognize abnormal rhythms.
D. Evaluate the tracing and recognize abnormal rhythms.
3. Which of the following employees assists the physician with invasive cardiovascular
diagnostic tests such as angioplasty, heart surgery, or implantation of artificial pacemakers?
A. ECG technician
B. Cardiovascular technologist
C. Medical assistant
D. Monitor technician
B. Cardiovascular technologist
4. Which of the following is considered an unethical act but is not necessarily illegal?
A. Reporting blood pressure results of a stress test incorrectly, resulting in a heart attach to the
patient.
B. Taking a break when you are required to be viewing multiple patient's heart rhythms.
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,C. Deciding to keep a $10 bill you find on the patient's bedside table.
D. Keeping the door open to the patient's room when you expose his or her body to perform an
ECG.
D. Keeping the door open to the patient's room when you expose his or her body to perform an
ECG.
5. Which of these is the responsibility of an ECG technician?
A. Evaluating electrical tracings on a monitor.
B. Recording the ECG and preparing the report for the physician.
C. Assisting with invasive procedures.
D. Evaluating the rhythm.
B. Recording the ECG and preparing the report for the physician.
6. Which of the following BEST describes the universal and standards precautions?
A. Universal precautions are practiced on patients in isolation and standard precautions are
practiced on all patients.
B. Universal precautions are practiced on all patients with or without an identified infection and
stand precautions are only practiced on isolated patients.
C. Universal precautions and standard precautions are the same.
D. Standard precautions combine universal precautions and body substance isolation.
D. Standard precautions combine universal precautions and body substance isolation.
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, 7. What type of ECG procedure is being performed? - Patient is laying down with leads placed
on him while the technician records.
A. Telemetry monitoring
B. Treadmill ECG stress test
C. Transtelephonic ECG monitoring
D. 12-lead ECG
D. 12-lead ECG
8. A photo features the first ECG machine, which weighed about 600 lbs and took 6 people to
operate. Which scientist won the Nobel prize for this invention?
A. Augusta D. Waller
B. Wilhelm Einthoven
C. Sir Thomas Lewis
D. James B. Herrick
B. Wilhelm Einthoven
9. Which of the following ECG procedures is almost ALWAYS performed in a hospital or in-
patient facility?
A. Continuous Monitoring
B. Ambulatory monitoring
C. Treadmill stress test
D. Transtelephonic monitoring
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