AMCA EKG EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE PREP RESOURCE

AMCA EKG EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE PREP RESOURCE

●● The breastbone is referred to as the:.
Answer: sternum


●● What are the 3 layers of the heart?.
Answer: epicardium, myocardium, endocardium


●● The use of noninvasive and painless ultrasound to examine the heart.
Answer: Echocardiography


●● Which of the following actions is helpful in assisting patient with
their needs.
Answer: Keeping a list of community resources list that can further
assist patient


●● Automaticity means.
Answer: The ability of certain cells to produce an electrical impulse
without the need for outside nerve stimulation

,●● ventricular depolarization.
Answer: QRS complex


●● Contraction or systole of the cardiac muscle.
Answer: depolarization


●● Relaxation or Diastole of the
cardiac muscle of the cardiac muscle.
Answer: Repolarization


●● Atrial depolarization.
Answer: P wave


●● Ventricular repolarization.
Answer: T wave


●● Two PVCs in a row.
Answer: couplet


●● Atrial fibrillization has.
Answer: No P waves

, ●● On an ECG horizontal lines measure.
Answer: heart rate


●● Lower overall resistance in the ventricular bed.
Answer: Ace inhibitors


●● The PR interval gets progressively longer in.
Answer: 2nd degree AV heart block


●● Touching a patient's body without their consent is called.
Answer: Battery


●● An idioventricular rhythm has a rate of.
Answer: 20-40 bpm


●● Which patient education process lets you know that the teaching plan
is working.
Answer: evaluation


●● Which of the following marks the ECG paper.
Answer: stylus