EKG CLEP TEST LEARNING WORKBOOK 2026
ECG WAVEFORMS AND RHYTHM
INTERPRETATION
◉ Which of these questions is an appropriate way of checking one
patient identifier before performing an EKG test?
Answer: Can you please state your first and last names
◉ Widened QRS complexes on an EKG tracing are signs of
Answer: a ventricular dysrhythmia
◉ A patient is nearing the target heart rate during and exercise
stress test when he becomes diaphoretic and complains of intense
chest pain. Which response from the EKG technician is best?
Answer: Stop the test and alert the doctor immediately
◉ Sinus bradycardia
Answer: The rhythm shown in this tracing is known as
◉ Under which of the following circumstances can an EKG
technician discuss the details of a patients EKG or treatment
,Answer: When the technician is delivering the completed EKG and
the patient's chart to the cardiologist who ordered the test
When the patient's insurance company calls to confirm that an EKG
was ordered and conducted
◉ Which of these sentences demonstrates patient understanding of
directions for Holter monitoring
Answer: I will make a note in the diary when I exercise
◉ This patient would require no changes to positioning or electrode
placement
Answer: A 35 - year - old woman who is 20 weeks pregnant
◉ Six second method
Answer: What would be the best method for calculating the rate
shown in the strip above
◉ Which of these electrodes is not involved in creating Einthoven's
triangle
Answer: right leg
◉ Progressively prolonged
Answer: The PR intervals in this tracing could be described as
, ◉ 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 tech. do?
Answer: Offer to show the machine to the patient and answer any
questions
◉ Which leads will show changes if an EKG technician has reversed
the right and left arm leads?
Answer: Leads I and aVR
◉ The left-most line in the right-hand image
Answer: Which line represents the body's midline?
◉ The middle line in the left hand image
Answer: Which line is the midaxillary line?
◉ An EKG tech. sees pacing spikes on a patient's EKG but no
electrical activity following the spikes. This is likely due to a
pacemaker error known as
Answer: Failure to capture
◉ Which of the following should patients be advised not to do before
an early-morning resting EKG?
ECG WAVEFORMS AND RHYTHM
INTERPRETATION
◉ Which of these questions is an appropriate way of checking one
patient identifier before performing an EKG test?
Answer: Can you please state your first and last names
◉ Widened QRS complexes on an EKG tracing are signs of
Answer: a ventricular dysrhythmia
◉ A patient is nearing the target heart rate during and exercise
stress test when he becomes diaphoretic and complains of intense
chest pain. Which response from the EKG technician is best?
Answer: Stop the test and alert the doctor immediately
◉ Sinus bradycardia
Answer: The rhythm shown in this tracing is known as
◉ Under which of the following circumstances can an EKG
technician discuss the details of a patients EKG or treatment
,Answer: When the technician is delivering the completed EKG and
the patient's chart to the cardiologist who ordered the test
When the patient's insurance company calls to confirm that an EKG
was ordered and conducted
◉ Which of these sentences demonstrates patient understanding of
directions for Holter monitoring
Answer: I will make a note in the diary when I exercise
◉ This patient would require no changes to positioning or electrode
placement
Answer: A 35 - year - old woman who is 20 weeks pregnant
◉ Six second method
Answer: What would be the best method for calculating the rate
shown in the strip above
◉ Which of these electrodes is not involved in creating Einthoven's
triangle
Answer: right leg
◉ Progressively prolonged
Answer: The PR intervals in this tracing could be described as
, ◉ 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 tech. do?
Answer: Offer to show the machine to the patient and answer any
questions
◉ Which leads will show changes if an EKG technician has reversed
the right and left arm leads?
Answer: Leads I and aVR
◉ The left-most line in the right-hand image
Answer: Which line represents the body's midline?
◉ The middle line in the left hand image
Answer: Which line is the midaxillary line?
◉ An EKG tech. sees pacing spikes on a patient's EKG but no
electrical activity following the spikes. This is likely due to a
pacemaker error known as
Answer: Failure to capture
◉ Which of the following should patients be advised not to do before
an early-morning resting EKG?
