CERTIFIED EKG TECHNICIAN (CET)
PRACTICE TEST 2.0 B QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.
An EKG technician is instructing a patient about the use of transtelephonic monitor with
loop memory. Which of the following instructions should the technician include? -
\"Press the record button on the device when you begin to feel dizzy or have chest pain
An EKG technician has a prescription to perform an EKG tracing on an older adult
patient who is unconscious upon arrival at the emergency department. Which of the
following actions should the technician take? -
\Assume implied consent because the patients condition is considered critical
Which of the following methods should an EKG technician use to calculate a patients
heart rate from the EKG tracing -
\Divide 300 by the number of large boxes between two R waves
An EKG technician is caring for a patient who is admitted to an inpatient facility for chest
pain. Which of the following actions should the technician take when performing a series
of EKG readings for this patient? -
\Apply silver electrodes that can be checked daily
An EKG technician has performed an EKG on a patient. Which of the following actions
by the technician would protect the patient's health information in accordance with
HIPAA regulations? -
\Hand-delivering the EKG to the patient's provider
After completing a standard 12-lead EKG on patient, which of the following actions
should an EKG technician take next? -
\Check that the tracing is free from artifacts and then disconnect the patient from the
machine
Which of the following is the most effective technique for an EKG technician to use to
verify that a patient understands the Holter monitor instructions? -
\Have the patient repeat the instructions back
Which of the following sections of the EKG tracing should an EKG technician use to
measure the QRS complex? -
\Beginning of the Q wave to the end of the S wave
Which of the following lead groups forms Einthoven's triangle -
\Leads I,II,III
PRACTICE TEST 2.0 B QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.
An EKG technician is instructing a patient about the use of transtelephonic monitor with
loop memory. Which of the following instructions should the technician include? -
\"Press the record button on the device when you begin to feel dizzy or have chest pain
An EKG technician has a prescription to perform an EKG tracing on an older adult
patient who is unconscious upon arrival at the emergency department. Which of the
following actions should the technician take? -
\Assume implied consent because the patients condition is considered critical
Which of the following methods should an EKG technician use to calculate a patients
heart rate from the EKG tracing -
\Divide 300 by the number of large boxes between two R waves
An EKG technician is caring for a patient who is admitted to an inpatient facility for chest
pain. Which of the following actions should the technician take when performing a series
of EKG readings for this patient? -
\Apply silver electrodes that can be checked daily
An EKG technician has performed an EKG on a patient. Which of the following actions
by the technician would protect the patient's health information in accordance with
HIPAA regulations? -
\Hand-delivering the EKG to the patient's provider
After completing a standard 12-lead EKG on patient, which of the following actions
should an EKG technician take next? -
\Check that the tracing is free from artifacts and then disconnect the patient from the
machine
Which of the following is the most effective technique for an EKG technician to use to
verify that a patient understands the Holter monitor instructions? -
\Have the patient repeat the instructions back
Which of the following sections of the EKG tracing should an EKG technician use to
measure the QRS complex? -
\Beginning of the Q wave to the end of the S wave
Which of the following lead groups forms Einthoven's triangle -
\Leads I,II,III
