CMC CERTIFICATION EXAM 2024/2025
WITH 100% ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
Which chamber in the heart has the highest pressures? - Precise Answer
✔✔left ventricle
At the end of diastole, the atria depolarize and contract, which is known
as what? - Precise Answer ✔✔atrial kick
Atrial kick contributes to what percentage of overall cardiac output? -
Precise Answer ✔✔20-30%
What is the normal SvO2? - Precise Answer ✔✔65-75%
From which port in the PA catheter would you draw an SvO2? - Precise
Answer ✔✔Distal port
What is the normal ScvO2? - Precise Answer ✔✔>70% but less then
80-85%
In order to draw an Scvo2, the distal tip of the catheter must be
positioned where? - Precise Answer ✔✔SVC (Superior Vena Cava)
,When are coronary arteries perfused? - Precise Answer ✔✔during
diastole
The Right Coronary Artery (RCA) perfuses which wall of the heart? -
Precise Answer ✔✔Inferior wall of the heart
-Right Ventricle
-Right Atrium
-SA Node (55%)
-AV Node (90%)
-Posterior Septum
The Left Anterior Descending Artery (LAD) perfuses which walls of the
heart? - Precise Answer ✔✔Anterior and Septal walls of the heart
-Front and bottom of the Left Ventricle
-Front of Septum
-Bindle of His/Bundle Branches
-Papillary Muscles
The Circumflex Artery perfuses which wall of the heart? - Precise
Answer ✔✔Lateral wall of the heart
-Left Atrium
, -SA Node (45%)
-Posterior Left Ventricle
-Posterior Septum (20%)
For a majority of the patients, which artery supplies blood to the
Posterior wall of the heart? - Precise Answer ✔✔Right Coronary Artery
(RCA) ~85-90%
The RCA perfuses the _____
The Left Main bifurcates into the _____
The LAD perfuses the ______
The Left Circumflex Perfuses the ______ - Precise Answer ✔✔Inferior
wall of the heart, Right Ventricle, and Posterior wall of the heart
LAD, Circumflex, and Ramus (in some pts)
Anterior and Septal wall of the heart
Left Lateral Wall
WITH 100% ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
Which chamber in the heart has the highest pressures? - Precise Answer
✔✔left ventricle
At the end of diastole, the atria depolarize and contract, which is known
as what? - Precise Answer ✔✔atrial kick
Atrial kick contributes to what percentage of overall cardiac output? -
Precise Answer ✔✔20-30%
What is the normal SvO2? - Precise Answer ✔✔65-75%
From which port in the PA catheter would you draw an SvO2? - Precise
Answer ✔✔Distal port
What is the normal ScvO2? - Precise Answer ✔✔>70% but less then
80-85%
In order to draw an Scvo2, the distal tip of the catheter must be
positioned where? - Precise Answer ✔✔SVC (Superior Vena Cava)
,When are coronary arteries perfused? - Precise Answer ✔✔during
diastole
The Right Coronary Artery (RCA) perfuses which wall of the heart? -
Precise Answer ✔✔Inferior wall of the heart
-Right Ventricle
-Right Atrium
-SA Node (55%)
-AV Node (90%)
-Posterior Septum
The Left Anterior Descending Artery (LAD) perfuses which walls of the
heart? - Precise Answer ✔✔Anterior and Septal walls of the heart
-Front and bottom of the Left Ventricle
-Front of Septum
-Bindle of His/Bundle Branches
-Papillary Muscles
The Circumflex Artery perfuses which wall of the heart? - Precise
Answer ✔✔Lateral wall of the heart
-Left Atrium
, -SA Node (45%)
-Posterior Left Ventricle
-Posterior Septum (20%)
For a majority of the patients, which artery supplies blood to the
Posterior wall of the heart? - Precise Answer ✔✔Right Coronary Artery
(RCA) ~85-90%
The RCA perfuses the _____
The Left Main bifurcates into the _____
The LAD perfuses the ______
The Left Circumflex Perfuses the ______ - Precise Answer ✔✔Inferior
wall of the heart, Right Ventricle, and Posterior wall of the heart
LAD, Circumflex, and Ramus (in some pts)
Anterior and Septal wall of the heart
Left Lateral Wall
