Fetal Heart Monitors Test Questions and Answers Graded A+
A full description of a fetal heart rate (FHR) FHR Tachycardia - ANSWER ->160 BPM
tracing requires a qualitative and quantitative
description of all of the following except:
Evaluation of a fetal heart rate pattern must take
Select Your Answer: into account maternal medical conditions as well
a. Baseline rate as estimated gestational age.
b. Presence of accelerations
c. Baseline fetal heart rate variability Select Your Answer:
d. Beat-to-beat fetal heart rate variability True
e. Periodic or episodic decelerations False - ANSWER -True
f. Changes or trends of fetal heart rate patterns
over time - ANSWER -d. Beat-to-beat fetal
heart rate variability Baseline variability is defined as fluctuations in
the baseline that are regular in amplitude and
frequency.
Which of the following is/are included in a full
description of fetal heart rate baseline? Select Your Answer:
True
Select Your Answer: False - ANSWER -False
a. Fetal heart rate accelerations
b. Fetal heart rate decelerations
c. Periods of marked fetal heart rate variability According to the NICHD definitions of fetal heart
d. All of the above rate variability, which of the following is NOT
e. None of the above - ANSWER -e. None accurate?
of the above
Select Your Answer:
a. Undetectable = absent fetal heart rate
Fetal heart rate tachycardia is defined as a variability
baseline fetal heart rate: b. Detectable but ≤ 5 bpm = minimal fetal heart
rate variability
Select Your Answer: Feedback c. 6 to 25 bpm = average fetal heart rate
a. ≥ 180 beats per minute variability
b. > 180 beats per minute d. Greater than 25 bpm = marked fetal heart rate
c. ≥ 160 beats per minute variability
d. > 160 beats per minute e. None of the above - ANSWER -c. 6 to
e. ≥ 200 beats per minute - ANSWER -d. > 25 bpm = average fetal heart rate variability
160 beats per minute
Short-term (beat-to-beat) variability is distinct
Normal baseline FHR range - ANSWER - from long-term variability and should be visually
110-160 BPM determined and documented separately.
Select Your Answer:
FHR Bradycardia - ANSWER -<110 BPM True
False - ANSWER -False
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peak ≥ 30 seconds
amplitude range is detectable but ≤ 5
beats/minute - ANSWER -Minimal FHR
variability Abrupt deceleration - ANSWER -Onset to
nadir < 30 seconds
undetectable - ANSWER -Absent FHR
variability Gradual Deceleration - ANSWER -Onset to
nadir ≥ 30 seconds
between 6 and 25 beats/minute -
ANSWER -Moderate FHR variability At 32 weeks of gestation and beyond, a fetal
heart rate acceleration is defined by a peak at
least 20 beats per minute above the baseline and
amplitude range is greater than 25 beats/minute. a duration of at least 20 seconds.
- ANSWER -Marked FHR variability
Select Your Answer:
True
Sinusoidal pattern - ANSWER -visually False - ANSWER -False
apparent, smooth, sine wave-like undulating
pattern in fetal heart rate baseline with a cycle At 32 weeks of gestation and beyond, an
frequency of 3-5 per minute which persists for 20 acceleration has a peak of 15 beats per minute or
minutes or more. more above the baseline, with a duration of 15
seconds or more, but less than 2 minutes from
onset to return.
Acceleration is defined as a visually apparent
gradual increase in the fetal heart rate above
baseline. Prolonged acceleration - ANSWER -An
acceleration that lasts 2 minutes or more, but
Select Your Answer: less than 10 minutes
True
False - ANSWER -False
Baseline change - ANSWER -an
acceleration lasts 10 minutes or longer
Acceleration - ANSWER -visually apparent
abrupt increase (defined as onset of acceleration
to peak in < 30 seconds) in the fetal heart rate Before 32 weeks of gestation, an acceleration is
above the baseline. defined as an abrupt increase in the fetal heart
rate at least 10 beats per minute above baseline
lasting at least 10 seconds.
Abrupt acceleration - ANSWER -Onset to
Select Your Answer:
peak < 30 seconds
True
False - ANSWER -True
Gradual acceleration - ANSWER -Onset to
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A full description of a fetal heart rate (FHR) FHR Tachycardia - ANSWER ->160 BPM
tracing requires a qualitative and quantitative
description of all of the following except:
Evaluation of a fetal heart rate pattern must take
Select Your Answer: into account maternal medical conditions as well
a. Baseline rate as estimated gestational age.
b. Presence of accelerations
c. Baseline fetal heart rate variability Select Your Answer:
d. Beat-to-beat fetal heart rate variability True
e. Periodic or episodic decelerations False - ANSWER -True
f. Changes or trends of fetal heart rate patterns
over time - ANSWER -d. Beat-to-beat fetal
heart rate variability Baseline variability is defined as fluctuations in
the baseline that are regular in amplitude and
frequency.
Which of the following is/are included in a full
description of fetal heart rate baseline? Select Your Answer:
True
Select Your Answer: False - ANSWER -False
a. Fetal heart rate accelerations
b. Fetal heart rate decelerations
c. Periods of marked fetal heart rate variability According to the NICHD definitions of fetal heart
d. All of the above rate variability, which of the following is NOT
e. None of the above - ANSWER -e. None accurate?
of the above
Select Your Answer:
a. Undetectable = absent fetal heart rate
Fetal heart rate tachycardia is defined as a variability
baseline fetal heart rate: b. Detectable but ≤ 5 bpm = minimal fetal heart
rate variability
Select Your Answer: Feedback c. 6 to 25 bpm = average fetal heart rate
a. ≥ 180 beats per minute variability
b. > 180 beats per minute d. Greater than 25 bpm = marked fetal heart rate
c. ≥ 160 beats per minute variability
d. > 160 beats per minute e. None of the above - ANSWER -c. 6 to
e. ≥ 200 beats per minute - ANSWER -d. > 25 bpm = average fetal heart rate variability
160 beats per minute
Short-term (beat-to-beat) variability is distinct
Normal baseline FHR range - ANSWER - from long-term variability and should be visually
110-160 BPM determined and documented separately.
Select Your Answer:
FHR Bradycardia - ANSWER -<110 BPM True
False - ANSWER -False
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peak ≥ 30 seconds
amplitude range is detectable but ≤ 5
beats/minute - ANSWER -Minimal FHR
variability Abrupt deceleration - ANSWER -Onset to
nadir < 30 seconds
undetectable - ANSWER -Absent FHR
variability Gradual Deceleration - ANSWER -Onset to
nadir ≥ 30 seconds
between 6 and 25 beats/minute -
ANSWER -Moderate FHR variability At 32 weeks of gestation and beyond, a fetal
heart rate acceleration is defined by a peak at
least 20 beats per minute above the baseline and
amplitude range is greater than 25 beats/minute. a duration of at least 20 seconds.
- ANSWER -Marked FHR variability
Select Your Answer:
True
Sinusoidal pattern - ANSWER -visually False - ANSWER -False
apparent, smooth, sine wave-like undulating
pattern in fetal heart rate baseline with a cycle At 32 weeks of gestation and beyond, an
frequency of 3-5 per minute which persists for 20 acceleration has a peak of 15 beats per minute or
minutes or more. more above the baseline, with a duration of 15
seconds or more, but less than 2 minutes from
onset to return.
Acceleration is defined as a visually apparent
gradual increase in the fetal heart rate above
baseline. Prolonged acceleration - ANSWER -An
acceleration that lasts 2 minutes or more, but
Select Your Answer: less than 10 minutes
True
False - ANSWER -False
Baseline change - ANSWER -an
acceleration lasts 10 minutes or longer
Acceleration - ANSWER -visually apparent
abrupt increase (defined as onset of acceleration
to peak in < 30 seconds) in the fetal heart rate Before 32 weeks of gestation, an acceleration is
above the baseline. defined as an abrupt increase in the fetal heart
rate at least 10 beats per minute above baseline
lasting at least 10 seconds.
Abrupt acceleration - ANSWER -Onset to
Select Your Answer:
peak < 30 seconds
True
False - ANSWER -True
Gradual acceleration - ANSWER -Onset to
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