NHA EKG Practice Test Questions with Complete
Reliable Solutions
A technician is performing an EKG in a hospital setting. The patient becomes unresponsive, stops
breathing, and does not have a pulse. Which of the following would be the first appropriate step? -
Answer Start chest compressions
A patient presents alert and oriented, but an EKG technician finds that all the waveforms are negative in
Lead I. The technician should check the cable connections for which the following limb electrodes? -
Answer Right arm and left arm
An EKG tech detects U waves and the patient reports chest pain and discomfort. What is the appropriate
action? - Answer Notify the patient's physician
An EKG is showing a rhythm that the Tech is not familiar with. What should they do next? - Answer
verify proper lead placement
Which of the following is the correct sensitivity setting to create an EKG standardization mark of 5 mm? -
Answer 1/2
Which activity should the EKG tech tell a patient to record in his Holter monitor daily? - Answer Running
The EKG tech is educating a patient on when she should push the event button while wearing a Holter
monitor. What shows that she understands? - Answer "I will push the event button if I'm experiencing
discomfort."
Which is the only calculating method that available for both regular & irregular rhythms? - Answer Six-
Second method
During a stress test, an EKG tech notices the patient appears to be hyperventilating. What is the best
action? - Answer Check the patient's respiratory rate
, Which of the following sensitivity settings would produce a calibration box that measures 10 mm tall? -
Answer 1
Which of the following methods for calculating a patient's heart rate from the EKG is correct? - Answer
Divide 1,500 by the number of small boxes between two R waves
What is the correct order of a complete cardiac cycle in the normal heart? - Answer P wave, QRS
complex, and T wave
While performing a stress test, the patient complains of dizziness. After stopping the test, which of the
following actions should the CET take first? - Answer Notify the physician
Which of the following describes the correct electrode placement for lead V5? - Answer Anterior axillary
line, 5th intercostal space
The R-R interval on a patient's tracing has five large boxes. Which of the following is the patient's heart
rate? - Answer 60 bpm (This rate is calculated using the 300 method, in which 300 is divided by the
number of large boxes. 300/5=60
Where should the EKG technician place the electrode for lead V5? - Answer On the left anterior axillary
line, horizontal to V4
Which of the following waves would an EKG technician measure to evaluate for atrial enlargement? -
Answer P wave
Which of the following lead groups are bipolar leads? - Answer I,II,III
An EKG technician is working with a patient who has a below-the-knee amputation of the left leg. Where
should the technician place the right-leg electrode? - Answer On the lower right thigh
When performing a posterior EKG, which of the following is the correct location for placement of lead
V8? - Answer Left midscapular line
Reliable Solutions
A technician is performing an EKG in a hospital setting. The patient becomes unresponsive, stops
breathing, and does not have a pulse. Which of the following would be the first appropriate step? -
Answer Start chest compressions
A patient presents alert and oriented, but an EKG technician finds that all the waveforms are negative in
Lead I. The technician should check the cable connections for which the following limb electrodes? -
Answer Right arm and left arm
An EKG tech detects U waves and the patient reports chest pain and discomfort. What is the appropriate
action? - Answer Notify the patient's physician
An EKG is showing a rhythm that the Tech is not familiar with. What should they do next? - Answer
verify proper lead placement
Which of the following is the correct sensitivity setting to create an EKG standardization mark of 5 mm? -
Answer 1/2
Which activity should the EKG tech tell a patient to record in his Holter monitor daily? - Answer Running
The EKG tech is educating a patient on when she should push the event button while wearing a Holter
monitor. What shows that she understands? - Answer "I will push the event button if I'm experiencing
discomfort."
Which is the only calculating method that available for both regular & irregular rhythms? - Answer Six-
Second method
During a stress test, an EKG tech notices the patient appears to be hyperventilating. What is the best
action? - Answer Check the patient's respiratory rate
, Which of the following sensitivity settings would produce a calibration box that measures 10 mm tall? -
Answer 1
Which of the following methods for calculating a patient's heart rate from the EKG is correct? - Answer
Divide 1,500 by the number of small boxes between two R waves
What is the correct order of a complete cardiac cycle in the normal heart? - Answer P wave, QRS
complex, and T wave
While performing a stress test, the patient complains of dizziness. After stopping the test, which of the
following actions should the CET take first? - Answer Notify the physician
Which of the following describes the correct electrode placement for lead V5? - Answer Anterior axillary
line, 5th intercostal space
The R-R interval on a patient's tracing has five large boxes. Which of the following is the patient's heart
rate? - Answer 60 bpm (This rate is calculated using the 300 method, in which 300 is divided by the
number of large boxes. 300/5=60
Where should the EKG technician place the electrode for lead V5? - Answer On the left anterior axillary
line, horizontal to V4
Which of the following waves would an EKG technician measure to evaluate for atrial enlargement? -
Answer P wave
Which of the following lead groups are bipolar leads? - Answer I,II,III
An EKG technician is working with a patient who has a below-the-knee amputation of the left leg. Where
should the technician place the right-leg electrode? - Answer On the lower right thigh
When performing a posterior EKG, which of the following is the correct location for placement of lead
V8? - Answer Left midscapular line
