Quiz about Atrial Rhythms

Question 1

Which of the following has zigzag looking waves, rather than P waves?

Accepted Answer

Atrial Flutter

Answer

PACs

Answer

Atrial Fibrillation

Answer

SVT

Question 2

What rhythm is this?

Accepted Answer

Atrial Flutter

Answer

Sinus Rhythm with PAC

Answer

Atrial Fibrillation

Answer

Supraventricular Tachycardia

Question 3

What rhythm is this?

Accepted Answer

Atrial Fibrillation

Answer

Sinus Rhythm with PAC

Answer

Atrial Flutter

Answer

Supraventricular Tachycardia

Question 4

What rhythm is this?

Accepted Answer

Atrial Flutter

Answer

Sinus Rhythm with PAC

Answer

Atrial Fibrillation

Answer

Supraventricular Tachycardia

Question 5

What rhythm is this?

Accepted Answer

Atrial Fibrillation

Answer

Sinus Rhythm with PAC

Answer

Atrial Flutter

Answer

Supraventricular Tachycardia

Question 6

What rhythm is this?

Accepted Answer

Atrial Flutter

Answer

Sinus Rhythm with PAC

Answer

Atrial Fibrillation

Answer

Supraventricular Tachycardia

Question 7

What rhythm is this?

Accepted Answer

Atrial Fibrillation

Answer

Sinus Rhythm with PAC

Answer

Atrial Flutter

Answer

Supraventricular Tachycardia

Question 8

Which rhythm has random squiggly lines instead of a P wave?

Accepted Answer

Atrial Fibrillation

Answer

Atrial Flutter

Answer

PAC

Answer

SVT

Question 9

What is the heart rate of this ECG rhythm?

Accepted Answer

70

Answer

40

Answer

100

Answer

130

Question 10

This ECG strip illustrates ____________.

Accepted Answer

Tachycardia

Answer

Premature Atrial Contraction

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Premature Ventricular Contraction

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Atrial Fibrulation

Question 11

This ECG illustrates _______________.

Accepted Answer

Atrial Flutter

Answer

Premature Atrial Contraction

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Atrial Fibrillation

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Ventricular Fibrillation

Question 12

What is the HR of this ECG?

Accepted Answer

135bpm

Answer

105pbm

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75bpm

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165bpm

Question 13

This ECG illustrates ____________________.

Accepted Answer

Atrial Fibrillation

Answer

Atrial Flutter

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Bradycardia

Answer

Myocardial Infarct

Question 14

What is the ECG showing (Red Arrow)

Accepted Answer

Atrial Fibrillation

Answer

Ventricular Fibrillation

Answer

Asystole

Answer

Premature Ventricular Contraction

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Heart Block

Question 15

what is the name of the arrhythmia in the EKG tracing ?

Accepted Answer

atrial fibrillation

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sinus arrhythmia

Answer

ventricular fibrillation

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wandering atrial pacemaker

Question 16

Which rhythm has random squiggly lines instead of a P wave?

Accepted Answer

Atrial Fibrillation

Answer

Atrial Flutter

Answer

PAC

Answer

SVT

Question 17

which atrial abnormality results in an atrial rate of 130-250 bpm with a normal ventricular rate

Accepted Answer

atrial tachycardia

Answer

atrial flutter

Answer

atrial fibrillation

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atrial bigeminy

Question 18

on an ECG when the ventricular heart rate is regular, the rate can be determined by counting the number of large squares between two consecutive QRS complexes then

Accepted Answer

dividing 300 by that number of large squares

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dividing 600 by that number of large squares

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dividing 400 by that number of large squares

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dividing 200 by that number of large squares

Question 19

which abnormal atrial mechanism is often one of the first signs of CHF ?

Accepted Answer

atrial bigeminy

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atrial fibrillation

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atrial tachycardia

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atrial flutter

Question 20

Question 20.

Accepted Answer

A-Fib with slow ventricular response

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Sinus Arrest

Answer

Sinus Block

Answer

Wandering Atrial Pacemaker

Question 21

Question 21.

Accepted Answer

Atrial flutter

Answer

Atrial fibrillation

Question 22

What is this rhythm?

Accepted Answer

Atrial Flutter

Answer

Atrial Tachycardia

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Atrial Fibrilation

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Wandering Atrial Pacemaker.

Question 23

Identify the following rhythm.

Accepted Answer

Atrial fibrillation

Answer

Atrial flutter

Answer

Supraventricular tachycardia

Answer

Sinus tachycardia

Question 24

Identify the following rhythm.

Accepted Answer

Atrial flutter

Answer

Atrial fibrillation

Answer

Supraventricular tachycardia

Answer

Junctional tachycardia

Question 25

A 74-year-old man is having a preoperative ECG performed. What is your interpretation of his ECG?

Accepted Answer

Atrial fibrillation

Answer

Atrial flutter

Answer

Normal sinus rhythm

Answer

Sins tachycardia

Question 26

This strip is interpreted as:

Accepted Answer

Atrial Flutter

Answer

Atrial fibrillation

Answer

Normal Sinus Rhythm

Answer

Ventricular Fibrillation

Question 27

Identify what the waveform that is circled?

Accepted Answer

Premature atrial contraction

Answer

Premature ventricular contraction

Answer

Sinus bradycardia

Answer

Sinus tachycardia

Question 28

Identify what is occurring at the red circled areas?

Accepted Answer

Premature Atrial Contraction

Answer

Asystole

Answer

Normal Sinus Rhythm

Answer

Premature Ventricular Contraction

Question 29

Identify the cardiac rhythm strip seen above:

Accepted Answer

Atrial Flutter

Answer

Ventricular Fibrillation

Answer

Ventricular Tachycardia

Answer

Normal Sinus Rhythm

Question 30

Identify the cardiac rhythm strip pictured above

Accepted Answer

Atrial Fibrillation

Answer

Ventricular Tachycardia

Answer

Normal Sinus Rhythm

Answer

Ventricular Fibrillation

Question 31

This ECG illustrates _______________.

Accepted Answer

Atrial Flutter

Answer

Premature Atrial Contraction

Answer

Atrial Fibrillation

Answer

Ventricular Fibrillation

Question 32

What is the Heart Rate of this ECG?

Accepted Answer

135bpm

Answer

105pbm

Answer

75bpm

Answer

165bpm

Question 33

This ECG illustrates ____________________.

Accepted Answer

Atrial Fibrillation

Answer

Atrial Flutter

Answer

Bradycardia

Answer

Myocardial Infarct

Question 34

If the p-wave is "quivering" what medical condition is occurring?

Accepted Answer

Atrial fibrillation (Afib)

Answer

Myocardial infarction

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Damaged AV valves

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Hyperkalemia

Question 35

What do the letters EKG stand for?

Accepted Answer

Electrocardiogram

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Electrocardiograph

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Electromagneticgraph

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Electrolytes

Question 36

What surrounds the heart and acts as a tough, protective sac

Accepted Answer

pericardium

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myocardium

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epicardium

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endocardium

Question 37

The outer layer of the heart is called

Accepted Answer

epicardium

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myocardium

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endocardium

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atria

Question 38

The ability of a cell to transmit an electrical impulse to another cardiac cell is

Accepted Answer

conductivity

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automaticity

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excitability

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contractility

Question 39

What pacemaker has a firing rate of 40-60 times per minute?

Accepted Answer

AV node

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Purkinje fibers

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SA node

Answer

Bundle of His

Question 40

This records information from 12 different views of the heart and provides a complete picture of the electrical activity.

Accepted Answer

12-lead ECG

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rhythm strip

Answer

V leads

Answer

Six precordial leads

Question 41

This provides a continuous cardiac rhythm display and transmits the ECG tracing.

Accepted Answer

monitor

Answer

lead

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complex

Answer

electrode

Question 42

What's the difference between diastole and systole?

Accepted Answer

relaxation and contraction

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closure of the tricuspid and mitral valves at the beginning

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closure of the aortic and pulmonary valves at the end

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an abnormal heart sound caused by improper valve closure

Question 43

The largest artery of the body is the

Accepted Answer

aorta

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renal artery

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femoral artery

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carotid artery

Question 44

Select all of the options which are true of atrial systole.

Accepted Answer

AV valve is open

Accepted Answer

Atria contract

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Blood is pumped from ventricles into atria

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SL valve is open

Question 45

An EKG is actually

Accepted Answer

A graph

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A ratio

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An equation

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A time frame

Question 46

An electrocardiogram measures what?

Accepted Answer

The electrical activity of the heart.

Answer

The amount of pressure exerted on blood vessels.

Answer

How many times the heart contracts over time.

Answer

The body's temperature caused by friction of blood in vessel.

Question 47

A common cardiac dysrhythmia characterized by premature heartbeats originating in the atria.

Accepted Answer

PAC's

Answer

A-Fib

Answer

A-Flutter

Answer

SA Block

Question 48

Medical condition where SA node ceases to generate the electrical impulses that normally stimulate the tissues for heart conduction.

Accepted Answer

Sinus Arrest

Answer

Sinus Arrhythmia

Answer

1st Degree AV Block

Answer

Sino-Atrial Block

Question 49

Lead II is the standard lead in viewing the EKG.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 50

Common in elderly and is associated with exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Accepted Answer

MAT

Answer

V-Tach

Answer

PAC's

Answer

PJC's

Question 51

Causes: alcohol, medications/drugs, caffeine, tobacco, exercise, anxiety, or any chemical imbalances

Accepted Answer

PAC's

Answer

PJC's

Answer

PVC's

Answer

MAT

Question 52

Occurs when the natural pacemaker site shifts between SA node, the atria, and/or the AV node.

Accepted Answer

Wandering Atrial Pacemaker

Answer

1st Degree AV Block

Answer

SA Block

Answer

Sinus Pause

Question 53

When the atria fire faster than 350 beats per minute, the P waves

Accepted Answer

are indiscernible; instead, there is a chaotic looking baseline

Answer

appear in a saw-toothed pattern

Answer

are inverted (in lead II)

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are buried in the T wave of the preceding beat

Question 54

Each small square on the EKG paper running horizontally represents _____ seconds in duration.

Accepted Answer

0.04

Answer

0.01

Answer

0.12

Answer

0.20

Question 55

__________, __________. & _________ place pressure on the atria and cause atrial dysrhythmias to occur. Select all that apply

Accepted Answer

neurological influences

Accepted Answer

valvular problems

Accepted Answer

Myocardial infarction

Answer

angina

Question 56

MAT (multifocal atrial tachycardia) is sometimes confused with which dysrhythmia?

Accepted Answer

WAP (wondering atrial pacemaker)

Answer

Atrial Flutter

Answer

PAC (premature atrial complexes)

Answer

Atrial Fibrillation

Question 57

What is the rate of WAP?

Accepted Answer

60-100 BPM

Answer

40-60 BPM

Answer

100-150 BPM

Answer

Greater than 150 BPM

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