Hone Your Interpretation Skills With This Free EKG Practice Test

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Are you a medical student or nursing student studying for an EKG practice test? Maybe you’re a current medical professional interested in brushing up on your EKG interpretation skills? No matter what your background is, if you want to test your ability to interpret EKGs, we’ve put together this quick, comprehensive practice test to help you gauge your comprehension.

The practice test will gauge your ability to identify important EKG patterns, EKG terminology, and your ability to interpret what the patterns mean. If you’re interested in learning more about EKG interpretation, you should give our online video course a try.

All of our courses are directed by Dr. Scott Siegal, a board-certified cardiologist with a passion for medical education. Dr. Siegal has been practicing cardiology and teaching medicine for over 20 years. In this self-paced video course, Dr. Siegal makes electrocardiogram interpretation simple and understandable.

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An impulse traveling toward an electrode gives which deflection on the ECG.

An upward deflection

A downward deflection

An isoelectric deflection

A flat line

Which leads represent the anterior wall of the left ventricle?

Leads 2, 3, and aVF

Leads 1, and aVL

Leads V1, and V2

Leads V3, and V4

Leads V5 and V6

Identify this wave on the QRS complex.

Q-wave

R-wave

S-wave

R prime (R’)

R double prime (R’’)

Identify this heart rhythm.

Normal sinus rhythm

Atrial fibrillation

Supraventricular tachycardia

Ventricular tachycardia

Wolff Parkinson White

The following heart rate is:

50 beats per minute

60 beats per minute

80 beats per minute

110 beats per minute

The heart rate cannot be adequately calculated/estimated

What conduction abnormality is seen with the QRS complexes?

Left ventricular hypertrophy

Right ventricular hypertrophy

Left bundle branch block

Right bundle branch block

Left anterior fascicular block

Identify the abnormality on this ECG.

Left bundle branch block

Sine waves suggesting severe hyperkalemia

Acute anterolateral myocardial infarction

Brugada syndrome

Ventricular tachycardia

Identify this abnormal heart rhythm.

Ventricular tachycardia

Ventricular fibrillation

Sinus bradycardia with third-degree atrioventricular block (complete heart block) and a ventricular escape rhythm

Normal sinus rhythm with first degree atrioventricular block

Accelerated junctional rhythm

More EKG Interpretation Practice

Taking EKG practice tests is a great way for medical professionals to keep their interpretation skills sharp. Whether you’re a doctor, medical student, physician assistant, nurse practitioner or another medical professional, if you’re trying to improve your ECG reading proficiency, taking practice tests is a great way to quickly strengthen your skillset. Another benefit of taking practice tests is that you’ll more quickly identify any repeat mistakes you may be making so you

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