Archives: FRCA Part 1

FCA1-0719

A 64-year old male has shortness of breath on exertion and presented to the cardiology clinic. He has a transthoracic echo performed to help in assessing the function of his heart. How can this echo aid in calculating cardiac output?

FCA1-0720

A 89-year old male has hypertension, with a blood pressure of 170/68 mmHg and has been admitted to the hospital. He is on no regular medications. His large pulse pressure can be accounted for by which of the following?

FCA1-0721

All of the following statements about that parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) are true except:

FCA1-0722

Which of the following statements is true with regards to acetylcholine?

FCA1-0723

The immediate physiological response to massive perioperative blood loss is:

FCA1-0714

A 5-year old male has ingested a peanut and has developed urticaria, vomiting and hypotension. The pathogenesis of this condition is derived from predominant cells of which cell line?

FCA1-0715

A 40-year old gentleman has palpitations and has gone to the emergency department. He is found to have monomorphic ventricular tachycardia. The resting potential of ventricular monocytes is maintained by which electrolyte?

FCA1-0716

Which of the following causes the right-sided shift of the oxygen haemoglobin dissociation curve?

FCA1-0717

All of the following are true when describing the autonomic nervous system except: