ARRT Radiography Exam Prep FREE Sample Exam — Fixed Set

A confused patient begins pulling forcefully at his IV line and monitoring leads. What is the safest staff response?

Leave to finish another patient's study first

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Hold his hands down alone until he tires

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Stay with him, protect the lines from being torn out, and call for assistance

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Remove all monitoring so there is nothing to pull

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A protocol specifies iodinated contrast at 2 mL per kilogram. How much contrast is drawn up for a child weighing 15 kg?

15 mL

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30 mL

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7.5 mL

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45 mL

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For tungsten, K-shell characteristic photons are produced only when the incident electron energy exceeds which threshold?

The L-shell binding energy of about 12 keV

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The average bremsstrahlung energy of about one-third kVp

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The heat-unit capacity of the anode assembly

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The K-shell binding energy of 69.5 keV

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A technologist returning to the profession after several years at another hospital starts work in the department. For complete cumulative dose accounting, the new employer should do what?

Ask the worker to estimate past doses from memory

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Wait until retirement to assemble the history

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Request the worker's prior occupational dose history from previous employers

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Start the record at zero and disregard earlier employment

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Unshielded scatter at an operator’s position would deliver 4.0 mSv during a procedure, but the worn apron transmits only 5 percent of the scatter striking it. What dose reaches the operator’s torso?

2.0 mSv

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0.20 mSv

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0.05 mSv

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3.8 mSv

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A repeat exposure is needed during an examination, and both the original and repeat images are sent to the archive. Why must the original image be retained rather than deleted?

Storage systems cannot delete images

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The original is part of the legal imaging record and documents the examination and dose history

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Deleting it would change the patient's name on the study

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Only the repeat may be viewed by the radiologist

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Portable abdomen imaging with automatic exposure control is planned for an intensive care patient. Where must the active detector sit for termination to be trustworthy?

Behind the lung bases at the top of the field

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Anywhere, since portable units average all detectors

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Under the diaphragm shadow at the field corner

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Beneath the abdominal anatomy whose penetration the exposure must achieve

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Heat loading is calculated for a single-phase exposure made at 85 kVp, 300 mA, and 0.2 second. How many heat units does this exposure generate?

510 HU

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25,500 HU

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6,885 HU

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5,100 HU

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Estimating skeletal maturity from a scoliosis film, the clinician grades the ossification of the iliac crest apophysis. This grading system is the:

Cobb method

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Ferguson method

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Risser sign

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Schmorl classification

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A dorsal decubitus abdomen is requested for a patient who cannot be turned onto either side. How is this projection performed?

Supine with a vertical beam and the receptor under the patient

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Prone with the beam angled caudad

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Lying on the back with a horizontal beam and the receptor placed vertically against one side

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Sitting upright against a vertical receptor

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Bone counting for a hand examination: a complete hand contains how many phalanges in total?

Ten

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Twelve

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Fourteen

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Fifteen

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Scaphoid imaging is complete and the ulnar side of the wrist now needs emphasis. Radial deviation of the hand during a PA wrist projection best demonstrates which structures?

The triquetrum and pisiform on the ulnar side

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The scaphoid elongated and free of overlap

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The carpal tunnel in a tangential profile

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The distal radioulnar joint in an open profile

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