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ARRT Registry Exam Review: Questions and Answers for Radiography Students, Exams of Nursing

A comprehensive review of key concepts for the arrt registry exam, focusing on radiographic techniques, patient care, and safety protocols. it includes numerous questions and answers covering various aspects of radiography, such as positioning, contrast media, radiation protection, and medical asepsis. the questions are designed to help students prepare for the exam by testing their knowledge and understanding of essential concepts.

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2024/2025

Available from 04/30/2025

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ARRT Registry Exam review (2025) REAL EXAM
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ARRT Registry Exam review (2025) REAL EXAM QUESTIONS |MOST TESTED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS |100% ACCURATE|GET IT RIGHT!

When performing an oblique position on the second toe, the foot should be rotated, - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, -- 30 - 45 laterally head of femur articulates with - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --acetabulum (hip bone) sternoclavicular joint - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --synovial gliding joint what is the most common cause of an off level grid error?

  • -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --grid used at the wrong SID what process is used to display the ideal brightness and contrast? - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --Look Up table LUT adjustments which of the following views would best demonstrate a potential fracture of the anterior portion of the right fourth rib? - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --LAO Which ribs are considered to be true ribs - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --ribs 1- 7 Which of the ribs is considered to be a false rib? - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --ninth rib What is a tort? - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --violations of a civil law that are part of personal injury law and provide for compensation for injury

MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --- material safety data sheet

  • component of product stewardship, occupational safety and health, and spill handling procedures
  • catalog information on chemicals, compounds, and mixtures
  • info on safe use and potential hazards
  • should be available for reference where chemicals are being stores
  • for work settings MSDS - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --safe use of the product handling cleanup and disposal negative contrast agent - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --used in Air most common exam performed for negative contrast agent is a routine chef postive contrast agents - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, -- Iodine- atomic number of 53 barium- atomic number of 56 barium - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --used in UGI and esophagogram. barium is mixed with water at 100 degrees farenheit anaphalactic shock - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --allergic reaction to foreign proteins after injections

What is malpractice? - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --Failure by a health professional to meet accepted standards libel - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --A written defamation of a person's character, reputation, business, or property rights. Respondeat Superior - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --"Let the master answer" an employer is liable for the behavior of an employee working within his or her scope of employment indirect contact involves - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --An inanimate object containing pathogenic organisms Standard Precautions - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, -- system that emphasizes the placement of barriers between the health care worker and the patient a radiographer should wear eye protection - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --anytime there is a possibility blood is splashing Any area that is touched by body fluids - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --must be washed completely Medical asepsis (clean technique) - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --process of eliminating as many organisms as possible by the use of water and chemical disinfectants

After a radiographer is gowned and gloved for a procedure, hands may not be placed - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --under the arms or on the sides or back of the gown which transmission involves touching a susceptible person with a contaminated object? - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, -- indirect contact which of the following does not require the use of gloves - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --droplet only Used bandages and dressings must be placed into: - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --Into red plastic biohazard bags and sealed when performing mobile radiography on a patient in isolation , the two radiographers - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --clean and contaminated the reservoir of infection is oocated - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --anywhere organisms can thrive THE normal adult body temperature taken orally - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, -- 98 - 99 degrees F Barium Sulfate (BaSO4) - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --inert inorganic salt when oxygen is administered , the usual rate is - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --3 to 5 L/minute

When a grid is used, the radiation dose: - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --increases when a grid increases, - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, -- contrast increases thus absorbing scatter radiation from reaching the image receptor and patient dose increases if a patient develops cerebral hypoxia, - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --brain damage will occur in 4-6 minutes what is the annual effective dose limit for. radiographer? - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --500 mSv millisieverts rugae - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --numerous longitudinal folds in the stomach what type of contrast would be required for a lower GI if a patient has a history of ulcerative colitis? - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --high density barium and air a radiography with a few shades of Gray - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --short scale ,high contrast and low kvp which of the following radiation effects are most likely in diagnostic medical imaging? - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, -- Cancer an underexposed image will produce an artifact called - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --quantum mottle and Noise

Droplet precautions - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --cough, sneezes or other spraying substances, talking, fluid from eyes, nose or mouth Airborne precautions - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --droplet and dust histogram analysis - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --Values of interest VOI volts - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --move electrons through a circuit As photon energy increases, attenuation - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --decreases as photon energy decreases, photoelectric absorption - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --increases because the energy will likely be absorb by tissues they interact with ABC (automatic brightness control) - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --maintains a fixed exposure rate to the image intensifier for a PA waters method paranasal sinus, - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --the MSP is perpendicular and the OML forms a 37 degree angle with the plane of the IR exiting the Acanthion air karma is expressed in unit of - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --Gray

which of the following would cause an excessive image receptor exposure will using AEC? - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --radiation detector selection which of the following will determine the average pixel value? - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --Region of interest ROI children develop a fear of illness and death during - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --school age 5-12 years old scatter radiation does not affect - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --Recorded spatial resolution the nucleus has a charge of - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, -- positive because the nucleus contains a proton(positive) and neutron(no charge) if the kvp is decreased by 15 percent, - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --the mAs should increased by a factor of 2 to maintain image receptor exposure if the kVp is decreased by 15%, the mAs should be - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --doubled kVp 15% rule - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, ---radiography can range from 30 to 150 kVp

  • increase kVp 15% will double density/IR exposure
  • decrease kVp 15% will be halve density/IR exposure
  • Increase kVp 15% and halve mAs
  • Decrease kVp 15% and double mAs a patient's BUN and Creatinine levels are checked prior to an IVU - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --to evaluate the kidney functions the envelope that surrounds the xray tube is made of - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --Pyrex glass a patient suffering from chest pain(angina pectoris ) should be give - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --nitroglycerin To demonstrate esophageal varices, the patient must be examined in the.... - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, -- recumbent position AP knee less than 19cm - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, -- 3 - 5 caudal angle AP knee with patient 19-24cm - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --perpendicular to IR AP knee with patient greater than 24cm - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, -- 3 - 5 cephalic angle LPO/RPO IVU - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --The kidney farthest from the IR is parallel and the kidney closest to IR is perpendicular

Barium enema - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --An x-ray exam using an opaque contrast medium to examine the lower GI tract, clear liquid diet 48 hours before exam, NPO after midnight and cleansing enema morning of exam Fibrous joint (synarthroses) - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, -- limited movement, generally immovable Ex: Skull Cartilagonous (Amphiarthroses) - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --no joint cavity, slightly movable Ex: intervertebral disks, symphysis pubis to visualize the "open" left sacroiliac joints - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --perform an 25-30 degree RPO or LAO position to visualize the "open" right sacroiliac joints - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --perform an 25-30 degree LPO and RAO position to visualize the right zygophyseal joints on lumbar spine - -

  • CONFIRMED ANSWER, --position patient in an RPO 45 degree What structures are seen in an Lateral Lumbar spine? - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --intervertebral foramina, spinous processes, and intervertebral disk spaces When performing the AP axial Cspine - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, -- 15 - 20 cephalic angle, visualizes the intervertebral disk spaces

For an oblique Lumbar spine - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, -

  • Center at the Lower costal margin PA Caldwell Skull - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --CR directed caudal 15 degrees to OML, frontal sinuses visualized, petrous pyramids projected into the lower 1/ orbits For AP Thoracic Spine - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, -- visualizes the intervertebral disk spaces Zygophyseal Joints are formed by the - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --Superior and Inferior articular processes Intervertebral foramina is formed by - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --vertebral notches of the pedicles When performing the Waters projection - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --head rested on extended chin, OML forms a 37 degree angle with IR AP Bilateral Frog Leg - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --called "Modified Cleaves" AP Axial Outlet Projection (Taylor Method) - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --called "Taylor Method" Which vertebral structures form the "lordotic curves"? - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --Cervical and Lumbar

Which projection would you visualize the L5-S1 joint space

  • -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --Lateral sacrum/coccyx Which projection is performed with the spinous process separated? - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --Lateral Cervical spine flexion Which projection would demonstrate the AP vertebral mobility? - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --Lateral Cervical spine extension To best demonstrate the lumboscaral junction in AP recumbent - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --CR 30- 35 cephalic To best demonstrate pathology of the zygomatic arch - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --perform SMV and oblique inferosuperior tangential projection Flow of blood through the heart - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --Deoxygenated blood enters into the heart through the superior and inferior vena cava Blood travels into the right atrium and flows through the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle Blood is pushed through the pulmonary valve into the pulmonary artery and lungs when the right ventrical contracts and picks up oxygen Oxygenated blood is then carried back to the heart by the pulmonary veins into the left atrium through the mitral valve and into the left ventricle

Contraction of the left ventricle forces the blood through the aortic valve, through the aorta, and out to the entire body Increases in technical factors - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, -

  • Cystic fibrosis, Atelectasis, Pulmonary Edema To evaluate the pisiform free of superimposition - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --perform the AP oblique wrist Pathologic conditions of small bowel - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --Celiac disease, crowns disease, maerkels diverticulum Which joint is open on the medial oblique foot - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --distal tibiofibular joint When performing. medial oblique foot - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --foot obliques 30 degrees, articulations are calcaneus and cuboid, talus and navicular When performing the filling of the ureters,,, - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --the patient should be in a Prone position Gaynor Hart Method - carpal canal - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, --increases wrist dorsiflexion and align long axis wrist to the IR lesser tubercle of humerus - -- CONFIRMED ANSWER, -- demonstrated with internal rotation