CCI RVS COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
EXPERT VERIFIED GRADED A+
◉ Which of the following is NOT true regarding atherosclerosis?
a) Atherosclerosis starts as a breakdown of the intima.
b) Atherosclerosis usually develops at bifurcations.
c) Atherosclerosis is a red blood cell disease.
d) Atherosclerosis is a generalized disease.
e) Intimal damage/repair may begin in adolescence. Answer: c)
artherosclerosis is a red blood cell disease.
◉ A left arm blood pressure that is 40 mmHg lower than the right
can be the result of any of the following EXCEPT:
a) thoracic outlet entrapment
b) subclavian steal
c) coarctation of the aortic arch
d) axillary artery embolus
e) innominate artery occlusion. Answer: e) innominate artery
occlusion
,◉ Which of the following anatomic lesions can produce a vertebral
steal?
a) innominate artery occlusion
b) left subclavian artery origin stenosis
c) left vertebral artery stenosis
d) right common carotid artery occlusion
e) right axillary artery occlusion
f) d and e
g) a and b. Answer: g) a and b
◉ After carotid bifurcation disease, the next most common source of
stroke symptoms is:
a) cardiac-source embolization
b) paradoxical embolizations from DVT via patent foramen ovale
c) spinal stenosis
d) subclavian stenosis
e) aortic dissection. Answer: a) cardiac-source embolization
◉ A 24-year-old patient with a history of recent automobile accident
arrives in the ICU with symptoms of acute right-side weakness and
aphasia. The most likely etiology of these symptoms is:
a) carotid dissection
b) cerebral aneurysm rupture
, c) severe internal carotid artery stenosis
d) ebolic activity from cardiac mural thrombus
e) thrombocytopenia. Answer: a) carotid dissection
◉ The term hemiparesis means:
a) paralysis of one side
b) weakness of one side
c) numbness/tingling on one side
d) spasm of voluntary muscle on one side
e) dizziness. Answer: b) weakness on one side
◉ The NASCET (North American Symptomatic Carotid
Endarterectomy Trial) used the following arteriographic
criterion/criteria to classify internal carotid artery disease:
a) Area and diameter stenoses calculated by dividing the minimal
area and diameter at the internal carotid artery by the area and
diameter at the common carotid artery.
b) Area percentage stenosis calculated by dividing the minimal area
by the original area at the site of stenosis.
c) Diameter percentage stensosis calculated by dividing the minimal
diameter by the original diameter at the site of stensosis
d) Diameter percentage stenosis calculated by dividing the minimal
diameter by the diameter of the un=stenosed distal internal carotid
artery.
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
EXPERT VERIFIED GRADED A+
◉ Which of the following is NOT true regarding atherosclerosis?
a) Atherosclerosis starts as a breakdown of the intima.
b) Atherosclerosis usually develops at bifurcations.
c) Atherosclerosis is a red blood cell disease.
d) Atherosclerosis is a generalized disease.
e) Intimal damage/repair may begin in adolescence. Answer: c)
artherosclerosis is a red blood cell disease.
◉ A left arm blood pressure that is 40 mmHg lower than the right
can be the result of any of the following EXCEPT:
a) thoracic outlet entrapment
b) subclavian steal
c) coarctation of the aortic arch
d) axillary artery embolus
e) innominate artery occlusion. Answer: e) innominate artery
occlusion
,◉ Which of the following anatomic lesions can produce a vertebral
steal?
a) innominate artery occlusion
b) left subclavian artery origin stenosis
c) left vertebral artery stenosis
d) right common carotid artery occlusion
e) right axillary artery occlusion
f) d and e
g) a and b. Answer: g) a and b
◉ After carotid bifurcation disease, the next most common source of
stroke symptoms is:
a) cardiac-source embolization
b) paradoxical embolizations from DVT via patent foramen ovale
c) spinal stenosis
d) subclavian stenosis
e) aortic dissection. Answer: a) cardiac-source embolization
◉ A 24-year-old patient with a history of recent automobile accident
arrives in the ICU with symptoms of acute right-side weakness and
aphasia. The most likely etiology of these symptoms is:
a) carotid dissection
b) cerebral aneurysm rupture
, c) severe internal carotid artery stenosis
d) ebolic activity from cardiac mural thrombus
e) thrombocytopenia. Answer: a) carotid dissection
◉ The term hemiparesis means:
a) paralysis of one side
b) weakness of one side
c) numbness/tingling on one side
d) spasm of voluntary muscle on one side
e) dizziness. Answer: b) weakness on one side
◉ The NASCET (North American Symptomatic Carotid
Endarterectomy Trial) used the following arteriographic
criterion/criteria to classify internal carotid artery disease:
a) Area and diameter stenoses calculated by dividing the minimal
area and diameter at the internal carotid artery by the area and
diameter at the common carotid artery.
b) Area percentage stenosis calculated by dividing the minimal area
by the original area at the site of stenosis.
c) Diameter percentage stensosis calculated by dividing the minimal
diameter by the original diameter at the site of stensosis
d) Diameter percentage stenosis calculated by dividing the minimal
diameter by the diameter of the un=stenosed distal internal carotid
artery.
