Bontrager Ch 19 & 20 UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
The wrist should be placed into the pronated PA position for a long bone study of the upper limb.
- CORRECT ANSWER - False (should be Supinated)
What is the breast classification of a 35-year-old woman without children? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Fibroglandular
PET detects breast cancer by measuring the increased metabolism of ____ by cancerous cells. -
CORRECT ANSWER - Sugar
How is the breast positioned for the mediolateral oblique projection? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Drawn anterior and medial away from chest wall
The proximal femur and the lumbar spine are preferred sites for central/axial analysis for bone
density. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
Computed radiography has lower operating costs over film-screen mammography imaging. -
CORRECT ANSWER - True
The most common projections performed as routine or basic projectionsthroughout the United
States and Canada are: - CORRECT ANSWER - CC and MLO
What are contraindications for a bone densitometry precedure? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Bone mass that is too low, Pregnancy, Nuclear medicine study within a week (Childbearing age
is not a contraindication)
Ten to 20 pounds of compression of the breast is typically used during mammography. -
CORRECT ANSWER - False
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
The wrist should be placed into the pronated PA position for a long bone study of the upper limb.
- CORRECT ANSWER - False (should be Supinated)
What is the breast classification of a 35-year-old woman without children? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Fibroglandular
PET detects breast cancer by measuring the increased metabolism of ____ by cancerous cells. -
CORRECT ANSWER - Sugar
How is the breast positioned for the mediolateral oblique projection? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Drawn anterior and medial away from chest wall
The proximal femur and the lumbar spine are preferred sites for central/axial analysis for bone
density. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
Computed radiography has lower operating costs over film-screen mammography imaging. -
CORRECT ANSWER - True
The most common projections performed as routine or basic projectionsthroughout the United
States and Canada are: - CORRECT ANSWER - CC and MLO
What are contraindications for a bone densitometry precedure? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Bone mass that is too low, Pregnancy, Nuclear medicine study within a week (Childbearing age
is not a contraindication)
Ten to 20 pounds of compression of the breast is typically used during mammography. -
CORRECT ANSWER - False
