Advanced Patient Care Final ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
The Consumer-Patient Radiation Health and Safety Act of 1981 was developed as a model to
provide consistency among the states to adopt accreditation and ________ qualifications for
radiology personnel.
A) credentialing
B) licensure
C) registration
D) certification - CORRECT ANSWER - A) credentialing
The two major credentialing processes, in radiography, are certification and __________.
A) accreditation
B) registration
C) credentialing
D) licensure - CORRECT ANSWER - D) licensure
The intervention of government to control or change the behavior of participants in the
marketplace is called _______.
A) licensure
B) accreditation
C) regulation
D) registration - CORRECT ANSWER - C) regulation
The process by which a nongovernmental agency recognizes the competency of an individual is
called ______.
,A) regulation
B) certification
C) licensure
D) accreditation - CORRECT ANSWER - B) certification
A nongovernmental agency evaluates and recognizes an institute or special program of study.
This is called ________.
A) accreditation
B) registration
C) certification
D) licensure - CORRECT ANSWER - A) accreditation
In some states, it is lawful for an employee with no formal education in radiography to
administer ionizing radiation.
A) True
B) False - CORRECT ANSWER - A) True
The ARRT may only revoke a member's registration, but not the member's certification.
A) True
B) False - CORRECT ANSWER - B) False
Which is not a requirement for ARRT certification?
A) ethics
,B) examination
C) education
D) employment - CORRECT ANSWER - D) employment
Which is not a goal of teleradiology?
A) facilitate radiology interpretations in on-call situations
B) provide supervision of onsite imaging studies
C) provide consultative services
D) provide sub-specialty support - CORRECT ANSWER - B) provide supervision of
onsite imaging studies
What individual must be qualified to assess and provide problem-solving input to assure
sustainable high image quality and system function?
A) image management specialist
B) physician
C) radiologic technologist
D) medical physicist - CORRECT ANSWER - A) image management specialist
The electronic transmission of radiologic images from one location to another for the purpose of
interpretation and/or consultation is called _________. - CORRECT ANSWER -
teleradiology
At the time of image acquisition, a system must include annotating capabilities including all of
the following, except:
A) facility of acquisition
B) patient or anatomy orientation
C) imaging equipment model number
, D) amount of data compression - CORRECT ANSWER - C) imaging equipment model
number
The physician performing the official image interpretation is responsible for the quality of the
images being reviewed.
A) True
B) False - CORRECT ANSWER - A) True
Which organization has created teleradiology standards that attempt to define principles of
practice that should generally produce high quality radiologic care.
A) ARRT
B) ASRT
C) ACR
D) AMA - CORRECT ANSWER - C) ACR
Which is not a concern of teleradiology system standards?
A) film storage
B) workstation image display
C) security
D) data compression - CORRECT ANSWER - A) film storage
A radiologist interpreting an image for another physician is not subject to the same standard of
care since a doctor-patient relationship has not been established.
A) True
B) False - CORRECT ANSWER - B) False
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
The Consumer-Patient Radiation Health and Safety Act of 1981 was developed as a model to
provide consistency among the states to adopt accreditation and ________ qualifications for
radiology personnel.
A) credentialing
B) licensure
C) registration
D) certification - CORRECT ANSWER - A) credentialing
The two major credentialing processes, in radiography, are certification and __________.
A) accreditation
B) registration
C) credentialing
D) licensure - CORRECT ANSWER - D) licensure
The intervention of government to control or change the behavior of participants in the
marketplace is called _______.
A) licensure
B) accreditation
C) regulation
D) registration - CORRECT ANSWER - C) regulation
The process by which a nongovernmental agency recognizes the competency of an individual is
called ______.
,A) regulation
B) certification
C) licensure
D) accreditation - CORRECT ANSWER - B) certification
A nongovernmental agency evaluates and recognizes an institute or special program of study.
This is called ________.
A) accreditation
B) registration
C) certification
D) licensure - CORRECT ANSWER - A) accreditation
In some states, it is lawful for an employee with no formal education in radiography to
administer ionizing radiation.
A) True
B) False - CORRECT ANSWER - A) True
The ARRT may only revoke a member's registration, but not the member's certification.
A) True
B) False - CORRECT ANSWER - B) False
Which is not a requirement for ARRT certification?
A) ethics
,B) examination
C) education
D) employment - CORRECT ANSWER - D) employment
Which is not a goal of teleradiology?
A) facilitate radiology interpretations in on-call situations
B) provide supervision of onsite imaging studies
C) provide consultative services
D) provide sub-specialty support - CORRECT ANSWER - B) provide supervision of
onsite imaging studies
What individual must be qualified to assess and provide problem-solving input to assure
sustainable high image quality and system function?
A) image management specialist
B) physician
C) radiologic technologist
D) medical physicist - CORRECT ANSWER - A) image management specialist
The electronic transmission of radiologic images from one location to another for the purpose of
interpretation and/or consultation is called _________. - CORRECT ANSWER -
teleradiology
At the time of image acquisition, a system must include annotating capabilities including all of
the following, except:
A) facility of acquisition
B) patient or anatomy orientation
C) imaging equipment model number
, D) amount of data compression - CORRECT ANSWER - C) imaging equipment model
number
The physician performing the official image interpretation is responsible for the quality of the
images being reviewed.
A) True
B) False - CORRECT ANSWER - A) True
Which organization has created teleradiology standards that attempt to define principles of
practice that should generally produce high quality radiologic care.
A) ARRT
B) ASRT
C) ACR
D) AMA - CORRECT ANSWER - C) ACR
Which is not a concern of teleradiology system standards?
A) film storage
B) workstation image display
C) security
D) data compression - CORRECT ANSWER - A) film storage
A radiologist interpreting an image for another physician is not subject to the same standard of
care since a doctor-patient relationship has not been established.
A) True
B) False - CORRECT ANSWER - B) False
