ARRT Vascular Interventional Mock Exam QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERSMultiple choice questions meant to mimic the ARRT VI registry exam.

ARRT Vascular Interventional Mock Exam
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERSMultiple
choice questions meant to mimic the ARRT VI
registry exam.

A central venous catheter which is placed in a vessel through the arm is known as which of the
following?



a.) Central line

b.) Port-a-cath

c.) Subcutaneous catheter

d.) Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅d.) Peripherally Inserted Central
Catheter



A condition in which air enters the pleural cavity, causing the lung to collapse, is known as which of the
following?



a.) Hemothorax

b.) Pleural effusion

c.) Thoracentesis

d.) Pneumothorax - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅d.) Pneumothorax



A condition in which there is diffuse ectasia of the aorta, iliac and femoropopliteal arteries is which of
the following?



a.) extremity ischemia

b.) soft tissue injury

c.) dissecting aneurysm

,d.) arteriomegaly - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅d.) arteriomegaly



A condition, often associated with vascular occlusion, in which a person loses tactile sensation on one
side of his or her body, is known as which of the following?



a.) Hemianopia

b.) Hemiparesis

c.) Hemianesthesia

d.) Hemiplegia. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅c.) Hemianesthesia



A device that is used to deliver a bolus of contrast medium to a specific site during angiography or other
radiological procedures is known as which of the following?



a.) Catheter

b.) Port

c.) Stent

d.) Line. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a.) catheter



A drug that is irritating to the vessels is known as which of the following?



a.) Vesicant

b.) Desiccant

c.) Anticoagulant

d.) Thrombolytic - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a.) Vesicant



A form of large vessel granulomatous vasculitis with massive intimal fibrosis and vascular narrowing
affecting often young or middle-aged women of Asian descent is which of the following?



a.) Marfan syndrome

b.) Takayasu's disease

,c.) Kawasaki disease

d.) giant cell arteritis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅b.) Takayasu's disease



A Hickman catheter is a type of:



a.) short-term catheter

b.) long-term catheter

c.) embolic catheter

d.) filtering catheter - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅b.) long-term catheter



A mild allergic reaction to contrast material is exhibited by:



a.) Hives

b.) Respiratory infection

c.) Sudden death

d.) Acute renal failure - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a.) Hives



A normal pulse would be graded:



a.) 0

b.) 1+

c.) 2+

d.) 3+ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅c.) 2+



A normal pulse would be graded 2+. A bounding pulse is 3+; a weak pulse is 1+; zero means that the
pulse is absent.



A patient experiencing uncontrolled muscle movements and muscle rigidity, with a determined status of
epilepticus, which of the following medications should be administered?

, a.) naloxone

b.) diazepam

c.) flumazenil

d.) supplemental oxygen - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅b.) diazepam



A patient having a procedure in the gastrointestinal tract would likely use which of the following
contrast materials to enhance X-ray and CT images?




a.) air

b.) gadolinium

c.) barium-sulfate

d.) saline - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅c.) barium-sulfate



A procedure that causes the membranes around the lungs to stick together and prevents the buildup of
fluid in the space between the membranes is which of the following?



a.) thoracentesis

b.) pleural biopsy

c.) pleurodesis

d.) pleural drainage - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅c.) pleurodesis



A pulmonary angiogram can be used to help diagnose which of the following?



a.) Congenital narrowing of the pulmonary vessels.

b.) AV malformations of the lung.

c.) Pulmonary artery aneurysms.

d.) All of the above. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅d.) All of the above.