Radiography: Procedures UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What body type is a slender build?
a. Hypersthenic habitus
b. Sthenic habitus
c. Hyposthenic habitus
d. Asthenic habitus - CORRECT ANSWER - D. Be sure you can identify each body
habitus by word description and by diagram. Review them in Chapter 5
"What body type is a massive build?
a. Hypersthenic habitus
b. Sthenic habitus
c. Hyposthenic habitus
d. Asthenic habitus" - CORRECT ANSWER - A. Be sure you can identify each body
habitus by word description and by diagram. Review them in Chapter 5
"What body type has the stomach and gallbladder low, vertical, and near the midline?
a. Hypersthenic habitus
b. Sthenic habitus
c. Hyposthenic habitus
d. Asthenic habitus" - CORRECT ANSWER - D. Be sure you can identify each body
habitus by word description and by diagram. Review them in Chapter 5
,"What body type is average build, present in about 35% of the population?
a. Hypersthenic habitus
b. Sthenic habitus
c. Hyposthenic habitus
d. Asthenic habitus" - CORRECT ANSWER - C. Be sure you can identify each body
habitus by word description and by diagram. Review them in Chapter 5
"What is the most common body habitus, present in about 50% of the population?
a. Hypersthenic habitus
b. Sthenic habitus
c. Hyposthenic habitus
d. Asthenic habitus" - CORRECT ANSWER - B. Be sure you can identify each body
habitus by word description and by diagram. Review them in Chapter 5
"What body type has the stomach and gallbladder high and horizontal?
a. Hypersthenic habitus
b. Sthenic habitus
c. Hyposthenic habitus
d. Asthenic habitus" - CORRECT ANSWER - A. Be sure you can identify each body
habitus by word description and by diagram. Review them in Chapter 5
"What body type has the thorax narrow and shallow?
a. Hypersthenic habitus
b. Sthenic habitus
,c. Hyposthenic habitus
d. Asthenic habitus" - CORRECT ANSWER - D. Be sure you can identify each body
habitus by word description and by diagram. Review them in Chapter 5
"What body type has the thorax broad and deep?
a. Hypersthenic habitus
b. Sthenic habitus
c. Hyposthenic habitus
d. Asthenic habitus" - CORRECT ANSWER - A. Be sure you can identify each body
habitus by word description and by diagram. Review them in Chapter 5
"Key points in performing pediatric radiography are:
a. Work quickly and impersonally, use gonadal shielding, report suspected child abuse, keep
parents in waiting room
b. Work quickly, communicate clearly with child and parents, use gonadal shielding, report
suspected child abuse
c. Work quickly and impersonally, report suspected child abuse, keep parents in waiting room,
always use Pigg-O-Stat
d. Work quickly and impersonally, use gonadal shielding only on abdominal exams, report
suspected child abuse, keep parents in waiting room" - CORRECT ANSWER - B. Reread
each of the other choices carefully, and you will see that this is the one best answer. Other
choices have certain valid points, but only this one covers the most important aspects of pediatric
radiography
"The most important point to remember when performing trauma radiography is:
a. Use gonadal shielding because this patient will be having many follow-up exams
b. Work quickly because the injuries may be life-threatening
c. Do no additional harm to the patient
, d. Perform only the projections ordered by the physician" - CORRECT ANSWER - C.
Although choices A and B are certainly valid, choice C takes precedence over all the others.
Choice D is incorrect because the radiographer may take additional projections as needed
"When you are performing trauma radiography:
a. Splints, bandages, and cervical collars should be removed so that they do not obstruct the
anatomy that must be imaged
b. Remove cervical collars only under the direction of a radiologist
c. Remove cervical collars only under the direction of an emergency department physician or
radiologist
d. Splints, bandages, and cervical collars should be removed only after preliminary images have
been viewed by a physician so that they do not obstruct the anatomy that must be imaged" -
CORRECT ANSWER - D. Choice A is incorrect because it does not mention that a
physician has approved such removal. Choice B is incorrect because it is not necessary for a
radiologist to provide the order. Choice C is incorrect because the patient's attending physician
may direct that the collar be removed
"What plane passes transversely across the body?
a. Transverse plane
b. Midcoronal plane
c. Median sagittal plane
d. Sagittal plane" - CORRECT ANSWER - A. This plane divides the body into superior
and inferior portions
"What plane passes vertically through the midline of the body from front to back?
a. Transverse plane
b. Midcoronal plane
c. Median sagittal plane