CAMRT REVISED EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS [GUARANTEED A+
GRADE]
C-spine flexion / extension views assess what? - Correct Answers -Anterior and posterior
movement or lack of movement due to an injury
What does ERCP stand for? - Correct Answers -Endoscopic retrograde
cholangiopancreatography
What is an ERCP used for? - Correct Answers -To investigate biliary tree, CBD, gallbladder and
pancreas
Ball catchers view is good to assess what? - Correct Answers -Early stages of Rheumatoid
Arthritis
Low blood pressure and dizziness due to standing up too quickly - Correct Answers -Orthostatic
hypertension
What is Shenton's Line? - Correct Answers -An imaginary curved line drawn along the inferior
border of the superior pubic ramus and along the inferomedial border of the neck of femur
What is Shenton's Line used for? - Correct Answers -To evaluate hip pathology
What body part perpendicular to the CR when doing an intercondylar fossa? - Correct Answers -
Long axis of the lower leg (Tib / Fib)
What is the purpose of lateral bending for scoliosis? - Correct Answers -To determine structural
change in early diagnosis
,Optimal kVp for a chest? - Correct Answers -100 - 130 kVp
How should you adjust CR for a portable Chest X-Ray on a kyphotic patient? - Correct Answers -
Angle less slightly or leave the tube perpendicular so clavicles will be 1" below apices of lung
What is the maximum focal spot size for scaphoid? - Correct Answers -0.6 mm
What medication may be added to the contrast to prevent a reaction? - Correct Answers -A
steroid or anti-histamine
What test tool is used to test focal spot? - Correct Answers -Slit camera, pinhole camera and star
pattern
What does focal spot size effect? - Correct Answers -Penumbra
What does penumbra effect? - Correct Answers -Recorded detail
What is the line focus principle? - Correct Answers -The lower the target angle, the smaller the
effective focal spot size. The higher the target angle, the larger the focal spot size
What is the advantage of line focus principle? - Correct Answers -It provides the detail of a small
focal spot while allowing a large amount of heat dissipation
If the pedicles sit too far posterior on vertebral bodies for an oblique L spine, what does this
mean? - Correct Answers -Too much obliquity
Remember: *PP - too much* (posterior pedicles)
,What is a CVP line? - Correct Answers -Used for measuring central venous pressure as well as
allowing nutrients and fluid to be instilled
Best location for a CVP (Central Venous Pressure) Line? - Correct Answers -Brachiocephalic vein
or Superior Vena Cava
Where does a Swan-Ganz catheter sit? - Correct Answers -The right side of the heart and the
arteries leading to the lungs
What does a Swan-Ganz catheter measure? - Correct Answers -The heart's function and blood
flow pressures in and around the heart
What are Plia circularis? - Correct Answers -The numerous folds of the mucous membrane of
the small intestine
What are the instruments used for sensitometry? - Correct Answers -- Sensitometer (step
wedge)
- Densitometer
How often is a sensitometry strip done? - Correct Answers -Daily
What is demonstrated on a 15O degree occipitofrontal view of the sinuses? - Correct Answers --
Frontal sinuses
- Anterior ethmoidal air cells
- Sphenoid sinuses
Oblique fracture of the base of the first metacarpal? - Correct Answers -Bennett's fracture
, An ankle fracture affecting one of the malleoli? - Correct Answers -Pott's fracture
An ankle fracture affecting both of the malleoli? - Correct Answers -Second degree Pott's
fracture (bi-malleolar fracture)
An ankle fracture affecting both of the malleoli and the posterior surface of the tib fractured as
well? - Correct Answers -Third degree Pott's fracture (tri-malleolar fracture)
What is a Compound fracture? - Correct Answers -When the bone has broken through the skin
What is a Comminuted fracture? - Correct Answers -A fracture with more than two bone
fragments
Steps to open a sterile tray? - Correct Answers -- Away
- Left
- Right
- Toward you
An enema bag should be ____ inches or ____ cm above the anus? - Correct Answers -24 inches
or 61 cm
What part of the gown is sterile during surgery? - Correct Answers -Waist to shoulders in the
front and sleeves 2" above the elbow to the cuffs
What is included in a brain CT? - Correct Answers -Base of the skull to cranial apex
What vessel ascends through the cervical transverse foramina? - Correct Answers -The vertebral
artery
VERIFIED ANSWERS [GUARANTEED A+
GRADE]
C-spine flexion / extension views assess what? - Correct Answers -Anterior and posterior
movement or lack of movement due to an injury
What does ERCP stand for? - Correct Answers -Endoscopic retrograde
cholangiopancreatography
What is an ERCP used for? - Correct Answers -To investigate biliary tree, CBD, gallbladder and
pancreas
Ball catchers view is good to assess what? - Correct Answers -Early stages of Rheumatoid
Arthritis
Low blood pressure and dizziness due to standing up too quickly - Correct Answers -Orthostatic
hypertension
What is Shenton's Line? - Correct Answers -An imaginary curved line drawn along the inferior
border of the superior pubic ramus and along the inferomedial border of the neck of femur
What is Shenton's Line used for? - Correct Answers -To evaluate hip pathology
What body part perpendicular to the CR when doing an intercondylar fossa? - Correct Answers -
Long axis of the lower leg (Tib / Fib)
What is the purpose of lateral bending for scoliosis? - Correct Answers -To determine structural
change in early diagnosis
,Optimal kVp for a chest? - Correct Answers -100 - 130 kVp
How should you adjust CR for a portable Chest X-Ray on a kyphotic patient? - Correct Answers -
Angle less slightly or leave the tube perpendicular so clavicles will be 1" below apices of lung
What is the maximum focal spot size for scaphoid? - Correct Answers -0.6 mm
What medication may be added to the contrast to prevent a reaction? - Correct Answers -A
steroid or anti-histamine
What test tool is used to test focal spot? - Correct Answers -Slit camera, pinhole camera and star
pattern
What does focal spot size effect? - Correct Answers -Penumbra
What does penumbra effect? - Correct Answers -Recorded detail
What is the line focus principle? - Correct Answers -The lower the target angle, the smaller the
effective focal spot size. The higher the target angle, the larger the focal spot size
What is the advantage of line focus principle? - Correct Answers -It provides the detail of a small
focal spot while allowing a large amount of heat dissipation
If the pedicles sit too far posterior on vertebral bodies for an oblique L spine, what does this
mean? - Correct Answers -Too much obliquity
Remember: *PP - too much* (posterior pedicles)
,What is a CVP line? - Correct Answers -Used for measuring central venous pressure as well as
allowing nutrients and fluid to be instilled
Best location for a CVP (Central Venous Pressure) Line? - Correct Answers -Brachiocephalic vein
or Superior Vena Cava
Where does a Swan-Ganz catheter sit? - Correct Answers -The right side of the heart and the
arteries leading to the lungs
What does a Swan-Ganz catheter measure? - Correct Answers -The heart's function and blood
flow pressures in and around the heart
What are Plia circularis? - Correct Answers -The numerous folds of the mucous membrane of
the small intestine
What are the instruments used for sensitometry? - Correct Answers -- Sensitometer (step
wedge)
- Densitometer
How often is a sensitometry strip done? - Correct Answers -Daily
What is demonstrated on a 15O degree occipitofrontal view of the sinuses? - Correct Answers --
Frontal sinuses
- Anterior ethmoidal air cells
- Sphenoid sinuses
Oblique fracture of the base of the first metacarpal? - Correct Answers -Bennett's fracture
, An ankle fracture affecting one of the malleoli? - Correct Answers -Pott's fracture
An ankle fracture affecting both of the malleoli? - Correct Answers -Second degree Pott's
fracture (bi-malleolar fracture)
An ankle fracture affecting both of the malleoli and the posterior surface of the tib fractured as
well? - Correct Answers -Third degree Pott's fracture (tri-malleolar fracture)
What is a Compound fracture? - Correct Answers -When the bone has broken through the skin
What is a Comminuted fracture? - Correct Answers -A fracture with more than two bone
fragments
Steps to open a sterile tray? - Correct Answers -- Away
- Left
- Right
- Toward you
An enema bag should be ____ inches or ____ cm above the anus? - Correct Answers -24 inches
or 61 cm
What part of the gown is sterile during surgery? - Correct Answers -Waist to shoulders in the
front and sleeves 2" above the elbow to the cuffs
What is included in a brain CT? - Correct Answers -Base of the skull to cranial apex
What vessel ascends through the cervical transverse foramina? - Correct Answers -The vertebral
artery
