Pathology: Intro for Radiologic
Technology Practice Questions and
Correct Answers 2026-2027 Updated.
What is pathology? - Answer Pathology is the study of diseases that can cause abnormalities
in the structure or function of various organ systems of the body.
A definition of disease. - Answer Disease is the patter of the body's response to some form
of injury that causes a deviation from or variation of normal conditions.
List 5 causes of disease. - Answer 5 causes of disease:
1) Hereditary
2) trauma
3) infectious organisms
4) vascular processes
5) metabolic processes
List 6 terms related to disease. - Answer 6 terms related to disease:
1) Signs 2) symptoms 3) latrongenic
4) nosocomial infections
5) community acquired infections
6) Idiopathic
Define term Signs. - Answer Signs: what it looks like. Measureable or objective
manifestations.
Define term Symptoms. - Answer Symptoms: Feeling that the patient describes. Subjective
manifestations.
Define term latrogenic. - Answer latrogenic: Disease caused by physician or treatment.
Define term nosocomial infections. - Answer Nosocomial Infections: contracted from acute
care facility, hospital or clinic.
Define term Community Acquired Infections. - Answer Community Acquired Infections:
Contracted in a public setting outside of the acute care facility, hospital or clinic.
, Define term Idiopathic. - Answer Idiopathic: Underlying cause is unknown.
Define x-ray attenuation. - Answer x-ray attenuation means absorption.How much x-ray the
tissue absorbs. With increased attenuation, there is more white, so technique must go up.
What can diseases do to tissue structure? - Answer Diseases can alter the density of tissue
structure, thus needed to adjust technique either up or down depending on the condition.
2 things mAs can control. - Answer 2 things mAs controls:
1) mAs controls quantity
2) mAs should be adjusted to get rid of greys
Name 8 skeletal additive diseases that would require an increase in technique. - Answer 8
skeletal additive diseases that would require an increase in technique:
1) Acromegaly
2) Acute Kyphosis
3) Exostosis
4) Hydrocephalus
5) Marble Bone
6) Metastasis -Osteosclerotic
7) Osterochondroma
8) Paget's Disease
Define additive disease: Acromegaly. - Answer Acromegaly: a chronic metabolic condition.
Enlargement and thickening of bones of face a jaw. Additive disease.
Define additive disease: Acute Kyphosis - Answer Acute Kyphosis: a convex -reverse-
curvature of the spine. additive disease.
Define additive disease Exostosis. - Answer Exostosis: A bony growth on the surface of a
bone or tooth. additive disease.
Define additive disease: Hydrocephalus. - Answer Hydrocephalus: an accumulation of serous
fluid within the cranium, esp. in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal
fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain. If hydrocephalus
becomes progressive, a shunt is surgically placed to reduce pressure by conducting fluid away
from the brain, usually to the peritoneum. additive disease.
Technology Practice Questions and
Correct Answers 2026-2027 Updated.
What is pathology? - Answer Pathology is the study of diseases that can cause abnormalities
in the structure or function of various organ systems of the body.
A definition of disease. - Answer Disease is the patter of the body's response to some form
of injury that causes a deviation from or variation of normal conditions.
List 5 causes of disease. - Answer 5 causes of disease:
1) Hereditary
2) trauma
3) infectious organisms
4) vascular processes
5) metabolic processes
List 6 terms related to disease. - Answer 6 terms related to disease:
1) Signs 2) symptoms 3) latrongenic
4) nosocomial infections
5) community acquired infections
6) Idiopathic
Define term Signs. - Answer Signs: what it looks like. Measureable or objective
manifestations.
Define term Symptoms. - Answer Symptoms: Feeling that the patient describes. Subjective
manifestations.
Define term latrogenic. - Answer latrogenic: Disease caused by physician or treatment.
Define term nosocomial infections. - Answer Nosocomial Infections: contracted from acute
care facility, hospital or clinic.
Define term Community Acquired Infections. - Answer Community Acquired Infections:
Contracted in a public setting outside of the acute care facility, hospital or clinic.
, Define term Idiopathic. - Answer Idiopathic: Underlying cause is unknown.
Define x-ray attenuation. - Answer x-ray attenuation means absorption.How much x-ray the
tissue absorbs. With increased attenuation, there is more white, so technique must go up.
What can diseases do to tissue structure? - Answer Diseases can alter the density of tissue
structure, thus needed to adjust technique either up or down depending on the condition.
2 things mAs can control. - Answer 2 things mAs controls:
1) mAs controls quantity
2) mAs should be adjusted to get rid of greys
Name 8 skeletal additive diseases that would require an increase in technique. - Answer 8
skeletal additive diseases that would require an increase in technique:
1) Acromegaly
2) Acute Kyphosis
3) Exostosis
4) Hydrocephalus
5) Marble Bone
6) Metastasis -Osteosclerotic
7) Osterochondroma
8) Paget's Disease
Define additive disease: Acromegaly. - Answer Acromegaly: a chronic metabolic condition.
Enlargement and thickening of bones of face a jaw. Additive disease.
Define additive disease: Acute Kyphosis - Answer Acute Kyphosis: a convex -reverse-
curvature of the spine. additive disease.
Define additive disease Exostosis. - Answer Exostosis: A bony growth on the surface of a
bone or tooth. additive disease.
Define additive disease: Hydrocephalus. - Answer Hydrocephalus: an accumulation of serous
fluid within the cranium, esp. in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal
fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain. If hydrocephalus
becomes progressive, a shunt is surgically placed to reduce pressure by conducting fluid away
from the brain, usually to the peritoneum. additive disease.
