RADIOLOGY PATHOLOGY LATEST EXAM 2026/2027
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔TRUE/FALSE
1. Vertebral disks are covered by a tough outer covering called the nucleus pulposus. -
✔✔ANS: F
✔✔2. Spheres, coils, or beads are used to embolize or occlude cerebral vasculature, as
in the case of an aneurysm or arteriovenous malformation (AVM). - ✔✔ANS: T
✔✔3. Antibiotics are often successful against many forms of meningitis, though
antibiotic therapy is never given before a definite diagnosis has been established. -
✔✔ANS: F
✔✔4. The most common locations for disk herniation are in the lower cervical and lower
lumbar regions. - ✔✔ANS: T
✔✔5. About 80% of all strokes are caused by small vessel disease. - ✔✔ANS: F
✔✔6. Optimal detail of posterior fossa structures can be obscured by beam-hardening
artifact associated with CT, making MRI the initial modality of choice for evaluating
patients of all ages. - ✔✔ANS: T
✔✔7. In patients previously treated for brain neoplasms, who subsequently present with
new neurologic complaints, distinguishing between radiation necrosis and tumor
recurrence is relatively simple. - ✔✔ANS: F
✔✔8. Recurrence is common with medulloblastomas, and chemotherapy regimens
have not been found to be consistently effective in controlling the recurrence. - ✔✔ANS:
T
✔✔9. The appearance of craniopharyngioma tumors on both CT and MR depends on
the solid and cystic components of the mass. - ✔✔ANS: T
✔✔10. In spinal tumor diagnosis and evaluation, conventional spine radiographs are
primarily reserved for demonstrating bony destruction and widening of the vertebral
pedicles related to tumor growth. - ✔✔ANS: T
✔✔11. The blood-brain barrier consists of a network of capillaries that connects the
arteries and veins of the brain that prevent the passage of unwanted macromolecules
and fluids from leaking into the brain parenchyma. - ✔✔ANS: T
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔TRUE/FALSE
1. Vertebral disks are covered by a tough outer covering called the nucleus pulposus. -
✔✔ANS: F
✔✔2. Spheres, coils, or beads are used to embolize or occlude cerebral vasculature, as
in the case of an aneurysm or arteriovenous malformation (AVM). - ✔✔ANS: T
✔✔3. Antibiotics are often successful against many forms of meningitis, though
antibiotic therapy is never given before a definite diagnosis has been established. -
✔✔ANS: F
✔✔4. The most common locations for disk herniation are in the lower cervical and lower
lumbar regions. - ✔✔ANS: T
✔✔5. About 80% of all strokes are caused by small vessel disease. - ✔✔ANS: F
✔✔6. Optimal detail of posterior fossa structures can be obscured by beam-hardening
artifact associated with CT, making MRI the initial modality of choice for evaluating
patients of all ages. - ✔✔ANS: T
✔✔7. In patients previously treated for brain neoplasms, who subsequently present with
new neurologic complaints, distinguishing between radiation necrosis and tumor
recurrence is relatively simple. - ✔✔ANS: F
✔✔8. Recurrence is common with medulloblastomas, and chemotherapy regimens
have not been found to be consistently effective in controlling the recurrence. - ✔✔ANS:
T
✔✔9. The appearance of craniopharyngioma tumors on both CT and MR depends on
the solid and cystic components of the mass. - ✔✔ANS: T
✔✔10. In spinal tumor diagnosis and evaluation, conventional spine radiographs are
primarily reserved for demonstrating bony destruction and widening of the vertebral
pedicles related to tumor growth. - ✔✔ANS: T
✔✔11. The blood-brain barrier consists of a network of capillaries that connects the
arteries and veins of the brain that prevent the passage of unwanted macromolecules
and fluids from leaking into the brain parenchyma. - ✔✔ANS: T
