CAMRT Exam Questions With Correct Answers

CAMRT Exam Questions With Correct Answers 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