ARRT EXAM (CORRECT ANSWERS) 2024 UPDATED

ARRT EXAM (CORRECT ANSWERS) 2024 UPDATED Advance directive - CORRECT ANSWER-Ex: living will, health care proxy , designated surrogate Bill of rights - CORRECT ANSWER-Pts have the ability to review or access their health care info Practice standards - CORRECT ANSWER-- Are set by the *ASRT* - These standards *define the legal role* to the radiographer and identify clinical , quality, and professional standard of practice Tort - CORRECT ANSWER-- Civil injustice , misconduct, or injury - Can be intentional or unintentional (negligant) - Ex: false imprisonment, assault, battery, defamation, invasion of privacy Beneficence (Definition) - CORRECT ANSWER-refers to decisions and actions made to bring about good, ie, to benefit the patient Nonmaleficence (definition) - CORRECT ANSWER-"do no harm"-refers to the prevention of harm to the patient autonomy - CORRECT ANSWER-refers to the right of every individual to act with personal self-reliance. veracity - CORRECT ANSWER-truthfulness, honesty fidelity - CORRECT ANSWER-faithfulness; loyalty invasion of privacy - CORRECT ANSWER-revealing personal information about an individual without his or her consent amorphous - CORRECT ANSWER-crystalline material lacking typical crystalline structure. SNR (signal-to-noise ratio) increased - CORRECT ANSWER-Better resolution is obtained with False Imprisonment - CORRECT ANSWER-restraining an individual or restricting an individual's freedom Let the master answer - CORRECT ANSWER-respondeat superior a thing or matter settled by justice - CORRECT ANSWER-res judicata stare decisis - CORRECT ANSWER-A Latin phrase meaning "let the decision stand." Most cases reaching appellate courts are settled on this principle. bit depth - CORRECT ANSWER-Which of the following represents the image acquisition contrast resolution? Atelectasis - CORRECT ANSWER-collapsed lung Modulation transfer function or MTF - CORRECT ANSWER-describes the system's ability to display signal contrast as a function of spatial resolution CR - CORRECT ANSWER-Which of the following possesses the widest dynamic range? Detective quantum efficiency or DQE - CORRECT ANSWER-describes the overall efficiency of converting x-ray signals into a useful image induce vomiting - CORRECT ANSWER-An emetic is used to Charge-coupled device - CORRECT ANSWER-Which of the following is used in digital fluoroscopy, replacing the image intensifier's television camera tube? mandatory and minimally acceptable standards. - CORRECT ANSWER-The ARRT Rules of Ethics are Contributory Negligence - CORRECT ANSWER-defines a circumstance in which both the health care provider's and the patient's actions contributed to an injurious outcome. gross negligence - CORRECT ANSWER-an action committed with extreme reckless disregard for the property or life of another person corporate negligence - CORRECT ANSWER-a doctrine under which hospitals may be held liable in their own right Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - CORRECT ANSWER-HIPAA American Registry of Radiologic Technologists - CORRECT ANSWER-ARRT Assault - CORRECT ANSWER-Threaten to do harm Battery - CORRECT ANSWER-Carrying out the threat Defamation - CORRECT ANSWER-Action of damaging the good reputation of someone; slander or libel Slander - CORRECT ANSWER-Spoken defamation Libel - CORRECT ANSWER-Written defamation Negligent/unintentional tort - CORRECT ANSWER--Wrong pt -pt Falls -Wrong part - Preg pt - Delay in diagnosis ARRT Standard of ethics - CORRECT ANSWER-- Preambl