FINAL EXAM: ARRT Patient Care |Question and Answers| 2024

FINAL EXAM: ARRT Patient Care |Question and Answers| 2024 1) Which of the following statements is correct with regard to assisting a patient from a wheelchair to an x-ray table? A. The patient's stronger side should be closer to the x-ray table. B. The patient's weaker side should be closer to the x-ray table. C. The wheelchair should directly face the x-ray table. D. The wheelchair should be parallel with the x-ray table. *Ans* A. The patient's stronger side should be closer to the x-ray table. 2) Sanction/injunction by the ARRT can result from: 1. conviction of a felony. 2. failing to shield a patient. 3. interpreting images and providing the patient with that information. A. 1 only B. 1 and 2 only C. 2 and 3 only D. 1, 2, and 3 *Ans* A. 1 only 3) For medicolegal reasons, radiographic images are required to include all the following information except A. the patient's name and/or identification number. B. the patient's birth date. C. a right- or left-side marker. D. the date of the examination. *Ans* B. the patient's birth date. 4) A radiographer who discloses confidential information to unauthorized individuals could be found guilty of A. invasion of privacy. B. slander. C. libel. D. defamation. *Ans* A. invasion of privacy. 5) An iatragenic infection is one caused by A. physician intervention. B. blood-borne pathogens. C. chemotherapy. D. infected droplets. *Ans* A. physician intervention. 6) Which of the following instructions should be given to a patient following a barium sulfate contrast examination? 1. Increase fluid and fiber intake for several days. 2. Changes in stool color will occur until all barium has been evacuated. 3. Contact a physician if no bowel movement occurs in 24 hours. A. 1 only B. 2 only C. 1 and 3 only D. 1, 2, and 3 *Ans* D. 1, 2, and 3. 7) Logrolling is a method of moving patients with suspected A. head injury B. spinal injury C. bowel obstruction D. extremity fracture *Ans* B. spinal injury. 8) A patient will be required to ingest barium sulfate suspension in order to demonstrate which of the following structures? 1. Duodenu