Achieving Quality Imaging Mock
Mammography UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
The ACS does not recommend routine mammograms for women below the age of:
a. 40
b. 35
c. 30
d. 25 - Correct Answer- a. 40
Lymph node enlargement, nipple inversion, nipple discharge, skin thickening, and breast
lumps are ALWAYS a sign of breast cancer.
a. True
b. False - Correct Answer- b. False
The only task NOT required of the RT is:
a. Validation of the Doctor's requisition with the clinical history given by the patient.
b. Diagramming lumps, scars, large moles on the breasts.
c. Diagnosing the patient's condition
d. Choice of technical factors used - determined by patient age, density of breast tissue,
equipment characteristics - Correct Answer- c. Diagnosing the patient's condition
Which is NOT considered curative breast surgery:
a. core sample biopsy
b. lumpectomy
c. quadectomy
d. modified radical mastectomy - Correct Answer- a. core sample biopsy
The reason(s) for performing BSE include:
a. to compensate for the inaccuracy in mammograms (up to 20%
,b. to detect cancers which are not, even in retrospect, visible on the mammogram
c. to involve women who do not have mammograms
d. all of the above - Correct Answer- d. all of the above
BSE should be done in a random pattern using the fingertips
a. True
b. False - Correct Answer- b. False
BSE should be performed monthly by all women beginning in their 20's.
a. True
b. False - Correct Answer- a. True
It is necessary for the technologist to diagram which of the following:
a. scars
b. tattoos
c. moles
d. all of the above - Correct Answer- d. all of the above
The physical boundaries of the breast include superior to the clavicle, medial to the sternum,
inferior to the inframammary crease, and lateral to the midaxillary line.
a. True
b. False - Correct Answer- a. True
The base of the breast and the inframammary crease are one and the same.
a. True
b. False - Correct Answer- b. False
The tissue type that attenuates the x-ray beam the least is:
a. adipose tissue
b. fibro-glandular tissue
c. fibrous tissue
,d. fibro fatty tissue - Correct Answer- a. adipose tissue
The tissue type that attenuates the x-ray beam the most is:
a. adipose tissue
b. fibro-glandular tissue
c. fibrous tissue
d. fibro fatty tissue - Correct Answer- b. fibro-glandular tissue
50% of all breast cancers occur in which quadrant?
a. LIQ
b. LOQ
c. UOQ
d. UIQ - Correct Answer- c. UOQ
Choose the correct equation: (FOV = Field Of View, matrix size = # of pixels)
a. pixel size = FOV / matrix size
b. pixel size = FOV / x matrix size
c. pixel size = matrix size / FOV
d. pixel size = FOV / + matrix size - Correct Answer- a. pixel size = FOV / matrix size
Breast cancers arise in which type of tissue?
a. Ducts
b. Lobules
c. Adipose tissue
d. A & B - Correct Answer- d. A & B
The area of the breast that is not visualized on the CC view is:
a. posterior-inferior
b. posterior-superior
c. anterior-inferior
, d. anterior-superior - Correct Answer- b. posterior-superior
Spot compression/coned-down views can:
a. help separate superimposed tissue
b. increase contrast by reducing scatter
c. help identify subtle findings in dense breasts
d. all of the above - Correct Answer- d. all of the above
A grid may be used when performing magnification.
a. True
b. False - Correct Answer- b. False
During pre-operative needle localizations, the amount of compression used should be equal to
that of the routine mammogram.
a. True
b. False - Correct Answer- b. False
To reduce the patient's radiation dose during pre-operative needle localizations, which of the
following can be done:
a. increase the kVp setting
b. use a faster screen/file system
c. expose on that area of the breast immediately surrounding the area in question
d. all of the above - Correct Answer- d. all of the above
To improve the appearance of the specimen on film, one can:
a. magnify the specimen
b. use kVp settings below 25 (molybdenum)
c. compress the specimen
d. all of the above - Correct Answer- d. all of the above
When using a phototimer, if a plus density setting is used, which of the following will occur?
Mammography UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
The ACS does not recommend routine mammograms for women below the age of:
a. 40
b. 35
c. 30
d. 25 - Correct Answer- a. 40
Lymph node enlargement, nipple inversion, nipple discharge, skin thickening, and breast
lumps are ALWAYS a sign of breast cancer.
a. True
b. False - Correct Answer- b. False
The only task NOT required of the RT is:
a. Validation of the Doctor's requisition with the clinical history given by the patient.
b. Diagramming lumps, scars, large moles on the breasts.
c. Diagnosing the patient's condition
d. Choice of technical factors used - determined by patient age, density of breast tissue,
equipment characteristics - Correct Answer- c. Diagnosing the patient's condition
Which is NOT considered curative breast surgery:
a. core sample biopsy
b. lumpectomy
c. quadectomy
d. modified radical mastectomy - Correct Answer- a. core sample biopsy
The reason(s) for performing BSE include:
a. to compensate for the inaccuracy in mammograms (up to 20%
,b. to detect cancers which are not, even in retrospect, visible on the mammogram
c. to involve women who do not have mammograms
d. all of the above - Correct Answer- d. all of the above
BSE should be done in a random pattern using the fingertips
a. True
b. False - Correct Answer- b. False
BSE should be performed monthly by all women beginning in their 20's.
a. True
b. False - Correct Answer- a. True
It is necessary for the technologist to diagram which of the following:
a. scars
b. tattoos
c. moles
d. all of the above - Correct Answer- d. all of the above
The physical boundaries of the breast include superior to the clavicle, medial to the sternum,
inferior to the inframammary crease, and lateral to the midaxillary line.
a. True
b. False - Correct Answer- a. True
The base of the breast and the inframammary crease are one and the same.
a. True
b. False - Correct Answer- b. False
The tissue type that attenuates the x-ray beam the least is:
a. adipose tissue
b. fibro-glandular tissue
c. fibrous tissue
,d. fibro fatty tissue - Correct Answer- a. adipose tissue
The tissue type that attenuates the x-ray beam the most is:
a. adipose tissue
b. fibro-glandular tissue
c. fibrous tissue
d. fibro fatty tissue - Correct Answer- b. fibro-glandular tissue
50% of all breast cancers occur in which quadrant?
a. LIQ
b. LOQ
c. UOQ
d. UIQ - Correct Answer- c. UOQ
Choose the correct equation: (FOV = Field Of View, matrix size = # of pixels)
a. pixel size = FOV / matrix size
b. pixel size = FOV / x matrix size
c. pixel size = matrix size / FOV
d. pixel size = FOV / + matrix size - Correct Answer- a. pixel size = FOV / matrix size
Breast cancers arise in which type of tissue?
a. Ducts
b. Lobules
c. Adipose tissue
d. A & B - Correct Answer- d. A & B
The area of the breast that is not visualized on the CC view is:
a. posterior-inferior
b. posterior-superior
c. anterior-inferior
, d. anterior-superior - Correct Answer- b. posterior-superior
Spot compression/coned-down views can:
a. help separate superimposed tissue
b. increase contrast by reducing scatter
c. help identify subtle findings in dense breasts
d. all of the above - Correct Answer- d. all of the above
A grid may be used when performing magnification.
a. True
b. False - Correct Answer- b. False
During pre-operative needle localizations, the amount of compression used should be equal to
that of the routine mammogram.
a. True
b. False - Correct Answer- b. False
To reduce the patient's radiation dose during pre-operative needle localizations, which of the
following can be done:
a. increase the kVp setting
b. use a faster screen/file system
c. expose on that area of the breast immediately surrounding the area in question
d. all of the above - Correct Answer- d. all of the above
To improve the appearance of the specimen on film, one can:
a. magnify the specimen
b. use kVp settings below 25 (molybdenum)
c. compress the specimen
d. all of the above - Correct Answer- d. all of the above
When using a phototimer, if a plus density setting is used, which of the following will occur?
