RAD117 MIDTERM 1- REAL EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH EXPERT VERIFIED ANSWERS FOR
GUARANTEED PASS | LATEST UPDATE 2025
How would an understanding of Maslow's hierarchy of needs help a technologist deal
with a patient? - ✔✔Allows technologist to determine a patient's state of health
5. Self-actualization
4. Esteem
3. Love and belonging
2. Safety needs
1. Physiological needs
What is the difference between an intentional and unintentional tort? - ✔✔-
Intentional Tort: Torts done deliberately such as battery/assault
- Unintentional tort: negligence → failure on one party to act the way an ordinary,
reasonable person would act
What are the various advance directives patients may have? - ✔✔- A Living Will:
Expresses the patients' wishes concerning future medical care
-Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care: Appoints an agent that the person trusts to
make decisions if the patient is unable to do so
-Five Wishes
-Medical orders: Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR), Full code, Do-Not-Intubate (DNI)
What is an advance directive? - ✔✔Legal documents that are formulated by a
competent person and that provide written information concerning the patient's desires
if the patient is unable to make the decision
, What does five wishes do for a patient? - ✔✔1. The person that is wanted to make
care decisions
2. The kind of medical treatment desired
3. Level of comfort desired
4. Type of treatment desired
5. Level of knowledge to give to family
What does HIPPA stand for and what does it do? - ✔✔Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act
-Law included provisions designed to save money for health care businesses by
encouraging electronic transactions, but it also required new safeguards to protect the
security and confidentiality of information
What does ALARA stand for and what does it do? - ✔✔As Low As Reasonably
Achievable
1. Time- the technique the technologist uses should be as low as possible but can still
obtain a diagnostic image
2. Distance- more distance away from the radiation source the better
3. Shielding- On the patient when the exam allows you to do so and also use shielding
for yourself
Simple consent - ✔✔Obtaining a patient's permission to perform a procedure
without knowledge of that procedure
Informed consent - ✔✔Patient is informed of the procedure and situation
WITH EXPERT VERIFIED ANSWERS FOR
GUARANTEED PASS | LATEST UPDATE 2025
How would an understanding of Maslow's hierarchy of needs help a technologist deal
with a patient? - ✔✔Allows technologist to determine a patient's state of health
5. Self-actualization
4. Esteem
3. Love and belonging
2. Safety needs
1. Physiological needs
What is the difference between an intentional and unintentional tort? - ✔✔-
Intentional Tort: Torts done deliberately such as battery/assault
- Unintentional tort: negligence → failure on one party to act the way an ordinary,
reasonable person would act
What are the various advance directives patients may have? - ✔✔- A Living Will:
Expresses the patients' wishes concerning future medical care
-Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care: Appoints an agent that the person trusts to
make decisions if the patient is unable to do so
-Five Wishes
-Medical orders: Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR), Full code, Do-Not-Intubate (DNI)
What is an advance directive? - ✔✔Legal documents that are formulated by a
competent person and that provide written information concerning the patient's desires
if the patient is unable to make the decision
, What does five wishes do for a patient? - ✔✔1. The person that is wanted to make
care decisions
2. The kind of medical treatment desired
3. Level of comfort desired
4. Type of treatment desired
5. Level of knowledge to give to family
What does HIPPA stand for and what does it do? - ✔✔Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act
-Law included provisions designed to save money for health care businesses by
encouraging electronic transactions, but it also required new safeguards to protect the
security and confidentiality of information
What does ALARA stand for and what does it do? - ✔✔As Low As Reasonably
Achievable
1. Time- the technique the technologist uses should be as low as possible but can still
obtain a diagnostic image
2. Distance- more distance away from the radiation source the better
3. Shielding- On the patient when the exam allows you to do so and also use shielding
for yourself
Simple consent - ✔✔Obtaining a patient's permission to perform a procedure
without knowledge of that procedure
Informed consent - ✔✔Patient is informed of the procedure and situation
