Diagnostic Imaging VTNE Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Which of the following ultrasound artifacts will likely be produced when the sound wave strikes
a metal object or a pocket of air?
A. Edge shadowing
B. Comet tail
C. Mirror image
D. Acoustic enhancement - CORRECT ANSWER - Comet tail
A deformity, in which the interior angle of the joint, viewed frontally, is <180 degrees, is known
as what?
A. Axial rotation
B. Windswept
C. Valgus deformity
D. Varus deformity - CORRECT ANSWER - Varus deformity
For a dorsolateral-plantaromedial oblique view of the tarsal joint of a horse, the cassette should
be placed in which position?
A. On the lateral surface
B. On the medial surface
C. On the plantar surface
D. On the plantaromedial surface - CORRECT ANSWER - On the plantaromedial surface
Which of the following will cause a fogged film?
,A. Chemical spills on the screen
B. Exposure resulting from static electricity
C. Exposure to excessive scatter radiation
D. Foreign materials between the film and the screen - CORRECT ANSWER - Exposure
to excessive scatter radiation
What is the speed of sound through bone? - CORRECT ANSWER - 4080 m/s
When obtaining a ventrodorsal x-ray of the thorax, what is the cranial landmark?
A. The base of the skull
B. The manubrium
C. Halfway between the xiphoid and the last rib
D. The ilium wings - CORRECT ANSWER - The manubrium
Horses have approximately how many carpal bones? - CORRECT ANSWER -7
You are looking at your dental radiograph and notice that the tooth is elongated. This happened
because the beam was perpendicular to the:
A. Film
B. Tooth
C. Bisecting angle
D. Wrong tooth - CORRECT ANSWER - Tooth
In which imaging modality is Technetium 99m used?
A. MRI
, B. Ultrasound
C. Nuclear medicine
D. Fluoroscopy - CORRECT ANSWER - Nuclear medicine
Which of the following is not a radiographic characteristic of the bones of a newborn foal?
A. Smooth
B. Fused
C. Round
D. Wider joint spaces - CORRECT ANSWER - Fused
Which of the following best describes the use for Doppler ultrasound?
A. Doppler uses a motion mode that simultaneously creates a B-mode image while displaying
the motion of the tissues over a two-dimensional scale
B. Doppler is used to image the flow of blood and other liquids as well as to measure their
velocity
C. Doppler units display the different shades of gray
D. None of the above - CORRECT ANSWER - Doppler is used to image the flow of blood
and other liquids as well as to measure their velocity
Which of the following are ways to determine if the animal is properly positioned in the lateral
view?
A. Coxofemoral joints are superimposed
B. Intervertebral foramina are different sizes
C. Rib heads are perpendicular D. Transverse processes are perpendicular at the origin from the
vertebral bodies - CORRECT ANSWER - Coxofemoral joints are superimposed
and CORRECT Answers
Which of the following ultrasound artifacts will likely be produced when the sound wave strikes
a metal object or a pocket of air?
A. Edge shadowing
B. Comet tail
C. Mirror image
D. Acoustic enhancement - CORRECT ANSWER - Comet tail
A deformity, in which the interior angle of the joint, viewed frontally, is <180 degrees, is known
as what?
A. Axial rotation
B. Windswept
C. Valgus deformity
D. Varus deformity - CORRECT ANSWER - Varus deformity
For a dorsolateral-plantaromedial oblique view of the tarsal joint of a horse, the cassette should
be placed in which position?
A. On the lateral surface
B. On the medial surface
C. On the plantar surface
D. On the plantaromedial surface - CORRECT ANSWER - On the plantaromedial surface
Which of the following will cause a fogged film?
,A. Chemical spills on the screen
B. Exposure resulting from static electricity
C. Exposure to excessive scatter radiation
D. Foreign materials between the film and the screen - CORRECT ANSWER - Exposure
to excessive scatter radiation
What is the speed of sound through bone? - CORRECT ANSWER - 4080 m/s
When obtaining a ventrodorsal x-ray of the thorax, what is the cranial landmark?
A. The base of the skull
B. The manubrium
C. Halfway between the xiphoid and the last rib
D. The ilium wings - CORRECT ANSWER - The manubrium
Horses have approximately how many carpal bones? - CORRECT ANSWER -7
You are looking at your dental radiograph and notice that the tooth is elongated. This happened
because the beam was perpendicular to the:
A. Film
B. Tooth
C. Bisecting angle
D. Wrong tooth - CORRECT ANSWER - Tooth
In which imaging modality is Technetium 99m used?
A. MRI
, B. Ultrasound
C. Nuclear medicine
D. Fluoroscopy - CORRECT ANSWER - Nuclear medicine
Which of the following is not a radiographic characteristic of the bones of a newborn foal?
A. Smooth
B. Fused
C. Round
D. Wider joint spaces - CORRECT ANSWER - Fused
Which of the following best describes the use for Doppler ultrasound?
A. Doppler uses a motion mode that simultaneously creates a B-mode image while displaying
the motion of the tissues over a two-dimensional scale
B. Doppler is used to image the flow of blood and other liquids as well as to measure their
velocity
C. Doppler units display the different shades of gray
D. None of the above - CORRECT ANSWER - Doppler is used to image the flow of blood
and other liquids as well as to measure their velocity
Which of the following are ways to determine if the animal is properly positioned in the lateral
view?
A. Coxofemoral joints are superimposed
B. Intervertebral foramina are different sizes
C. Rib heads are perpendicular D. Transverse processes are perpendicular at the origin from the
vertebral bodies - CORRECT ANSWER - Coxofemoral joints are superimposed
