Diagnostic Imaging Exam UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

Diagnostic Imaging Exam UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Radiographic position - CORRECT ANSWER - Body part or side which is closest to the
film/receptor


Radiodensity - CORRECT ANSWER - Quantity of radiation absorbed by an body
producing an image


Less radiodense objects appear ____________ and more radiodense objects appear
___________________ - CORRECT ANSWER - Black, White



Radiodensity is dependent on these two factors - CORRECT ANSWER - Thickness
Composition


ABCs or radiography - CORRECT ANSWER - Alignment
Bone Density
Cartilage spaces
Soft Tissue


What does a pocket of black in soft tissue areas signify - CORRECT ANSWER - Air or
fluid accumulation


Open fracture - CORRECT ANSWER - the skin over the fracture is perforated



Closed fracture - CORRECT ANSWER - skin is intact



Complete fracture - CORRECT ANSWER - bone is broken all the way through

, Incomplete fracture - CORRECT ANSWER - bone is not broken all the way through



Displaced fracture - CORRECT ANSWER - bone ends are out of normal alignment



Nondisplaced fracture - CORRECT ANSWER - bone ends retain their normal position



Easiest fracture lines to recover from - CORRECT ANSWER - Transverse
Oblique


Hardest fracture lines to recover from - CORRECT ANSWER - Longitudinal
spiral


greenstick fracture - CORRECT ANSWER - bending and incomplete break of a bone;
most often seen in children


Buckle fracture - CORRECT ANSWER - Compression injury, the bone buckles rather than
breaks


Bowing fracture - CORRECT ANSWER - bending of bone often in children



Salter Fracture Classification - CORRECT ANSWER - Straight across
Above (the growth plate)
Lower (below the growth plate)
Through (above and below the growth plate)
ERasure (crush/erase the growth plate)


Open reduction - CORRECT ANSWER - surgical realignment of broken bone ends