RVS CCI TEST EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
The vascular disease that presents as back, abdominal, or flank pain is: - ANS Abdominal
aortic aneurysm
The circle of Willis receives its blood supply from which combination of arteries? -
ANS Carotid and Vertebral arteries
2 of the major branches of the External Carotid arteries include the: - ANS Superficial
Temporal and Facial arteries
What is the most common anomaly of the Circle of Willis - ANS Absence or Hypoplasia of 1
or both of the communicating arteries.
The Brachial veins connect the: - ANS Ulnar and radial veins to the axillary vein
Which vein in the antecubital fossa connects the cephalic and basilic veins? - ANS Median
cubital vein.
The axillary artery connects the: - ANS Brachial artery to the subclavian artery
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The renal arteries arise from the aorta: - ANS laterally
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, In a cross section of the aorta and the surrounding regions the vein that is visualized superficial
to the aorta and the origins of the right and left renal arteries in deep to the superior
mesenteric artery is the: - ANS Left Renal Vein
The splenic common hepatic and left gastric arteries arise from this abdominal artery: -
ANS Celiac Trunk
The smallest vessels in the body are: - ANS capillaries
The term Tunica Intima denotes: - ANS The inner lining of the arterial wall
The layer of arterial or venous wall composed entirely of endothelial cells is the: - ANS Tunica
Intima
A venule contains which vessel layers: - ANS Tunica media and Tunica Intima
Atherosclerosis is a disease the begins in the: - ANS Intima
A disease that affects primarily the Intima and may extended into the media is: -
ANS Atherosclerosis
In the cerebrovascular system, atherosclerosis occurs my commonly in the: - ANS Carotid
Bulb
The NASCET (north American symptomatic carotid endarterectomy trial) used the following
arterial graphic criteria/criterium to classify internal carotid artery disease: - ANS Diameter
percentage stenosis calculated by diving the minimal diameter by the diameter of the
2
unstenosed distal internal carotid artery.
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, A patient complains of temporary shading of the vision in 1 eye, this symptom is called: -
ANS Amaurosis Fugax
A Transient Ischemic attack: - ANS Resolves within 24 hours
The abbreviation TIA stands for: - ANS transient ischemic attack
Subclavian steal occurs: - ANS more often on the left side
Why are brachial blood pressures obtained bilaterally when evaluating a patient for
cerebrovascular disease? - ANS The brachial blood pressures are compared to see if they are
equal.
Lose of the spectral window with pulsed Doppler ultrasound occurs with: - ANS Flow
Turbulence
A duplex image of the carotid bifurcation that demonstrates a goblet-like configuration of the
internal and external branches curving around a highly vascularized mass suggests: -
ANS Carotid Body Tumor
TCD findings consistent with vasospasm following subarachnoid hemorrhage would include -
ANS Greatly increased mean velocities in the middle cerebral arteries
In TCD the normal direction of flow in the Vertebral artery is: - ANS Away from the beam
The usual instrumentation for hand held TCD includes a probe with a operating frequency of: -
ANS 2 MHz
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AND ANSWERS
The vascular disease that presents as back, abdominal, or flank pain is: - ANS Abdominal
aortic aneurysm
The circle of Willis receives its blood supply from which combination of arteries? -
ANS Carotid and Vertebral arteries
2 of the major branches of the External Carotid arteries include the: - ANS Superficial
Temporal and Facial arteries
What is the most common anomaly of the Circle of Willis - ANS Absence or Hypoplasia of 1
or both of the communicating arteries.
The Brachial veins connect the: - ANS Ulnar and radial veins to the axillary vein
Which vein in the antecubital fossa connects the cephalic and basilic veins? - ANS Median
cubital vein.
The axillary artery connects the: - ANS Brachial artery to the subclavian artery
1
The renal arteries arise from the aorta: - ANS laterally
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, In a cross section of the aorta and the surrounding regions the vein that is visualized superficial
to the aorta and the origins of the right and left renal arteries in deep to the superior
mesenteric artery is the: - ANS Left Renal Vein
The splenic common hepatic and left gastric arteries arise from this abdominal artery: -
ANS Celiac Trunk
The smallest vessels in the body are: - ANS capillaries
The term Tunica Intima denotes: - ANS The inner lining of the arterial wall
The layer of arterial or venous wall composed entirely of endothelial cells is the: - ANS Tunica
Intima
A venule contains which vessel layers: - ANS Tunica media and Tunica Intima
Atherosclerosis is a disease the begins in the: - ANS Intima
A disease that affects primarily the Intima and may extended into the media is: -
ANS Atherosclerosis
In the cerebrovascular system, atherosclerosis occurs my commonly in the: - ANS Carotid
Bulb
The NASCET (north American symptomatic carotid endarterectomy trial) used the following
arterial graphic criteria/criterium to classify internal carotid artery disease: - ANS Diameter
percentage stenosis calculated by diving the minimal diameter by the diameter of the
2
unstenosed distal internal carotid artery.
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, A patient complains of temporary shading of the vision in 1 eye, this symptom is called: -
ANS Amaurosis Fugax
A Transient Ischemic attack: - ANS Resolves within 24 hours
The abbreviation TIA stands for: - ANS transient ischemic attack
Subclavian steal occurs: - ANS more often on the left side
Why are brachial blood pressures obtained bilaterally when evaluating a patient for
cerebrovascular disease? - ANS The brachial blood pressures are compared to see if they are
equal.
Lose of the spectral window with pulsed Doppler ultrasound occurs with: - ANS Flow
Turbulence
A duplex image of the carotid bifurcation that demonstrates a goblet-like configuration of the
internal and external branches curving around a highly vascularized mass suggests: -
ANS Carotid Body Tumor
TCD findings consistent with vasospasm following subarachnoid hemorrhage would include -
ANS Greatly increased mean velocities in the middle cerebral arteries
In TCD the normal direction of flow in the Vertebral artery is: - ANS Away from the beam
The usual instrumentation for hand held TCD includes a probe with a operating frequency of: -
ANS 2 MHz
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