PARCA CPAS Clinical QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2

PARCA CPAS - CLINICAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
T or F : the workflow manager communicates with the workstation by providing a worklist
for the radiologist - ✔✔TRUE T or F : Trauma case reporting is carried out during the critical
condition of the patient, which requires performing the radiology procedure immediately. -
✔✔TRUE The verify order in radiology process flow deals with? - ✔✔VERIFICATION AT THE
IS TERMINAL The modality worklist in radiology process flow deals with? - ✔✔QUERY THE
DEPARTMENT SCHEDULE The new requested procedure schedule in radiology process
flow deals with... - ✔✔PROCEDURE CODE In which radiological process does the
technologist perform the quality control on the image? - ✔✔PERFORMED PROCEDURE
STEP COMPLETE Which process typically performs the function of a database? -
✔✔IMAGE MANAGER The reporting in which a radiologist might dictate a whole batch of
exams and then correct them as a batch, which can obviously only be done if there are no
urgent cases in the queue, is known as? - ✔✔BATCH REPORTING A ___________ report is
performed based on preliminary diagnosis and later by generating the final report. -
✔✔PRELIM The patient registration in radiology process flow deals with... - ✔✔PATIENT
DEMOGRAPHICS AND INSURANCE INFORMATION T or F : The term that denotes lower
back pain is LBP - ✔✔TRUE T or F : STAT is a term used for urgent/ at once - ✔✔TRUE T or F :
WBC stands for white blood cell - ✔✔TRUE T or F : The smaller version of the root is
indicated my -ole in the word arteriole. - ✔✔TRUE T or F : The medical prefix used for
vasoconstrictor is denoted by vaso. - ✔✔TRUE T or F : The medical prefix used for
myocardial is denoted by cardio. - ✔✔FASLE The medical term used to denote cardio-
pulmonary resuscitation is? - ✔✔CPR The term LLQ denotes... - ✔✔LEFT LOWER
QUADRANT PH is a term used for.... - ✔✔HYDROGEN ION CONCENTRATION The medical
term used for genito-urinary is __________ - ✔✔GU The medical term for post oral is... -
✔✔PO The term used for shortness of breath is... - ✔✔SOB The term wheelchair is denoted
by __________ - ✔✔WC Aden is the term used for... - ✔✔GLAND The medical term used for
involuntary contraction is... - ✔✔SPASM The medical term used for kidney is... - ✔✔NEPHR
The term -plegia denotes... - ✔✔STROKE The term -megaly denotes ________ -
✔✔ENLARGEMENT The suffix which is used to designate examination... - ✔✔-scopy The
suffix -graphy is used to describe diagnostic testing and stands for - ✔✔ACT OF
RECORDING DATA The suffix -meter is used to describe diagnostic resting and stands for -
✔✔INSTRUMENT OF MEASURING The suffix -ectomy is used to describe a surgical
procedure and stands for - ✔✔REMOVAL The suffix -rrhapy is used to describe a surgical
procedure and stands for - ✔✔SUTURE The suffix -desis is used to describe a surgical

, procedure and stands for... - ✔✔STABILIZATION The suffix -tomy is a surgical procedure
used to describe - ✔✔INCISION The medical prefix used for stomach is _______ -
✔✔GASTRO- The medical prefix used for muscles is - ✔✔MYO- The medical suffix used for
hernia is - ✔✔-CELE The medical prefix used for skull is - ✔✔CRANIO- The medical term
used to indicate a person afflicted with a certain disease or condition is denoted by - ✔✔-
IAC T or F : Images imported from CD's are typically modified prior to them being available
on the PACS system. - ✔✔TRUE T or F : The radiofrequency, microwave and infrared are
particularly found at the right hand side of the visible spectrum, having low frequency and
long wavelength. - ✔✔FALSE T or F : Short contrast is also known as high contrast i.e.
greater difference between similar densities. - ✔✔TRUE T or F : Radiation intensity is
directly proportional to the square root of the distance. - ✔✔FALSE T or F : Less intense
beam (high Kvp), means lesser penetrability, more absorption and high radiation dose. -
✔✔TRUE If information of data is not possible to retrieve from PACS or RIS previous
records, then the only solution is to ___________, which provides a worklist entry that can
be used to match the images or you can enter the information in the digitizer workstation
by hand. - ✔✔RESCHEDULE A DUMMY EXAM CD's with patient images of previous exams
would typically be encoded as... - ✔✔DICOM Dummy exams are typically scheduled for
digitizing films because... - ✔✔TO BE ABLE TO PULL DOWN A WORKLIST AT THE DIGITIZER
If patient ID identifying images on a CD is already present within the hospital where the
images are to be imported... - ✔✔THAT IS NOT OK BECAUSE THE PATIENT COULD BE A
DIFFERENT PERSON The __________ tissues are those cells that have a high division and
metabolic rate, are non-specialized and are well nourished in the body. -
✔✔RADIOSENSITIVE Which tissues have low metabolic rate, are not highly vascular, and
do not divide? - ✔✔RADIORESISTANT Which rays are found at the right hand side if the
visible spectrum, having high frequency and short wavelength? - ✔✔ULTRAVIOLET, X-RAY,
AND GAMMA RAY ALARA stands for... - ✔✔AS LOW AS REASONABLY ACHIEVABLE Long
contrasts are also called ______________ i.e. less difference between similar densities. -
✔✔LOW CONTRAST Three cardinal rules of radiation protection are? - ✔✔INVERSE
SQUARE LAW, DECREASING THE AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT IN THE VICINITY OF THE
SOURCE, AND SHEILDING The term OSHA stands for... - ✔✔OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION The international classification of diseases, 9th revision and
clinical modification code classifies... - ✔✔MORBIDITY DATA FROM THE INPATIENT AND
OUTPATIENT RECORDS Which coding system gives us a statistical classification that
arranges diseases and injuries into code categories according to established criteria? -
✔✔ICD-9 CODES Which coding system is used to describe treatment services rendered by