HESI Comprehensive exam 1 ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS

HESI Comprehensive exam 1 ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (2024 –
2025)

WhichAitemAcanAbeAusedAasAanAindicatorAofAtheAqualityAofAtheAdiagnosticAx-rayAbeam?A-
ACORRECTAANSWER-KilovoltageApeakA(kVp)



WhichAconditionArepresentsAtheAmostAlikelyAindicationAforAanAanteroposteriorA(AP)AchestAprojecti
onAwithAtheApatientAinAtheAleftAlateralAdecubitisAposition?A-ACORRECTAANSWER-
EffusionAofAtheAleftAlung

WhichAactionAisAbestAtaughtAtoAtheApatientAusingAtheAcommunicationAtechniqueAofAdemonstratio
n?A-ACORRECTAANSWER-TheAcorrectApositioningAforAaAparticularAprojection

WhereAisAedgeAenhancementApostAprocessingAmostAhelpfulAinAdigitalAradiography?A-
ACORRECTAANSWER-LowAcontrastAstudies



WhichAisAtheAmostAlikelyAcauseAofAaAhistogramAerror?A-ACORRECTAANSWER-
SelectionAofAanAincorrectAexamAfromAtheAlook-upAtable

DuringApreparationAforAaAsurgicalAprocedure,AanAunopenedAsterileApackageAbecomesAdampAfromA
anAaccidentalAspillAofAsaline.AWhichAresponseAisAmostAappropriate?A-ACORRECTAANSWER-
ConsiderAtheApackageAcontaminatedAandAreplaceAitAwithAaAsterileAitem.

WhichAisAtheAmostAappropriateAguidelineAtoAfollowAwhenAradiographingApatientsAinAtheirAlateAadu
ltAyears?A-ACORRECTAANSWER-SpeakAslowlyAandAinAaAlowAtoneAofAvoice

WhatAisAtheAtermAforAtheAadjustmentAofAimageAbrightness,AregardlessAofAexposureAreceived?A-
ACORRECTAANSWER-Rescaling



HowAdoesAanAincreaseAinAnoseAaffectAtheAqualityAofAaAdigitalAimage?A-ACORRECTAANSWER-
ContrastAisAdecreased

AApatientAinAtheAradiologyAdepartmentAsuddenlyAdevelopsAaAnosebleed.ATheAradiographerAinstruc
tAtheApatientAtoAleanAforwardAandApinchAtheAaffectedAnostrilAagainstAtheAmidlineAnasalAcartilage,Ab
utAtheAbleedingAdoesAnotAstop.AWhatAshouldAtheAradiographerAdoAnext?A-ACORRECTAANSWER-
ApplyAaAmoistAcompress

, WhichApositionAshouldAaApatientAbeAplacedAinAimmediatelyAfollowingAaAseizure?A-
ACORRECTAANSWER-LateralArecumbent



HowAcanAmagnificationAofAtheAheartAbeAreducedAwhenAperformingAaAchestAx-ray?A-
ACORRECTAANSWER-UsingA72AinASID



WhichAaccuratelyAdescribesAtheAradiationAdoseAabsorbedAbyAboneAmarrow?A-ACORRECTAANSWER-
TheAdoseAwillAbeAlessAthanAtheAentranceAskinAexposure

WhatAisAtheAfunctionAofAaArectifier?A-ACORRECTAANSWER-
ConvertAalternatingAcurrentAtoApulsatingAdirectAcurrent

HowAoftenAshouldAleadAapronsAbeAevaluatedAtoAdetermineAifAcrackAorAholesAareApresent?A-
ACORRECTAANSWER-Annually



AAlateralAL5/S1AlumbosacralAjunctionAisAperformedAwithAtheACRAdirectedA2AinchesAanteriorAsuperi
orAiliacAspineA(ASIS)AandA1A1/2AinchesAinferiorAtoAtheAiliacAcrest.AWhichAstatementAdescribesAthisAm
ethod?A-ACORRECTAANSWER-TheAcentralArayAwillAbeAwellAanteriorAtoAtheAL5/S1Ajunction

WhatAisAtheAmagnitudeAofAtheAangleAformedAbyAtheAintervertebralAforaminaAandAtheAmidsagittalA
planeAinAtheAthoracicAspine?A-ACORRECTAANSWER-90Adegrees

WhatAisAtheAresultAifApixelAdepthAisAdecreased?A-ACORRECTAANSWER-
ContrastAresolutionAisAdecreased

WhichAlegalAconceptAisAviolatedAbyAaAradiographerAwhoAperformsAanAexaminationAwithoutAanAexa
minationAorder?A-ACORRECTAANSWER-Battery

WhichAstatementAisAtrueAregardingAexposureAindicatorAandAtheAevaluationAofAdigitalAimages?A-
ACORRECTAANSWER-


ExposureAindicatorAmustAbeAreviewedAwithAeveryAimageAandAmustAfallAwithinAtheAmanufacturerer
'sAacceptableArange

WhichAtermAbestAdescribesAtheAprocessAofAcleaningAtheAsurfacesAinAaAradiologyAdepartmentAwithA
10%AbleachAsolutionAinAwater?A-ACORRECTAANSWER-MedicalAasepsis

WhichAcentralArayAangleAisAbestAforAheavy,Awide-hippedApatientsAforAlateralAlumbarAprojections?A-
ACORRECTAANSWER-5AdegreesAcaudal



WhichAstepsAincreaseAcontrastAinAfluoroscopy?A(SelectAtheAtwoAthatAapply)A-ACORRECTAANSWER-
UseAaAsmallerAcollimatorAfield,AreduceAkilovoltsApeakA(kVp)

InAwhichAclinicalAsituationAhasAvalidAconsentAbeenAobtained?A-ACORRECTAANSWER-
AA16AyearAoldAmotherAprovidesAconsentAtoAperformAanAx-rayAonAherA6AmonthAoldAchild