CSCC SU18 CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
TEST PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● The soft, semi gelatinous inner part of the intervertebral disk is
termed:
A. nuclear core
B. annulus fibrosus
C. fovea centralis
D. nucleus pulposus.
Answer: nucleus pulposus
●● The articulations between C1 and the occipital condyles of the skull
are termed:
A. occipital joints
B. occipital facets
C. occipitoatlantal joints
D. articulate pillars.
Answer: occipitoatlantal joints
●● The intervertebral joints are classified as:
A. amphiarthrodial
,B. diarthrodial
C. synarthrodial
D. myothrodial.
Answer: amphiarthrodial
●● A comminuted fracture of the anterior and posterior arches of C1 is
termed:
A. hangman's fracture
B. clay shoveler's fracture
C. Jefferson fracture
D. teardrop burst fracture.
Answer: Jefferson fracture
●● A lumbar rib is an example of a/an:
A. transitional vertebra
B. spondylitis
C. ankylosing spondylitis
D. Scheuermann's disease.
Answer: transitional vertebra
●● What additional measure can be taken if the patient cannot depress
the shoulders adequately for the cervicothoracic (Swimmer's) lateral
projection?
,A. angle the CR 3-5 degrees caudad
B. have a technologist pull down on the arm
C. increase kV to penetrate through the shoulders
D. perform the AP axial-vertebral arch projection instead.
Answer: angle the CR 3-5 degrees caudad
●● Which spinal curvature is characterized by an abnormal lateral
curvature?
A. lordosis
B. kyphosis
C. scoliosis
D. first compensatory curve.
Answer: scoliosis
●● The zygapophyseal joints are classified as:
A. amphiarthrodial
B. diarthrodial
C. synarthrodial
D. myothrodial.
Answer: diarthrodial
●● A fracture that extends through the pedicles of C2, with or without
subluxation of C2 on C3 is termed:
, A. hangman's fracture
B. clay shoveler's fracture
C. Jefferson fracture
D. teardrop burst fracture.
Answer: hangman's fracture
●● A fracture that involves the dens and can extend into the lateral
masses or arches of C1 is termed:
A. hangman's fracture
B. clay shovelers fracture
C. Jefferson fracture
D. ondontoid fracture.
Answer: ondontoid fracture
●● Which condition or disease is best demonstrated with the scoliosis
series?
A. Scheurmann disease
B. spondylosis
C. osteoarthritis
D. osteoporosis.
Answer: Scheurmann disease
TEST PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● The soft, semi gelatinous inner part of the intervertebral disk is
termed:
A. nuclear core
B. annulus fibrosus
C. fovea centralis
D. nucleus pulposus.
Answer: nucleus pulposus
●● The articulations between C1 and the occipital condyles of the skull
are termed:
A. occipital joints
B. occipital facets
C. occipitoatlantal joints
D. articulate pillars.
Answer: occipitoatlantal joints
●● The intervertebral joints are classified as:
A. amphiarthrodial
,B. diarthrodial
C. synarthrodial
D. myothrodial.
Answer: amphiarthrodial
●● A comminuted fracture of the anterior and posterior arches of C1 is
termed:
A. hangman's fracture
B. clay shoveler's fracture
C. Jefferson fracture
D. teardrop burst fracture.
Answer: Jefferson fracture
●● A lumbar rib is an example of a/an:
A. transitional vertebra
B. spondylitis
C. ankylosing spondylitis
D. Scheuermann's disease.
Answer: transitional vertebra
●● What additional measure can be taken if the patient cannot depress
the shoulders adequately for the cervicothoracic (Swimmer's) lateral
projection?
,A. angle the CR 3-5 degrees caudad
B. have a technologist pull down on the arm
C. increase kV to penetrate through the shoulders
D. perform the AP axial-vertebral arch projection instead.
Answer: angle the CR 3-5 degrees caudad
●● Which spinal curvature is characterized by an abnormal lateral
curvature?
A. lordosis
B. kyphosis
C. scoliosis
D. first compensatory curve.
Answer: scoliosis
●● The zygapophyseal joints are classified as:
A. amphiarthrodial
B. diarthrodial
C. synarthrodial
D. myothrodial.
Answer: diarthrodial
●● A fracture that extends through the pedicles of C2, with or without
subluxation of C2 on C3 is termed:
, A. hangman's fracture
B. clay shoveler's fracture
C. Jefferson fracture
D. teardrop burst fracture.
Answer: hangman's fracture
●● A fracture that involves the dens and can extend into the lateral
masses or arches of C1 is termed:
A. hangman's fracture
B. clay shovelers fracture
C. Jefferson fracture
D. ondontoid fracture.
Answer: ondontoid fracture
●● Which condition or disease is best demonstrated with the scoliosis
series?
A. Scheurmann disease
B. spondylosis
C. osteoarthritis
D. osteoporosis.
Answer: Scheurmann disease
