Diagnostic Procedures Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
ejection fraction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Which of the following terms describes the
percentage of blood pumped out of a filled ventricle with each heartbeat?
angiogram - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Rapid serial film changers and pressure injectors are
used in which diagnostic imaging study?
crystal violet - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Which of the following is a dye used for staining
tissue for diagnosis?
- Contrast, - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Difference of optical density in a radiograph that
results from a difference in radiolucency or penetrability
- Urinalysis, - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Analysis of voided sample by either
catheterization or clean catch
- Retrograde, - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Type of urography in which contrast media is
injected directly into the bladder
- Fluoroscopy, - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Real-time radiographic imaging that allows the
actions of joints or organs to be viewed directly
- Palpation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Part of a physical examination in which touch is
used externally or internally to determine size, shape, or abnormality
- CAT scan, - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Specialized radiographic machine that produces
computer-generated images of the body in "slices"
, - Digital subtraction, - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Vascular imaging technique that removes
the background structures from view
- Rad, - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Standard unit of measurement for the absorption of
ionizing energy
- Pulse oximeter, - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Noninvasive device that measures optical
density of blood; used on fingers, toes, or earlobes
- Signs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Objective, observable evidence or manifestations of a
pathological condition
seizure disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A neurologist might order an EEG for a patient
with which suspected diagnosis?
gram positive - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- In a Gram stain study, the bacteria that retains the
blue coloration following staining, alcohol rinse, and restaining is:
femoral - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Which artery is MOST commonly accessed with the
Seldinger technique during cardiac catheterization?
capnography - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Which noninvasive study assesses the amount of
carbon dioxide in the arterial system of a patient on mechanical ventilation?
EMG - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Which of the following is a display and recording of the
electrical activity of skeletal muscle?
ultrasonography - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Which study uses frequencies of 1 to 10
million Hertz through human tissue for diagnostic purposes?
radiolucent OR table - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Intraoperative fluoroscopy for
cholangiography would require which of the following?