CAMRT Exam Questions 2025 with
Correct Answers
C-spine flexion / extension views assess what? - ✔✔Anterior and posterior movement
or lack of movement due to an injury
What does ERCP stand for? - ✔✔Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
What is an ERCP used for? - ✔✔To investigate biliary tree, CBD, gallbladder and
pancreas
Ball catchers view is good to assess what? - ✔✔Early stages of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Low blood pressure and dizziness due to standing up too quickly - ✔✔Orthostatic
hypertension
What is Shenton's Line? - ✔✔An imaginary curved line drawn along the inferior border
of the superior pubic ramus and along the inferomedial border of the neck of femur
What is Shenton's Line used for? - ✔✔To evaluate hip pathology
What body part perpendicular to the CR when doing an intercondylar fossa? - ✔✔Long
axis of the lower leg (Tib / Fib)
What is the purpose of lateral bending for scoliosis? - ✔✔To determine structural
change in early diagnosis
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,Optimal kVp for a chest? - ✔✔100 - 130 kVp
How should you adjust CR for a portable Chest X-Ray on a kyphotic patient? -
✔✔Angle less slightly or leave the tube perpendicular so clavicles will be 1" below
apices of lung
What is the maximum focal spot size for scaphoid? - ✔✔0.6 mm
What medication may be added to the contrast to prevent a reaction? - ✔✔A steroid or
anti-histamine
What test tool is used to test focal spot? - ✔✔Slit camera, pinhole camera and star
pattern
What does focal spot size effect? - ✔✔Penumbra
What does penumbra effect? - ✔✔Recorded detail
What is the line focus principle? - ✔✔The lower the target angle, the smaller the
effective focal spot size. The higher the target angle, the larger the focal spot size
What is the advantage of line focus principle? - ✔✔It provides the detail of a small focal
spot while allowing a large amount of heat dissipation
If the pedicles sit too far posterior on vertebral bodies for an oblique L spine, what does
this mean? - ✔✔Too much obliquity
Remember: *PP - too much* (posterior pedicles)
What is a CVP line? - ✔✔Used for measuring central venous pressure as well as
allowing nutrients and fluid to be instilled
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,Best location for a CVP (Central Venous Pressure) Line? - ✔✔Brachiocephalic vein or
Superior Vena Cava
Where does a Swan-Ganz catheter sit? - ✔✔The right side of the heart and the arteries
leading to the lungs
What does a Swan-Ganz catheter measure? - ✔✔The heart's function and blood flow
pressures in and around the heart
What are Plia circularis? - ✔✔The numerous folds of the mucous membrane of the small
intestine
What are the instruments used for sensitometry? - ✔✔- Sensitometer (step wedge)
- Densitometer
How often is a sensitometry strip done? - ✔✔Daily
What is demonstrated on a 15O degree occipitofrontal view of the sinuses? - ✔✔-
Frontal sinuses
- Anterior ethmoidal air cells
- Sphenoid sinuses
Oblique fracture of the base of the first metacarpal? - ✔✔Bennett's fracture
An ankle fracture affecting one of the malleoli? - ✔✔Pott's fracture
An ankle fracture affecting both of the malleoli? - ✔✔Second degree Pott's fracture (bi-
malleolar fracture)
An ankle fracture affecting both of the malleoli and the posterior surface of the tib
fractured as well? - ✔✔Third degree Pott's fracture (tri-malleolar fracture)
What is a Compound fracture? - ✔✔When the bone has broken through the skin
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, What is a Comminuted fracture? - ✔✔A fracture with more than two bone fragments
Steps to open a sterile tray? - ✔✔- Away
- Left
- Right
- Toward you
An enema bag should be ____ inches or ____ cm above the anus? - ✔✔24 inches or 61
cm
What part of the gown is sterile during surgery? - ✔✔Waist to shoulders in the front
and sleeves 2" above the elbow to the cuffs
What is included in a brain CT? - ✔✔Base of the skull to cranial apex
What vessel ascends through the cervical transverse foramina? - ✔✔The vertebral artery
Can compression be used for microscopic hematuria when doing an IVP (Intravenous
Pyelogram) ? - ✔✔Yes
When is compression for IVP contraindicated? - ✔✔- Stones
- Abdominal mass
- Trauma
- Aneurysm
Why does excessive rotor prep time lead to wear on x-ray tube? - ✔✔Filament
vaporization (gassy tube as well as melting the bearings in the rotor, seized rotor and
uneven wear on anode)
When doing c-spine odontoid in collar, what reference line is parallel to the CR? -
✔✔IOML
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Correct Answers
C-spine flexion / extension views assess what? - ✔✔Anterior and posterior movement
or lack of movement due to an injury
What does ERCP stand for? - ✔✔Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
What is an ERCP used for? - ✔✔To investigate biliary tree, CBD, gallbladder and
pancreas
Ball catchers view is good to assess what? - ✔✔Early stages of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Low blood pressure and dizziness due to standing up too quickly - ✔✔Orthostatic
hypertension
What is Shenton's Line? - ✔✔An imaginary curved line drawn along the inferior border
of the superior pubic ramus and along the inferomedial border of the neck of femur
What is Shenton's Line used for? - ✔✔To evaluate hip pathology
What body part perpendicular to the CR when doing an intercondylar fossa? - ✔✔Long
axis of the lower leg (Tib / Fib)
What is the purpose of lateral bending for scoliosis? - ✔✔To determine structural
change in early diagnosis
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,Optimal kVp for a chest? - ✔✔100 - 130 kVp
How should you adjust CR for a portable Chest X-Ray on a kyphotic patient? -
✔✔Angle less slightly or leave the tube perpendicular so clavicles will be 1" below
apices of lung
What is the maximum focal spot size for scaphoid? - ✔✔0.6 mm
What medication may be added to the contrast to prevent a reaction? - ✔✔A steroid or
anti-histamine
What test tool is used to test focal spot? - ✔✔Slit camera, pinhole camera and star
pattern
What does focal spot size effect? - ✔✔Penumbra
What does penumbra effect? - ✔✔Recorded detail
What is the line focus principle? - ✔✔The lower the target angle, the smaller the
effective focal spot size. The higher the target angle, the larger the focal spot size
What is the advantage of line focus principle? - ✔✔It provides the detail of a small focal
spot while allowing a large amount of heat dissipation
If the pedicles sit too far posterior on vertebral bodies for an oblique L spine, what does
this mean? - ✔✔Too much obliquity
Remember: *PP - too much* (posterior pedicles)
What is a CVP line? - ✔✔Used for measuring central venous pressure as well as
allowing nutrients and fluid to be instilled
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,Best location for a CVP (Central Venous Pressure) Line? - ✔✔Brachiocephalic vein or
Superior Vena Cava
Where does a Swan-Ganz catheter sit? - ✔✔The right side of the heart and the arteries
leading to the lungs
What does a Swan-Ganz catheter measure? - ✔✔The heart's function and blood flow
pressures in and around the heart
What are Plia circularis? - ✔✔The numerous folds of the mucous membrane of the small
intestine
What are the instruments used for sensitometry? - ✔✔- Sensitometer (step wedge)
- Densitometer
How often is a sensitometry strip done? - ✔✔Daily
What is demonstrated on a 15O degree occipitofrontal view of the sinuses? - ✔✔-
Frontal sinuses
- Anterior ethmoidal air cells
- Sphenoid sinuses
Oblique fracture of the base of the first metacarpal? - ✔✔Bennett's fracture
An ankle fracture affecting one of the malleoli? - ✔✔Pott's fracture
An ankle fracture affecting both of the malleoli? - ✔✔Second degree Pott's fracture (bi-
malleolar fracture)
An ankle fracture affecting both of the malleoli and the posterior surface of the tib
fractured as well? - ✔✔Third degree Pott's fracture (tri-malleolar fracture)
What is a Compound fracture? - ✔✔When the bone has broken through the skin
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, What is a Comminuted fracture? - ✔✔A fracture with more than two bone fragments
Steps to open a sterile tray? - ✔✔- Away
- Left
- Right
- Toward you
An enema bag should be ____ inches or ____ cm above the anus? - ✔✔24 inches or 61
cm
What part of the gown is sterile during surgery? - ✔✔Waist to shoulders in the front
and sleeves 2" above the elbow to the cuffs
What is included in a brain CT? - ✔✔Base of the skull to cranial apex
What vessel ascends through the cervical transverse foramina? - ✔✔The vertebral artery
Can compression be used for microscopic hematuria when doing an IVP (Intravenous
Pyelogram) ? - ✔✔Yes
When is compression for IVP contraindicated? - ✔✔- Stones
- Abdominal mass
- Trauma
- Aneurysm
Why does excessive rotor prep time lead to wear on x-ray tube? - ✔✔Filament
vaporization (gassy tube as well as melting the bearings in the rotor, seized rotor and
uneven wear on anode)
When doing c-spine odontoid in collar, what reference line is parallel to the CR? -
✔✔IOML
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