ARRT Vascular Interventional Mock
Exam questions and answers 2024\2025
GradeA+
Which of the following aortic arch variations has the highest incidence of occurrence?
a.) coarctation
b.)duplicated arch
c.) common origin innominate and left common carotid arteries
d.) left vertebral arising from the aorta
- correct answer c.) common origin innominate and left common carotid arteries
Which of the following supplies the structures of the neck, face and scalp?
a.) internal carotid
b.) small cervical branches of common carotid
c.) vertebral arteries
d.) external carotid arteries
- correct answer d.) external carotid arteries
Which of the following guidelines regarding the use of a coil as an embolic agent is least appropriate?
a.) Match the diameter of the coil wire to the catheter lumen.
b.) The final diameter of the coil should be the same as the target vessel.
c.) Gentle forward pressure on the catheter helps the coil to "pack".
,d.) Platinum coils are softer and easier to see than steel coils.
- correct answer b.) The final diameter of the coil should be the same as the target vessel.
A device that is used to deliver a bolus of contrast medium to a specific site during angiography or other
radiological procedures is known as which of the following?
a.) Catheter
b.) Port
c.) Stent
d.) Line.
- correct answer a.) catheter
The access indicated only when the thoracic veins and the infrarenal inferior vena cava are occluded is
which of the following?
a.) subclavian vein
b.) upper extremity veins
c.) transhepatic access
d.) translumbar access
- correct answer c.) transhepatic access
The embolic agent that is supplied in small sterile bricks or a fine powder, is compressible, and is
absorbed over a period of 4-6 weeks is which of the following?
a.) autologous clot
b.) vascular plug
c.) gelfoam
d.) polyvinyl alcohol
- correct answer c.) gelfoam
Peripherally inserted central catheter line placement guidelines would include all of the following
EXCEPT:
,a.) surgical arm prep
b.) basilic or cephalic vein preferred
c.) access vein with micropuncture needle
d.) tip of catheter should be in low left atrium
- correct answer d.) tip of catheter should be in low left atrium
Dissections are the most common with which type of guidewire?
a.) Terumo
b.) Rosen
c.) Straight
d.) 3J.
- correct answer c. straight
An arrangement of columns or rows of cells, or pixels, forming a digital image is called a(n):
a.) image matrix
b.) dynamic range
c.) digital image subtraction
d.) data range
- correct answer a.) image matrix
Which of the following types of catheters has the lowest coefficient of friction?
a.) Polyethylene.
b.) Teflon.
c.) Polyurethane.
d.) Plastic.
- correct answer b.) teflon
, Which type of guidewire is used for tortuous and diseased veins?
a.) Straight wire
b.) Rosen
c.) Amplatz stiff
d.) 3J
- correct answer d.) 3J
Which of the following is a classification of stents that are the most flexible, but can "shingle" or "fish
scale" when deployed in tight curves?
a.) open-celled
b.) closed-celled
c.) drug-eluting
d.) expandable
- correct answer a.) open-celled
How long are central venous catheters left in the patient's body?
a.) Several weeks or longer
b.) One week or less
c.) Two days or less
d.) Under 1 hour.
- correct answer a.) several weeks or longer
Which of the following ranges of blood pressure values in an adult at rest is considered to be stage 1
hypertension?
a.) 120/80 mm Hg or less
Exam questions and answers 2024\2025
GradeA+
Which of the following aortic arch variations has the highest incidence of occurrence?
a.) coarctation
b.)duplicated arch
c.) common origin innominate and left common carotid arteries
d.) left vertebral arising from the aorta
- correct answer c.) common origin innominate and left common carotid arteries
Which of the following supplies the structures of the neck, face and scalp?
a.) internal carotid
b.) small cervical branches of common carotid
c.) vertebral arteries
d.) external carotid arteries
- correct answer d.) external carotid arteries
Which of the following guidelines regarding the use of a coil as an embolic agent is least appropriate?
a.) Match the diameter of the coil wire to the catheter lumen.
b.) The final diameter of the coil should be the same as the target vessel.
c.) Gentle forward pressure on the catheter helps the coil to "pack".
,d.) Platinum coils are softer and easier to see than steel coils.
- correct answer b.) The final diameter of the coil should be the same as the target vessel.
A device that is used to deliver a bolus of contrast medium to a specific site during angiography or other
radiological procedures is known as which of the following?
a.) Catheter
b.) Port
c.) Stent
d.) Line.
- correct answer a.) catheter
The access indicated only when the thoracic veins and the infrarenal inferior vena cava are occluded is
which of the following?
a.) subclavian vein
b.) upper extremity veins
c.) transhepatic access
d.) translumbar access
- correct answer c.) transhepatic access
The embolic agent that is supplied in small sterile bricks or a fine powder, is compressible, and is
absorbed over a period of 4-6 weeks is which of the following?
a.) autologous clot
b.) vascular plug
c.) gelfoam
d.) polyvinyl alcohol
- correct answer c.) gelfoam
Peripherally inserted central catheter line placement guidelines would include all of the following
EXCEPT:
,a.) surgical arm prep
b.) basilic or cephalic vein preferred
c.) access vein with micropuncture needle
d.) tip of catheter should be in low left atrium
- correct answer d.) tip of catheter should be in low left atrium
Dissections are the most common with which type of guidewire?
a.) Terumo
b.) Rosen
c.) Straight
d.) 3J.
- correct answer c. straight
An arrangement of columns or rows of cells, or pixels, forming a digital image is called a(n):
a.) image matrix
b.) dynamic range
c.) digital image subtraction
d.) data range
- correct answer a.) image matrix
Which of the following types of catheters has the lowest coefficient of friction?
a.) Polyethylene.
b.) Teflon.
c.) Polyurethane.
d.) Plastic.
- correct answer b.) teflon
, Which type of guidewire is used for tortuous and diseased veins?
a.) Straight wire
b.) Rosen
c.) Amplatz stiff
d.) 3J
- correct answer d.) 3J
Which of the following is a classification of stents that are the most flexible, but can "shingle" or "fish
scale" when deployed in tight curves?
a.) open-celled
b.) closed-celled
c.) drug-eluting
d.) expandable
- correct answer a.) open-celled
How long are central venous catheters left in the patient's body?
a.) Several weeks or longer
b.) One week or less
c.) Two days or less
d.) Under 1 hour.
- correct answer a.) several weeks or longer
Which of the following ranges of blood pressure values in an adult at rest is considered to be stage 1
hypertension?
a.) 120/80 mm Hg or less
