ARRT CI Exam Questions And 100%
Correct Answers
How would you convert pounds to Kgs - ANSWER Kgs times 2.2
A patient gains .5kg of weight because of edema. How much water loss would account
for this? - ANSWER .5L
If a patient had a .83 RR interval, how would you determine their heart rate? - ANSWER
HR=(60sec/min)/(RR interval) 70bpm
What anatomic position describes a position that is superior or towards the head? -
ANSWER Cephalic
The hole in a one time use sterile femoral drape sheet is known as? - ANSWER A
fenestrated drape
A key safety rule to a personnel transporting a premedicated patient from a bed onto a
gurney is? - ANSWER Obtain sufficient assistance
Legally viable, what is the latest the patient should sign the informed consent? -
ANSWER Before the administration of pre operative medications
What is the greatest danger of electric micro-shock? - ANSWER Ventricular fibrillation
and cardiac arrest
Hospital codes for electrical safety require electrical power cords to be? - ANSWER 3
wire insulated conductor, with 3 prong plug
,When you plug in an electric instrument, sparks fly from the plug and the AC wall
receptacle. Which electrical safety problem is likely to cause this? - ANSWER The
machine was left turned on.
Murmurs in the _____ side of the heart are affected most by _____. - ANSWER Right and
respirations
Criteria that identifies, measures, monitors, and evaluated patient care come from? -
ANSWER Quality assurance programs
According to joint commission what is the minimum number of patient identifiers that
should be checked before you proceed with a case? - ANSWER Two
Which of the following factors has the least effect on most adult patients resting BP?
ANSWER Whether they are seated or recumbent
Following an accidental needle-stick from the needle used on an infected patient, what
blood borne pathogen poses the greatest risk of infection to health care workers?
ANSWER Hepatitis B
What areas of a patients body are the least likely place for blood borne pathogens to
enter? - ANSWER Intact skin
For maximum safety, healthcare workers should wear eye protection, goggles, and/or
face shields only; - ANSWER On invasive procedures using vascular access
You are inadvertently exposed to a patients blood. What is the responsibility of the
hospital to make available post-exposure follow-up and blood testing to staff? - ANSWER
Must be available and free of charge
What blood lipoprotein is thought to have a protective preventative role in development
, of atherosclerotic heart disease? - ANSWER High density lipoproteins
Basal metabolic rate is most closely correlated with; - ANSWER Body surface area or
BSA
The pharmacist-mechanical response to any substance secreted into the blood stream
by an endocrine gland is termed? - ANSWER Humoral
The Watt second or Joule is a unit of what? - ANSWER Energy
What instrument converts one form of energy into another? - ANSWER Transducer
Organism that live in the deeper crevice and sweat glands of the skin and cannot be
removed with an aseptic skin prep and are called? - ANSWER Resident flora
Effective sterilization by autoclave depend on adequate; - ANSWER Temperature and
Time
What is not true with using alcohol based hand rubs prior to going wing and gloving for a
heart cath? - ANSWER Rubs are less effective than traditional scrub brush methods
What do you do with a sterile table if the case is canceled? - ANSWER Tear it down and
start completely over for the next case
at 32 days of gestation, the fetal heart is a cardiac tube containing four primitive
chambers. The most superior primitive chamber is called the _____ and it differentiates
into the _____. - ANSWER Truncus Arteriosus and PA and AO
Another term for the foremen ovals is the - ANSWER Ostium secundum
Correct Answers
How would you convert pounds to Kgs - ANSWER Kgs times 2.2
A patient gains .5kg of weight because of edema. How much water loss would account
for this? - ANSWER .5L
If a patient had a .83 RR interval, how would you determine their heart rate? - ANSWER
HR=(60sec/min)/(RR interval) 70bpm
What anatomic position describes a position that is superior or towards the head? -
ANSWER Cephalic
The hole in a one time use sterile femoral drape sheet is known as? - ANSWER A
fenestrated drape
A key safety rule to a personnel transporting a premedicated patient from a bed onto a
gurney is? - ANSWER Obtain sufficient assistance
Legally viable, what is the latest the patient should sign the informed consent? -
ANSWER Before the administration of pre operative medications
What is the greatest danger of electric micro-shock? - ANSWER Ventricular fibrillation
and cardiac arrest
Hospital codes for electrical safety require electrical power cords to be? - ANSWER 3
wire insulated conductor, with 3 prong plug
,When you plug in an electric instrument, sparks fly from the plug and the AC wall
receptacle. Which electrical safety problem is likely to cause this? - ANSWER The
machine was left turned on.
Murmurs in the _____ side of the heart are affected most by _____. - ANSWER Right and
respirations
Criteria that identifies, measures, monitors, and evaluated patient care come from? -
ANSWER Quality assurance programs
According to joint commission what is the minimum number of patient identifiers that
should be checked before you proceed with a case? - ANSWER Two
Which of the following factors has the least effect on most adult patients resting BP?
ANSWER Whether they are seated or recumbent
Following an accidental needle-stick from the needle used on an infected patient, what
blood borne pathogen poses the greatest risk of infection to health care workers?
ANSWER Hepatitis B
What areas of a patients body are the least likely place for blood borne pathogens to
enter? - ANSWER Intact skin
For maximum safety, healthcare workers should wear eye protection, goggles, and/or
face shields only; - ANSWER On invasive procedures using vascular access
You are inadvertently exposed to a patients blood. What is the responsibility of the
hospital to make available post-exposure follow-up and blood testing to staff? - ANSWER
Must be available and free of charge
What blood lipoprotein is thought to have a protective preventative role in development
, of atherosclerotic heart disease? - ANSWER High density lipoproteins
Basal metabolic rate is most closely correlated with; - ANSWER Body surface area or
BSA
The pharmacist-mechanical response to any substance secreted into the blood stream
by an endocrine gland is termed? - ANSWER Humoral
The Watt second or Joule is a unit of what? - ANSWER Energy
What instrument converts one form of energy into another? - ANSWER Transducer
Organism that live in the deeper crevice and sweat glands of the skin and cannot be
removed with an aseptic skin prep and are called? - ANSWER Resident flora
Effective sterilization by autoclave depend on adequate; - ANSWER Temperature and
Time
What is not true with using alcohol based hand rubs prior to going wing and gloving for a
heart cath? - ANSWER Rubs are less effective than traditional scrub brush methods
What do you do with a sterile table if the case is canceled? - ANSWER Tear it down and
start completely over for the next case
at 32 days of gestation, the fetal heart is a cardiac tube containing four primitive
chambers. The most superior primitive chamber is called the _____ and it differentiates
into the _____. - ANSWER Truncus Arteriosus and PA and AO
Another term for the foremen ovals is the - ANSWER Ostium secundum
