Mosby Chap 7 Test 2 Q 148-200

Front 1

159.A patient unable to supinate the hand for an AP projection of the forearm:

Back 1

Probably has a fracture of the radial head and must be handled carefully

Front 2

160.When a PA axial projection of the clavicle is performed the central ray should be angled:

Back 2

25-30 degrees caudad

Front 3

161.When the lateral projection of the knee is performed, the knee should be:

Back 3

Flexed 20-30 degrees

Front 4

162.When a tangential projection of the patella is performed with the patient prone, the central should be angled:

Back 4

45 degrees cephalad

Front 5

167.When a PA oblique projection of the SI joints is performed, the side of interest is:

Back 5

Closest to the film

Front 6

163.Use of which of the following would provide an improved image of the femur?

Back 6

Anode heel effect

Front 7

164.When an AP projection of the hip is performed, the central ray is directed:

Back 7

Perpendicular to a point 2 incehs medial to the ASIS at the level of the superior margin of the greater trochanter

Front 8

168.Routine CXR are performed:

Back 8

At the end of the second full inspiration

Front 9

165.When the AP oblique projection is performed for the C-spine, the central ray is directed:

Back 9

15-20 degrees cephalad

Front 10

166.When the AP oblique projection is performed for the L-spine, the side of interest is:

Back 10

Closest to the film

Front 11

169.The primary purpose of performing the oblique projecion of the ribs is:

Back 11

To image the axillary portion of the ribs

Front 12

170.When the PA projection of the skull is performed to image the frontal bone:

Back 12

The central ray is directed perpendicular to the cassette, and the OML is perpendicualer to the cassette

Front 13

171.When the AP axial projection of the skull is peformed:

Back 13

None are true; the OML is parallel to the cassette, the central is directed through the foramen magnum 37 degrees to the OML, the central ray is directed through the foramen magnum 30 degrees to the IOML, nor is the MSP parallel to the plane of the film

Front 14

173.When the parietoorbital oblique projection of the optic foramen is performed, the MSP is placed:

Back 14

37 degrees from the perpendicular

Front 15

172.When the SMV projection of the skull is performed, IOML:

Back 15

Is placed parallel to the plane of the cassette

Front 16

When the parietoorbital oblique projection of optic foreman is performed, the MSP is placed:

Back 16

37 degrees from the pependicular

Front 17

174.For the parietoacanthial projection of the facial bones, the OML:

Back 17

Forms a 37-degree angle with the plane of the film

Front 18

175.The radiogragher must be proficient in the use ofwhich medical instruments?

Back 18

Oxygen administration equipment

Front 19

176.A tube used to feed the patient or to perform gastric suction is called a:

Back 19

Nasogastric tube

Front 20

177.Nosocomial infections are acquired:

Back 20

In the health care setting

Front 21

178.During movement and tranfer of patients, urinary catheter bags should be:

Back 21

Kept below the level of the urinary bladder

Front 22

179.The first task that must be peformed when beginning a radigraphic examination on a patient is to:

Back 22

Verify patient identity

Front 23

180.Which of the following is not required for valid consent?

Back 23

Patient must be adequately informed and sign a consent form

Front 24

183.A system that uses barriers between individuals and assumes all patients are infectious is called:

Back 24

Standard Precautions

Front 25

184.When you are performing patient care in radiology:

Back 25

Hands should be washed after each procedure

Front 26

185.Patient transfer fromcart t X-ray table should be performed:

Back 26

By radiogragers working in pairs a all times

Front 27

186.Your best source for the latest information regarding Standard Precautions is the:

Back 27

Infection control department

Front 28

187.Following all radiograpic or fluoroscopic procedures, the radiographer hould use_____ t clean surfaces with which the patient was in contact.

Back 28

Medical asepsis

Front 29

188.When sterile fields are prepared, damp packages:

Back 29

Are always considered contaminated

Front 30

189.When mobile radiography is performed, th mobile unit:

Back 30

Must be cleaned before it is brought into surgical areas or reverse isolation units and after its removal from most isolation units

Front 31

190.When radiography is performed on patients in isolation, the cassette:

Back 31

Must always be placed in a protective covering

Front 32

191.A radiographer should be prepared to assist with which of the following procedures at any time?

Back 32

CPR

Front 33

192.I addition to performing radiography on a trauma victim, the radiographer should be:

Back 33

Continually asessing the patient's condition, Taking additional projections as indicated by the patient's conditionor preliminary radiographs, and Providing comfort and communcating quietly with the patient, whether the patient is conscious or not

Front 34

194.All iodinated contrast media used today contain:

Back 34

Salts of organic iodine compounds

Front 35

193.For barium enma, the contrast agent should be mixed with:

Back 35

Water at approximatelt 100F

Front 36

195.The highest incidence of contrast agent reactions occurs with the use of:

Back 36

Ionic iodinated contrast media

Front 37

197.For patients with the history of intravenous urography and no contrast agent reactions:

Back 37

The radiographer must assume there is a chance of a reaction on subsequent intravenous urograms

Front 38

196.It is important for the radiographer to obtain the recent history of radiographic examinations performed on a patient so that:

Back 38

An overdose of iodinated contrast media does not occur from exams recently performed

Front 39

200.In an attempt to maintain the quality of patient care at the highest level possible over time, proof of continuing education is mandatory for renewal of certification with the:

Back 39

American Registry of Radiologic Technologists