CAMRT Exam Latest 2023-2024 /833 Questions
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Quiz :C-spine flexion / extension views assess what? - Answer :Anterior and
posterior movement or lack of movement due to an injury
Quiz :What does ERCP stand for? - Answer :Endoscopic retrograde
cholangiopancreatography
Quiz :What is an ERCP used for? - Answer :To investigate biliary tree, CBD,
gallbladder and pancreas
Quiz :Ball catchers view is good to assess what? - Answer :Early stages of
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Quiz :Low blood pressure and dizziness due to standing up too quickly -
Answer :Orthostatic hypertension
Quiz :What is Shenton's Line? - Answer :An imaginary curved line drawn along
the inferior border of the superior pubic ramus and along the inferomedial
border of the neck of femur
Quiz :What is Shenton's Line used for? - Answer :To evaluate hip pathology
Quiz :What body part perpendicular to the CR when doing an intercondylar
fossa? - Answer :Long axis of the lower leg (Tib / Fib)
Quiz :What is the purpose of lateral bending for scoliosis? - Answer :To
determine structural change in early diagnosis
Quiz :Optimal kVp for a chest? - Answer :100 - 130 kVp
Quiz :How should you adjust CR for a portable Chest X-Ray on a kyphotic
patient? - Answer :Angle less slightly or leave the tube perpendicular so
clavicles will be 1" below apices of lung
Quiz :What is the maximum focal spot size for scaphoid? - Answer :0.6 mm
Quiz :What medication may be added to the contrast to prevent a reaction? -
Answer :A steroid or anti-histamine
, Quiz :What test tool is used to test focal spot? - Answer :Slit camera, pinhole
camera and star pattern
Quiz :What does focal spot size effect? - Answer :Penumbra
Quiz :What does penumbra effect? - Answer :Recorded detail
Quiz :What is the line focus principle? - Answer :The lower the target angle,
the smaller the effective focal spot size. The higher the target angle, the larger
the focal spot size
Quiz :What is the advantage of line focus principle? - Answer :It provides the
detail of a small focal spot while allowing a large amount of heat dissipation
Quiz :If the pedicles sit too far posterior on vertebral bodies for an oblique L
spine, what does this mean? - Answer :Too much obliquity
Remember: *PP - too much* (posterior pedicles)
Quiz :What is a CVP line? - Answer :Used for measuring central venous
pressure as well as allowing nutrients and fluid to be instilled
Quiz :Best location for a CVP (Central Venous Pressure) Line? -
Answer :Brachiocephalic vein or Superior Vena Cava
Quiz :Where does a Swan-Ganz catheter sit? - Answer :The right side of the
heart and the arteries leading to the lungs
Quiz :What does a Swan-Ganz catheter measure? - Answer :The heart's
function and blood flow pressures in and around the heart
Quiz :What are Plia circularis? - Answer :The numerous folds of the mucous
membrane of the small intestine
Quiz :What are the instruments used for sensitometry? - Answer :-
Sensitometer (step wedge)
- Densitometer
Quiz :How often is a sensitometry strip done? - Answer :Daily
, Quiz :What is demonstrated on a 15O degree occipitofrontal view of the
sinuses? - Answer :- Frontal sinuses
- Anterior ethmoidal air cells
- Sphenoid sinuses
Quiz :Oblique fracture of the base of the first metacarpal? - Answer :Bennett's
fracture
Quiz :An ankle fracture affecting one of the malleoli? - Answer :Pott's fracture
Quiz :An ankle fracture affecting both of the malleoli? - Answer :Second
degree Pott's fracture (bi-malleolar fracture)
Quiz :An ankle fracture affecting both of the malleoli and the posterior surface
of the tib fractured as well? - Answer :Third degree Pott's fracture (tri-
malleolar fracture)
Quiz :What is a Compound fracture? - Answer :When the bone has broken
through the skin
Quiz :What is a Comminuted fracture? - Answer :A fracture with more than
two bone fragments
Quiz :Steps to open a sterile tray? - Answer :- Away
- Left
- Right
- Toward you
Quiz :An enema bag should be ____ inches or ____ cm above the anus? -
Answer :24 inches or 61 cm
Quiz :What part of the gown is sterile during surgery? - Answer :Waist to
shoulders in the front and sleeves 2" above the elbow to the cuffs
Quiz :What is included in a brain CT? - Answer :Base of the skull to cranial
apex
Quiz :What vessel ascends through the cervical transverse foramina? - Answer
:The vertebral artery
, Quiz :Can compression be used for microscopic hematuria when doing an IVP
(Intravenous Pyelogram) ? - Answer :Yes
Quiz :When is compression for IVP contraindicated? - Answer :- Stones
- Abdominal mass
- Trauma
- Aneurysm
Quiz :Why does excessive rotor prep time lead to wear on x-ray tube? -
Answer :Filament vaporization (gassy tube as well as melting the bearings in
the rotor, seized rotor and uneven wear on anode)
Quiz :When doing c-spine odontoid in collar, what reference line is parallel to
the CR? - Answer :IOML
Quiz :What drug would be given to a patient following a severe contrast
reaction? - Answer :Epinephrine (Anaphylactic shock)
Quiz :Optimal kVp for an abdomen? - Answer :65 - 70 kVp
Quiz :Minimum number of people needed for a stretcher transfer (without
slider board)? - Answer :3
Quiz :What is the Fowler's position? - Answer :Patients head elevated above
feet
Quiz :What is the Trendelenburg position? - Answer :Patients head lowered
below feet
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