General Concepts #8 – Radiology (2009)

Question 1

It is common practice to take two radiographic images at ____ degree angles.

a) 45
b) 90
c) 135
d) 180
e) 270

Answer 1

b) 90

Question 2

Which of the following would be the most radio-opaque?

a) Air
b) Fluid
c) Muscle
d) Fat
e) Bone

Answer 2

e) Bone

Question 3

What type of imaging uses x-rays and computer technology to create a threedimensional
image of soft-tissue structures?
a) Plain film
b) Ultrasound
c) Computed tomography
d) Magnetic resonance imaging
e) Digital subtraction angiography

Answer 3

c) Computed tomography

Question 4

What type of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique is used to look at soft
tissues where fat would show as white and soft tissues as gray?
a) T1
b) T2
c) T3
d) DSA
e) CT

Answer 4

a) T1

Question 5

What type of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique is used to look for
pathology where water would show as light graph and fat as graph?
a) T1
b) T2
c) T3
d) DSA
e) CT

Answer 5

b) T2

Question 6

What type of imagining uses radioactive dye to show where glucose is most used and
thus to determine the metabolic state of a tissue?
a) Digital subtraction angiography
b) Magnetic resonance imaging
c) Computed tomography
d) Positron emission tomography
e) Digital subtraction angiography

Answer 6

d) Positron emission tomography