ARRT Radiography Practice Test
ARRT Patient Care Practice Questions
Patient Care makes up 8 of every 50 questions on a Tigertest ARRT practice test. Here are 10 of the 32 questions on it, each with the answer and the reason.
Updated by the Tigertest team. Based on the ARRT Radiography Examination Content Specifications. Original questions; 50 per test, weighted like the real exam. Not affiliated with ARRT.
1. A radiographer images the wrong patient after skipping the two-identifier check. Which legal term fits?
- A.Defamation
- B.Negligence
- C.Battery
- D.Slander
Answer: B. Failing to meet the standard of care (verifying identity with two identifiers) and causing harm is negligence. Battery is unconsented touching.
2. A patient refuses a chest projection, but the radiographer performs it anyway. Which tort is this?
- A.Invasion of privacy
- B.False imprisonment
- C.Libel
- D.Battery
Answer: D. Touching or treating a patient against their stated refusal is battery. A competent patient may withdraw consent at any time.
3. A patient rolls up a sleeve and holds out an arm for an IV start. What kind of consent is this?
- A.Implied consent
- B.Proxy consent
- C.Informed consent
- D.Written consent
Answer: A. Consent shown by action rather than words is implied consent. Invasive or higher-risk procedures need informed consent, usually written.
4. Which element is required for valid informed consent?
- A.A signature from next of kin
- B.Payment arranged in advance first
- C.Risks and options explained
- D.A witness who is a physician
Answer: C. Informed consent needs the patient to understand the procedure, its risks, benefits and alternatives, and to agree voluntarily while competent.
5. Under respondeat superior, who is liable for a staff radiographer's negligent act at work?
- A.The radiologist on duty
- B.Only the radiographer
- C.The employer
- D.The referring physician
Answer: C. Respondeat superior (let the master answer) holds the employer liable for an employee's acts within the scope of employment. The radiographer may still be named too.
6. A sponge is left inside a patient after surgery. Which doctrine lets the injury itself prove negligence?
- A.Res ipsa loquitur
- B.Corporate negligence
- C.Borrowed servant
- D.Respondeat superior
Answer: A. Res ipsa loquitur (the thing speaks for itself) applies when the injury could not happen without negligence, such as a retained surgical item.
7. A technologist uses electronic masking to hide anatomy that was on the image. What is the concern?
- A.Reducing spatial resolution
- B.Lowering the patient dose
- C.Changing the DICOM header
- D.Altering the legal record
Answer: D. Cropping or masking anatomy that was exposed removes clinical information from the legal record. Collimate during the exposure instead.
8. Which part of the ARRT Standards of Ethics is enforceable?
- A.The Patient Care Partnership
- B.The Rules of Ethics
- C.The Code of Ethics
- D.The Practice Standards
Answer: B. The Code of Ethics is aspirational; the Rules of Ethics set mandatory standards whose violation can lead to sanctions.
9. Before IV contrast, which adult serum creatinine result falls in the usual normal range?
- A.0.1 mg/dL
- B.0.9 mg/dL
- C.2.8 mg/dL
- D.4.5 mg/dL
Answer: B. Adult serum creatinine is normally about 0.6 to 1.2 mg/dL. Raised values point to reduced kidney function, which is checked (with eGFR) before iodinated contrast.
10. A patient arrives on oxygen at 2 L/min by nasal cannula. What should the radiographer do with it during the procedure?
- A.Raise it to 10 L/min
- B.Remove the cannula to position
- C.Turn it off for the exposure
- D.Keep it running as ordered
Answer: D. Oxygen is a drug given by order. The radiographer keeps the ordered flow running throughout the procedure and does not change or stop it without a physician's order.
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