Section One Test

Equipment and Supplies

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1. What is the purpose of using magnification?
a. less radiation
b. visualize smaller areas
c. prevent scatter
d. less static
2. A nephroureteral stent has a catheter exiting thru the patient's skin?
a. true
b. false
3. How many frames a second can you get with cine?
a. 20
b. 25
c. 30
d. 35
4. Porta catheters are placed in?
a. arm
b. neck
c. chest
d. a and c
5.During amplification the image can be converted in the digital-to-analog converter if you have a digital monitor?
a. true
b. false
6. Catheters measured in French size 3FR is equal to?
a. .33mm
b. 1mm
c. 2mm
d. 3mm
7. When you clean the intensifying screens what is the purpose of the silicone spray?
a. protect the screens
b. so the screens won't stick together
c. to make the film move faster
d. to make it slippery, less static
8. What type of embolic material or device has polyester fiber attached to a wire?
a. gelfoam
b. PVA
c. glue
d. coils
9. What is the purpose of the heating device on the contrast injector?
a. to increase contrast viscosity
b. to decrease contrast viscosity
c. to increase injection rate
d. to decrease injection rate
10. What type of film changer gives you the fastest exposure rate?
a. cut film
b. roll film
c. cassette changers
11. A Micropuncture needle is?
a. 18g
b. 20g
c. 21g
d. 22g
12. Which catheter material has excellent memory?
a. polyethylene
b. teflon
c. nylon
d. all of the above
13. A metallic stent is used to open the artery when?
a. the patient requests it
b. balloon angioplasty fails
c. to get better results
d. all of the above
14. A pixel is a picture element.
a. true
b. false
15. What is the purpose of the compression plates in cut film?
a. limit motion
b. good film screen contact
c. a and b
d. to stop the film
16. Digital images can be stored on?
a. hard disk
b. optical disk
c. optical tape
d. all of the above
17. Which device is placed in a pocket under the skin in the patient's abdomen?
a. pacemaker
b. defibrillator

18. Name the following catheter shape.

a. Shepards hook
b. Cobra
c. RC2
d. Sones
19. Name the following catheter shape.

a. Amplatz
b. Sones
c. Judkins left
d. Judkins right
20. Name the following catheter shape.

a. Van Aman
b. Grollman
c. pigtail
d. Mikaelsson
21. Name the following catheter shape.

a. Sones
b. Judkins left
c. Judkins right
d. Amplatz
22. Pixel dropout is black spots in your image.
a. true
b. false
23. On the movable core wire the handle used to move the inner core is called?
a. handle
b. mandril
c. manifold
d. core
24. Time from when you push the exposure switch to the actual exposure?
a. zero time
b. phase in time
c. interruption time
d. 0 time
25. The injection is measured in PSI (pounds per square inch).

a. true
b. false
26. Which catheter material has the lowest coefficient of friction?
a. teflon
b. nylon
c. polyethylene
d. all of the above
27. Which filter is used when the patient has a large Vena Cava?
a. Greenfield
b. Bird's Nest
c. Vena Tech
d. Simon Nitinol
28. What is the function of the programmer?
a. tells the film changer what to do
b. to write programs
c. to load the film changer
d. to talk to the monitor
29. The shutter controls _____________ and the aperture size is set by ____________?
a. speed, the operator
b. speed, dose
c. exposure, dose
d. dose, speed
30. A double J stent has a catheter exiting the skin?
a. true
b. false
31. A heparinized guidewire is used?
a. to prevent blood from clotting on the wire
b. when the patient is allergic to contrast
c. to make it more slippery
d. a and c
32. The cassette changer gives you a maximum filming rate of?
a. 1
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
33. What is the image matrix?
a. a group of small images
b. a programming utility
c. a grid used to size images
d. a group of pixels
34. A Swan Ganz catheter is used?
a. to measure pressures
b. to measure cardiac output
c. to draw blood samples
d. all of the above
35. Which embolic material is temporary?
a. gelfoam
b. PVA
c. glue
d. coils
36. Needles are measured in Gauges.
a. true
b. false
37. Zero time is?
a. time for film changer to reset
b. time for exposure to go from exposure switch to actual exposure
c. time for electronics to proceed after exposure
d. time when nothing happens
38. Name a central venous catheter that does not have a subcutaneous reservoir.
a. porta catheter
b. hickman
c. pacemaker
d. midline catheter
39. The maximum light to dark (or contrast) on the digital image is called?
a. frequency
b. image range
c. grayscale
d. brightness
40. With bi-plane film changers you have a _____________ linear grid to help cut down on scatter.
a. 6:1
b. 14:1
c. 4:2
d. 12:1
41. Which device is placed in a patient who has a rate that is too slow?
a. pacemaker
b. defibrillator
42. Which statement is not true about the Seldinger technique?
a. find the pulse
b. make a small incision
c. punture both walls of the artery
d. pull back, leaving the stylet in place
43. The Sones is used when you have to access the femoral artery.
a. true
b. false
44. What catheter material has some kink resistance?
a. nylon
b. teflon
c. polyethylene
d. b and c
45. Guidewires can be coated with?
a. warfrin
b. nitro
c. heparin
d. comadin
46. With your films you make a mask image and then a subtraction image. What is this called?
a. first order subtraction
b. second order subtraction
c. third order subtraction
d. digital image
47. Catheter flow rate is dependent on?
a. length of injector tubing
b. temperature of contrast
c. catheter shape
d. a and b
48. The Swan Ganz catheter has how many lumens?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
49. Guidewire diameter is measure by?
a. mm
b. cm
c. inches
d. FR
50. The Amplatz is used when you access the femoral artery.
a. true
b. false

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